Mid-90s idol pop filtered through a TurboGrafx dating sim and it sounds better than it has any right to. Tokimeki Memorial's Vocal Best Collection is nineteen tracks of character songs that defined an entire generation of otaku music.
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"SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE!" is pure high-energy fun, the kind of track that gets stuck in your head for days. "Pajama Date" is exactly as cute as it sounds. Then "Reticent Wind" pulls back into something genuinely melancholic, this wistful vocal performance over soft arrangement.
"Time Reflected in Your Eyes" is the one everyone remembers, and for good reason. If you want to understand why Tokimeki Memorial became a cultural phenomenon in Japan, start with these songs.