I’ll share what I know from numerous interviews and Lime’s blog. When they started, Lime already had some songs and ideas, it might be a reason their releases were more frequent. For example, he wrote Yume back in school, you can listen to how it sounded on one of his previous band’s album. He didn’t sing as well back then, but already had his recognizable style. The last track has a melody from Utsukushiki Hibi.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAsygQf7nFaqcX-kSuomeaNcTGupSw5Ha&si=j9gyEwUgZrE9cumw
(А person with mic in photos in videos is not Lime.)
I can hear traces of Kizu in that, but not in Sugar, except for several musical phrases that really seem inspired by Kizu.
It’s likely that the same people work on their mixing, but I would say the compositions and overall sound are very different.
In Lezard Lime didn’t write music, only lyrics.
In his blog he showed how he composes music using a program. He can play all instruments, he’s been a drummer and a bassist in different bands, and he has a musical education in piano.
When arranging and producing Kizu’s tracks, he willingly incorporates ideas from other musicians.
Lime is a very talented songwriter, but the contributions of the other musicians shouldn’t be underestimated. He told it himself.
Also according to the musicians, Lime is always interested in something new and constantly comes up with fresh musical ideas.
This year he hopes to write more songs than last year. He worked on Oni and Red for a very long time.