Asami Imai's voice work as Chihaya Kisaragi is genuinely stunning on this Birthday Series disc. This 2007 IDOLM@STER release mixes drama tracks with Keiichi Sugiyama's compositions and the contrast between the spoken segments and the songs gives it this theatrical quality.
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"Sora he..." floats with this gentle piano that just aches, and then "Jupiter" comes in with way more weight and purpose. The drama portions like "Kaimaku" and the intermission tracks build out Chihaya's character in a way that pure music releases can't touch.
That vulnerability in Imai's delivery though. If Chihaya is your girl, this is the disc that proves why she resonated with so many fans.