Bright, sugary synth pop that completely blindsides you once the mood shifts. Muv-Luv's 2003 original soundtrack by age covers the romantic comedy half of the visual novel, and it sounds exactly like early 2000s Windows VN bliss.
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"Campus Life" is pure carefree energy with bouncy keyboards and light percussion, "Sunny Days" radiates that warm school hallway feeling, and "Let's Go, Hand in Hand!" is sickeningly cheerful in the best way. Then tracks like "Creeping Anxiety" and "Goosebumps" start pulling the rug out.
The tonal whiplash is deliberate. "Of Noble Blood" hints at something grander underneath all the slice-of-life fluff, and "Harukanaru Furusato no Uta" closes things with a weight you didn't expect from a rom-com setup. That lingering unease between the happy tracks...
If you know what Muv-Luv becomes in Alternative, this soundtrack hits completely different on a second listen.