Love Live! Superstar!!

Everyone has a dream they strive to achieve, and so does the musically talented Kanon Shibuya. However, due to her stage fright, Kanon fails to make it into Yuigaoka Girls' High School's music program and instead ends up in the general curriculum. Even though Kanon makes the conscious decision to quit music altogether, her classmate Tang Keke rekindles Kanon's passion for music with her own: a passion for school idols.

Although Keke and Kanon try to form a school idol group, their effort meets strong objections from Ren Hazuki, the daughter of the school's director. Even so, the girls soon visit the director, who allows them to set up their school idol club under one condition—they must win first place at the Yoyogi School Idol Festival.

The resilience of these aspiring idols is put to the test as they face the challenges that come their way. Throughout their journey, the girls make new friends and meet new members that join them to become the dazzling idols others can only imagine.

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Adaptation:	Love Live! Superstar!! Futari no jikan! ~Special times~ Kanon & koi hen
Alternative setting:	Love Live! School Idol Project, Love Live! Sunshine!!, Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai
Other:	Liella no Uta, Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora
Sequel:	Love Live! Superstar!! 2nd Season
Summary:	30-pun de Wakaru! Love Live! Superstar!!

Yoshitake, Chihaya
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Ootsuka, Hiroshi

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Herek, Samantha

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Kyougoku, Takahiko

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"START!! True dreams" by Liella! [Kanon Shibuya (CV: Sayuri Date), Keke Tang (CV: Liyuu), Chisato Arashi (CV: Nako Misaki), Sumire Heanna (CV: Naomi Payton), Ren Hazuki (CV: Nagisa Aoyama)] (eps 2-??)

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	4: "Mirai wa Kaze no You ni (未来は風のように)" by Sumire Heanna (CV: Naomi Payton) (eps 4)
	5: "Mirai wa Kaze no You ni (未来は風のように)" by Chisato Arashi (CV: Nako Misaki) (eps 5)
	6: Mirai wa Kaze no You ni (未来は風のように)" by Kanon Shibuya (CV: Sayuri Date), Keke Tang (CV: Liyuu), Chisato Arashi (CV: Nako Misaki), Sumire Heanna (CV: Naomi Payton) (ep 6)
	7: Mirai wa Kaze no You ni (未来は風のように)" by Ren Hazuki (CV: Nagisa Aoyama) (ep 7)
	1: "Mirai Yohou Hallelujah! (未来予報ハレルヤ！)" by Liella! [Kanon Shibuya (CV: Sayuri Date), Keke Tang (CV: Liyuu), Chisato Arashi (CV: Nako Misaki), Sumire Heanna (CV: Naomi Payton), Ren Hazuki (CV: Nagisa Aoyama)] (eps 1)
	2: "Mirai wa Kaze no You ni (未来は風のように)" by Kanon Shibuya (CV: Sayuri Date) (eps 2)
	3: "Mirai wa Kaze no You ni (未来は風のように)" by Kanon Shibuya (CV: Sayuri Date), Keke Tang (CV: Liyuu) (eps 3)

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May 21, 2023

NikoNikoNiiLover

Recommended

Love Live Superstar is another lovely edition to the Love Live franchise that continues to cement Love Live as one of the best and most heartfelt idol franchises in the Japanese industry. Full of touching music, likable characters and beautiful animation, Love Live Superstar is perhaps the greatest the franchise has ever been. Rather than standing in another series’ shadow (Sunshine) or being made specifically to cater to All Stars fans (Nijigasaki), Love Live Superstar stands firmly on its own as a wonderfully pleasant slice of life show.

I have to say that Love Live Superstar will not cater to all Love Live fans, particularly ... for those who come for the music and drama. While previous seasons of Love Live were heavier on drama and melancholy, Love Live Superstar is more clearly a slice of life anime. In fact, not only do the main heroines not decide on an idol group name until the very end of the season, they don’t decide to enter the Love Live competition until the very end either. If you’re trying to determine if Love Live Superstar is for you, ask yourself which is more important to you: the idol premise or character development. If you answered character development, then this show is certainly for you.

I found that this installment of Love Live has some of the best character development we’ve seen in the franchise so far. I believe that the staff’s choice to focus on a much smaller cast with only five girls was certainly the right call. Every girl has their moment to shine and none of their arcs seem rushed. Each girl is given approximately two focus episodes, which is a huge plus, considering how previous seasons normally gave each girl only one, and the presence of the numerous others often overshadowed their development. A smaller cast certainly helped the characters become more likable and realistic.

Out of all the characters, Keke was definitely my favorite, even if she was more of a gag character who didn’t really have much serious development like the others. I am drawn to ridiculous idiots most of the time anyway, and she certainly fits that stereotype. All of the other characters were absolutely fantastic as well. Kanon was a unique protagonist compared to the others. While stage fright seemed to be subtly explored with Ayumu in Nijigasaki, it was very a huge part of the plot. Kanon’s struggles with stage fright and her subtle descent into depression that began after it hits incredibly close to home. In fact, I really do see a lot of myself in Kanon. The line in the final episode when she confirmed she didn’t need her headphones anymore because she had friends now nearly made me burst into tears.

Chisato was also a very well developed character. Out of all the characters revealed in the teaser, she was the one who stood out to me the most, although her personality was not at all what I expected. She acts as the foil of the group and is a very strong character with relatable morals. The idea that she wanted to be good at something like Kanon so she didn’t constantly stand in her shadow was surprisingly realistic. Ren was also wonderful. Out of all the token school counsel president characters present in previous installments, her motivations were the most realistic for me. The little hint at her liking yuri content was also a hilarious joke…I actually laughed so hard I nearly cried.

That leaves Sumire. While a very funny and entertaining character, I felt her plot development rather…well, sloppy. It just didn’t feel at all like how a teenage girl would realistically act. Considering how high and mighty she was acting prior to being offered the center position, it just didn’t make any sense for her to suddenly go through all this inner turmoil of how she was “never chosen”. I have to admit, she really was adorable though, even if her development was a bit annoying to me. Her “Galaxy” catchphrase and isopod shenanigans were super entertaining to watch.

Another aspect of the series I liked was that the “rival” characters were never actually rivals. Sure, Sunny Passion were rivals to Liella professionally, but they never treated them bad and were always very kind and helpful. It was very refreshing to see such a change, and their music was also very catchy without relying on the “edgelord” formula.

The music certainly isn’t bad. Nonfiction was the only song I ended up adding to my Spotify playlist, but the others aren’t bad in the slightest. If anything, most of the group songs are very generic, which was somewhat disappointing, since I liked a lot of the group songs from previous generations. Regardless, there isn’t a song that is boring, even if they are all familiar. The animation in the show is also absolutely stellar. Beautifully vibrant and gorgeously fluid. You can hardly tell when they switch to CGI.

I highly recommend Love Live Superstar for fans of slice of life. They will not only find lots of cute and fluffy moments in this series, they will find realistic character development and some lovely music to brighten up their day! Can’t wait to meet the new girls in the second season.

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Nov 6, 2021

Pravaris

Mixed Feelings

I started watching Love Live! Superstar!! with the expectation that the smaller cast of 5 would allow more time to explore each character's dreams and worries, strengths and flaws, past failures and present efforts. Exploring their character, in other words.

Well, yes, but actually no.

While each character certainly had more screen time and lines compared to some idol anime, the additional attention was squandered. The anime eventually became formulaic again. Most character development and progression was made in service to the overbearing and repetitive Love Live formula.

The best episodes were the first 4. Each one focused on the ...

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Dec 3, 2021

Lilfukoling

Not Recommended

As a fan of love live, this was probably the most boring love live I've seen. The story was okay but kind boring. Average at best. The art is your every day love live art style, taking after the original and sunshine. The character designs aren't great, this was probably the poorest designs I've seen so far from the love live series, the worse looks being sunny pas and rens design overall, the only thing that makes it work while is the personalities for 4 outta the 5 main group, ten being the most poorest of personalities. The outfits aren't amazing there very poorly designed ...

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