Bright J-pop vocals with that unmistakable late-90s Saturn/PC warmth underneath. Friends: Seishun no Kagayaki is a 1998 visual novel, and this vocal collection sounds exactly like its era. "Never ~I Will Not Forget That Day~" opens with earnest emotional delivery, and "Eye to Eye Let's Fall in Love" has that bubbly pop energy 90s dating sims nailed perfectly.
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"Be flat ~In the Wind~" closes with a breezy softness. Eight tracks mixing upbeat character songs with quieter emotional moments. "Yes, I'm Dreamer" lives in that hopeful midtempo space that just feels warm. Something about "all my heart" being lowercase like that.
This one's for you if you miss the sound of late-90s anime-adjacent vocal albums.