This drama CD hits different when you already love these characters. Tales of Symphonia's second drama disc digs into Raine and Genis with "Before and After the Rain," and there's this quiet emotional weight to hearing their story played out with the original Japanese cast over Sakuraba's arrangements.
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Then Presea's arc in "The Reason for a Smile" just... yeah. The background music leans on softer rearrangements of Symphonia motifs, giving familiar melodies a more intimate feel than the GameCube originals. It's not an action-packed listen, more like eavesdropping on moments the game didn't have time for.
If Symphonia's cast ever made you feel something, this fills in the gaps you didn't know were there.