Oh yes there are some parts that are quite "hard" especially when going through a mission in Frantic Mode (character strips into her selected swim suit which boosts atk pwr by 750% BUT also reduces defence by 90%...almost like playing dante must die mode in Devil May Cry 3) just make sure you play the Hanzo story first since it's not quite as hard as the Hebijo side.
The characters I found the most difficult to work with are Hibari & Haruka (very short range using only punches & kicks) Ikaruga (lowest defense but highest attack for the 5 Hanzo girls not counting Daidoji...but then again she just blows EVERYTHING out of the water) Daidoji (speak of the She-devil; she has massive stats but is VERRRRRRY slow...think of a combination of Shin Akuma from Street Fighter & Jack 5 of Tekken, ungodly power with slow combo speed & few atk options) & even though Katsuragi is my favorite of the Hanzo girls (Yuri is awesome I won't like XP ) you will sometimes attack next to your target if you don't time your attacks carefully with her due to her kicks moving her in the direction your facing.
Yumi is a strong character as well but very slow, & you get exp from your total combo+how many enemies you've killed so don't waste your energy beating on dead enemies unless your trying to fill your Ninja Art gauge as it wastes your time & those combo numbers used on dead enemies don't mean anything for the exp calculations. Everyone else is fun to play as, it can be quite "hard" but it's fair....except for the cross bow maids & green haired knife enemies....frikken cheap crossbow maids!! XC
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