A character-focused mini album from the early Dreamcast era when visual novel franchises packaged everything into collectible discs. The vocal track "Imitation" opens and closes the disc (karaoke version included, obviously), and it carries that specific early-2000s anime ballad quality, earnest and a little raw.
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Between the songs sits a drama CD segment with Shizuru and Hotaru called "Smeared Ink" that adds story content you won't find in the game. "Theme of Shizuru Shirakawa" appears in both original and arranged versions, and the arranged take smooths out the edges in a way that actually loses some charm.
Six tracks total, barely twenty minutes. If Shizuru was your pick, this little disc was made specifically for you.