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This playthrough is possible thanks to Japanese guide that I found on a fansite. Kindly read the guide (and use Google translate) to find out the reason of every action taken in this video.
https://satoyama35.sakura.ne.jp/sonohoka/bladearts/bladearts.htm

The original recording of this video was 4 hours 32 minutes. The game also tracks its internal time which is displayed during the transition between chapters. However, for somewhat reason the game doesn't track the time after beating the final boss. The last time you can see the total time is after clearing the penultimate chapter. As shown in the thumbnail. I managed to reach the final chapter in 3 hours 26 minutes. Then the final battle happens for about 15 minutes. Which means I beat the game in about 3 hours 41 minutes.

Fortes is the first sphere in the game, and sphere is an "accessory" which morphs the weapon into something. For example, Fortes morphs the weapon into a sword. There are a total of five spheres in the game, which means eventually there will be five weapons that you can pick, depending on your playing style, but I didn't bother to change the weapon.

Not upgrading the sphere will make the game harder since the enemies will eventually grow stronger and can kill the player with two or three hits during late game. This not only applies to bosses but mobs as well. Late-game mobs can easily deal lethal blow with charged attacks.

"No Heal" is pretty self-explanatory. Most of the game progress are actually "No Damage" so I avoid everything and just defeat mandatory enemies and bosses without taking any damage. However, defending from enemy attacks chipped your health, and there are areas where taking damage is mandatory like those poison gas on several areas, so it's inevitable to take damage. However, I kept the damage as minimum as possible and didn't use a single restorative item in the game. Fortunately the game fully restores your health after clearing each chapter.

There are still room of improvements by removing those restrictions. Since different spheres give different weapons (which have different attacks and arts), some bosses can be defeated faster by switching to certain weapons (and upgrade it to certain level).


0:00 Opening
0:13 Main Menu
0:17 New Game Cutscene
2:14 Chapter 1 - Prestige
14:17 Boss 1 - Dinosaur [Almost No Damage]
15:36 After Boss 1
17:06 Chapter 2 - Sea of Trees
42:01 Boss 2 - Helicopter
42:12 After Boss 2
43:37 Chapter 3 - Ruins
50:17 Boss 3 - Zagnas [Almost No Damage]
51:18 After Boss 3
59:46 Chapter 4 - Upper Level of Gravity Elevator
1:22:16 Boss 4 - Spider [No Heal]
1:27:01 After Boss 4
1:29:11 Chapter 5 - Lower Level of Gravity Elevator
1:36:25 Boss 5 - Marion [Almost No Damage]
1:38:10 After Boss 5
1:39:22 Chapter 6 - Underground City
1:54:23 Chapter 7 - Subterranean Sewers
2:00:56 Boss 6 - Tindalos [No Damage]
2:02:59 After Boss 6
2:05:29 Chapter 8 - Research Ruins
2:39:09 Boss 7 - Patricia and Maya [No Heal]
2:40:57 After Boss 7
2:43:12 Chapter 9 - Cave of Illusions
2:54:05 Boss 8 - Tarantula [No Damage]
3:01:59 After Boss 8
3:02:14 Chapter 10 - Temple of the Sword
3:23:40 Boss 9 - Nakamura [Technically No Damage]
3:29:51 After Boss 9
3:31:54 Chapter 11 - Basetet
3:34:09 Boss 10 - Yorishiro [No Damage]
3:36:38 After Boss 10
3:48:20 Chapter 12 - Luluye
3:52:23 Boss 11 - Basetet [Minigame]
3:53:42 After Boss 11
3:57:57 Chapter 13 - Primordial Being
3:58:23 Boss 12 - Primordial Being [No Damage]
4:07:41 Ending
4:12:37 Credits