Thank you for the adjustment - I restarted my save and got different upgrades to see if that would help. I was able to defeat the fox lady and continue onwards- which was good. As said, I love the unique combat gameplay - it is loads of fun so replaying the game isn't so bad. Although a proper save feature would be nice to have as I'm not always sure an upgrade is good or not and sometimes I accidentally go forward without grabbing an upgrade which kills the run .
I'm now on day 3 stuck with the croc crane duo - I'm not sure how to beat them as if I save my dice, they simply kill me before I can use them and if I use them right away I have none during the choke phase and the crane reflects the high dmg back. Similar balance issue as before with the fox lady.
edit: I restarted again and got different upgrades and was able to complete the game but that was mostly due to RNG and less so skill. The only critique for the game is the balancing and the lack of proper saving - everything else is good!