Soft piano and clean synth pads carrying you through every emotional beat. Kuro to Kin no Hirakanai Kagi is a Windows visual novel, and the soundtrack reads like a mood index. "Sonomura Ikuto's Theme" and "Hasui Tomo'omi's Theme" give each character their own sonic identity while "Theme of Fun" and "Comedy Theme 1" keep things light between heavier moments.
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The track names are almost comically direct. Theme of Sadness. Theme of Violence. Theme of Bad Feelings. But they work because the compositions actually deliver on those promises. "To the Sky That Anybody Should Finally Be Able to Reach" in both full and piano versions.
That title alone is doing a lot of emotional lifting. If you want a VN soundtrack that wears its heart completely on its sleeve, this is the one.