decided to give normal mode a crack
level 1- no deaths
level 2- one boulder(not a stage to be careless on) killed me, lost my s2 (boss was piss easy due to me having the m2)
level 3- died a few times on the boss, more stuff happends on him on normal mode that isn't on easy mode
level 4- lots of "dumb mistake" deaths, lost my m2 on the sub boss and ended the game on losing one continue (though, mainly losing the m2)
i shall get better, but im not going to push it, just casually playing every once in a while.