Bright J-pop vocal tracks crashing into peppy battle fanfares. Elemental Battle Academy is a Windows doujin fighter from 2010 that wears its anime heart on its sleeve. SCARLET HEART opens with Souwer's vocals bouncing over a driving beat, and each character intro like "リエル行くわ、もちろん勝つために!"
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has its own personality. The victory and defeat jingles are quick gut punches. "ともだち=ライバル_" settles into a warmer groove for the friendship-rivalry stuff between matches. Instrumental versions of the vocal tracks show how solid the compositions are underneath.
The whole thing sounds like a mid-2000s anime opening marathon compressed into one game. If you ever wanted a soundtrack that feels like picking your favorite character on the select screen at 2AM, this delivers.