Love Live! Superstar!! 3rd Season

As the Love Live! Competition draws to a close, Kanon Shibuya takes an offer to study abroad and bids farewell to her friends and fellow members of the school idol group Liella!. Although they will live on opposite sides of the world, both Kanon and the group remain motivated to continue their idol activities.

Unbeknownst to Kanon, however, her plans are cut short by Wien Margarete's parents, who request that Kanon remain in Japan for another year so that their daughter can learn from her. While Kanon finds herself in awkward limbo, Wien cannot bring herself to join her once fierce rival Liella! and decides to start a group of her own.

Not wanting Wien's determination to go to waste, Kanon joins the new group, recruiting her former group member's sister Tomari Onitsuka in the process. As the newfound unit strives to wash off Wien's controversial past, the new Liella! is also wrestling with the struggles of losing their irreplaceable center.

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Shibuya, Kanon Main

Date, Sayuri Japanese

Tang, Keke Main

Liyuu Japanese

Heanna, Sumire Main

Payton, Naomi Japanese

Arashi, Chisato Main

Misaki, Nako Japanese

Hazuki, Ren Main

Aoyama, Nagisa Japanese

Wakana, Shiki Main

Ookuma, Wakana Japanese

Margarete, Wien Main

Yuina Japanese

Yoneme, Mei Main

Yabushima, Akane Japanese

Onitsuka, Natsumi Main

Emori, Aya Japanese

Sakurakouji, Kinako Main

Suzuhara, Nozomi Japanese

Kyougoku, Takahiko Director

Nagasaki, Yukio Sound Director

Liyuu Theme Song Performance

Date, Sayuri Theme Song Performance

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Nov 25, 2024

lycoping

Recommended

Preliminary (8/12 eps)

What, no one's reviewed this yet? Well, let me be the first! I guess... it' a preliminary review but I do actually have a bit to say.

This review will assume you've watched season 1 and 2, and there may be spoilers for those series. But I consider that acceptable, because it's probably not a great idea to jump in on season 3, particularly with *this* anime. Watch those first.

I'll wait.

Gosukomushi... Gosukomushi.. hey, wait. Sumire! Put down that rope! And that palm frond!

Okay, here we go!

Wien Margarete might be the most interesting character in the whole "Love! Live" ... franchise, and might be one of my favorites in all of anime.

In season 2, Wien (Margarete? I guess there's some discussion/debate/otakufights, which consist of smacking each other with waifu catgirl tails) on that, but I maintain Wien is her LAST name) was a secondary character, who ended up being the "Big Bad" towards the end of the season. She ended up losing, and the reason she ended up losing was made very clear. She didn't know how to be an idol. She was a spectacularly competent dancer/singer, but she had absolutely no idea how to connect with her audience. In point of fact, she became an idol just to stick a fork in the eye of all the "real" idols.. and she failed. Hard. We left season 2 when she donned a Yuigaoka uniform and was going to go to school with Shibuya, for reasons we didn't understand at the time.

In season 3, she has been upgraded to a main character, along with Tomari, the other new addition to Liella!. Well... maybe.

I think it's fair to say that this season is, in part, an exploration of the redemption of Wien, who left the previous season absolutely *hated* by pretty much everyone. I refuse to say how that turns out, clearly - firstly, because the season isn't over, and secondly, because I don't want to spoil. But given the way Wien's character was introduced, I think you can probably take an educated guess or two as to how it might turn out, and you have a decent chance of at least coming close to the mark. Let's just say I think she's the most interesting character for a *reason*.

I'm only on ep. 8 at the moment (as is everyone else) but this isn't exactly the most unpredictable of seasons - if it doesn't turn out in a very predictable and specific way, I'll be *shocked*. I mean, I've been surprised before, but at the moment, I'd put (a small amount of) money on the outcome. But this is "Love! Live". We're not here for a coherent story, or realism, or anything but a barely realistic musical where a bunch of girls have a dream of winning a competition, and nothing is going to stand in their way. Not common sense, not realism, not typical high school girl competence. These girls make professional music, professional costumes, professional stages, professional everything, even though in every other way they're just typical high school girls. But, as with the previous two seasons, don't let that get in the way of enjoying this series. It's a musical, and no one ever watches a musical with the idea that they're going to get a real or realistic *anything*. It's just there for entertainment, and it delivers. Nothing more than that, but if you wanted more than that, maybe watch "Wake up girls!", "ID@LMASTER: Cinderalla Girls" or maybe "Girls band cry". But if you can accept this for what it is, you get to watch eleven girls singing, dancing, and sometimes even being nice to each other.

Gosukomushi, gosukomushi.. *ahem*. Oh, yeah, that costume makes an appearance. Poor Sumire...

Anyway, that's my preliminary review. If you liked seasons 1 and 2, you'll like this, because it's more of the same, with an extra dose of Wien. If you didn't like seasons 1 and 2, you'll probably not like this. If you didn't like Wien, well, give it a chance. She's not a bad girl. Just really driven, and a little socially inept.

Okay, that's a lot for a preliminary review.. Song for me! Song for you! Song for all!!!!

Recommend from me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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