Zenkai no Rabu Raibu: >>3691393SIF celebrates 9 years of service in September.Nijigasaki season 2 began airing on 3 April 2022Superstar season 2 begins airing on July 2022Liella is getting a bandSecond round of Aqours Solo Concert Albums release on the respective girl's birthdayUpcoming birthdays: Sarah and Ai
I liked this episode a lot for including small details that aren't really important but make the characterization richer, like how Yuu and Shizuku mentally cast the roles the opposite way. Then Setsuna and Ayumu naturally picked the same roles as Yuu, showing how well she knows them. Shizuku having a yuri epiphany about Yuu and Ayumu was also nice. Of course she hasn't seen the same scenes as the audience so it took her a little longer.
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>>3699299
New Kitaku just dropped: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/selfish_sweet_night
>>3699299>>3699301Source?
>>3699390https://twitter.com/r02ig/status/1520409164216172546
>>3699477Can't wait for the childhood friend swapping episode.
>>3699480What do they swap? Saliva?
>>3699265Yuu rocking the Ash Ketchum look.
>>3699387I remember seeing this fully translated on danbooru a while ago before it finally came to Dynasty. Most of Kitaku's stuff are like that.
Don't show this to ayumu.
>>3699809Shizuku wants to make Yuu her dog.
>>3699815Probably
>>3700255Is a cute-type idol like Kasumi powerless against such wild desires?
Jealousy arises once again.
Yuu is amazed by AZUNA.
>>3700169Nasty.
Translation:https://twitter.com/wsdhans/status/1521387717728378881
acab
Happy Birthday, Sarah
2nd best Chika pair; the first being ChikaDia.Also, broccoli is good. WTF is wrong with you, Sarah?
>>3695193Niji ships pixiv current ranking:1)YuuPomu(3146)2)ShizuKasu(1599)3)AiRina(1084)4)KanaShizu(709)5)EmmaKarin(455)6)ShioPomu(432)7)HaruKana(401)8)SetsuKasu(381)9)AyuSetsu(379)10)AiKarin(355)11)YuuSetsu(340)12)SetsuKarin(315)13)KanaEmma(287)14)ShioSetsu(214)15)AyuKasu(214)16)KasuKarin(164)17)YuuShizu(154)18)ShizuSetsu(152)19)KanaKarin(142)20)MiaRina(136)21)YuuKasu(113)22)RinaKasu(103)23)LanShio(98)24)AnaKasu(94)25)AyuShizu(70)26)AnaShio(69)27)KanaKasu(59)/KarenShizu(59)28)AyuKarin(57)29)KanaRina(54)30)ShioKasu(49)31)AyuRina(45)/YuuKana(45)32)AyuAi(44)33)EmmaKasu(42)34)AnaShizu(37)/KaoShio(37)/YuuAi(37)35)YuuKarin(36)36)ShizuRina(35)37)LanMia(33)38)KanaAi(31)/ShizuShio(31)39)YuuRina(30)40)EmmaRina(28)41)AyuKana(25)42)HimeKarin(24)43)AiShizu(21)44)SetsuAi(20)/ShioRina(20)45)EmmaShizu(18)/ShizuKarin(18)46)RinaKarin(17)47)AiKasu(16)48)AnaKana(15)/YuuMia(15)49)SetsuRina(14)50)LanPomu(13)/LanYuu(13)51)YuuEma(12)/SetsuVP(12)52)LanKasu(9)/MiaKasu(9)/ShioMia(9)53)AiEma(8)/AyuEma(8)54)SetsuNana(7)55)ShioAi(6)56)AsakiRina(5)57)LanEmma(4)/LanSetsu(4)/KanaMia(4)58)LanRina(3)/ShioVP(3)59)LanShizu(2)60)LanKana(1)/MiaKarin(1)
>>3700687>AyuSetsu closer to become Setsuna more popular shipNice
Broccoli is great because it's like stuffing your face into a bouquet of pubes.
Ugh, I just saw another idiot online complaining about Pomu being a "creepy stalker".It's funny how other Love Live characters have done the same stalking gag so many times, but nobody complained about it then.This idiot was especially dumb because they said that game Pomu wasn't like this, and I'm like bruh do you even play the game? It's literally in one of her side stories.I bet this guy's just mad that there was no heterosexual explanation for it in the anime, while in the game he could still pretend that the PC's a male, somehow. Just pathetic, really.
>>3700849You aren't a real Pomu fan if you can't accept and love her creepiness.
>>3700879when pomu does it its cute not creepy
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>>3700849>>3700896at least in the anime Ayumu did want to call the stalking offbefore she heard Shizuku's voice, of course
>>3700849And why should we give a shit about your blog?
>>3701168Found the waifufag.
>>3700849And the entire bus clapped
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>>3701362First, that's not how you use that meme.And second, I was referring to this post and its comments.https://www.instagram.com/p/CdCrU0Js5CH/These people absolutely refuse to accept yuri as a possibility, so the conclusion that their simple minds come to is that Ayumu is "badly written", when in fact everything about her makes sense if they just accept the blatantly obvious subtext that she likes Yuu romantically.
>>3701191>>3701381https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI11bsBHOaQ
>>3701411Well, you're mad enough to post a dumb meme in response.
>>3701381That person doesn't say anything about Ayumu not being gay for Yuu. Spying on someone you're attracted to isn't actually any better, you know? I don't take this all very seriously and find her cute, but if she was real, her jealousy, possessiveness and lack of trust in Yuu wouldn't be exactly great signs.
>>3701419Emma and the gang spying on Lanzhu just a few episodes ago was the same thing but you don't see people throwing hissy fits over that.>but if she was real, her jealousy, possessiveness and lack of trust in Yuu is exactly what an insecure teenage girl who's madly in love with someone but doesn't have the confidence to confess to them would be like. If Yuu was male these hypocrites would have no problem with it. They'd say it's super cute seeing her being this obsessive with the male self-insert.
>>3701419but she's not real, she's an anime character, hence this kind of shit is cute. Tangential, but I was discussing with a friend while listening to the 8 hours radio and the YuuPomu stuff came up. We both love the pairing, and we agreed that people were hypocritical as fuck with it. There's people like Kanan and Umi that are legitimately bitches that bullied, ghosted and undermined the self-esteem of their respective pairings with their actions yet no one bitches at them because either "muh comedy" or "muh yellow + purple pairing". Ayumu followed Yuu, yes, but she never attempted to throw it at her face and the moment she failed at following them she simply started to have fun with them. Compare that with Umi (literally tells Honoka she's fat and Honoka is scared of her) or Kanan (ghosted Mari for years and pretended she was to blame for Aqours disolution to the point the poor girl is crying all the time in season 1)
I'm disappointed that most fanart went with Beast Setsuna, even though Beast Ayumu is infinitely hotter.Kitaku knows what's up.
>>3701430>If Yuu was male these hypocrites would have no problem with it. They'd say it's super cute seeing her being this obsessive with the male self-insert.I think that entire communities have been created around that configuration, of course, they will deny any hypocrisy and use any excuse to justify themselves.
>>3701449Kitaku is the best thing ever happened to Nijigasaki.
>>3701454I like when there are real bases, there is no exaggeration in this image.
>>3701433>Kanan (ghosted Mari for years and pretended she was to blame for Aqours disolution to the point the poor girl is crying all the time in season 1)To be fair, a lot of people back then (rightfully) shat on Kanan for that. And the show itself clearly put Kanan as being in the wrong.A better example would be Sumire being bullied by literally everyone, including her so-called friends. Yeah, she's fucking annoying, but as annoying as she is nobody deserves being bullied like that.People excuse this shit too because it's "comedy". But when the cute gay girl acts gay everyone's suddenly clutching their pearls.
>>3701494The problem with Sumire is that she acts like a bitch most of the time, the series portrays her as a "tragic" character and her relationship with Keke is awkward at best.it's funny how Kanan has an excuse, but Umi has no excuse, honestly I don't find anything interesting in Umi, it's not like other characters in OG don't already do the same thing but better, I liked that Maki insulted Umi without realizing it.
>>3701541>the series portrays her as a "tragic" characterOnly when it's convenient for them. Most of the time she's just there to be made fun of. The mainline anime writers are only capable of either lol randumb humor, or cruelty-driven humor like Sumire and the Umi thing. IIRC Nico was treated horribly as well back then.Their comedy sucks, is what I'm saying.
>>3701430>If Yuu was male these hypocrites would have no problem with it. They'd say it's super cute seeing her being this obsessive with the male self-insert.You're being mad at an opinion you invented yourself.>>3701433>but she's not real, she's an anime characterI find it cute too, but I can't really find fault with someone for finding it creepy. Clearly you too had a reaction to Umi and Kanan's behavior, even though they aren't real either.I like to think Kanan's actions were her going through a massive gay panic, but as written, they're pretty much indefensible. Umi wasn't super sympathetic either, but all she really did was call out Honoka for neglecting something they had all signed up for, i.e. training themselves to be able to win Love Live. Besides, Honoka clearly relies on Umi to keep her in line.
>>3701592>You're being mad at an opinion you invented yourself.These people are already hypocrites by singling out Ayumu's "stalking" when again, QU4RTZ did the same thing a few episodes ago without anyone being mad.Or when Aqours stalked You and what's her cousin's name. These scenes have happened so much in the franchise, but they're only mad at this one particular scene. Why is that?It's because these people don't like it when stuff like YuuPomu crosses "the line". They're perfectly fine with "normal" friendship yuri, like that poster and several comments in that thread saying that they'd rather see Ayumu being friendly with Setsuna/Shioriko instead of being obsessed with Yuu.Why? Because the more scenes like this happen, their heterosexual explanations for Ayumu start to run out. The anime is crossing the line and they don't like it.
>>3701433>Kanan (ghosted Mari for yearsBut Mari was the one who left for Burgeristan.
>LNALesbian New Animal?
>>3701622There are some anons with serious hate-boners for Ayumu and I'm not sure if it's just homophobia or just schizo behavior in general. I think it's amazing having a co-lead who's girly, awkward, and cute but also undeniably gay and even if Ayumu's not my favorite I can appreciate how she's an interesting spin on the shy, bumbling FeMC trope.
>>3701673It's based on ANA (All Nippon Airways), one of Japan's major airlines.So "Lesbian Nippon Airways".
>>3701689Is it a hate similar to that received by Honoka or Chika? The hate they get is dumb.
>>3701699Different hate. Yuu's the one who gets the "leader hate" in Niji, which is weird since she's not at all similar to them.
>>3701708More than being leaders, I've seen that they are hated for "interfering with the favorite couple" and shit like that.It honestly feels like the fandom is too used to the same thing, that they get mad when something tries to be different or does what they don't want.
>>3701699I don't think so. Hate is a strong word but I can much of the distate for Honoka and Chika was because they took up a lot more screentime and focus in their respective series. I remember people being somewhat annoyed by how much screentime Honoka got in the movie when she didn't really need it or have a new character arc - it felt like she was given screentime just because she was the "main girl". Nijigasaki is more like a true ensemble cast with how fair they've been about giving each girl an episode and proper screentime so the hate for Ayumu (and Yuu, though I don't see much) seems to be coming from a different place.
>>3701768I think that a lot of the Ayumu hate, especially anime Ayumu, comes from the anti-Niji anime part of the fanbase. The non-Japanese speaking part of the fanbase really doesn't like the Niji anime for some reason. I regularly see people on Western Twitter just casually bashing it without ever specifying why. I guess people just hate it for being too different.As for the Yuu hate, some people especially hate her for being a "generic self-insert" and not being an idol.
Do any of the non-µ's groups have any gay songs, by the way? These threads talk about the music so rarely.
>>3701859I don't like the YouChikaRiko but the YouRiko duet Misty Frosty Love was about that.Nearly all of Ayumu's songs are about her relationship with (Yuu). Rina's 3rd album song was a love ballad, though not directly about a specific character.>inb4 Tiny StarsNo, that was just a generic idol song.
>>3701871*the YouChikaRiko dynamic
Ships ranking on pixiv
>>3701871Oh and the Kurosawa incest song.
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>>3701873>AiRina 20 arts gainedohnonono don't let them watch the next episode
>>3701874What? Elaborate
>>3701859There’s KanaMari’s winter song and a bunch of GK/Azalea songs I headcanon as YohaRiko/DiaMaru songsI really don’t get why they don’t do ship duets. Stuff like Bandori has the excuse of them being a band and being busy with the instruments, but there really is no reason for it in LL. Would love it if they took a ProSeka-esque approach.>>3701890Manatsu wa dare no mono
>>3701781If people just dislike it for no reason given, it's probably just due to being associated with gacha first instead of being an anime product first.I gave the Niji anime a chance despite not liking the whole "everyones here also pay stupid money" thing All Stars did, and ended up quite surprised.
>>3701888Don't worry, AiRina is safe for now, the next episode is the second part of AZUNA. Interesting to note is ShioPomu still managed to gain arts.
>>3701871>Misty Frosty LoveI love that dynamic, but that's a pretty bad song. Thanks for mentioning it, though.>>3701892>I really don’t get why they don’t do ship duetsYet another reason why µ's is superior.
>>3701901I’d say the 3 duets (4 with Storm in Lover) are the only thing I like more about Muse vs Aqours. I like my Sunshine pairings a bit more than Muse’s but Sunshine easily takes the cake with their songs. Niji’s songs are quite nice too, I’d probably place them above Sunshine’s; I’d say that too for the pairings but my Sunshine ships have grown too much on me.
>>3701875DD needed that boost, they're the hottest nijis and EmmaKarin and AiRina completely stole them from each other
>>3701859I like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5-vaKSbxdE a bit, but it would be nice if LL had more duets in general.
>>3701874Oh wow, you weren't exaggerating.
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>>3701871never it was told that Tiny Stars is gaythe arc behind it on the other hand....my personal pick is Dream with You
People should do more with the songs being in-universe objects created by the characters. Just consider what an absolute power move Riko made when she gave You a song about being a yaya, or how Dia and Ruby ended up singing an incest duet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Al42dYh0IWell considering the song MAGNET inspired the franchise LOVE LIVE, this has been a long time coming.
Chaotic subunit shipper Shizuku.
>>3702163Poor Kasumin.
>>3702123>MAGNET inspired the franchise LOVE LIVESource on this claim?
Yu coming home to her wife ???
There's actually some story to this, if you want to read.https://twitter.com/suouLLaka/status/1521051882541756418https://twitter.com/suouLLaka/status/1521787300027330560
>>3702272>inspired the franchise LOVE LIVE, this has been a long time coming.
>>3702393the bestest wife
Where exactly does Yuu work if she's able to support 12 (13?) women?
>>3702444Prostitution.
It's amazing how a single episode can inspire so much fanart into being made.I haven't seen this much since episode 11-12 of course.However, I think that there will probably be even gayer stuff up ahead. As fun as this episode was, it still wasn't as groundbreaking as episode 11 was. According to the official book, several of the anime's key staff members consider episode 11 as their own masterpiece so I know that they're all itching to top it somehow.
>>3702462The SetsuPomu shippers deserve it. They needed a bone after season one limited interactions between Ayumu and Setsuna for the episode 11 drama.
>>3701449>>3701453Kitaku is really good, from an artist's perspective and a lewd connoisseur. I'm looking forward to the next instalment of Takasaki Yu Is Interested In Lesbian Brothels! I didn't realize this was a parody of an actual yuri series.Is it any good?
>>3702469Yes, Asumi-chan is amazing.
>>3701947>now has to support four more girls
>>3702643YohaRiri best
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-05-05/love-live-superstar-group-liella-adds-4-new-members/.185343
>>3702675Damn, one of the things SS had over the previous iterations was a manageable cast of characters, why must they always overdo it?I guess there's only so many plot points you can go through with an idol setting played straight, which is ironically what holds this franchise back.
>>3700657What's up with the broccoli thing? I don't remember it from the anime.
>>3703205I think it was mentioned in a book or something that had their character profiles (likes/dislikes). It got referenced in the Saint Snow MV.
From Asumi-chan author.
Ayumu and Yuu should kiss at the end of the anime.
>>3703493>kiss on-screenthey aready did last week
>>3703521While I’ll admit the camera angle for the Ferris wheel scene was incredibly suggestive, it isn’t quite the real thing. I think YuPomu can be pushed farther than that.
>>3703530we can agree on that
>>3703448>Asumi-chanOh the lesbian escort manga with the Rina lookalike right?
>>3702462Top it with Love Live’s first kiss scene.
>>3703532Yep.
>>3703625Nice PreCure shirt on baby Setsuna. Are the dolls a reference to something?
Stream:https://www.twitch.tv/qjfeorn
Fist bump
>>3703771fucking kino
WHAT?!
>>3703752Source?
>>3702298
Very good episode, the song deflated my hype a little bit with how jarring the transitions were, but the chorus was very good. I have to listen to it full to make a proper review. The cinematography and the callbacks alongside showing Ayumu being confident and strong this time were amazing
>>3703794>the song deflated my hype a little bit with how jarring the transitions were,No they weren't? What do you mean?
>>3703797the Setsuna - Ayumu transition was a bit weird. You are free to disagree with it, it's only my opinion. It doesn't change that the episode was very good.
>>3703801Was it the CG or the song's transition that was weird to you?I really didn't see anything wrong with the CG. If anything it was one of if not the best looking live in all of the franchise.As for the song, I think that each member's contrasting styles were the kind of the point, as with most Azuna songs.
>>3703809*were kind of the point
>>3703766>Here's your ShizuKasu
>>3703809LOL no the cgi is always amazing, it was the song. I understand the point, I guess that despite loving Ayumu and Shizuku a lot I have never quite gotten attached to the AZUNA style very much. But at the end of the day, the music part of the franchise is the most subjective of all.
>>3703782I got it from 2chan.
>>3703814Yeah I've heard that Azuna's style is an acquired taste. I personally have always liked it though.
>>3703830I knew it.
>>3703782Top is from Aqours' first PV.Bottom is the visual for 7-net shopping's special feature that you get if you buy all of the BDs from them.
>>3703752Is this a real? A fan edit?
>>3703835>>3703834
>>3703830Ai sure loves her lolis
>>3703834Could this hinting at an Ayumu/Yuu duet?
>>3703830https://twitter.com/WaifuMaster/status/1522937813099958277
>>3703839probably an Ayumu/Yuu episode in conjunction with the finale. I have my theories as to why Ayumu will have one episode at the end of this season
>>3703839They also had this visual from last season, so nothing sure for now.But I have a feeling that something like that will happen. Maybe a duet version of either Dream with You or Awakening Promise. That will be cool.
>>3703766I never expected that ShizuKasu became the most neglected ship kekBut eh, there are still 7 more episodes left.
>>3703766>>3703862I rewatched Shizuku's episode from last season and the "confession" scene is still amazing - I fear we won't be anything close to that level from them since both already got their "focus" episodes this season. I still need an explanation as to why Kasumi isn't wearing her clip even though she is in the OP.
>>3703886Drama Club Prez forced Shizuku to take it back.
>>3703886She also wore the hairclip in the festival PV at the start of episode 1 where everyone else is also still wearing their summer clothes.
I love how integrated Drama Club Prez and VP-chan are now in Nijigasaki lore, but goddam, these girls need NAMES! And now we have more cute background characters! I haven't missed Basketball prez from the game, have It?
>>3703753Erica Hartmann?
>>3703771>become school idol festival!
>>3703775>>3703779They finally talked!>>3703777Compeition for Kanata, or another gf?
Is this the first time the franchise has shown a teacher outside of principals?
So ends the era of "viceprez is too dense to notice Nana is Setsuna" comics, and the era of "viceprez floods her panties over Nana being Setsuna" comics begins.
>>3703928Love Live is really shy about having adult characters. The lack of adult teachers in Sunshine was weird, considering the circumstances. It reminds me of the later seasons of Ed, Edd n Eddy, where all the kids taught themselves at school with no adult supervision.
Fucking bless, Kitaku fulfilled my dream of Mifune incest!
Hopefully she'll be interested in Nakagawa milf too.
>>3703929>Riho Sugiyama, voice of the Nijigasaki student council vice-president, 7th May>When I was checking the script for today's episode, I also naturally let out a cry that was on the same level as the vice president's, so I had a really great time playing this scene. lol>It goes without saying for the scenes with dialogues, but I also put all of my emotions into the other scenes, even if it was just the background chattering during the live performance. I really had lots of fun, you know... Thank you, Nijigasaki...https://twitter.com/niji_fans_para/status/1522959592007024641
Truly an episode for everyone. Except SetsuKarin shippers
>>3703934>Even Tomori also mentioned Vice PresidentNice
>>3703931Nah, the older seasons love adding random family members for no reason at all.Niji has less adult family members but more side student characters. Also literally zero males even for background characters. The other seasons always have the token father for some reason.
https://twitter.com/LLAS_STAFF/status/1522912930752512002
>>3703752YuPomu, the ship that has absorbed the combined power of YouChika and ChikaRiko and achieved invincibility in the process.
>>3703981Don't you fucking dare compare Ayumu to that pathetic bland piece of cardboard You.
>>3703981Yep, it’s ChikaRiko but with actual good synergy
>>3703986*ChikaRiko without the fandom killing it because of their dumb headcanons.
These two look great together
>>3703990>looksDo you realize that they don't have chemistry?
>>3703999But Setsuna is the person who has the most chemistry with Shioriko. Vice versa too.
>>3704002They only act like junior/senior but just normal, there's no chemistry at all.
>>3704002Shioriko interacts the most with Ayumu.
>>3704003If you don't think this is chemistry then you probably don't know chemistry if it hit you in the face >>3703885They also have no "chemistry" with any other character ever since YuuSetsu got killed
>>3704016>compliment means they're canonNow that's a weird logic, anon.
>>3704019That's quite the leap in logic. All I said was that they have chemistry with each other and nobody else
>>3704021Chemistry means it's not boring, if you want chemistry Shioriko is mostly close to Ayumu.
>>3704025Perhaps in the game, but not so now
>>3704002Setsuna is for VP-chan.
>>3704030Shioriko and Setsuna were around each other but they never really "talked" with each other.Even in the anime the ones whom Shioriko has the most meaningful conversations with are Lanzhu and Ayumu.
>>3704044>Shioriko and Setsuna Accepts Setsuna for who she is and the performance by Azunaland makes her want to be an idol even more>Shioriko and Ayumu and LanzhuJust agrees to go to Qu4rtz's and her show respectively. Shioriko has a more meaningful connection with her sister in this episode's ending scene alone than those two
>>3704047Shioriko didn't care about the idols, she only wants people to be happy.
>>3704047>Just agrees to go to Qu4rtz's and her show respectively. I think you're deliberately missing the point of those scenes.Also, she was alone with Lanzhu and Ayumu respectively in those scenes, while her scenes with Setsuna were always them talking as part of a group.Anywho next episode will be Shioriko's episode anyway. We'll see who she actually interacts with. I'm betting on Lanzhu and her sister. Maybe Ayumu too.
>>3703804Vice-president's confused shout at Setsuna's identity reveal was hilarious. Please please more fanart of them, it's a fun side ship
>>3703885So they just took out all the drama from the game and replaced it with mundane plots about student self-administration.>>3703779Not another one. Quick, kill it with fire before it ruins the show.
>>3704285you're lucky no one is out to kill you with fire so that you won't ruin another thread
>>3704285>mundane plots about student self-administration.No that wasn't what the plot was about. Are you paying attention?
>>3703448>>3703532>Rina lookalike
>Haha don't mind me just filming some cute girls haha
>>3704547Not so fast!
cutestalso Kougi is very happy about them
>>3703533source?
>>3704619https://twitter.com/m_qurokawa/status/1522616045009539072
https://twitter.com/LLAS_STAFF/status/1523241296827199488
Azunabooba
Would the fanbase burn me for heresy if I preferred this to ShizuKasu?
>>3705304>ShizuKasuWho?
>>3705289Awful anatomy lol
>>3705313Don’t go bullying people for micromelia please
>>3703841>probably an Ayumu/Yuu episode in conjunction with the finale. IYeah, the fact that they referenced existing scenes from the anime for the DD, AZUNA and QU4RTZ art makes this likely.What makes it interesting however is that they had the option to use something like the Ferris Wheel scene for the Yu/Ayumu art, but instead went for this unseen bus scene.Loads of people(including me) would have loved to have the Ferris Wheel scene as a momento, but the fact that it wasn't commercialised suggests that whatever the hell happens in the episode with that bus scene will be a bigger draw for Yu/Ayumu fans.
>>3705383Ayumu's definitely a black mage, though.
>>3705381The problem is that it would be hard to top the Ferris Wheel scene lol but this season has been so good so far that I'll allow myself to be optimistic for once
N girls belong together.
https://youtu.be/dX89oCMTeCc
Why is AZUNA the lewdest subunit?
>>3705674It was formed by Shizuku, the nastiest Nijigasaki.
>>3705686what kind of wrestling is this???
>>3702466>The SetsuPomu shippers deserve it. They needed a bone after season one limited interactions between Ayumu and Setsuna for the episode 11 drama.Well, as a SetsuPomu fan I am a bit conflicted since the anime has officially classed it as a delusional fanfic, and after ep6 the attention from now on seems to be on SetsuVP, but with the way Ayumu's character is portrayed in the anime with her love for Yuu this is the best we could have hoped for. So I'll take it.
>>3705433It'll be a beautiful scene where Ayumu finally agrees to an open relationship.
>>3705810Maybe after she cheats on Yuu herself and finds the joy in the debauchery, that she'll agree to occasional swinging and orgies.
>>3705803The episode did have Ayumu doing the Setsu bro fist, which showed her words really had an impact on her way back at S1EP12.
New Liella seiyuu should be announced tomorrow. Place bets now.http://poal.me/m6irgh
>>3705381It's less likely that it's related to a future episode imo. I mean, why the hell would they deliberately put spoilers in merchandise?
>>3700687Niji ships pixiv current ranking:1)YuuPomu(3202)2)ShizuKasu(1617)3)AiRina(1093)4)KanaShizu(719)5)EmmaKarin(462)6)ShioPomu(439)7)AyuSetsu(407)8)HaruKana(403)9)SetsuKasu(382)10)AiKarin(378)11)YuuSetsu(352)12)SetsuKarin(321)13)KanaEmma(290)14)ShioSetsu(218)15)AyuKasu(215)16)KasuKarin(166)17)YuuShizu(165)18)ShizuSetsu(154)19)KanaKarin(143)20)MiaRina(137)21)YuuKasu(115)22)RinaKasu(103)23)LanShio(102)24)AnaKasu(94)25)AyuShizu(71)26)AnaShio(69)27)KarenShizu(62)28)KanaKasu(59)29)AyuKarin(57)/KanaRina(57)30)ShioKasu(49)31)YuuKana(46)32)AyuRina(45)33)AyuAi(44)34)EmmaKasu(42)35)KaoShio(39)36)AnaShizu(37)37)YuuAi(36)/YuuKarin(36)38)ShizuRina(35)39)LanMia(34)40)ShizuShio(33)41)EmmaRina(31)/KanaAi(31)/YuuRina(31)42)AyuKana(26)43)HimeKarin(24)44)AiShizu(21)/YuuMia(21)45)SetsuAi(20)/ShioRina(20)46)EmmaShizu(18)/RinaKarin(18)/ShizuKarin(18)47)AiKasu(16)48)AnaKana(15)/LanYuu(15)49)SetsuRina(14)/SetsuVP(14)50)LanPomu(13)51)YuuEma(12)52)LanKasu(10)53)MiaKasu(9)/ShioMia(9)54)AiEma(8)/AyuEma(8)55)SetsuNana(7)56)ShioAi(6)57)AsakiRina(5)58)LanEmma(4)/LanSetsu(4)/KanaMia(4)59)LanRina(3)/LanShizu(3)/ShioVP(3)60)LanKana(1)/MiaKarin(1)
>>3706185why would they put spoilers in the opening? Love Live has never cared about not spoiling developments lol
>>3705468Imagine the symmetrical docking
>>3706226>those boob veinsUnf
>>3704285>Not another one. Quick, kill it with fire before it ruins the show.Yoshiko ain't got shit on Sakuya.
>>3706406Didn't even notice those. Nice.
>>3706226when you see it...
>>3706293What spoilers in the opening?
>>3706632the formation of the sub-unitsthe existence of Misato and Kaoruko
>>3706656It also spoils all of the schools, including the surprise Chuuni one from ep6, who are taking part in SIF2. No fucks are given from Sunrise.Though tbf, using scenes from anime as Tokuten art is quite unprecedented for the series, usually they're just fluff images, but production for Niji S2 seems far enough in that they can do this(from reading various interviews with Niji seiyuu, it seems voice recording for S2 finished months ago).But I wouldn't say the Tokuten art is that much of a spoiler desu, since the images are completely contextless.The DD tokuten shows the scene of them in the arcade, but there is no hint of Misato who was the focus of that story.Q4's tokuten is them in Kasumi's house prepping their outfits for their performance, but it gives away nothing about the story of them trying to convert Lanzhu.AZUNA's tokuten shows them doing the play, but again no context about the hilarious shenengians that got them to that point.So the R3 and YuPomu tokuten aren't something to worry about, since nothing about the story behind them is given away. The Niji S2 OP is much more guilty of giving away spoilers. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Kaoruko and Misato.
>>3706941Based Shiki researching IPS cells for female x female pregnancy.
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>>3707122>threatened sumikekefags coming out of the woodwork LMAOalso nice to see the YuuPomu surge continuing. At this point it's confirmed they will surpass Kotoumi and RinPana at the end of the year
>>3707192that would be great, finally a couple and series that we can be proud of and that is genuinely good.>>3707124>RubyLeahliterally the only good thing Sunshine left behind.
>>3707200>Lies are sometimes unavoidableWell she is basically a drama bomb, let see how they manage her.>>3707201>I don't feel the need to get close with anyone but MeiI like that, she doesn't really hide her interests.>>3707202In this case this is too much tsundere in one character, now I get why they compare her with Maki.>>3707203And here it is the weakest of the new girls, until now she is just Hokkaido Hanamaru.
>>3707200How much does she charge?
>>3707203>HokkaidoWhere is her Ainu ancestry?
>>3707227Liella already consists of mostly liars, bullies, and bootlickers. She'll fit in just fine.
>>3707311>liarsSumire>bulliesChisato and Ren>bootlickersKeke to Kanon, well this is fine
>>3707320Chisato fits all three actually.
The waifufags are truly going mask-off on how they hate yuri, anime Ayumu, and the anime for being this yuri pandering.I hope that a big YuuPomu-related event really does happen in the end of the season. The meltdown from these mentally-ill fuckers would be glorious.
Shiki is really gay for Mei. Seems like she joins Liella because of her.
>>3707358Isn't that the same people who claimed that a self-insert who was a student at an all-girls school was a man?YuuPomu and even Niji in contrast to the other series, yuri is taken more seriously compared to the others where they are basically jokes that a group of waifufags can deny for the same reason or not be taken seriously by yuri fans with self respect.>>3707482I can't wait for the actual series to treat this as a running gag and not a possible real relationship.
>>3707515Maybe. But funnily enough, they're now desperately trying to convince everyone that Ayumu's character is "reduced to an unfunny joke character" in the anime. When in fact, the reason why they're lashing out is exactly because she's serious and even they can't deny it anymore.Luckily, it seems that this behavior is mostly just the non-Japanese fandom. The Japanese fandom for the most part still seems to love the anime, but sometimes I can spot some retards being triggered whenever people are screaming yuri in the YouTube chat.
>>3707535the funny thing is that the anime is using romance tropes with Ayumu, not only following her but the jenuine reactions she had during the episode, the cookie thing was beautifully subtle but effective.>"reduced to an unfunny joke character"It is more ironic when you realize that this applies more correctly to popular couples, mainly Yoshiko, but it also negatively affected other characters, do you remember anything relevant that You did in S2 or worse still do you remember Chisato beyond dance and circles?>Luckily, it seems that this behavior is mostly just the non-Japanese fandom.why doesn't it seem weird to me?>some retards being triggered whenever people are screaming yuri in the YouTube chat.Youtube chats are cancer, it's like idiots migrated from the comments section (mostly) to say stupid things in chats.I liked how Nijo's anime handled the Setsuna thing, if it had been the other series, it would be a meaningless drama episode and even at the end no identity would be revealed, for reasons.
I'm personally a bit tired of "le ayumu yandere" jokes but I love her relationship with Yuu. So don't group me with those faggots that claim that any sort of negative emotion from Ayumu somehow denies all her development.
>>3707358>>3707535Stop bringing up this shit here. I come here so I don't have to deal with this bullshit.
>>3707566It's not even the anime's fault. It's not like the anime's putting scare chords on her.>>3707564 is right. The anime is using romantic tropes.It's the fans who are reading everything she does as "yandere", when they would've read it as cute if they were a hetero relationship.
>>3707831Of course she's meant to read as a light yandere. Just look at how her VA acts.
What would Ayumu have done if Yuu and Shizuku had been on a real date?
>>3708066No, she's not.Being jealous is not yandere.Being possessive over someone that you really like is not yandere.Let's not fall into the waifufags' trap by considering the slightest amount of undeniable lesbianism as "crazy".>>3708088Real answer? She'll probably cry and do stuff that she'll regret, but she won't even hurt a fly.The sofa scene probably hurt less than Will Smith's slap.
>>3708151Jealousy over nothing and possessiveness are absolutely yandere traits. Ayumu's not going to stab anyone in canon because this is Love Live, but "cute girl with a dark side" is absolutely what they're going for. Even the Famicom shorts initially portrayed Ayumu as a jerk.>Let's not fall into the waifufags' trap by considering the slightest amount of undeniable lesbianism as "crazy".You really should start charging those waifufags rent. There's plenty of equally blatant lesbianism in earlier seasons, yet none of those girls act like Ayumu. Even You just moped at home when Riko stole away her childhood friend.
>>3708183>Jealousy over nothingI see that you're not paying attention. All of her actions make sense considering how touchy-feely Yuu acts with every other girl.>There's plenty of equally blatant lesbianism in earlier seasons, yet none of those girls act like Ayumu.Because they aren't as equally blatant as her. >Even You just moped at home when Riko stole away her childhood friend.That's because she's a fucking loser written by hacks who were too afraid to give her a personality or write a proper ending to her episode.
>>3708183>Jealousy over nothing and possessiveness are absolutely yandere traits.a jealous person reacts that way, but it is basically fear of losing someone important, it may be unfounded from the point of view of other people, but that is very important for the person himself.>Even the Famicom shorts initially portrayed Ayumu as a jerk.That's why the pre-anime stuff doesn't really work, it feels like crap to fill out trivia pages than actual characterization.>ai mai mii artist.for the love of ra>There's plenty of equally blatant lesbianism in earlier seasons, yet none of those girls act like Ayumu.because that was mostly cheap fan service and not real attempts at real romance and when they tried it in Sunshine, they backed out of s2 because it wasn't popular (poor writing)
People got annoyed by the Ayumu stalking because it comes after S1EP11 dramatization of Ayumu. Some were hoping we were past that. Anime just needs to reel back Ayumu's possessiveness of Yu and give her more independent scenes, like Ayumu giving Setsuna the bro fist.
>>3708183that Ayumu is very different from the current Ayumu. Also Yuu/Anata didn't exist pre-anime
>>3708241Yuu/Anata didn't exist pre-game/pre-anime* sorry
>>3708241Yeah, but it shows that having a dark side was part of Ayumu's character from the start.
>>3708248she was literally possessed by a demon that got exorcised later
>>3708240Then those people are retards who don't understand Ayumu and completely missed episode 11 and 12's points.>Anime just needs to reel back Ayumu's possessiveness of Yu and give her more independent scenes, like Ayumu giving Setsuna the bro fist.No, that's just pandering to the anti-yurifags.
>>3708250what??? Giving Ayumu scenes like that doesn't mean they're pandering to antiyurifags, I fucking loved those scenes and I also loved the ferry wheel scene. Touch some grass dude, you can both love Ayumu's development and also want her to get more scenes showcasing her lesbian side.
>>3708255How does "Ayumu giving Setsuna the bro fist" equal her showcasing her lesbian side? And honestly, that scene was just a lame generic friendship scene. Literally any other character can replace her in that scene.In contrast, only Ayumu can do her thing with Yuu.
>>3708264learn to fucking read faggot, I said that the scenes are different and that I wanted more of both
>>3708269Then what was the "bro fist" scene to you?It sure as hell wasn't Ayumu's character being developed. It wasn't anything significant besides it being a callback.
>>3708240>Some were hoping we were past thatNTA, but that's lazy writing, nobody changes that fast so I find it natural for Ayumu to do things like that but with doubts, just like what happened in the episode.
>>3708272I don't care about what you fucking think of the scene, I liked it and I want more of that while also wanting more of the yuri pandering. Learn to live with that instead of trying to paint anyone that liked the scene as some sort of yurihating faggot
>>3708276You're the one who needs to learn to read it seems.>Anime just needs to reel back Ayumu's possessiveness of Yu and give her more independent scenesThis is the sign of a yurihating faggot. Or at least, someone who sympathizes with them. Don't. You yourself said that you want more of the yuri pandering.Also, I don't even hate that scene nor do I care about you liking that scene.What I don't get is what that scene means to you.
>>3708286you assume that I wrote that paragraph when I didn't. I was simply replying to your >>3708250post saying that giving Ayumu independent scenes was "pandering to anti-yurifags". I don't want them to "reel back Ayumu's posessiveness" because that would be stupid, but I also want more stuff that showcases why Ayumu should be Nijigasaki's center in comparison to someone like Setsuna that crumbles under pressure or Kasumi that's an attention whore.
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>>3708295Oh okay. Fair enough. I mostly agree with you then, yeah.Sorry for the misunderstanding.
>>3708295On second thought, aren't Kasumi and Yuu the de facto leaders of the club in the anime?Kasumi's not that much of an attention whore actually.
>>3708307Kill yourself.
Stream:https://live.b-ch.com/lovelive_anime
>>3709015Ai is by far the cutest, would love to see more of her with Rina, especially simple cute scenarios with an equally young Rina
That last scene before the credits.I guess LanShio will be endgame.
Where were you when Switzerland got cucked
So Kaoruko come from Shion.
cute new songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_EIshkjp24
>>3709032Lanzhu is watching the few friends she has getting snatched up by Yu's club.
Shameless PDA
I see CR (I know technically, it's Funi but the show is in CR too and Funi's dying and becoming only CR in the future) is back to not subbing songs like in S1. Shame. They had a better track record than S1 so farGood thing I'm an spic and the spanish subs subbed the song
Will LanShio vs YuuPomu be the final plot of the season?
>>3709138>the two pairs standing as finalists against one another, featuring the newly joined school aidoru Yuu!stupid but would probably be hilarious
>>3709160I don't think that they'll make her an idol, but I think that she'll sing some kind of song in the magical half-real/half-imagination live show dimension like Shioriko did in this episode.
>>3709138In sex.
With the next episode (8) wrapping up the festival plotline, I wonder what they'll do for the remaining 5 with Mia's, Lanzhu's, and Yuu's plot threads still dangling.Next episode won't be the Mia episode by the way.
>>3709103Time for Lanzhu to take Yuu's idols, club and woman.
Time for Yu to take Lanzhu's virginity.
>>3709103>>3709110I like how the anime's going for LanShio. I didn't really like ShioPomu beyond the great aesthetics so I'm hoping the anime can deliver on selling Lanzhu and Shioriko's dynamic.
>I like how the anime's going for LanShioIt's not though. Shioriko is married to her sister
>>3709296All girls are married to their sisters from birth. Doesn't mean they can't get another wife to expand the gene pool.
>>3709328Listen, incest is one thing, but polygamy is unacceptable. Shioriko belongs to her older sister and no one else
>>3709364Kaoruko will finger Shiori and Lanzhu at the same time, and you will like it.
>>3709249Eh, I still think that ShioPomu has more to offer than just aesthetics, even as a big YuuPomu fan.I think that they're going for the LanShio being a kind of mirror to YuuPomu route. The ShioPomu conversation in ep 2 was about Lanzhu and Shioriko's relationship too. The writers must've written that in for a reason.
I really doubt they're going to retread the YuuPomu relationship with ShioLan. If they were they would've put signs in there already. But ever since episode 1 the relationship between them feels like 2 mob characters interacting. Lanzhu has more investment with Emma and Yuu while Shioriko was completely neutered and turned into a Ren 2.0. Honestly I don't even know if Monster Girls is going to be a thing a this point with all 3 members doing their own thing. They could've done something with the whole childhood friend thing this episode, but even that Shioriko didn't look like she cared at all about Lanzhu leaving. tldr if they were going to retread YuuPomu then Kaoruko would have needed to not exist or be the main catalyst of Shioriko's character.
>>3709782>If they were they would've put signs in there already.They have.>But ever since episode 1 the relationship between them feels like 2 mob characters interacting. Lanzhu has more investment with Emma and YuuNo. And Lanzhu literally hasn't interacted with Emma since episode 2. I don't think she even knows Emma besides that she's one of the QU4RTZ girls.I think you're deliberately forgetting Shioriko and Lanzhu's much more frequent and meaningful interactions to fit your narrative.>Shioriko was completely neutered and turned into a Ren 2.0She wasn't neutered, but yeah her story was like Ren's but written competently this time. >They could've done something with the whole childhood friend thing this episode, but even that Shioriko didn't look like she cared at all about Lanzhu leaving.That's the point. Their relationship isn't in the best state. It might even be mostly one-sided from Lanzhu's side. What you saw as "mob characters interacting" (whatever the hell that means) is clearly building up to that last Lanzhu scene before the credits.Like, look at their scene in episode 3 where Lanzhu almost broke character and begged Shioriko to watch her show. That was one of the signs that you missed for some reason.Shioriko and Lanzhu are fundamentally different characters to Yuu and Ayumu. They're not going to retread YuuPomu. Instead, they're going to compare and contrast the two pairs which both started as childhood friend pairs but ended differently.
>>3709816>broke character and begged herWe must be watching 2 entirely separate shows because last time I checked she asked her like a normal person. You should stop watching the show with such rose tinted lens and conflating everything because it'll only end in your disappointment
>>3709821Begging is a bit of a hyperbole, but she did break character and really wanted her to come.It wasn't a generic "go check me out" but a personal request from her.Just look at this >>3709842Does this look like background characters interacting? Lanzhu cares more about Emma(???) than Shioriko?You're the one watching a different show from the rest of us seeing how many basic facts that you got wrong.
>>3709782>Ren 2.0The similarities are obvious, but I feel like Shioriko's plot was done much better and made a lot more sense. Ren hating idols and then doing a 180 when she learns her mom enjoyed her time as an idol was ridiculous, while Shioriko deciding not to get hurt and that she should stay in her comfort zone just supporting idols from the sidelines until she was encouraged to chase her dreams by her friends and her sister works for me.
