Well at least you were honest with the unfinished part xD.
Short range attacks doesn't mix well with danmaku throwing enemies, and sadly this are the ones that works the most against them, dashing doesn't seem to make this easier.
I like that you can buy upgrades, even if I don't know what they do xD, don't know if the sorting was random, because Flan sells me 3 catadioptric barrage at 35%, so there wasn't that much of a choice lol.