Started Chantelise a few hours ago. It has a few issues, but overall I'd say it's pretty good for something that qualifies as indie.
The keybinding reassignment is a bit poorly done, since you apparently have to reassign all the keys in order to reassign one. And then I suppose it's just my gamepad, but the right stick camera controls are... interesting. Up/down turns the camera right/left. Left/right do nothing. But oh well, turning the camera with the shoulder buttons makes it feel like MML. :P
The only real design flaw I've seen so far is that you're basically required to find the hidden item in the room before the first boss unless you can handle eating damage from the boss, but that chest is a bit difficult to figure out how to find. And the "Secret Chest Hinty-dude" doesn't show up in the game until after you've beaten said boss.