DO NOT discuss the source material beyond this episode. If you want to discuss future events or theories, please use separate threads.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
DO NOT ask where to watch/download this episode or give links to copyrighted, non-fair use material.
DO NOT troll/bait/harass/abuse other users for liking or disliking the series/characters.
DO read the Anime Discussion Rules and Site & Forum Guidelines.
| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Pretty relaxing episode, until the final part of the episode. yeah!!! Chisato in normal class's uniform The student council election. Kanon or Sumire or Ren as a council president? Sumire got a 20points deduction from her takoyaki bribing. lol. That's what would be called karma for you. Anyways, Ren still won the election. It's discrimination when those normal classes were not able to participate in the festival. They should change the rules as soon as possible. Ren's past was pretty dark, we would know more about it in the next episode. And then it's time to save your school again. |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡  |
| started off pretty funny with the election thing and sumire failing again but things get serious at the end. ren's mom dead? also that key makes an appearance again |
 |
| I love this anime so much Kanon and Chi-chan the best ❤ |
| So, it's time to save the school once again. I hope they'll manage to solve all the issues. I feel sad for Ren. She lost her mom and she's also fighting with financial issues. "What?!" xD Keke's "love confession" was adorable. Those post-credit songs are like a lullabies. They are so relaxing. |
SerafosDec 26, 2023 8:23 AM
 |
NicoNoo said: Terrible. They are re-using the "we have to save the school plot". Can't have anything new in this franchise it seems... they must default to the same plot beats. Go watch Nijigasaki, their school no need to save because they are rich. |
 |
| No shit. Another school that's about to close down. OK episode overall. The girls' antics continue to be quite funny to see but Ren sure is making it difficult for me to like her character. Anyways, guess the promising idea of Kanon taking the lead in a protest against Ren is over now that the main girls know about her sob story. |
| The school will not close any soon. However, their school is in a bad shape with the financial crisis and debt. So, the school will not close, but if this crisis still continues, the school is at risk for its closing. Ren, who knows about the problems might find some way to save their school's financial situation from the school idol activities when she joins the group. About why Ren doesn't like the school idol might be related to her mom as well. If you look at the photo inside the album you will find that there are Ren's mom, the current headmaster, and three other friends, five students altogether. The same amount as Liella. Her mom could try to save their school by being a school idol and then failed. Ren's life was very sad, tbh. Her mom died, her financial situation is also in a bad shape as well. The ones who left staying with her are only the maid she could not hire anymore and Chibi, the old dog. She got no one left. |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡ |
| Sumire keep getting beaten by everyone. Today I learned the password for LL Superstar meetings. I seriously need both Ren and Sumire election poster, the pictures were gorgeous. I love dogs, but Chibi have a certainly sour face for a probable pyrenees, even with the hearts on the ears make cute. Now we talking about Love Live, that is about saving the school. But this time directly influence the cast , or at least Ren. Now I got more invested. |
 |
| Yeah, the ending got me. Anyway, nice episode. Also good post-credit song, very relaxing. Overall, good episode. |
| Sumire becoming the loser as always. She had 20 votes deducted by advertising takoyaki, and now she and her friends got caught by Ren's dog, Chibi. Speaking of Ren, I've never felt bad for anyone ever in the Love Live! series. She apparently lives in a very rich-looking house, but other than her maid and her dog, she's been living all by herself, and since her mom has passed away, her life has been dreadful. I can understand why she's not into school idols anymore. I hope she'll have a better life after she joins Liella!  Chibi is one big dog! I think it's even bigger than Shiitake. |
| "You don't have to believe in yourself, because I believe in you." - Drax the Destroyer https://dawnhibiki.carrd.co/ Mirishita ID: L3N93SKX Discord: DawnHibiki #6454 |
| Meh episode I seriously hope they are not reusing the school closing/not enough enrollees arc again. I would hope that this staff can do something better than that. I assume the girls selling takoyaki for the election was suppose to be funny, but considering that Chisato is just an employee at that place, I'd imaging giving away products like that would be a fireable offense. They also probably should try not to use A-rank VAs for all of these side characters. I know they have the budget to afford them, but by using them, it makes the main cast sound weaker. |
| Lmao one way or the other we are back to saving the school. Having this in every Love Live main storyline is a must. Other than that quite an amusing episode, the girls were cute. |
 |
| Yes finally we get to see more of Ren, of course she has her own problems, but seems like the girls are already here to maybe fix the situation, still the same plot as always though :S the dog part was quite fun xD |
 |
Anyone else's Funimation thumbnail for this episode a picture of Kanata? I was so confused. I thought they were going to link this series to Nijigasaki. |
| Comfortably Superstar's worst episode so far. From doubling down on Ren's stubborness about school idols - when the previous explanation that she was thinking about the school's reputation sufficed - to seemingly reviving the "we must save the school" plot that every main Love Live circles back to (no, Nijigaku doesn't count, as it's a side series and not a main one), this made for a frustrating episode. Does every single mainline Love Live have to go back to those wells? Are the writers that utterly lacking in creativity that they can't think of anything else to serve as an obstacle to the formation of a school idol group, or anything else to serve as a motivation for said school idol group? Also, this was probably the weakest episode on the comedic front so far as well, with pretty much none of the jokes landing at all: in particular, the jokes about the dog being too big to be real were entirely unfunny and just felt like padding to fill the runtime. As for what we gleaned of Ren's backstory so far, it's not deviated too far from my expectations: she's been burdened with a lot of responsibility from a young age and is doing what she can to hold it together even as things gradually fall apart financially. That fits well with her previous reason for not wanting school idols to exist, and I can't understand why she couldn't just say that to Kanon when she asked instead of going for the "cos reasons" card. The only piece probably missing in the puzzle is something else to do with her late mother and school idols: I bet her mother and those friends from the photo album were school idols, but failed miserably for whatever reason. Well, something along those lines anyway. Despite my complaints, I do feel like Ren is far better constructed in this stage of her character arc than either of the previous "anti-school idol" characters were at their respective comparable points and I don't dislike her at all, whereas I was really not a fan of Eli or Dia at first and didn't really come to like them that much once they calmed down the school idol hate boner. |
| Kana Hanazawa as a maid POGGIES |
| TriHard7 |
| Ren's dad where? :WifeCheck: |
| TriHard7 |
| This episode makes me dislike Superstar even more. It all feels so slow, while just repeating SIP even harder than Sunshine did. We again have to save the school. We again have to fight the student council. But it takes soooo much time with Superstar. We are 7 episodes into a 12 episode season and we are still missing a member and we didn't even get too many songs so far. It also looks worse than the other seasons. There were multiple moments in this episode alone, where they clearly used 3d CGI within normal scenes and it just didn't feel right. And then the characters. Kanon is just like any Love Live lead so far (except Nijigasaki), just that she's kinda scared of singing. Sumire is just Niko, but not nearly as fun. Ren is just another student council president, but again, not nearly as interesting. Keke and Chisato are the most interesting. Man... I just want Nijigasaki back and am happy that its getting a 2nd season. |
 |
| Love live isn't love live without a School president that is against school idols. AND the theme "Our school is going to closed/its doom, so we need to save it." |
| Toxic comment incoming (Or already). Now they found the loophole in this chapter. LoL Anyway, on the scene after the opening theme, I thought Ren's mother is Riko... that pink sunlight really got me there. (And why the sunlight color is pink, btw... :| ) And Ren is a bitch, still doesn't want to tell the real reason why she hates the school idol, even when Kanon approaches her in peace. but it's just the first chapter of Ren's Arc so wait for next week. In the election scene... minus vote is sad. Are they didn't read the rules? Give some item(food) for a vote is count as a bribe... maybe. And the number of students in that school is 80 people? I thought the school is big... Oh, I forgot it's not that rainbow school. lol And about visiting the ren house... that maid didn't report Kanon and friend to Ren? did she forgot them? Also, these series have another animal, the big dog... I still like the owl thou. And about saving the school theme ... at least we have variation. First, the chairman still working hard to keep the school running. Second, the chairman doesn't care. Give the role to her daughter. Third, The chairman care for her daughter, so she gives anything her daughter wants (buy expensive equipment, hire a pro dancer, make a club like a nightclub bar, etc). And now, the chairman is gone (missing or passed away?). The daughter feels responsibility. But who is that current chairman? the school still save at least. It a kinda unique. lol. Oh, about music. Try watch NHK version. Until now, after ending there is a new song in each episode. its always mellow song thou.... |
| Yay! |
| oop looks like we're getting another 'we need to save our school from closing down' plot. honestly had a laugh when i realized that was happening. feeling bad for ren though, i wonder what happened to her and her family. my guess is that the girls are gonna convince ren that they can save the school through school idols and then blah blah blah happy ending. not that i have a problem with that tho bc i love this franchise also the big doggie!!!!!!!! |
  placeholder text |
grandstorm said: And now, the chairman is gone (missing or passed away?). The daughter feels responsibility. But who is that current chairman? the school still save at least. It a kinda unique. lol. Ren's mom is the school founder, or actually the one who reopen the school. And, her condition is probably death. It was not told directly in the series, but from those circumstances and dialogues, we can assume that she is already passed away. The current chairman is Ren's mom's friend. They are friends when they were in school years, both of them are graduated from Yuigaoka as well. You can notice it when Kanon opened the photo album and saw Ren's mom, the current chairman, and three other friends were taken photos together. Oh, about music. Try watch NHK version. Until now, after ending there is a new song in each episode. its always mellow song thou.... Those songs are great. |
真姫ちゃん！ 何が好き？ トマト よりも あ･な･た♡ |
| by the gods.... 2 season of save the school in the original, 2 season of save the school in Sunshine. Now, we have one more season of "save the school". I can't believe this is happening. Do they have no ideas left?!! Saved money... not buying figures from this Love Live. Well, but the show is still good even with the idea re-use.. so I will keep buy a few more Love Live Days magazines. :) laughed at Sumire getting -20 votes... trying to bribe people with takoyaki did not work. xD |
| People getting mad because they assuming that the plot from now on is saving the school rofl, wait and see the show instead of jumping to conclusions... |
| Some parts were predictable (Ren winning the elections with no effort) others were absolutely not (her sob past, even if that opening scene was sort of suggesting it already) |
(save your time and don't try to comfort when i rant on casual discussion or forum games, feel free to ignore me, i won't take it personally) |
Kracken said: People getting mad because they assuming that the plot from now on is saving the school rofl, wait and see the show instead of jumping to conclusions... Your account created 2019 and only 3 posts. Too shy to use your real account when posting insults? lol anyway, ok let's see where this goes on how it will be different from the other "save the school" varieties of Love Live. This will be my last reply to you, as it's not really worth the effort arguing with someone hiding behind their dup account. |
Liddo-kun said: Kracken said: People getting mad because they assuming that the plot from now on is saving the school rofl, wait and see the show instead of jumping to conclusions... Your account created 2019 and only 3 posts. Too shy to use your real account when posting insults? lol anyway, ok let's see where this goes on how it will be different from the other "save the school" varieties of Love Live. This will be my last reply to you, as it's not really worth the effort arguing with someone hiding behind their dup account. who am i insulting? saying ppl is mad is an insult? i was just stating a fact Saying that my account is an alt just cuz i have 3 posts, another clear example of a person jumping to conclusions right here |
| Not a fan at all of how Sumire was treated this episode from her friends, especially from Keke. In the earlier episodes the Keke/Sumire banter wasn't that bad to me but this ep Keke and even Chisato to an extent treated Sumire like complete garbage and weren't supportive of her. My least favorite episode so far, but I loved all the moments with Ren! |
 |
| Chi-chan looks cute in her new uniform! We also get the revelation that Ren is trying to carry the entire school on her back. |
 |
The_Wicker_Man said: Why is Sumire actually in this group again? I mean she never actually cared about being a school idol specifically, Kanon managed to convince her that the group could help her achieve her actual dream of being a star. When she tries to make a first step towards that this episode, 2 of the 3 members basically look at her like she's dirt and put zero effort into supporting her, even though Keke was the one wanting someone to run against Ren in the first place. Even Kanon seemed like she was only helping to get out of having to run herself. Don't get me wrong, even if they'd have taken it seriously she'd still have got beat heavily, but they clearly have no belief in her so why's she even hanging around? only the Galaxies know at this point |
|
| This episode was a disappointment compared to earlier ones. The visuals didn't seem as good. It looked like the characters were drawn in a hurry in many scenes. As another poster pointed out above, Sumire straight up got treated like garbage in this episode. I felt bad for her. Seriously, who the hell gave the ok to keep the belittlement of her in the episode script? The show seems eager to return to the tired "we must save our school" plot for the millionth time. Let's hope that turns out NOT to be the case. The attempts at humor all felt contrived and cringy to me. While not a negative thing, Ren's mom looked a lot like Riko during that brief flashback. An Easter egg of some sort maybe. The first two episodes of this latest installment of Love Live were great. I hope the remaining episodes will be at or near that level of quality. |
| Salmon is delicious. |
| and i thought the student council press would be the strict trope who defies school idols...but this time its quite different...she's actually in poverty!? but has a mansion left by her parents? hmmm... 4/5. |
 |
| I don't like this episode The issue of closing the school started again typical rabu raibu |
Exaccus said: As another poster pointed out above, Sumire straight up got treated like garbage in this episode. I felt bad for her. Seriously, who the hell gave the ok to keep the belittlement of her in the episode script? it was funny during the first time, but I think the Sumire bullying has gone too far. Not funny anymore. |
sbyrstall2 said: minimiau said: I'm just taking your quote because it's pretty much what everyone has been saying to some extent.Love live isn't love live without a School president that is against school idols. AND the theme "Our school is going to closed/its doom, so we need to save it." We all made the assumption that the reason Liella started was because the school was going to close. We know that's false. Nobody knew about any school or Ren's financial situation. The idol club was created with Keke wanted to be a school idol. The group was already getting noticed from last years Love Live winners as an up and coming group. So we can't pin the reason why they started was to "save the school". Reading your comment its totally true. Comparing with Honoka, Keke didn't started with the idea of School Idols with the idea about "saving school" But at this point I can predinct the rest of the episodes will be that plot and trying to win to have money. |
| At least Hazuki got a good reason for her strong feelings. Stalking and Chibi chase scene were funny. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Why is everybody complaining about a "Saving the school" plot? There are still options. Until now, we have 1 time saved the scool and won Love Live (μ's) and we have 1 time (fail to save the school, but won Love Live) There are still 2 options missing (save the school and don't win Love Live and don't save the school and don't win Love Live) For me, I really like this episode. I start to like Ren and in this episode Keke is not too annoying. |
 |
More topics from this board
Poll: » Love Live! Superstar!! Episode 12 Discussion ( 1 2 )removed-user - Oct 17, 2021 |
75 |
by JackOfDeath
»»
Jul 3, 2:40 PM |
|
Poll: » Love Live! Superstar!! Episode 1 Discussion ( 1 2 3 )AkeZZZ - Jul 11, 2021 |
118 |
by TheAnimeDG64
»»
May 17, 7:50 PM |
|
Poll: » Love Live! Superstar!! Episode 11 Discussionremoved-user - Oct 10, 2021 |
41 |
by MelodyOfMemory
»»
Feb 14, 9:23 PM |
|
Poll: » Love Live! Superstar!! Episode 6 DiscussionYuuki_Asuna30 - Aug 31, 2021 |
46 |
by MelodyOfMemory
»»
Feb 14, 12:11 AM |
|
Poll: » Love Live! Superstar!! Episode 3 DiscussionAkeZZZ - Aug 8, 2021 |
49 |
by MimiBushido
»»
Jan 31, 8:49 AM |