After so many years we finally got a sub 4 run!!!!
Run started as always with a pretty mediocre Granseal escape but picked up pace as it went on. A couple mistakes on Cameela and on the Mithril weapon manipulation plus a very slow and safe Red Baron cost a few minutes. There was also something that messed up the Zeon manipulation (even though I can't pinpoint what it was) and Lemon survived which messed up Peter's final hit. Therefore I couldn't finish the fight with turbo on and had to resort to the backup plan of double attacking with turbo off with Jaro and Peter.
Huge shoutout to Degree for helping finalise the route with the new turn order manipulation which led to the discovery of a smoother grind with three "free" +3ATK level ups post promotion.
As I will probably not run this game again for the foreseeable future, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Shining Friends community for keeping these games alive. Special thanks to BOWIEtheHERO for introducing me to the speedrun of this game, NoWorries, CirrusAF, Ty2358 and Degree for helping shape the run after the OG slingshot glitch was found and of course CloudCarry who was always there to help me and willing to try new ideas to push the game to its' limits. Thank you all so much and keep enjoying this wonderful game!