The grind isn't really my problem, like I've stated, this game lacks meta features. I agree with you this game doesn't need some overhaul as when you progress through the game it does get easier, it's only hellish in the beginning.
By meta features, what I mean is better "skipping" my hands gets strained just so I could make some progress faster because some events are just automatic, but unnecessarily slow, and make the "back" button, reverts my decision, the UI is so small that I sometimes misclick and I have to endure an unskippable cutscene, also make the people save in-between the battles!