Characters, music, personalities.

[Piranha]

Thanks for your analyses, they made me like especially Yuyuko and Kanako even more than I already do.
It's really interesting to see/read your interpretations.

[Kinoko]

Musume can mean both daughter and girl. Anyways, Cirno's theme is pefect for her, IMO. It sounds like an adorable dumbass who sits around feezing fogs for amusement. Not elegant at all, but it's better that way.

[iK]

I don't feel that True Administrator represents Miko very well, but it is extremely fitting for the nature of the battle. The explosive fireworks and continuously flowing spell cards accentuate the repetitive pounding nature of the song, and the intense build ups and drops almost always fit with whatever is happening in the battle.

I feel that Starry Sky fits Miko's character more personally. I'm not a musical analyst, but the entire song sounds contemplative and concise, thoughtful and manipulative, as if Miko knows exactly what makes people tick and how to exploit it- something that's backed up by her backstory and ability.

[Starxsword]

But she doesn't know what makes people tick. That is what makes Youmu's route interesting, it is because you find out that her reliance
on her ability blinds her to correctly judge some people.

[Orin Kaenbyou]

Am I the only person that thinks Youmu seems a bit mixed in the different games? There's the Mystic Temple disciplined Youmu, then there's the Hiroari stab-crazy Youmu.
Also, Yukari's PCB theme makes it sound like she isn't even trying, but somehow that makes her better than you. The introduction is like she just gapped herself out of nowhere, and there are periods where it sounds like she's just lazing about.

[YukkuriPaste]

Am I the only person that thinks Youmu seems a bit mixed in the different games? There's the Mystic Temple disciplined Youmu, then there's the Hiroari stab-crazy Youmu.
Also, Yukari's PCB theme makes it sound like she isn't even trying, but somehow that makes her better than you. The introduction is like she just gapped herself out of nowhere, and there are periods where it sounds like she's just lazing about.

Eh, kinda.
I think it fits the battle more than the character.

[Orin Kaenbyou]

Eh, kinda.
I think it fits the battle more than the character.

True, but maybe it's a mixture of character and battle mood.

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Eagerly waiting for the end of Ten Desires analysis. The introduction of Legend of the Great Gods is pretty much unlike anything I ever heard from ZUN before and I really don't know what to think about that one. It surprised me the first time I heard it and still sounds very strange whenever I reach Futo.

Regarding Futatsuiwa from Sado, what I find immediately apparent is how danceable and fun (in a, say, Bluegrass sense) that theme is. When you get to the extra bosses, they are usually interested on terrorizing (Flandre), awing (Ran and Yukari), unsettling (Koishi or Nue) or saddening (Mokou) you. Suwako is obviously happy in her theme, but she's just a bit too frantic. Mamizou instead throws some kind of youkai hillbilly dance at you. What a culture shock.