And now you know about the good old "exhaust everyone's dialogue" thing from every Souls game :P
(Bucket girl Kisume also becomes a fast-travel system if you talk to her enough times, if you didn't notice)
There's several ways to block/avoid bullets (slash them with Kokoro's sword, dash through them, use Patchouli's shield, destroy them with spells...) so there are attacks that will be unavoidable with just regular movement. Never said the game was gonna be easy~
(And yes, it's possible to miss like, half the game if you don't explore thoroughly. I wanted it to feel really special when you find the biggest secret area :3)