The black void where my heart should be just melted. Those are cute.
The shmup genre just doesn't have enough "organic" player icons. Can we see a cute R-Type ship? Mayhaps a Vic Viper? Some super deformed ships might be cool... You can only dress up loli porn so much, at the end of the day it is still loli porn.
Some of the best shmups don't actually end in a vowel.
No, this game is not Space Invaders.