ForceStealer
Double Growth
Play DoC anyway. You can probably get it for cheap these days, and while it's not the game of the year, it's not all that terrible. You could finish the game in a couple days.
Prep your ridicule shield
(And I finished the game in two sittings, for reference. And it is true that at no point did I want to gouge out my eyes or anything. But then you tend to be in Masa's boat more often than not Octo, so maybe you would have a stronger reaction, lol.)