Hi,

I just accidentally found that you can freeze all enemies, not only on the current screen, completely. You can see me do it here:

I've not tried to reproduce it, but it doesn't seem to be that hard to pull off once you have Mirabras. I don't know if that also works on bosses.

My best guess is, that immediately going back into the menu and switching the chant keeps the game thinking we're in the menu for selecting to go back to the city.

Hope it helps any potential speedrunners :D.

BQ