That's fair, I won't fault you for not trying to critique something you're not familiar with.
1. The music worked out surprisingly well. I'll admit I kind of left it until the end and didn't put as much thought into it than I usually do. I picked several tracks- all or most of the town sequence- from the same artist which was a good decision.
2. I had a lot of dumb code problems with that script, but I agree that it was absolutely worth it. Once I had it dialed in it was very clear when enemies had lost their shields/aura (they actually have health after, though not much). I actually thought about doing this for the player and Sakura as well but it didn't look good and Sakura is unkillable anyway so I dropped it.
I make a lot of janky, weird games, but I try to make them enjoyable so I'm glad you had some fun with it.