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28. Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland - Akeldama
vs.
64. Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - The Ruined City Kishgal

What I had:
Main Theme (Tong Nou) > Battle! Uxie/Mesprit/Azelf

Akeldama is full of the world music sounds I tend to like in Atelier/Gust music. Nice flute, nice percussion, nice accordion. Really everything comes together super well. Definitely a song that's grown on me since the contest began.

Hey, it's my least favorite song remaining. In the interest of staying positive I won't fixate on what I dislike about Kishgal, though I'll say that, to the surprise of probably nobody who knows my taste, that off-key stringed instrument that fills the song is basically the sole reason it's so low. I actually like the electronic elements throughout the piece, but that one prominent aspect just drags the whole thing down for me.

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1. Magical Chase - Variations on a Ra Melody
vs.
4. maimai MiLK - Credits

What I had:
Variations on a Ra Melody > Dungeon Geofront 4 (wildcard)

My favorite song remaining on the same day as my least favorite! Truly a day of emotional extremes. Anyway, Ra Melody is a song that thrives on that crystally backing trill that runs for the entirety of the song. It feels very DESTINY but not in the usual way; instead, it's like a pressing need to move forward, whatever the cost. I still have a hard time believing a song like this could come out of the TurboGrafx-16! Based on how well Ra Melody's done so far (round 3 is nothing to sneeze at!), I'll likely nominate Waltz of Meditation part2 next year, which - spoilers - I like even more than Ra Melody.

I came close to supporting Credits, and I can't remember if I did or if it had already gotten in by that front. It's a very unconventional song, that's for sure, with its trance-like repetition (not trance the genre, trance as in hypnosis) and frequent glitchy vocal samples. Even if it doesn't win today (which, I mean, I like it, but you saw the ranking...!), I'm very happy a song this unique has done so well.

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Votes:
Akeldama
Variations on a Ra Melody