Fifteen vocal tracks that sound like a 90s anime ending credits marathon and honestly that's the highest compliment. Tokimeki Memorial's vocal collection pulls together character songs spanning PS1, Saturn, and TG-16 eras of the series, and the arrangements are way more polished than dating sim music has any right to be.
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I Want to Shine opens bright and poppy with that classic late 90s J-pop energy. Like a Sunday Rain strips everything down to piano and string quartet and suddenly you're just sitting there feeling things. You're My Only Shinin' Star is the one that sticks though.
If you ever fell for a Tokimeki girl, this album is basically an emotional time capsule.