Bright acoustic guitar strums crash into a summer you can practically feel the humidity of. ASa Project's rom-com visual novel Sankaku Renai drips with beach-episode energy, and the soundtrack leans all the way into it. Each heroine gets her own theme, from Nanaru's bouncy "love the idol" to Shiina's rapid-fire "machinegun-talk typhoon," and they all radiate personality.
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"Beach festa!" is pure sugar-rush pop, but then "驟雨" (sudden rain) hits with unexpected emotional weight that catches you off guard. The bookend structure of "One Summer Day" returning as "One Summer Day, again" is a nice touch.
If you want a soundtrack that bottles the feeling of an endless summer comedy, this nails it.