Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Tere, VGM listeners and welcome back to the sightseeing world of music where obscurity is hidden in between the key of knowledge in videogames. Today, we’ll be reviewing a visual novel game known as Missing Blue or ミッシングブルー in Japanese from the PS2 version.

The plot starts with a similar setting from a Gakuen lifestyle of a second-year student Masamura Kouji, together with humble and quiet childhood friend Ritsuki Saya and senior student Nishizuku Ruuna, as they enjoy a simple yet hectic existence at Seiryou high school.

However, the arrival of a new transfer student, who calls herself Kasuga Mizuki, hands over an unusual crystal while uttering an enigmatic phrase, "Please remember..." to Kouji. Puzzled with the phrase given, although the main protagonist is convinced they never met, he believes they did. Is there a strange relationship between the two in the form of an intimate relationship? “Invitation to illusion ... Return to reality", what is this supposed to mean by Kouji himself? Search for the truth and play the game to find the hidden answer beneath the question itself.

Reviewing the music track, it delivers a harmonious vibe of certain jingle bells, implying a spiritual Christmas tone with the racing hope of seeing a new future ahead of us. As standing over the bright light of this track, it amazes me with how it was composed for the players to enjoy this comfortable scenario. With the additional instruments of the trumpets added into this track, it has already attracted my attention on appreciating the prosperity of music in general.

Strolling through the evening as snow falls slowly onto the surface of land, reaching a specific destination of joy to celebrate with friends and family to do something you dreamed of before winter ends. Time is limited, so spread the happiness around you and keep the memories you have received, one by one.

In conclusion, a hidden goldmine such as this type of visual novel offers a valuable role in learning the contents of the gameplay, plot and music tracks to explore the past of general videogames that were made for entertainment and fun with no hardships to handle with microtransactions and other unnecessary confusions to add into the burden of the latest generation of players for today.

A game should be treated as a respectable generosity of the effort given by developers, art directors, and composers for years of planning to create an almost suitable game for everyone to pursue their dreams in enjoying their youth, not as exploitation for cash and grabs. Therefore, this game has made an amazing comeback for the current year of 2021 for us to remember the contents provided in the year 2001.

Hence, I’ll give this an 8 out of 10 for my VGM review. Thanks for listening and quoting from a wonderful heroine from Kanon, the anime version, “The same melody repeats itself as the song grows richer and more beautiful. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could live seemingly constant lives while experiencing changes bit by bit?” [Sayuri Kurata]

Release date: July 26, 2001
Genre: Visual Novel [Adventure & Mystery]
Developed by: Tonkin House
Published by: Tonkin House
Composers: Hayashi Katsuhiro, Kajihara Masahiro, Komatsu Miho, Ooga Yoshinobu, Yoshihara Katsumi & Shikura Chiyomaru.
You can download the full soundtrack here:
zophar.net/music/playstation2-psf2/missing-blue
(Special thanks to the Zophar VGM Website)

Information about the game:
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps2/580566-missing-blue
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Blue
nlab.itmedia.co.jp/games/ps2/missing/index.html [Article]
vgarchive.org/game/missing-blue-limited-edition-ps2-jp
vgmdb.net/album/7990
vndb.org/v1295
https://w.atwiki.jp/gcmatome/pages/5604.html [Review]
ascii.jp/elem/000/000/325/325615
youtube.com/watch?v=t8l4d7wMtdo
youtu.be/UtRz-5EzLZI
youtube.com/watch?v=nG7BacGA2ys&list=PLezjJOG9sq9_5Vosx6WngDbFQ_w6mwe6Z [Commentary Gameplay]
youtube.com/watch?v=5x6nFknJ4No&list=PLnxY4CDenowY-W7QvV8tTKcKckpNZceCG
[Non-commentary Gameplay]
youtu.be/hTw7cVg7zVo [OP]
youtu.be/lbJ4Wt3ka4E [ED]
youtu.be/Sgd7IYOICw4 [Saya Rizuki, the name of Sorairo]

Note: I do not own the rights to the bgm. They belong to Tonkin House and the respective composers fully.

Special thanks to Softbank Games (From ITmedia), Anatat, Blueberry Buttface, Hardkoroff, LordAndrew, oliist, ShinraCloud, Oversuperfluous, Starwolf_UK (From GameFAQs), Chris Porter (From VGMdb) and ASCII Jp for posting the game’s contents or contributing the information of the soundtrack database available on the Internet.

Special thanks as well to youtubers such as Hardkoroff, Marinodolphinz, どっと, s tanaka, をををんんん and 中川大輔 for uploading the contents of this game.

Other recommendations for this soundtrack are:
AQBGM_0005, AQBGM_0006 and AQBGM_0007