It is not unlike spicy butter.

I’ve spoken previously about the fact that the Japanese special edition Genshiken manga Volume 9 came with a drama CD. What I haven’t spoken about is how it differs from the two drama CDs which followed it.

The two drama CDs released with Genshiken 2 seem to take place more firmly in the “anime,” while the first drama CD, having been packaged with the manga, seems to be more manga-esque. There’s a complete lack of background music unlike the later drama CDs.

The big difference though is the sound. While the later two drama CDs seem to have a very straightforward approach, the first one plays with stereo sound a lot. When one character walks across the room, you can hear his or her footsteps going from one speaker to the next. At one point the conversation splits off, with the guys talking in one part of the room, and the girls talking in the other. It’s pretty much impossible to listen to both conversations at once, so you begin to favor one over the other. Naturally, I pay more attention to Ogiue’s conversation, but what this also means is that you can benefit from listening to it at least twice to really get into each side’s conversation.

This was also clearly Mizuhashi Kaori’s first recording as Ogiue as she sounds a little softer than she does in Genshiken 2, not quite yet fully adapting to the bluntness of Ogiue.