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tentensan
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They are so delightful. I really started out watching the first season of Love Live! School i dol project back when I was really young. It was Muse (can't write the u) that I really liked at first. I was originally never into the idol stuff. I liked idol songs, but I was never into the idol culture as well. Love Live! And Love Live! Sunshine!! changed that for me a lot. I was going through a rough time when Love Live Sunshine rolled around and everyone back then was very judgemental of them. It was a horror show to see so many people have opinions on something they never got to know fully well.
I understood that Muse ended by that time and they were going through a sad time but for me, I was just really glad that Love Live would be able to go on. And with new girls as well! I have always loved Aqours since the beginning. Their singing is good to me, and I love their cute character desgins. They also helped me really get into idol culture. Now I have nesoberi's, figures, books, and even glow sticks of these 9 girls. I go to live viewings as well since I don't want to miss out on meeting other fans and getting to see the girls live. I wish the best of luck to Aqours. Even after all this ends, I hope they'll still flourish just like Muse. And I also hope they come back to America again, this time, I'll definitely see them live in person! |
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kiminobokuwa
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These girls have grown up so much that it brings a tear to my eye!! They r all so talented and lovely!! Their HPT tour was a HUGE SUCCESS!! I remember watching the delayed viewing in NYC and seeing all the LLS fans line up around the corner and thinking, "look how many people these girls have touched." It's always heartwarming to see so many people support them!! These girls have got what it takes to make LoveLive an even bigger name in Japan amd around the world!! Even though some people may trash them or bash them about them being inferior to Muse, they are still glowing brighter and brighter each day!! I know that they have earned themselves the right to stand by Muse!! Hopefully, one day we can get all 18 girls (plus the PDP members) to all stand together on one stage!! That would truly be inspiring!! For now however, I'm glad Aqours is taking a giant step forward!!
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GhostStalkerSA
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You were at the NYC delayed viewing as well? I was supposed to go to the Sunday morning one, but the MTA screwed me and I got there an hour late. I could hear how pumped the crowd was from the outside, but I didn't want to come in after having missed over a quarter of the show. The people at the Village East box office let me trade my ticket for one to the afternoon show (which they had added only recently because of demand), which was really nice of them, but I really wish I could've been there for the morning show because of the larger crowd and it's energy like I got at First Live back in March. Also, a bunch of LLers I know from cons would've been at that showing too, or at least been at the theater when the show let out to bask in that energy and hang out with people there before getting into the afternoon show. And I had just gotten a Mari nesoberi and Mijuku Dreamer Yohane pillow (among other LL merch) at New York Comic Con the weekend before for my birthday too, plus the You neso I had from a con in Times Square a couple months prior as well... The afternoon showing was much less populated, with only some of the diehards left, though they still had decent energy. Still, I got to the theater late again for it because I was playing HPT on SIF right beforehand on WiFi, so I missed both HAPPY PARTY TRAIN and Pops Heart, arriving right after the 1st year intros were done, which was a huge shame...OTL Ran into a person I knew there as well, which was cool, and she let me borrow one of her King Blades so I could do some basic wota as well, since I never got the chance to pick up the one I borrowed from my cousin. I also met a few new friends as well, including on I friended in SIF (who placed 10th in that Rock and Roll Eli event in EN a couple months back as a F2P after hoarding loveca just for that, and seal idolized all 4 copies of the SR she got from that event), who gave me a spare copy of the Second Live Team Onibe callbook she had, which was nice. Also, got a bunch of those commemorative Second Live postcards at the theater there, since they had a stack of them remaining and the usher was just giving bunches of them away since we were the last screening they had scheduled. Afterwards, I made my now customary after LL concert trip/pilgrimage to Kenka on St. Marks for dinner, for the whole Gohan-ya thing from the LL movie, despite having been there a bunch of times before I got into LL and being reminded that the decor there not being appropriate at all for Japanese high school girls and all that. I'm also reminded that there's a bit of LL graffiti written in the men's bathroom there (µ'sic forever, dated right after Final Live, IIRC), which is always a hoot spotting and hoping it hasn't been drawn over by new stuff on the walls there. Food was good though! Still, I miss what happened when I went there last time after First Live, where I ran into a group of Japanese LLers, one of which was making a NYC pilgrimage on Twitter, complete with a shot for shot remake of scenes from the movie, as well as a group of LLers from Chicago who had just left First Live as well (they actually were sitting right in front of me in the theater there), which was fun to go drinking with them (booze at Kenka being so cheap helps with that!). Just sad I didn't have the time or the money to go karaoke with them after. Really wish I could've gotten into Love Live earlier, I only started playing SIF and watched the anime right after Final Live had already aired last year, although I did see the displays they had set up in the middle of the Dealer's Room two Anime Bostons ago. I remember when the LL Movie was playing in NYC at Village East, but I wasn't into the series at that time. However, a bunch of friends were, and though I had only the vaguest idea of what they were talking about at the time when we were at a bubble tea place over by NYU, I remember being disappointed I never got the chance to see it in theaters when I had the chance when I finally got into LL and watched the movie for the first time. (BTW, µ is written by typing 230 on the number pad while holding the Alt key if you have a desktop keyboard) I originally was only into µ's when Sunshine was announced, but then the characters really grew on me a lot after the anime aired and I started playing their songs in SIF. I still think µ's is a better unit together, but I like individual members of Aqours better, though the members of µ's are no slouches in that department and Aqours did get a lot better as time went on. The seiyuu of Aqours really are great to watch, especially videos of their Nico Nico lives, which tend to be hilarious and filled with repeated jokes that give them all a lot of added character and add to their relationships, and of course their Live shows, which just build on the character stuff immensely. I know µ's did the same, but I wasn't in the fandom when they were still doing them and all I can do is watch YouTube clips, or the concert DVDs (watching Final Live still gets me super emotional, especially when they do the whole flower thing for Bokutachi and all the ending stuff). I really wish they'd do a live event in NYC sometime in the future, but that's really a bit far for them, I guess. Still, can't wait for 3rd Live, and more Nico Nico shenanigans. |
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