Hi, so I made an account just to post this, but when I was playing some pantheons and started the game, (not necessarily in that order) I almost always have nailmasters glory on. So when I started my save, I was also simultaneously charging a slash, and at around the moment the game loaded I released it, and when I spawned on the bench I was on the right edge of the bench instead of the middle, I don't know if that happened bc my laptop just decided that that was a good option, or if it is an actual glitch that can be used to save a few frames, thought it might be useful to share :)

I don't believe nailmaster's glory is used in many speedruns, mostly because it takes a very long time to get (requires all 3 nail arts and an extra trip to sly). 1XX categories are the only ones on the main board that would have the charm and I believe in most sections have a very limited amount of charm notches that are better saved for charms that have more practical speedrun applications.

However I'm interested in learning more about the glitch. I'm not sure if this would be some form of early control, or bench storage. The former could be a minor glitch allowed in NMG runs, the later would be a major glitch only allowed in glitched runs. They would have slightly different potential as well. Have you noticed anything weird after leaving the bench? Does the knight still stand up as it normally does? Are you allowed to equip/unequip charms after you leave the bench? Let me know