Nine scenes, nine kanji, and each one peels back another layer of Ritsuko Akizuki's character. This 2007 Birthday Series volume from the IDOLM@STER arcade era is basically a drama CD built around single-word emotional beats.
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"Scene 6-1 ~Dream~" opens soft, then the series moves through change, collapse, lies, wavering. The progression from "~幻~ (Illusion)" into "~晴~ (Clear Sky)" at the end hits hard after everything that came before. Compact but weirdly intense for what it is.
The whole thing plays out like a short story told in sound and voice. If you're a Ritsuko fan who only knows her from the later games, go back to this one.