recent generational run of liking gakumas songs

05 Mar, 2026

i have been getting back into gakumas recently and checked out a couple of new (to me!) songs. i am impressed that i liked so many in such a short amount of time so i want to list them here:

• love & joy - sumika shiun
  ok i heard it when it came out before but now i'm really into it, it's so catchy. bonus was having caught up with sumika's bond stories so the lyrics were really hitting T.T

• 理論武装して - tsubame amaya
  part of why i've been getting back into gakumas is tsubame becoming playable - i love her design and her first single is sooooo cool. i kinda love it when you can hear the emotion in a singer's voice (also why i love luna say maybe) and this is no different. the mv also really sells it well. super duper cool!

• EGO - saki hanami
  saw someone describe this as electro swing so i had to check it out. super fun, i love the boldness in the lyrics. perfect for saki.

• ENDLESS DANCE - ume hanami, misuzu hataya, sena juo
  the chorus snippet shown when ume's corresponding ssr was released hooked me and the full song isn't any different. i'm bopping to this.

• サンフェーデッド - hiro shinosawa
  another beautiful hiro song. i love her dreamy, surreal image she has going on and i think this fits perfectly. the contrast between the rock/high strung/? instrumentals and hiro's really soft voice is great and the mv is also pretty cool.