Thank you for this comparison. I've been learning both composition, orchestration, piano and music theory (specially modern japanese music) since early June, and I focused all my attention into learning it as fast as possible. Because I went so heavily into japanese music theory that's incredibly rooted in jazz, and having also binged a lot of videos on Joe Hisaishi's way of writing, the influence is completely there. So thank you for comparing my measly entry to that work, means a lot and valdiates that I'm learning stuff properly ahaha