Bright, bouncy J-pop energy radiating pure sunshine. This is the fourth character song volume from Café Stella and the Reaper's Butterflies, the 2019 Windows visual novel. "Happy Sunshine" is exactly what the title promises, an upbeat track voiced by Urara Neraiuchi as Mei that feels like a sugar rush set to music.
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The mini drama "Otonappoku Naritai...... kamo" gives you Mei wanting to seem more grown-up, which is endearing and very on-brand. The karaoke version lets you take a shot at matching that energy yourself. Hearing the instrumental version stripped of vocals, the arrangement is surprisingly layered for a character single.
More going on than you first notice. If you need something aggressively cheerful to counterbalance your existential dread, this works.