OK, first problem is trying to get getting past the tutorial without knowing Japanese which I had to do through a bit of trail and error.
Lots of text skipping, then when you get control of the female character, jump up the ledges and go right. Skip more text. When you regain control, stand in front of the glowing sword and hold up until you trigger a beep sound you get when you complete a tutorial task. Now press start and select "Glyph". Press A on the Y-button icon and then select the only item you can (It's the sword). Do the same to assign the X button, then return to the game. Walk up the to old guy and stab him with X or Y, he vanishes and reappears, stab him again until you get the beep and trigger the next bit. Next, hold up and press X or Y to do a red attack thing. Now you can exit through to the right and start decking skeletons.