Absolutely unhinged synth funk that sounds like a bodybuilder fever dream set to music. Cho Aniki's Otoko no Tamashii soundtrack from 2000 leans all the way into the series' absurdity and never apologizes. "My Muscular Visual-kei" is glam rock filtered through a protein shake, while "Kabukicho Lovers Suicide" goes surprisingly dark and moody before "Deutsch Gingerman" yanks you back into pure weirdness.
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The whole thing bounces between campy dance tracks and bizarrely sincere ballads. "City Pops" has this smooth groove that almost makes you forget what game you're playing. Almost. Like someone let a comedy troupe loose in a recording studio and the results were too good to throw away...
If you ever wanted proof that game music has zero rules, start here.