This is sick!!!!! I love the concept, the art is really cute, and the music is perfect. On top of that, the game became almost immediately speedrunnable and I now feel compelled to try to get the best times I can, on top of the controls having that perfect "simple to do but combining it all gets complex" factor. I also like that you only gave the full second.
My only beef, and this isn't a big deal cause I'm sure it's an easy fix, is that you cannot shift downwards. If an enemy is to my south, I cannot tongue him!!