Bright J-pop vocals backed by early 2000s synth and acoustic guitar. Lime-iro Senkitan is a 2003 PC visual novel, and this vocal collection is pure character-song energy from that era. "Rinka" opens with an upbeat pop melody that sets the tone for the whole disc.
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"BRAVE" shifts into something intense, a determined vocal performance with driving percussion. "Blue Wind" cools things down with a wistful mid-tempo ballad feel. Every vocal track has a karaoke version, so half the album is instrumental backing.
They hold up on their own, especially "Marionette" stripped of vocals. Nine songs, nine karaoke tracks, all that early-2000s VN charm... If you ever fell for a character song album from a game nobody around you played, you know why this exists.