I’m glad to hear that Mari’s quest animation works now :)
Yeah, I’m wondering if I should make Panthrill appear only after the bonus round is done, just to prevent him from making it tougher. Increasing your levels should help, especially bringing the butt level to 7 or 8. If you just want to get through the arena maybe temporarily enabling auto-rhythming in the settings just for that last bonus part can help? But ideally that wouldn’t be a necessary thing