now, from the song titles, genre listings, and anime girl style cover, you may think this is lo-fi hip hop radio; beats to relax/study to before booting it up
but what this really is is some real midi-ass video game-ass soundtrack music. mostly snes-era stuff, but you hear some Person(a)-style acid jazz in there.
track 1, you have "intro / char creation." track 2: main theme / character theme. note the 2-4 measure musical hook that establishes here and repeats in the many variants of the song, such as track 4: main theme - inside, or track 6: main theme, reprise.
of course there is track 3: "crazy encounter," track 5: "plot moment / emotional movement"
track 7: boss fight, complete with bassline, piano, high bpm drum, etc.
track 9: gender-bending stuff
track 10: "to all our friends" or something. closing and by far the longest track. endgame. anthem to self.
all's to say, i'm not saying it's necessarily derivative directly or purposely, but rather that in trying to craft a lyric-less story with music, which seems to be what's intended here, you may find yourself dipping into old tenets and facets, which themselves probably came from something before.
or maybe it's just me. i'll of course contrast anything even remotely as instrumental and weird as this to Fishmans, which continues to hold the title for weird stuff that keeps a head above water.
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