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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- O, Niko and her shades. Aww poor Minami this episode. Be more confident! And oh God, the girls looks adorable in their maid clothes. What a kawaii episode especially with that ending tbh. |
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| ^ Hey, seems you posted at 10:23pm Japan time while the anime started at 10pm - that is a bit rushed, don't you think? Kotori maid episode, great ! Even greater to see the other girls in maid dress too ! We even have the sisters (Honoka's and Eri-chi's) dropping by ! And the scenes where they and the Mu's girls are in the cafe gave me a lot of smiles. A bit disappointed at the lack of any portrayal of Nico's reaction at knowing the signature of "charisma maid" she so treasure is actually from Kotori... LOL at Kayochin's salivating over idol goods... A question: Who made those merchandise for MU'S ? Are we seeing some legally questionable merchandise here? LOL at Kotori's writer's block... But the sharpest impression to me in this episode is Eri-chi's strong presence, both in her practice outfits or in maid dress ! And I thought thie episode is special with an insert song "wonderzone" (but where is the dance for that?), turned out on top of that we even have a Kotori solo version of the ED ! I wonder what the air mail dropped into Kotori(?)'s mail box near the ending is about.... Overall a nice episode but I also noticed some of the sakuga (art/animation) looks lazy or so-so. next episode we'll have swimsuit ! OMAKE: the following tonkatsu shop in Akihabara served really good (but expensive) tonkatsu (I tried it myself so I know) and since it got shown in the trailer in Love Live last week, it got long lines outside every day !! |
symbvMar 3, 2013 6:45 PM
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Nice ep. indeed. Next week is the beach Episode! They are going through all the PVs' settings. If the trend continues, we are looking at airport and Christmas scenes next |
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ryanagamis said: ^ what about valentine then? Unfortunately, maids setting from the valentine PV has been used in this episode and the song was replaced with Kotori's new song. We are not likely to see them wearing maid outfit again. First time was a nice homage and it's fine. But as much as I would like it to come true, I think it's better if they use new songs for the anime. Repeating songs only makes the show predictable and boring after a while. Plus, I want to hear more variety. Can't get enough of this music |
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ThangLong said: Nice ep. indeed. Next week is the beach Episode! They are going through all the PVs' settings. If the trend continues, we are looking at airport and Christmas scenes next Snow Halation!? |
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| I find it kinda odd that when they showed the merchandise there was only one merchandise visible of Eri that was only hidden in the top right. Amazing episode seeing them in long skirts and maid outfits. |
XenoiMar 3, 2013 5:58 PM
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| Nice Kotori focused episode i just wish i could get use to her voice..but i can't lol. obligated beach episode next week yay~\T.T/ |
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Xenoi said: I find it kinda odd that when they showed the merchandise there was only one merchandise visible of Eri that was only hidden in the top right. Might be because her stuff is the most popular and is sold out. Cue the earlier discussion on when Eri joined the group, that their popularity shot up among other females. |
| Enjoyed the merchandise part. :3 |
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symbv said: OMAKE: the following tonkatsu shop in Akihabara served really good (but expensive) tonkatsu (I tried it myself so I know) and since it got shown in the trailer in Love Live last week, it got long lines outside every day !! speaking of the shops shown in the anime credits were given to the shop at the ending video including the maid cafe Cure Maid Cafe http://www.curemaid.jp/?page_id=5709 |
| this episode was good Kotori was very cute!!! Her voice is cute as well!!! |
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OriginANIME said: ThangLong said: Nice ep. indeed. Next week is the beach Episode! They are going through all the PVs' settings. If the trend continues, we are looking at airport and Christmas scenes next Snow Halation!? ^ yup |
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| it was a cute episode of kotori cuteness overload! but I wonder what the last scene was all about. I hope it's not anything bad. |
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| It's encouraging to see the girls getting popular enough to get their own merchandise in stores, i'm just curious as to why they didn't know it was there already, i'm pretty sure you can sue someone if they do that. |
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| Great ep. As always, Niko makes the most hilarious faces. I also loved this eps background art and animation. Sunrise really put in the effort by making Akiba feel alive and not using cg even for the vehicles. Really impressive they didn't take any shortcuts. Next week looks like a beach ep. Those are always fun for me! |
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| Much better character interactions and development compared to Idolm@ster. 5/5 episode. |
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| That was adorable - as usual. Nice to see some more of Kotori, as she seemed to be most ordinary of girls. Also Niko's jealousy, she was so cute :) or in this scene (ok it was stolen by Rin's expression :P ) |
| Niko and Maki, sharing the drink of love! XD Niko was simply hilarious in the episode. She would've been the highlight of the episode if it hadn't been for Kotori's overwhelming cuteness. |
| Beach episode next week, I demand Natsuiro Egao de 1, 2, Jump! |
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| Girls are so funny ^^ |
| Nice episode as always. Is it common to make merchandise of Idol groups without letting them know or sharing the profit? |
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| Asians bootleggin products as usual. :P |
| man honoka truly deserves the title of leader. sh'e always the first to jump in ansd help, first one to reassure; she's the best but selling merchandise without royalties or anything? isnt that illegal lol |
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| Not sure if anybody here knows but the Akihabara maid cafe that Kotori works really exists. The name is also called "Cure Maid". Their website has just put up a page about the LoveLive episode: http://www.curemaid.jp/?page_id=5709 According to fans who have been to that cafe, the decor in anime is precisely like the real thing, except that the lighting is dimmer. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Okay, is Japan really that creepy that they sell merchandise of a high school club without permission or anything? Are they seriously that obsessed with idols? Anyway, I love this show but this episode struck me as one of the weaker ones. The only conflict was Kotori's writers block and the rest was just FLUFFY FLUFFY KAWAII. Also, the characters voices were so shrill/squeaky in this episode I want to rip my headphones out. Those noises that Kayochin was making when she saw the merchandise...no, my poor ears. On the plus side though, I liked the insert song and the solo ending (topped off the episode's shrillness lol but it was nice to hear something different). The episode coulda used more dancing. |
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| No dancing in this episode? Boo! This episode was pretty good but just felt strange to me, idk... And stores are selling their stuff without them knowing it? Now that's just bad... seriously. I'm looking forward to more. |
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| Great episode. 5/5. |
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Zee530 said: It's encouraging to see the girls getting popular enough to get their own merchandise in stores, i'm just curious as to why they didn't know it was there already, i'm pretty sure you can sue someone if they do that. They aren't affiliated with corporate labels as we have seen so they are free artist and their goal for now isn't even to make a tone of money but to become popular enough to save their school so a shop selling merchandise even if it was created by the shop itself still helps them in their goal. They can even make good money under common-free license by simply taking advantage of popularity but in a real world corporations will probably crush them cause they won't allow anyone to become anything outside their control and without being their cash cow. |
Monad said: Zee530 said: It's encouraging to see the girls getting popular enough to get their own merchandise in stores, i'm just curious as to why they didn't know it was there already, i'm pretty sure you can sue someone if they do that. They aren't affiliated with corporate labels as we have seen so they are free artist and their goal for now isn't even to make a tone of money but to become popular enough to save their school so a shop selling merchandise even if it was created by the shop itself still helps them in their goal. They can even make good money under common-free license by simply taking advantage of popularity but in a real world corporations will probably crush them cause they won't allow anyone to become anything outside their control and without being their cash cow. Good explanation there. That I was trying to say...but I couldn't. XD On the other hand, I want those muse goodies! I want them all! lol at Honoka wanting free juice. |
MagitoMar 8, 2013 9:16 AM
| Di Gi Charat banner FTW |
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Gamer40000 said: That won't explain the letter is being sent via air mail though (as the envelope is an air-mail envelope).Guys I've got a theory for what the letter could be. Kotori's mum is the school's director. So maybe the letter is for the Love Live and telling them they've been accepted maybe. |
| So MAL finally starts locking news threads that are only a few weeks old? I wonder where was the announcement of this change? Or we are seeing yet another case of changes made that impacted users but not communicated to them? I wonder how long people would put up with this. As much as I have a bunch of information to share about anime announced recently I cannot share it in news board, and the anime series is too disorganized and chaotic to share information except with people already interested in the particular series. |
| Sometimes, I can't believe that I'm enjoying this anime the most compared to other current animes...It keeps me smiling and laughing every episode. And the more episodes we get the sooner the ending comes. Sad. how I wish for a second seaosn. Love Live is just too awesome be ending soon. |
| Everyone looked so cute in their maid outfits! Kotori's lyrics were great. It's really great to see the group of 3 girls supporting μ's and the group ranking 50th. |
| Kotori episode = 5/5 <33 |
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| Well, today enough with maid service... Kotori-chan she's quite a pro XD Next ep, swimsuit fanservice? Fanservice again I guess... |
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| 5/5 Episode that I liked very much, perhaps due to the fact that he had also given space to the setting, which I think real and not invented, view during the narration. designs and backdrops really cute and very funny narration! The plot has not only played the card Minalinsky, I liked it too. |
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| Cute episode I guess. |
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| I expected them to be wearing maid uniforms for their next performance. Kotori is so cute in this episode. |
| Kotori episode, not bad but I wonder - what's with that letter in the end? |
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