About first fight with Botta

[GTTD]

Is there any chances to complete "items to steal " of Botta in the monster list ? Anyone know how ? Because i tried many times for reloading to fight Botta but still no luck.

[chaoticenigma]

There's always NG+ since there's an option to transfer Ex Gem setups as well as an option to transfer Ex Gems. Could setup Colette with the 100% steal setup before she leaves during NG+, or even before the final boss since you could get a second Ex Gem max from a steal in addition to the dropped one.

[Ponxha]

Colette learns to steal at lvl10 but it fails pretty much all the time so unless you're lucky you might as well wait for NG+ (I think you need NG+ to complete it anyway)
Also, unless you're a perfectionist, you only need to encounter every enemy once for the title/achievement related to the Monster Book. Botta only gives a Yellow Quartz so it doesn't seem worth the hassle on a first playthrough.

[GTTD]

Thanks for your all advices. I think i will just give up and complete the game once.

[Polly]

This game takes like 7-8 playthroughs to complete it 100%, so if you miss something you can always come back later for it in a subsequent playthrough.

[Matayis]

5 is the lowest number of playthrought to 100%. Gotta pick Kratos, Zelos, Colette, Genis, and Regal for the Flanoir scenes and you can do it in 5. Not in that order necassarily, can be any order.