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match 1 is an interesting match of two songs that are simpler than they feel like they should be, but find an interesting niche they deliver on fairly well regardless. candle hill manages to give off both alto and celeste vibes, without falling into areas of either i'm not as into. guardian recall is very 90s and therefore is not too surprisingly one of those kinds of tracks that goes all in on a very short looping sample to carry the track, and one's opinion of it definitely influences one's opinion overall. fortunately it works for me.

lost forest could legitimately almost fit in lostcolors funnily enough. from 50 secs in onward prob not but still. still one of sakimoto's finer songs for sure. still won't stand for the continued erasure of michiru oshima's contributions to the legaia games in this community though. having not come from a conventional pipeline in joining these contests, i can't say sonic rush is part of my childhood, and most games that share its kind of sound are no longer my jam. back 2 back is iconic, but it has never been anywhere near the levels of peak naganuma for me

i kinda don't like most remastered versions of existing utaware songs, they kind of feel like they're trying too hard to be "safe" and in line with conventional utaware (nonvocal) stuff, which also places it distressingly close to another type of distinct vocal song (namely, LieN stuff in cyberconnect2 games) for me. granted, i still like the songs more than enough, it's just like a 2% difference in how i'd rate them, just a note that it's unlikely i'd ever share this song when the original (which, btw, while in the anime, was probably eligible anyway since it was also in the ps2 version released at basically the same time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BswUjdOxeOo) still exists. anyway oh heck ragna breakers is really an evil song to throw in against this. brutal match thanks to the circumstances here but... okay, i think it's a bit too unfair to just auto ragna here since while it came super close to my support cut too, i probably would've auto-supported og kimi ga tame (also og towa ni...) too... it's super hard, but i think i'll go with utaware. pretty rough draw really, of the songs today i think it was the only one i wouldn't have taken ragna breakers over ultimately

Main Theme
Lost Forest
Kimigatame 2016

also write-in vote for concept of love concept of passion mix