A massive retrospective covering Gust's first twenty years, from Saturn through PS3. The tracklist is enormous and deeply charming. "好きだった絵本" (The Book I Liked) and "只今お仕事中!" (I'm Working Right Now!) capture that cozy Atelier spirit instantly.
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"血の眠り" (Sleep of Blood) goes unexpectedly dark. "すいかビキニの伝説" (Legend of the Watermelon Bikini) is a real track that exists in a real box set. The depth here is staggering, pulling from obscure side games alongside mainline Atelier entries.
"パッヘルベルのカノン" (Pachelbel's Canon) getting a Gust arrangement feels exactly right for this studio. If you want to understand why Gust fans are so loyal, listening to twenty years of their music explains everything.