THIS TOOK A LOT OF THINKING BUT I THINK I PUT A PROPER LIST TOGETHER :>

Preludes -East Prelude: The way that there was so much at stake and all the Eastern wizards were thinking about each other (a̶n̶d̶ w̶e̶ g̶e̶t̶ t̶o̶ s̶e̶e̶ F̶a̶u̶s̶t̶ y̶e̶l̶l̶ a̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶r̶e̶a̶t̶e̶n̶ M̶i̶t̶h̶r̶a̶) AND the fact that when the northern wizards finally showed up they just made thing Worse. It's great, I like Central Prelude as second for similar reasons.

Etudes -East Etude: (Going strong with the East stories-) I was very tempted to go with South because the bgm and that one scene with Snow and Figaro at each others throats alone is enough to win me over but I positively Love East Etude. It's the first time we get a further glimpse at what transpired between Figaro and Faust and get to see Figaro's pov of things. And I just really like the idea of them going to help an old friend of theirs find peace too... there was so much Faust had to face just being there and it was amazing to think about while reading. (Bianca is also very high up on my favourite npc list so there's also that )

Ballads - Central Ballad: I think I've had a pretty solid pattern going on for my favourites so far and Central Ballad fits right in. Holding Arthur very gently in this one the poor boy... There are so many scenes that can be mentioned here I love how we get to hear about Arthur's childhood, see just how happy he is to be back where he considers home, just how genuinely terrified Oz is of Arthur finding out that what he loves so much had been destroyed, and then learn why Oz had to get rid of it in the first place... 🥹

Concertos- South Concerto: I feel like I keep going over similar points but Mitile trying his best to hold onto things he doesn't want to lose, doing his best to accomplish what he wishes with his own strength... And then there's the fact that the whole event was based around the idea of the students learning to say goodbye no matter how hard or heartbreaking it may be and I ;;

Rhapsody- NORTH RHAPSODY: Anyone that knows me would know why this is pretty self explanatory but 1) there is an entire festival around remembering the dead 2) White literally Fights Snow over doing it 3) There is an entire scene with White realizing how ironic it is that he is doing this festival and contemplating his existence all over again (The whole event is just great ;;)

Fantasia: - South Fantasia: I'm gonna try to not make this longer than it needs to be by just saying that almost all of East Etude's reasoning applies here.