Delicate Japanese instrumentation shifting between peaceful and absolutely unhinged. INUMIMI-BERSERK is a 2008 Windows game and the soundtrack swings wildly between cozy and terrifying. The early tracks feel like a quiet afternoon, gentle and warm.
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Then you hit tracks like "殺" (kill), "伐" (cut), and "葬" (burial) and the whole mood drops into darkness without warning. "Flapping wish" closes things out in both vocal and instrumental versions, landing somewhere hopeful after all that chaos.
"正直どうかしてる" (roughly "honestly something's wrong") might be the most self-aware track title on here. The range is wild for a 2008 PC game. Peaceful walks, frantic panic, genuine menace, quiet sadness, all in one tracklist.
If you want a soundtrack that keeps you guessing what kind of game this even is, start from track one and just let it ride.