Bubbly, bright pop melodies bursting in like the first day of a new school year. Kanojo*Step is a 2016 visual novel and its soundtrack is pure warm sunshine energy from start to finish. Sunny Day Step comes in three versions including a karaoke cut, and that opening theme sets the whole cheerful tone.
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The Proper Way to Spend Time After School nails that lazy, golden-hour feeling perfectly. Then The Absolutely Unrivaled Head of the Student Council has this confident, comedic energy that just makes you grin. Scent of Plants shows up in recorder and music box variations, each one adding a different shade of nostalgia.
Far Into the Sky pulls things toward something more reflective near the end. Almost wistful. For anyone who wants to feel like summer break still has two weeks left.