Shadow of The Beast (J) Speed Run

This is the Speed run for the Japanese version of Shadow of the Beast. The game came out on the Mega Drive/Sega Genesis.

Notable run information:

Glitch:
I got a funny glitch at 9:16 (youtube video time, not timer time) in the castle after hitting a barrel, instead of getting the hit sound, a dry soft sound came out and two simultaneous sounds that resemble a window being knocked came out.

Notable mistakes:(youtube video time, not timer time)
-The Tree: 0:51 Getting stuck on the ladder for half a second after killing the ants.
-The Tree: 3:14 Ducking for no reason after getting the potion before the eyeball stretch 3:09
-The Plains: 5:37 I did not hit the statue in the fastest sequence possible.
-The Plains: 5:42 No need to stop at the raising yellow spikes and spiders because my energy was high enough.
-The Castle: 7:11 This part can be ran without damage. I did it with no damage on the 18hp run. You only need 3 points of energy when you enter the castle and then you can let the ladder snake hit you twice.
-The Castle: 8:11 The leg trick to avoid spawns (props to Goati_ for finding this) I don't let the leg get too close, so the snake does spawn at the end, but you save a bit of time.
The Castle: 9:08 Ran a bit further than the ladder.

Notable important data includes:
Beating the first boss by taking no more than 2 hits - This equals 2 damage points.
Beating the second boss by taking no more than 3 hits - This equals 3 damage points.
Beating the third boss by taking no more than 5 hits - This equals 5 damage points.
Beating the final boss by taking no more than 2 hits - This equals 4 damage points.