Warm, clean vocal pop from Duca with that mid-2000s Windows visual novel softness. 12 Stories collects vocal tracks across multiple VN titles into one singer-focused album that feels like a greatest hits. "Happiness" radiates this breezy, upbeat energy that's pure feel-good pop.
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"Aozora" opens up with bright keys and vocals reaching for something hopeful. Then "Everspiral" closes the whole collection with a track that sounds like it's trying to hold onto a feeling before the credits roll. Sixteen tracks total with a mix of Japanese-titled songs and a few English ones scattered throughout.
The encoding on some titles got mangled but the music underneath is intact. Good listening for when you want catchy, earnest J-pop vocals without any pretense about it.