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| Just my personal take here: It truly seems like they're thinking this through. Instead of just for the sake of Idol competition and/or saving their club/school, it's a festival for the sake for both the performers and all the fans and audience. However, it doesn't come without the dramatic complications. I'm very on edge and picky when it comes to drama writing, but I feel like the implementation of Ayumu's jealousy actually adds more meaning to what the narrative has been rolling with so far....not everything should be "sunshine and flowers" and/or "black and white". I really like shows that can do this without too much hitches, although I do enjoy my share of monotoned series. (like Mushishi and Casshern Sins) Can't wait to see where this is headed, and whether or not this will have a genuine sense of urging more progression from the cast without being too overbearing (something like how OG IdolMaster did). |
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| Ayumu is acting so ridiculous. |
| nothing new here we already know that LoveLive can't bring something new, specially when we talk about drama stuff its just the generic or the same ideas of other seasons but i still like this show, thats funny well, i didnt know Ayumu was like this, i though she was the must protecc child but wow here she is and this was the gayest episode of LL i've ever seen lol |
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| What the hell im watching? Since when love live is yuri? |
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Love Live's hard yuri scenes? I-I'm not excited to see more of it at all I s-swear.. |
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 After the commotion of episode 10 I was aware that this episode was gonna be dedicated to Ayumu and her jealousy for Setsuna because of Yuu but... this episode went beyond everything I imagined. This episode literally makes the You jealousy in Sunshine look like baby stuff. I'm... pretty shocked not gonna lie. I never EVER thought a Love Live! episode would ever go and end this way. I can't even imagine what will happen on episode 12... will Yuu and Ayumu kiss? Will Ayumu confess her undying love her? I swear to god if there will actually be a Love Live! anime episode with 2 girls kissing each other... I won't really know how to feel. I will be completely... I don't even know. I lost all of the possible words for this situation. I can already tell this episode had some serious yandere shit. I was insane. I can't actually believe yandere Ayumu is becoming cannon. |
| Damn Karin, you smooth talker!!! So many venues and the support is incredible. The School Idol Club is getting help offered from all kinds of other clubs from the school. Glad to see that the student council allowed the festival and approved their application. Setsuna almost giving herself away in excitement. Can't blame her, cause even I am very excited to see this festival! |
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| Surprised, even if Setsuna is the council president.. it's still not easy to get the event approved. Kasumin box is funny and cute. xD did not expect Ayumu to be possessive like this. My first impression on Ayumu-bun has neen shattered! lol |
| I assume Yuu is going to write "Nijiiro Passions" and the main girls are all going to perform it in ep 13? |
| Hands down the worst ep of the show so far. My initial image of Ayumu was already significantly worsened by the hints about her jealous side that sifas' story gave occasionally but this ep just took it to the next level and well now I hate her more than anyone in the cast. Good job anime. One more reason to not use anime as a basis for rankings and stick to sifas' story. Also a side note - aqours' love triangle episode was so much better, it's unbelievable. Same type of drama but with a great execution that, while showing not the most positive trait of You's personality, still doesn't make her character/personality look bad at all. |
Gar_Logan said: I assume Yuu is going to write "Nijiiro Passions" and the main girls are all going to perform it in ep 13? Probably Tokimeki Runner, new group song or Yuu solo song. |
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CrazyFrogz said: Gar_Logan said: I assume Yuu is going to write "Nijiiro Passions" and the main girls are all going to perform it in ep 13? Probably Tokimeki Runner, new group song or Yuu solo song. Yeah my only reason for guessing Nijiro Passions is that in the convo between Yuu and Ayumu this ep, Ayumu talked about everyone having "different colors" which is also used a lot in the lyrics of the OP. |
| this seemed far more yuri than the usual , Ayumu out here acting like a fool meanwhile everyone else is just doing their best for the fes i'm bummed this is our image of her now super possessive but at least we had Karin whipping out the ara ara and a chin grab max charm levels. and they really had to throw in the meme corner face at some point huh |
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| Well this is an interesting development. Ayumu wants to keep Yuu all to herself. Karen be making girls fall for her. |
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Gar_Logan said: Yeah my only reason for guessing Nijiro Passions is that in the convo between Yuu and Ayumu this ep, Ayumu talked about everyone having "different colors" which is also used a lot in the lyrics of the OP. I think probably new group song sine they want to sell the cd. |
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| Do we have to do the "main protag goes jelly" arc in every season of idol anime? |
| depending on what the next episode will be... I might actually be buying some more from this show. Already bought something, but might buy even more now. if they had showed me this earlier, could have added their cd to the previous items batch ordered from CDJapan. Now, have to pay shipping charges again. Paypal is always ready.. if the next episode offers a good resolution to the Ayumu problem. |
Liddo-kunDec 13, 2020 12:21 AM
| guess I’m in the minority of people that thought this was a good episode, made this season a bit interesting if this isn’t just yuri bait |
snowykevinDec 13, 2020 4:15 AM
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| ah yes, the baiting is strong in this episode. Doubt they will go that road (but if it does...will be a surprise..) |
| I love this episode. Usually love live girls share each other. But my little lesbian angel Ayumu wants her girlfriend all for herself ,,,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEES She almost interrogated Yuuki. Demanded to know what the fuck are you doing with my girlfriend? All that jealousy are gold for me, So much sweet Yuri Ayumu honey! I am so impressed! I never thought you have it in you. You are my little tiger and should fight for your girlfriend to four fill your dream. Marry her and grow old together,,,YEEEEEEEEEES Keep on fighting sweetheart and I will cheer for you all the way IMO this may be the best episode in the history of love live . The Yuri is stronger then ever before  |
Yuri-CrusaderDec 13, 2020 8:09 AM
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| oh, forgot to say.. I'm well aware that this is just baiting by the writers.. but there are kinds of yuri bait that make me spend money (won't give example, but there are many), and there are kinds of bait that makes me severely dislike a show (example: first season Hibike). So will be observing next episode which kind of bait this is.... |
Liddo-kunDec 13, 2020 8:01 AM
| Those twins are more adorable than any of the 10 main girls @limmaestro You miss Aqours but ain't Sunshine the most notorious in yuri baits? That's quite a contradiction don't you think? I don't see this is any different from You hugging Chika because she got jealous It's yuri bait coz it's platonic, there's just no yuri in LL as much as I want it have it @p4rad0x- Ayo Imma need the source pic for that KasuAri fam otp |
Haunt88Dec 13, 2020 7:49 AM
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| What the fffuck is happening? I was okay with all that shoujo-ai teasing and stuff, it was also in the other Love Live series, but bruh... the drama, those unsolicited and strong yuri vibes are ruining the show. It was supposed to be about chasing dreams and stuff, something goofy but relaxing to watch, not some yandere shit out of nowhere, like seriously. I also honestly thought they would finally perform as one unit, but there they go with this "they are so different after all" shtick until the very end. Setting up so many stages would normally take enormous amounts of work too lmao. This is getting out of control. And there I thought this show would be most enjoyable of all of LL. |
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that made me laugh. Best Ayumu indeed. and now I realize why she is looking at Takasaki like that in the OP theme. lol |
| Surprised to see people asking when have LL ever have Yuri in it. Well it have always been strong at the Yuri =P This is the cd cover from the first season even named lily white. Do you know how to say lily in Japanese? Yuri . And the white lily is the strongest symbol used in Japan when they portrays lesbians in anime and manga. So IMO its noting new they just ramp it up  Please dont take this the wrong way. I respect your opinions and interpretations of this fictional media. I am just a bit surprised how the Yuri is received |
Yuri-CrusaderDec 13, 2020 9:24 AM
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| Damn... how big their school is?? the girls survey the venue they think fit for festival from noon to dusk. Here i though class building and club building are big enough (when ayumu want to buy drink,where does she want to buy it? no vending machine near club building is sure a torture, lol). Nijigasaki teritory is really wide ... Kasumi is really your secretary. this time she accompanied Yu in meeting with student council member and make suggestion Box named kasumin box for solution. Later be used as "weapon" for convincing them. Any scene with kasumi in every episode always put smile on my face. lol. meeting with shinonome and touou school idols end with positive result, with Karin teasing Himeno in the end. (why they play that sound effect? lol) For Yu and Ayumu, if you put a word in cliffhanger scene and without context ... Ayumu force Yuu to bed and she says "you're mine"... feels like raep. lol. And, If you think about Yuu episode, it feels like the story from chapter 15,16 and 17 in SIFAS game. here i thought chapter 2 or chapter 7 will be the ending of anime version. well, chapter 17 is the ending of season 1 in game... curious why Yuu call Ayumu in last scene? |
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| I know Love Live's various entries like to repeat plot points, character types and everything else all the time, but this "love triangle" subplot we've been railroaded into is one of the last ones I expected a repeat of. In theory, it could be an interesting development from a plot and character development, but Ayumu is such a dull character - to the point that, until she made an appearance in last week's episode I'd forgotten she existed at all - that it's just boring and nonsensical. Even in her focus episode at the start, there was no foreshadowing of this jealousy of hers or even of any feelings that would lead to jealousy developing in; it was just suggested that Yu and Ayumu were childhood friends. If the show hadn't stuck so rigidly to its "one character per episode" structure and instead took steps to prepare the viewer for these developments, it might have been more interesting. As it is, however, it feels like the show has pulled this out of its ass because it couldn't think of any better ideas to finish its plot with. That aside, the preamble about choosing a specific venue for the School Idol Festival is clear padding to drag out the paper-thin narrative to fill a full cour. If there wasn't just two episodes left, I'd be dropping this mediocre show, but may as well finish it now I suppose. |
| Absolutely amazing episode. This single episode proves the writers have a clear vision for this long-running story and that everything was carefully planned from the start. It shows that they didn't decide to sell out and just do generic school idols doing generic school idol things, and that they still have their most loyal fans at heart despite the overwhelming success of the franchise. I have no words for this episode. The palpable loss of Honoka's grip on her own emotions and struggle for control is captivating. What a fascinating character, and in this episode we see her slowly unravel as the very things she made to make existence bearable are now acting without her best interests first and foremost on their minds. You're not meant to sympathize with her, or even understand this inhuman being, but the writers went for a spin I didn't expect and I honestly welcome it. They humanized Honoka, showing the struggle of one so powerful yet so lost. Honoka knows exactly what she has to do, but she can't bring herself to do it. If you pay close attention, during the entire episode she seems a lot less animated and enthusiastic than usual (which confirms my theory she's been forcing herself the entire time to re-experience the one time in her life she felt stable and safe). Her facial expressions are very subtle and it's incredible how much pain and conflict the animators managed to convey through a stylized cartoon characters. They deserve as much praise as the writers. The director also did a fantastic job. The slowly mounting dread was maximized in its impact with the close-up frames of Honoka's face, especially in the final confrontation with Venom Fang. The uncomfortable closeness as she tailed the object of her fear and disappointment, the subtle inclusion of a shaky camera and finally, the absence of music in key moments only followed by a few suspenseful piano notes. Venom Fang stayed true to her character, and the writers didn't decide to make her a victim despite the overwhelming and terrifying power we know Honoka possesses. She stood by her words and for a moment, it even seemed her speech had gotten through to the monster...until we find out she's beyond salvation. The writers gave us that tiny fraction of hope, after a full episode of humanizing Honoka and showing Venom Fang's resolve, potential and love for life, so that the final moment where it all goes to the deep end could hit all the harder. Bravo. I commend every member of the staff who worked on this iconic episode. I am excitedly holding out for the next one. |
FuckwitDec 20, 2020 7:26 PM
| This anime is so disappointing. First, the anime decides to make 9 episodes of non-existent storyline to present each of the girls individually. After all, who said it is important to have a story? What matters is to sell waifu. Then, when finally something is going to happen, the girls will not enter Love Live, the event that is the name of the franchise and which should be the common point of all its instances. All that "festival which all school idol fans can enjoy" talk made me sick. I wanted to shout out to the screen: IT ALREADY EXISTS AND IS CALLED LOVE LIVE, STOP PRETENDING LOVE LIVE DOESN'T EXIST! And now, this stupid Ayumu's jealousy plot. Nijigasaki Club is one of my biggest disappointments with a 2020 anime. |
| "If someone says it's wrong to hope, I'll tell them they're wrong every single time." |
Ryoketsu said: Then, when finally something is going to happen, the girls will not enter Love Live, the event that is the name of the franchise and which should be the common point of all its instances. All that "festival which all school idol fans can enjoy" talk made me sick. I wanted to shout out to the screen: IT ALREADY EXISTS AND IS CALLED LOVE LIVE, STOP PRETENDING LOVE LIVE DOESN'T EXIST! To be honest, the Love Live isn't the same as the School Idol Festival. The Love Live in-universe is an actual contest, a competition, while the School Idol Festival is just a Music Festival without that competition factor. In episode 3, they already mentioned the Love Live and Yuu told Setsuna that it isn't the only thing in-universe. Plus, how are they even going to compete in the Love Live since they're all solo idols? As a group? They're really different, that's why they're going solo. They might perform as a group on special occassions, but don't expect them to go full group for the Love Live. They all perform as solo idols for the Love Live? We don't even know if the Love Live allows more than one representative from each school. They choose just one of them to perform? That will certainly piss off the fans of the girls that don't get chosen. |
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Ryoketsu said: This anime is so disappointing. First, the anime decides to make 9 episodes of non-existent storyline to present each of the girls individually. After all, who said it is important to have a story? What matters is to sell waifu. Then, when finally something is going to happen, the girls will not enter Love Live, the event that is the name of the franchise and which should be the common point of all its instances. All that "festival which all school idol fans can enjoy" talk made me sick. I wanted to shout out to the screen: IT ALREADY EXISTS AND IS CALLED LOVE LIVE, STOP PRETENDING LOVE LIVE DOESN'T EXIST! And now, this stupid Ayumu's jealousy plot. Nijigasaki Club is one of my biggest disappointments with a 2020 anime. Chill dude. They will not entering love live since they are based on solo idol. Beside niji is side project and not the main group. If you want group that entering love live wait for Love Live Superstar. |
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| Okay. There were two parts. Two problems. While i am happy the application through the student council went into a good way, another part seemed to lead into them an emotional situations. Well, i can't do much, its really understandable to spice a bit over their successfull attempt to held that huge plans. No, Ayumu. Don't be like such a crybaby. You must let her go further since her dream seemed way too far ahead than you could imagined. Hopefully, Ayumu can be mature enough to realize her girlfriend feeling. Its not about Setsuna-chan only. Its farther away than that, and its not an ego sentric dream like yourself. Its about school idols as a whole. She wanted to be a great manager to managed all of the school idols, thats her new dream. So, please, be mature already, Ayumu, and considering yourself as a great school idol to be stay at her side, forever. Thats the only thing you can do, as a closer friend, for her. Right? Okay. The concept of a city festival already been launched. Its not just a one lively concert! In the other side, its a surprising matter too how the student council, especially with Setsuna-chan's vice president, actually a fan of her. Well, in fact, they were all a lovely girls, everything connected in such a smooth way was understandable. Its a fun ride afterall! Then, the concept of the festival surprisingly satisfied me. Its showed how determinate they were to make everyone celebrate their own liking, in unity, at one commando. Now, i am really wondering how great that plan executed with the fullest potential they had. Can't wait to see the next episode! |
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| What are you doing, Sunrise? No no, school aidoru are asexual and aromantic teenagers, that's why you have absolutely no males in that world, remember? They can't have any complex and confusing feelings. School aidoru just love their friends and their fans very much. They just want to kagayaki for everyone. School aidoru need to be waifuable by idol otaku, not have character and, uh, unlikeable traits. This way, you're making the yuri bait too blatant, even they're going to catch on to it, that's bad, very bad. |
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| Never thought Ayumu (You 2.0 but a lot less passive?) would be the possessive kind of girlfriend. Seriously, Love Live never ceases to amaze me with how much they can push the boundaries in girl x girl interactions without entering into full lesbian territory. Which is impressive but frustrating at the same time considering how annoying yuri-bait can become if it's used non-stop. So... leaving the bits of Ayumu angst aside, it was actually a pretty wholesome episode with Yuu and co. finally obtaining the approval of the student council to organize this huge Idol festival. Yuu sure is doing her best and since it seems the festival will have multiple locations across the city, I can't deny the fact I'm feeling rather excited right now. Not to mention that it was also rather sweet to see the other clubs supporting the girls in their own ways. Now on a side note, I also noticed the directing in this episode was kinda different. The addition of unusual camera angles sure looked a bit odd during some scenes but man, I gotta say it worked perfectly in that last sequence between Yuu and Ayumu. |
SouthRzVaDec 13, 2020 9:16 PM
| I kinda liked this episode a lot in comparison to the previous episodes. I wish this anime was just about ayumu and yu. Does anyone know any good anime similar to the plot of this episode. Watching this made me hungry for more, and I'd like to see an anime focused on this. Someone please recommend me something good. (with a good ending preferably) |
SouthRzVa said: Never thought Ayumu (You 2.0 but a lot less passive?) would be the possessive kind of girlfriend. Seriously, Love Live never ceases to amaze me with how much they can push the boundaries in girl x girl interactions without entering into full lesbian territory. Which is impressive but frustrating at the same time considering how annoying yuri-bait can become if it's used non-stop. if the bait annoys you, there is a real yuri show Adachi to Shima also airing this season. __________ well, as for Love Live Niji.. my favorite girl Shizuku is not even involved with Ayumu, and I bought something from this show because of Shizuku presence alone. But now that there's some bait.. Sunrise might tempt me to spend even more. lol - but still waiting for the next episode, before pulling the trigger on more expenses, as money is not easy to come by these days.. |
Liddo-kun said: SouthRzVa said: Never thought Ayumu (You 2.0 but a lot less passive?) would be the possessive kind of girlfriend. Seriously, Love Live never ceases to amaze me with how much they can push the boundaries in girl x girl interactions without entering into full lesbian territory. Which is impressive but frustrating at the same time considering how annoying yuri-bait can become if it's used non-stop. if the bait annoys you, there is a real yuri show Adachi to Shima also airing this season. I never said it annoys me in this particular show. If anything, it feels less forced here than in previous LLs. I'm also well aware of Adachi to Shimamura but thank you anyways. |
| So...Love Live finally became full Yuri. Jokes, I know this is only the " extremely heartwarming" side of the meaning of friendship this franchise tries to have and there's no Yuri here, but this episode is on a whole new level lol |
| So much Yuri in this episode. I sense a certain someone will go crazy with this. LOL Also... Yandere mode activated? (too much Yuri makes you go cray-cray, I'll take mid-Yuri somewhere in between Shoujo-ai and Yuri) ___ ___ ___ And yes... those cookies... be weird to eat a body part of cute girls... lol They would make great keychain-plushies tho. |
amlgDec 15, 2020 8:03 PM
| Nothing Written Here But Us Anime Bunnies *boing boing boing* |
Yuri-Crusader said: Surprised to see people asking when have LL ever have Yuri in it. Well it have always been strong at the Yuri =P This is the cd cover from the first season even named lily white. Do you know how to say lily in Japanese? Yuri . And the white lily is the strongest symbol used in Japan when they portrays lesbians in anime and manga. So IMO its noting new they just ramp it up Please dont take this the wrong way. I respect your opinions and interpretations of this fictional media. I am just a bit surprised how the Yuri is received the CD's title is not "lily white", it's the name of the sub-unit consisting of Umi, Nozomi, and Rin. the name was chosen by LL fans via voting out of a number of options, also sent by fans, and it's unrelated to the first season (or the anime at all), it was picked even before the anime was a thing iirc. the CD's title is "Binetsu kara Mystery". it has nothing to do with yuri. love live has always been full of shoujo ai baits and unfortunately this time with Nijigaku it's all, once again, nothing more than a bait. (no matter how much i want ships like nozoeli to be canon lol love live will never give you canon gay ships, nijigaku is not an exception) |
Yavimaya said: Yuri-Crusader said: Surprised to see people asking when have LL ever have Yuri in it. Well it have always been strong at the Yuri =P This is the cd cover from the first season even named lily white. Do you know how to say lily in Japanese? Yuri . And the white lily is the strongest symbol used in Japan when they portrays lesbians in anime and manga. So IMO its noting new they just ramp it up Please dont take this the wrong way. I respect your opinions and interpretations of this fictional media. I am just a bit surprised how the Yuri is received the CD's title is not "lily white", it's the name of the sub-unit consisting of Umi, Nozomi, and Rin. the name was chosen by LL fans via voting out of a number of options, also sent by fans, and it's unrelated to the first season (or the anime at all), it was picked even before the anime was a thing iirc. the CD's title is "Binetsu kara Mystery". it has nothing to do with yuri. love live has always been full of shoujo ai baits and unfortunately this time with Nijigaku it's all, once again, nothing more than a bait. (no matter how much i want ships like nozoeli to be canon lol love live will never give you canon gay ships, nijigaku is not an exception) So the merchandise from LL have noting to do with LL? ok =P The bait word are funny . I have a broad experience in Yuri. And its often subtle then being to direct .Just because the girls dont kiss all day long don't mean they are not lesbian and its bait. And its Yuri not shoujo ai This was the strongest Yuri episode in LL so far.Not only between Yuu and Ayumu. But also the other girl that are a fan to Karin . She is clearly very into her and are also a lesbian.And the next episode name is called blossoming feelings. That is a word often used when friendship are blossomed into love.So I think they are more then friends and that this is a Yuri. But it matters not because people are so dead sett that this is just "bait" whatever might happened .Its ok to have that opinion ofc but I disagree with It  |
Yuri-CrusaderDec 17, 2020 4:44 AM
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