Sprite work on this is sublime. Love all the little details and animation, like cici's key turning when walking etc.
Interactions are hilarious, but wish there were more gameplay to each fight. Seeing as this is a solo project, I think you might have spent a little too much time on the visuals.
Also, please don't leave out the BGM and give your judges any reason to dock points from ambience, especially when you've already put in so much effort on the presentation of your game. Just spent about 5 mins and find a royalty free music as a placeholder if you must and slap it in. (eg. https://peritune.com/blog/2022/03/19/8bitrpg_battle/).
Overall, very impressed with your pixel art animation! Thanks for making this!