Quiet synth pads and a solo piano line open "Omoi no Kakera" with this fragile tenderness that sets the whole mood immediately. Takeshi Abo returns for the Memories Off spinoff Close To on Dreamcast and PS2, and the character themes here feel even more intimate than the mainline entries.
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"Theme of Shoko" and "Theme of Koyuki" each build their own little emotional worlds in miniature, while "Declaration of death" drops an unexpected shadow across the tracklist. The piano versions of classic Memories Off themes at the end are stripped down to just melody and feeling, and "Der Mond Das Meer" especially hits harder in that arrangement.
If you're already deep in the Memories Off universe, this collection fills in the spaces between the bigger moments.