I was having a lot more trouble with Juzou than with Lady Butterfly this time around. The last time I fought her must have been on my very first playthrough and while Juzou made me restart the game twice over the span of several years, she was definitely not a cakewalk either.

However, many bosses in this game kind of default to the same attack and deflect patterns if you’re just aggressive enough. In this case, I essentially skipped the second phase, backed her in a corner, and kept attacking and deflecting her, leading to an easy kill.