Kayleigh is your first ally and she’s easy going and a great person to have as an early-game partner because she doesn’t just provide information-dumps, but does so in a way that shows that she knows a lot - but also has gaps in her knowledge that she’s open about. The in-game world poking fun at the absurdity of things like that helps to set the tone as light early on, and when combined with the emphasis on slice-of-life comedy, makes it easy to care about everyone you interact with. Here, the world of having a cassette to transform yourself or your teammates into a monster works for the citizens because it happen, so it makes sense. Your avatar starts the adventure being created and then shifted to a new realm with all manner of odd things happen that can only be explained by gaming or animation logic - if it’s on-screen and visually works, it just works. There have been many monster-collecting games, but none of them blend that core mechanic with a more realistic slice-of-life feel and killer music quite like Cassette Beasts.