I don't know... I got every damn little clothing piece and weapon from stage 1 (very easy to get through btw), upgraded all my cats and can't beat the first enemy from stage 2... seriously? How can progressing even be possible this way? Am I missing some secret mechanic?
Playing level 1 for those shitty fish over and over again to level up is NOT a valid possibility. You should really work on the balancing a little (more like A LOT) or share your ancient secret ninja techniques to play the game further than level 1.
Thanks for the game non the less :) It's a bit laggy on my machine but pretty nice other than that.