Early 2000s magical girl scoring that actually has range. "White Destiny" opens with ethereal vocals that set the tone before the soundtrack dips into breezy slice-of-life pieces like "Hirosagari Nodoka Mode" and the deliberately awkward charm of "Raten na Yuu Utsu Boku, Tanaka."
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The action cues hit harder than you'd expect, "Iza! Iza!! Iza!!!" is all urgent strings and brass. "Kanashimi ni Kiku Kusuri" goes full emotional gut-punch with piano and soft woodwinds. Then there's "Grand Finale" doing exactly what the name promises.
The comedy tracks are genuinely funny in their compositions, not just goofy. If you like your magical girl soundtracks with real compositional personality instead of cookie-cutter fluff, start here.