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Heaven Burns Red - White Spell
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - The Grand Finale
Chrono Trigger - To Far Away Times

MATCH 1

I really like White Spell! It barely failed to make the cut for my support considerations playlist during nominations, but in hindsight, I should've included it anyway because I was going to make it my last support at the end of nominations if I had realized that I had one spare support open that I forgot about lol. Jun Maeda and Nagi Yanagi is truly an all-star lineup. I'm a big fan of Key visual novel soundtracks, in no small part due to Jun Maeda's contributions. Nagi Yanagi's vocal work here is amazing. I feel like I've only recently realized how much I like her singing lol. I think the first and only time I listened to a song of hers was To You Who Never Lies from Rewrite, one of the route ED themes, while going through the game. I knew her name from that, but I've been watching Oregairu lately and have jammed out a lot to the OPs to the show (mainly season 1 and 2's, but season 3's OP is great too), which I think is what gave me the realization. Anyway, back to White Spell, this was definitely my favorite of the Heaven Burns Red songs that got nominated, so I'm really happy that it made it in. I've known about the game for some time now, but I've never listened to any of the songs until this year's contest, so I ought to check out more stuff from it.

I like Dialga's Fight to the Finish a lot as well. It's not my favorite PMD song, but it probably belongs in an upper tier of PMD songs in my mind. Mainly for the motif that starts at the beginning of the song, though. The rest of the song leading up to those parts aren't as good. Unfortunate matchup, but t's not even close here.

MATCH 2

Not really a fan of The 3 Karma. Nothing really stands out to me in a positive way, and I don't really like the distorted vocals and other distortions that show up in the background.

The Grand Finale's a good song. Not amazing, but nothing bad about it either.

MATCH 3

Aegleseeker's not really my thing, but I definitely see the emotional value it can carry. Especially at parts like 1:37-2:09, which are my favorite in the song.

To Far Away Times is my favorite Chrono Trigger song! This one's more my kind of emotional song. Feels like a heartfelt goodbye (it is the ending theme after all haha). My favorite part is 2:38 to the end when it transitions into the minor chord arpeggios as a lead-in to the main theme's motif. Definitely the best rendition of the motif in any of the Chrono Trigger songs I've heard that use it.

To Far Away Times > White Spell > Dialga's Fight to the Finish! > The Grand Finale > Aegleseeker ("Afterworld" Full Version) > The 3 Karma