This one keeps flipping between cozy and deeply unsettling. Shukusai no Utahime is a visual novel where the soundtrack starts with bright festival energy in "Festival" and cheerful afternoon vibes in "Itsumo no Gogo," then a track literally called "Stalking" shows up and the whole mood collapses.
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"Neko to Kamigakushi" (The Cat and the Spiriting Away) has this eerie musicbox quality that just lingers. "Tomatta Jikan" (Stopped Time) goes completely still in a way that feels wrong rather than peaceful. The closing track "sumire" is quiet and resigned.
Like it already knows how everything ends. If you play VNs that hide something dark under a cheerful surface, this soundtrack tells you exactly what you're getting into.