Soft piano and airy vocal melodies that sound like cherry blossoms falling on your phone screen. Kono Koi, Seishun ni Yori is a 2016 visual novel romance, and the OST is drenched in that springtime ache. "春、踊る心" has this fluttery, heartbeat-paced piano line that just floats, "サタデーインザサクラバ" brings a weekend hangout energy with light percussion, and then "午前1時頃、彼女の夢を見て起きたら無性に彼女と話したくなったけど電話したら迷惑か迷った時。" is literally a track title describing lying awake at 1AM thinking about calling her.
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The emotional range is narrow on purpose. Everything lives in that space between hopeful and hesitant. "歩いたり、立ち止まったり" captures it perfectly, walking and stopping, starting and second-guessing. Karaoke versions of "I will..."
and "Missing" close it out. Someone wanted you to sing along to your own feelings. If you have ever stared at your phone at night debating whether to text someone, this soundtrack already knows.