Odd time signatures in a personality quiz game. That's the kind of thing xaki pulls off without breaking a sweat. Refind Self wraps its little existential test in music that shifts between gentle piano motifs and these delicate vocal arrangements from Kaori Kido that feel like someone whispering a secret you already knew.
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The MainTheme has this restless pulse underneath all the softness, rhythms that refuse to land where you expect. And then the piano version of the ending theme strips everything back to just... ache. xaki learned theory his own way and you can hear it, every phrase bending just slightly wrong in the best possible sense.
If you liked the vibe of Omori or Undertale's quieter moments, this one earns its 12 minutes.