So like the game has this really cutesy tone and aesthetic but when you reach certain points or whatever the game just feels... wrong.
The music changes from normal to creepy (not cute Nintendo creepy either. Like actually unsettling), your health meter is a flower face thing and it gets visibly sadder as you lose health, when you have 1 health left the stage music slows way down and drops, and the bosses and shit are weird.
Like the first boss I fought was some cotton candy cloud monster thing that was designed in a really cute way, but the music playing during the fight was distorted and weird and the thing had a generic looking smiley face while it was jumping around.
I can see what you mean. I found it cute but I can see it from your angle too