Right - I know you can't dark souls this one and roll out of everything. I understand the concept of the parry, to press the buttons when they are about to attack. I can do it in training, however when I face the spear guy, if I remember correctly as its been a while, I know the kanji comes up like he's going to attack, I try to parry, and get my ass handed to me anyways. I've tried waiting a split second after the kanji appears, and still get it. It's weird because I can parry everytime during the training segment. But when it comes to the live spear guy, it's like what just was applied doesn't work. Not sure what it is. I'll try to fire it up again sometime soon, but that part always got me. I think I eventually made it to the old lady boss and then faced a whole new slew of problems. lol. I love the art direction, at some point I need to beat that game.