Dense, layered arrangements that feel like prog rock colliding with Touhou fan music at full speed. Jakkou Jakumetsu is a PC-98/Windows doujin project and every track is a wild reinterpretation of familiar themes. The subtitle references Buddhist philosophy and the music matches that weight.
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"ネイティブフェイス ~ Memory of a Free Festival" reimagines Suwako's theme with a massive progressive build that keeps escalating. "幽雅に咲かせ、墨染の桜" goes dark and heavy, Yuyuko's melody twisted into something almost painful. And "Peaceful Romancer" closes with a burn-bright energy.
Only eight tracks but each one is a full experience. The arrangements pull from 70s prog and existentialist philosophy in equal measure. For Touhou fans who want their arranges to feel like a philosophical crisis set to music.