Seven tracks of pure vocal performances pulled from Yakuza 5's idol storyline, and they go way harder than any minigame songs should. Haruka's arc gave the composers an excuse to write legitimate J-pop bangers, and "So Far So Close" especially has this polished, radio-ready quality that's almost disorienting coming from a crime drama.
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"Bloody Moon" opens with darker energy, more intense than the idol stuff. The nylon-guitar version of the Japanese tracks strips everything back to something raw and intimate. "Diamond Dust" sparkles with exactly the kind of energy the title promises.
Just seven songs but each one hits different. If you skipped Yakuza 5's music because it looked like a weird idol detour, you made a mistake.