Horie Yui - I My Me by James

*Janky, linear, and an assortment of ideas with improv.*

For a repetitive song, I think all the ranked interpretations around the same era are all pretty solid in their own right.

Horie Yui - I my me (Sure)
Horie Yui - I my me (Glass)

though I'd like to highlight this map as it plays with alot of ideas while maintaining its "simpleness".

The sliders arent flashy, its distance-snapped, its pretty much 2010. but because those components are reduced to something so minimal, most of its quality would be in a map's pattern shape/arrangement, flow, and rhythm.

So for a simple song with simple map components, this stood out to me as the map could partially deviate from the song by forming its own rhythm sub-layer while respecting its own groundwork/theme.

some examples
01:08:425 - to 01:17:097 (1) - has a focus of linear slider and triples but breaks that idea at 01:17:097 (1) - for more emphasis on vocal.
01:22:722 (1,1,1,1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) - possibly my favorite example in the map, an arbitrary buildup 1/1 that transitions into "heavier" rhythm even though triples were already established already.
02:18:503 (5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,1,2,3,4) - good pause
02:28:112 (6,7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5) - good pause 2

This map isn't perfect with some lackluster execution and its age definitely shows, but I think its simple linear focus and rhythm layer caught my eye to be a personal favorite.