This soundtrack radiates warm afternoon light through your speakers. Natsunone Overture is a 2004 Windows visual novel with a score that perfectly captures lazy summer school days. Azure Morning opens with this delicate piano melody that genuinely makes you feel like you're half-awake watching curtains blow in a breeze.
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Then you hit tracks like A Tuna's Reckless Run and Sponge Cake to a Cat, which are these quirky little character pieces full of bouncy synths and acoustic guitar. The whole thing just. Evening Calm and Twilight bring it down with gorgeous ambient pads that hit different at golden hour.
Sound of Summer ties the whole package together with a vocal version and instrumental that both carry real emotional weight. If you've ever gotten attached to a slice-of-life VN cast, this score will wreck you.