This is my best run so far; without sequence breaking [I can't replicate the early Ice World skip I've seen] but not quite the 'No Death' run I'd intended - hence why I take the long trip back from Poseiden and why I get some way into the trip back from Ice World rather than using the 'die and respawn at the last inn' method straight away.

There's quite a lot of places where more time could be shaved off - little errors such as taking unneccesary hits, moving in the wrong direction or grabbing gold pieces that arn't required. I could also commit to utilising the Inn warp from the beginning, but there is an appeal to a 'single credit' playthrough - not least of which replicating the penalty of death from the English-language Mega Drive versions of the game.

The final boss was just cruel. I hope he never does that again.