Clean, polished J-pop character vocals with that early PS3-era visual novel sheen. L@ve once is a 2011 PlayStation 3 romance game about mermaids, and this song collection gives each heroine her own track. "Far away" opens with longing and distance in the melody, "Water Flower" leans into the aquatic theme with something gentle and flowing, and "Jun'ai Flag" closes things out with earnest romantic energy.
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Six vocal tracks, six instrumental versions. The inst versions strip the voices out and let you hear how solid the compositions actually are underneath. "First Love" especially sounds gorgeous without vocals. Every track is built around the same emotional register.
Yearning, tenderness, a little bit of sadness at the edges. If you like character song collections where every heroine gets equal treatment and the instrumentals are worth a listen on their own, queue this up.