Piano notes falling like afternoon sunlight through a window. Himawari no Kyoukai to Nagai Natsuyasumi's full soundtrack from 2013 on Windows is pure long-summer-vacation energy captured in sound. "Konna ni mo Odayakana Toki no Nagare" sounds like time passing gently.
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"Kokoro ga Odoru Konna Hi wa" has this skip in its step, like a day where everything just works. Then "Kaii" drops in with something unsettling and the mood shifts completely. "Chiisana Yume" is tiny and delicate and perfect.
"Tomoshibi ga Kieta Machi" brings darkness into a town that was just full of light, and "Sora ni Shibataku Hikari" reaches back toward the sky. The way it balances warmth and melancholy... If you miss the feeling of summer days that stretched on forever, let this soundtrack take you back.