No More Heroes' latest title bout wasn't any more strategic or precise than the previous one. Actually, it takes a step back from requiring precise timing. Instead, the battle with Holly Summers, a woman with bandoleers full of grenades, is all about being frantic.
You've got to dash about the beach where the fight takes place, avoid the pitfalls she's dug before the fight, and get to her early enough to stop her from launching her indefensible (but escapable) rocket assault. Maybe I was missing something, but doing all of that nonetheless yielded a victory. This is also a fight that rewards bullheadedness, since the "Max Health" boxed up in a corner makes it possible to just barrel into her, mash "A" through her attacks, replenish your health once you're critical, and hope for the best.
Being on a beach, we're all reminded of one of Travis' motivations to get to the number one assassin spot. During the intro cutscene, he's oiling up a sunbathing Sylvia, and goes a little too far up her leg. The scene almost plays like what you'd expect from an anime's obligatory hot spring episode, but doesn't quite sell it since Travis doesn't get a nosebleed or turn way with a fully flushed face. Perhaps my having forgotten just what he does do in reply to Sylvia's "Go any higher, and I'll kill you myself," says something about this lack.
The scene after the fight is just as strange, as Travis buries the corpse of Holly Summers by tossing it into the final hole to be filled, grenades and all. I half expect that when I pass by the beach during the upcoming cash gathering session, a giant column of sand will shoot up out of the blue.
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