maybe not *completely* relying on guides

... since i can't quite get the hang of juggling monsters via Velocity Attack as suggested and ended up beating Blue Taboo Sho via the use of tracking sparks instead. (Lightining Pawn, maybe? I forget the name.)

Racking up a huge collection of unidentified clothing, too, and there doesn't seem to be much in the way of guidelines for how to get any particular item IDed.