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Jan 3, 2018 2:38 PM

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Was surprised at the nice final episode. A little sad, but some good things have to end. Entertaining performance at the end there.

For a moment, I thought Chika was having delusions when she entered the school after chasing the paper airplane.

Now, I wonder what would the movie be about? hmmm... can't wait..

8/10
Jan 4, 2018 5:21 PM

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BDW she didn't mean it in a romantic way

but if u want to go there (in to Yuri) then she had jealousy drama in s1 with Chika cause she felt like Riko is taking Chika away from her (& Riko was the one who cleared things up Riko said how You is more special to Chika then she is ofc not with thous words) what would make this confession fake if u think there was romantic meaning behind it :)


so this ship has sink

so its You x Chika

but the fact is there was no Yuri so all ships sink lol
but if there would have been Yuri then it would have been You x Chika cause that's what anime hinted in S1

SRY to crush ur dreams :D



Leave and return when you have something of substance to add to the conversation, please and thanks.

Love Live revolves around gay idols and their everyday lives. If you can't grasp this concept then we can't have adult dialogue, or any dialogue at all for that matter.

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Man, this finale really put me on the spot. Emotions were running sky high as the girls were saying their farewells to Ura High. It brought me back to when I graduated and reminded me of that feeling of not wanting to move on. Especially that moment when Chika can't push the gate any further...man...that part just says it all. It also gave me goosebumps when Chika was roaming the school and remembering all of the time she spent there. It really felt like Sunshine might have ended on a melancholic note. Which is why I was really delighted to see that get together for one last spectacular performance. Love how they conveyed their entire journey through the change of scenery/costumes that they've already been to in previous performances.

And so it finally clicks for Chika. She finally realizes the importance of that radiance she'd been searching for all of that time. It's not about finding radiance as a far off ideal, but about taking each step forward with that radiance within. This really resonated with me as I reflected on my own journey and what made my life shine. The message of moving forward, step by step, has also struck a chord with me as I hope to make 2018 a year of renewal.

Something else that clicked together was how the girls of Aqours made their feelings connect. Step by step, day by day, they would take each precious moment to heart and stay the course towards their destination. In a way, it made me think about how anime has impacted me over the years. I'd become a bit cynical about watching it lately, but I think Sunshine has made me appreciate how each precious experience I've had connects together to this moment. In that sense, those negative feelings are gone and I'm ready for more.

So what will I give this season? How about a 1/10?

BUUUU BUUUU DESU WA!!!

Okay but really. 9/10, "Sunshine" is a fitting title as this season was blindingly radiant and filled with warmth.
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Jan 4, 2018 11:31 PM

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SJ7izm said:
Sugram22 said:

BDW she didn't mean it in a romantic way

but if u want to go there (in to Yuri) then she had jealousy drama in s1 with Chika cause she felt like Riko is taking Chika away from her (& Riko was the one who cleared things up Riko said how You is more special to Chika then she is ofc not with thous words) what would make this confession fake if u think there was romantic meaning behind it :)


so this ship has sink

so its You x Chika

but the fact is there was no Yuri so all ships sink lol
but if there would have been Yuri then it would have been You x Chika cause that's what anime hinted in S1

SRY to crush ur dreams :D



Leave and return when you have something of substance to add to the conversation, please and thanks.

Love Live revolves around gay idols and their everyday lives. If you can't grasp this concept then we can't have adult dialogue, or any dialogue at all for that matter.



i like Yuri & i didn't see Yuri here at all (well only yuri tease to trick ppl, to make it look like maybe there is yuri here), didn't see gay woman romance anywhere just deep friendships like sisters

in Amanchu i so Yuri but there some ppl argued the opposite & said they wouldn't go against mangaka wishes & so on & on, but that depends on the lvl of Yuri if they made the Yuri part light (or small or how to say it) mangaka wont say a thing

u have Yuri goggles on always that's why in awry anime with only girl chars u see Yuri & that's ur issue, Amanchu showed Yuri not as well as in Strawberry Panic but still showed specially later on with emotional confession

maybe u should see a real Yuri Strawberry Panic then one lighter Yuri Amanchu & then come back here to argue, but ofc if ur thick minded with Yuri goggles & refuse to take them off u still wont learn how to detect real Yuri & i agree we cant have adult dialogue but that's until u learn to make difference between tricks to fool ppl & real yuri

& that emotionless confession (well it had some emotion, but emotion lvl was friendship what they showed) in this ep was Yuri bait to make simple minded ppl think that there was actual yuri


i am disappointed there was only teased to make ppl think for a sec that maybe there is yuri, i don't like that type of tease, either make it friendship or yuri but no yuri tease

even Blackbird knows that the ship is hes fantasy that there is no Yuri (i agree with what he said u can always go with ur imagination, but it becomes problem when u can no longer make difference between ur imagination/fantasy & reality when u refuse reality cause u don't like it), seem u have issue with making difference between ur own fantasy & reality so maybe u need professional help & also other ppl haven't said anything 2u not took part of this how to call it debate cause they see clearly as well, right new u seem to be the only one, even if few later show support to u rest/most here still wont cause they see things clearly & know that u are wrong

ofc another explanation is if ur still kid ofc u don't understand this things well unless ur immature inside

i am not gonna argue with some1 who refuses to take yuri goggles of & learn to see what is real yuri, if u refuse to see the truth it ur problem so be that way for life all i care :)

i know my eng isn't perfect
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Sugram22 said:
SJ7izm said:


Leave and return when you have something of substance to add to the conversation, please and thanks.

Love Live revolves around gay idols and their everyday lives. If you can't grasp this concept then we can't have adult dialogue, or any dialogue at all for that matter.



i like Yuri & i didn't see Yuri here at all (well only yuri tease to trick ppl, to make it look like maybe there is yuri here), didn't see gay woman romance anywhere just deep friendships like sisters

in Amanchu i so Yuri but there some ppl argued the opposite & said they wouldn't go against mangaka wishes & so on & on, but that depends on the lvl of Yuri if they made the Yuri part light (or small or how to say it) mangaka wont say a thing

u have Yuri goggles on always that's why in awry anime with only girl chars u see Yuri & that's ur issue, Amanchu showed Yuri not as well as in Strawberry Panic but still showed specially later on with emotional confession

maybe u should see a real Yuri Strawberry Panic then one lighter Yuri Amanchu & then come back here to argue, but ofc if ur thick minded with Yuri goggles & refuse to take them off u still wont learn how to detect real Yuri & i agree we cant have adult dialogue but that's until u learn to make difference between tricks to fool ppl & real yuri

& that emotionless confession (well it had some emotion, but emotion lvl was friendship what they showed) in this ep was Yuri bait to make simple minded ppl think that there was actual yuri


i am disappointed there was only teased to make ppl think for a sec that maybe there is yuri, i don't like that type of tease, either make it friendship or yuri but no yuri tease


Upon a glance, seems like a lot of argumentative text and still no substance. I'll pass on reading. Welcome to the ignore list.

Get out of my sight with this foolishness. This heresy.

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^ How to be an obnoxious asshat ^
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Lol. Imagine minding your business as someone else approaches you with some negativity and being the obnoxious asshat when you exercise your prerogative to avoid it. Then someone pops up to add onto the aforementioned negativity, only to turn around and make indictments on your character.



I fear few things more than knowing what it would be like to be genuinely stupid. So, even with you subbing from a corner of irrelevance, I have to commend you on your bravery.
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Lol. Imagine minding your business as someone else approaches you with some negativity and being the obnoxious asshat when you exercise your prerogative to avoid it. Then someone pops up to add onto the aforementioned negativity, only to turn around and make indictments on your character.



I fear few things more than knowing what it would be like to be genuinely stupid. So, even with you subbing from a corner of irrelevance, I have to commend you on your bravery.


Do you get off from being an insuferable bitch in these forums? The guy is right, it doesn't matter how much you want it to be true, THERE IS NO YURI IN LOVE LIVE. Sure, he could've worded his second reply better since that barely resembles the english language, but it doesn't change the fact that he's right. Also, your "holier-than-thou" attitude was completely unwarranted, get off your high horse, you're just another weeb in an anime forum.
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Loved this episode, emotional, good ending, etc. I enjoyed the series a lot, I would say almost as much as the original. Having been in Numazu and seeing all those places reminded me of my trip to Japan. I don't even want to use logic to find a flaw or to critique this show, because I enjoyed 10/10 out of it.
Jan 8, 2018 8:09 AM

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I overrated it a bit but 7.5
I love Mari and Dia. But also You, Riko (she really improved this season) and Yohane. As much as the series gets on my nerves at times with all the repetitiveness, I kinda like it. This episode was pretty good imo. Had its touching scenes.
Let's see how the movie goes. Probably will be about 3rd year's graduation.
Jan 9, 2018 1:59 AM

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Do you get off from being an insuferable bitch in these forums?




You're the only one behaving that way at the moment. kiddo. I'm chillin'.

The guy is right, it doesn't matter how much you want it to be true, THERE IS NO YURI IN LOVE LIVE. Sure, he could've worded his second reply better since that barely resembles the english language, but it doesn't change the fact that he's right.


He's not, and me providing vindication of the simple reality of things would be tantamount to me trying to explain to you why a fish under water is wet.

Do you think I'm unaware that there's a crowd of people like you two that do this with every show of this nature? Someone even tried to convince me that Yuru Yuri characters were straight once. Go ahead and get your rounds off.

It's funny that my response to that is what hurt your feelings, though. Dry those tears and crack a smile, cupcake. It's not that serious.

Also, your "holier-than-thou" attitude was completely unwarranted, get off your high horse, you're just another weeb in an anime forum.


Your reply and all of your childish name-calling thus far was unwarranted, but that didn't stop you. If being on my high horse is how you perceive me, perhaps you just have a latent inferiority complex that you need to come to terms with.



I see something, I reserve the right to react as I please, even if that reaction is blocking the person to keep myself from further wasting my time on them, i.e. yourself. Propagate your narrative as much as you'd like, it needn't be done in my presence. Unless you just love my attention, or attention in general, to such an extent.

Dismissed.

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Whatever bro, you're so delusional that you can't even differentiate yuri-bait (Love Live, Yuru Yuri etc) from real shoujo ai / yuri (Citrus, Strawberry Panic etc). Next thing you're gonna tell me Hibike! Euphonium is yuri....:shrugs: If anyone's wasting their time here it's me with you.
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I didn't expect much of this series but I knew I'd like it anyway because it was an Idol anime.

I love the relationships within the group and I'm glad they focused on the girls and not the plot of the story so much. Although I feel like there could have been a better balance there.

The last few episodes left me with a few tears and that's a good thing because I think this series wrapped up nicely.



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Jan 11, 2018 5:51 PM

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Good season! I liked how it seemed kind of realistic that they couldn't save the school. I mean, life is kind of cruel.

7/10
Jan 12, 2018 12:08 AM

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I've watched both the original Love Live and Sunshine. After reading comments on here, opinions are all over the place as you would expect. I think the original Love Live had better and more memorable characters than Sunshine, but I also enjoyed Sunshine a lot. I actually liked how they focused more on the school closing story than actually winning the Love Live, because come on guys we all knew they were going to win. And what I love so much about anime, they kept it real, meaning they didn't do some lame ass pull at the end where the school stays open on a twist ending. No, the school really closed, because in life shit really does happen and anime (good anime anyway) keeps it real. And in Japan a lot of schools ARE closing because of the low birth rate.

So yeah I liked it, I would give it a solid 8/10 and will watch the movie. And my Best Girl was You.
Jan 13, 2018 2:02 AM

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You know something isn't right when you rated this slightly lower than SideM..
Jan 31, 2018 6:26 PM

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Overall, the season was fantastic. But the two last episodes felt a bit weak. I'm glad they didn't repeat the school saving like with the first group but I would have liked them to at least show the girls giving a great performance at the Love Live and winning the tournament. It just kinda felt like the girls failed. They didn't save the school, it didn't feel like they won Love Live and now that Mari is going to Italy, the group probably has their days numbered.

At least they stopped piggybacking on µ's success and they stopped mentioning them in the second season.
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As a final episode it's not bad, it's quite touching. I liked very much at the beginning that they were singing the first opening of the anime series, maybe in the end they could avoid the song instead. Quite satisfied with this second season of LL Sunshine.

7/10
Feb 4, 2018 10:41 PM

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The first half of the episode was great. The 1st years tearfully closing the library together. Kanan and Dia handing the certificate to Mari to thank her for all her efforts. Aqours closing the rusty gates of the school together. All of this was handled well.

And theeeeeen the weirdness happened. Chika throws a magical paper airplane that travels for miles to land perfectly on the school rooftop. The entire student body shows up in the gym, even though no one knew Chika would end up here. Aqours was there too, including the 3rd years who already left. They were all prepared with another live, even though no one should have been there in the first place. What the hell was that?

They could have ended this episode, this series, any other way. End with them closing the gates to the school and performing a last live as a final sendoff? Or a hint as to what the movie might be maybe? But nope. We get a contrived ending that makes no sense and ruins the drama of the first part of the episode.

This movie better reveal all of this to be part of a giant plot twist, all delusions in Chika's head (including that weird bus sequence in episode 9), or I will be severely disappointed.
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Godot325 said:
The first half of the episode was great. The 1st years tearfully closing the library together. Kanan and Dia handing the certificate to Mari to thank her for all her efforts. Aqours closing the rusty gates of the school together. All of this was handled well.

And theeeeeen the weirdness happened. Chika throws a magical paper airplane that travels for miles to land perfectly on the school rooftop. The entire student body shows up in the gym, even though no one knew Chika would end up here. Aqours was there too, including the 3rd years who already left. They were all prepared with another live, even though no one should have been there in the first place. What the hell was that?

They could have ended this episode, this series, any other way. End with them closing the gates to the school and performing a last live as a final sendoff? Or a hint as to what the movie might be maybe? But nope. We get a contrived ending that makes no sense and ruins the drama of the first part of the episode.

This movie better reveal all of this to be part of a giant plot twist, all delusions in Chika's head (including that weird bus sequence in episode 9), or I will be severely disappointed.


magic in Love Live is never a delusion lol
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Feb 27, 2018 6:59 AM

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Just wow.
Whoever wrote the storyboards for the show must've been hard at work to cram all that crap in there, hats off.

After the first season of Sunshine barely pulled through, I had my faint hopes this one would deliver. How wrong I was.
Apr 7, 2018 8:21 AM

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felt more like revenge of the sith or the empire strikes back. the entirety of this season but especially the final episode left a really bitter aftertaste in my mouth. also aqours>μ despite the depressing conclusion.
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Godot325 said:
The first half of the episode was great. The 1st years tearfully closing the library together. Kanan and Dia handing the certificate to Mari to thank her for all her efforts. Aqours closing the rusty gates of the school together. All of this was handled well.

And theeeeeen the weirdness happened. Chika throws a magical paper airplane that travels for miles to land perfectly on the school rooftop. The entire student body shows up in the gym, even though no one knew Chika would end up here. Aqours was there too, including the 3rd years who already left. They were all prepared with another live, even though no one should have been there in the first place. What the hell was that?

They could have ended this episode, this series, any other way. End with them closing the gates to the school and performing a last live as a final sendoff? Or a hint as to what the movie might be maybe? But nope. We get a contrived ending that makes no sense and ruins the drama of the first part of the episode.

This movie better reveal all of this to be part of a giant plot twist, all delusions in Chika's head (including that weird bus sequence in episode 9), or I will be severely disappointed.


Knowing Love Live, I bet they are never going to solve that bus mystery lol
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Nico > Aqours / LLS
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I finally finished it. 2nd season was way too slow. I just couldn't force myself to watch it. Imo the weakest LL anime. Nonetheless I'm interested in the movie.

Shiitake being a female was the best plot twist lol
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I'm glad they won the Love Live competition, but too bad they didn't save the school.

I kept praying that they didn't do an ass-pull and say the school has decided not to be closed, because it would be farfetched. But I still don't get why Chika had to say goodbye to the school one last time, when she already said her goodbyes with her friends. Was it to make us think the school has been saved, if it was then that was petty! They should've done the last performance when they were saying those goodbyes together as it was emotional and fitting. It just took away the sentimental when she was the one who had to reminisce.

Overall it was a great last performance and the series was good. Them not saving the school made the series real and not some stupid fairy tale bull where everything has a happy ending. Sometimes you win some and sometimes you lose some in life. I wish sometimes these Love Live finales could be properly done, like get us through the action of the final competition. Like how did other competitors pen out, and the intensity the strain of the performance of our main cast had to go through before winning the finals. They shouldn't just say they've won, because it took away the passion of the story and shows how much the writers are lazy. I get they have to do 13 episodes and can't fit that there, but they should've snipped off some stories as some were unnecessary, like the Yoshiko story where she founded a lost dog.

Anyways until then it will get 7 and not beyond that.

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for how big love live meant to them, surprised there wasn't a proper win announcement at the event. i like that they won at love live, but they still ended up losing the school. makes a hard truth. if this were the original love live, there would've been some way the directors would squish in to save the school. i think the plot of aquors is better, but i still prefer µ's.
but since im a love live fangirl of many years this is getting a good rating lol, im a sucker
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I love Love Live, all there is to say.
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for how big love live meant to them, surprised there wasn't a proper win announcement at the event. i like that they won at love live, but they still ended up losing the school. makes a hard truth. if this were the original love live, there would've been some way the directors would squish in to save the school. i think the plot of aquors is better, but i still prefer µ's.
but since im a love live fangirl of many years this is getting a good rating lol, im a sucker

The way this show does the "Nothing can be the Original" Thing makes me think this was done as a basic deconstruction of the Formula Used by the first 2 seasons. If you do something fantasizing being just like someoone else you won't succeed. Thats the Harsh Trush.
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Well, that was some hardcore melodrama all season long.
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It was a nice touch that the final performance was a bit of all the previous ones; although seeing the 3rd graders being back was kinda whack, but it gets a pass because an ending without them wouldn't have made sense.

Well, this season was good but got a bit boring by the Ruby and Leah arc. Not sure why, I just felt that way. Sunshine as a whole didn't have any songs that stuck with me neither, leaving the OP's and ED's aside. All the characters were likable I think (except maybe Ruby and Chika), my favourite was Yoshiko because she made everything funnier. I also liked You because she had the most energetic vibe.

I'll go for the movie now. There is no sad feeling after finishing Sunshine but it was still enjoyable. 6/10.
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I just watched both seasons one after another. I definitely enjoyed this series, although I agree with the user above me, that this season got kinda boring after episode 7. Like basically they concluded the story there: aka the school will be closed and Aquors should win Love Live to make the schools name go down in history. They could have at least made the winning Love Live part more tense and dramatic, like idk maybe have the girls tied with another group and then only winning by a close margin in a re-vote. I still enjoyed the second half of the season, and the plot twist with Saint Snow was interesting, but other than that it lacked the tense moments (which were handled well in this series imo) that the first season and first half of the second season had.

The scene where they closed the school gate was really nice tho :)
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The graduation ceremony itself and the events leading up to it in this episode didn't make me feel sad and it actually made me feel very happy for them for achieving so much in life (like winning Love Live) and making so many precious memories instead. The first season's opening being used here put a smile on my face as well.

On the other hand, the official closing ceremony where they all come to terms with Uranohoshi High's end finally being here and everything that came after made me tear up so much... That scene where they all couldn't hold in their feelings of sorrow while closing the school's gates and the one Chika hearing the voices of all her friends having fun in the now-empty rooms made me cry the most.

It was a big surprise to see that everyone felt the same and decided to give their school a cheerful farewell for one last time. Wonderful Stories' music sequence that showed a part of every performance they did was a really great way to cap off this season that I enjoyed so much. This franchise and my emotional investment in it continues to amaze me with how well it pulls on my heartstrings kek








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The real surprised for me: Shiitake was a girl too, and she had a twin puppies!


Thats it for me. I am not gonna put some long-ass comment for these one. And my scores just already done at my previous comment. So, for me, in general, this is just as great as the other one. No comparation, no complain, no bad thing. Its just, your normal idol show, for your own good, for your own desires, over their own original themes of concept: A love live project!
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Sweet and emotional episode

Overall, the original Love Live is definitely better. I didn't feel the same connection with the characters in Sunshine and the story was also a little weak.

The interaction between Ruby and Leah was probably the thing I enjoyed the most in this season. I really liked those two characters.

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another love live that broke my psyche ;-;
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I guess the real shine was the friends we made along the way. :'-)

Congrats to the third years' graduation! You deserve it! Watching the members close the doors to the rooms at the school, and just reminiscing was a pretty touching scene. Golly, Hanamaru's voice when she told Yoshiko to close the door with her and Ruby was heart cracking.

Hearing 青空Jumping Heart is always welcomed!~ It's pretty interesting because that's the song for the 1st season, but in this episode we get to see Aqours at their best, their strongest, their brightest! The girls have come a long way!

All this comes to a point though when everyone closes the gates to the school together. Despite doing their best, they couldn't save the school. That's why they have to be the ones to close the school's door and put Uranohoshi's name in the history books.

Seeing them cry as they do though just had a fella like



The paper airplane decides to make its return! Chika chases it to the school. There, Chika is the one remembering all the friends and memories she made along the way. She finds the plane on the roof, and despite saying she wouldn't cry, she couldn't hold it in any more and balls.

But it's not all sadness and sorrow! Chika runs to the gym and she finds all the students waiting for her. Not only that, but as the curtains rise, she finds the rest of the Aquors members wanting to do one last song with her!

&++ what a song it was. I guess they really did save the best for last!~ Whoever thought it was a good idea to run through all their various costumes from the series as they performed the song, you're rad fer sure!

To end it all, the curtains close and it looks like Aquors journey has come to an end (until the movie was released).

Golly, this was a great way to end S2 and I'm glad I got to re-watch this
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The drama in the first love live wasn't all that great but I liked many songs especially start dash and snow halation. This iteration had some decent songs but none were instant hits like those. The drama is the same predictable safe stuff for the most part. At least the storywriters had the balls to actually close the school, I didn't expect that.
Kanan didn't have any episode dedicated to her. So we didn't get to really know her and she felt like a background character. I personally didn't care about You and Hanamaru. They were just overusing their character 'tics'. They needed a stronger individual identity. Yohane was great in the episode she was introduced but somehow her dialogues got very repetitive and tiring very fast. I think I liked the first LL better.
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I came into the Love Live franchise only by watching videos of their seiyuus on youtube. Of course I had to deep myself in the anime show. I started with the Superstar seiyuus, but moved to Aqours videos and then I couldn't stop watching them. I can't stop watching their videos everyday now.

First thing I noticed when starting the show was the obvious comparison with the first generation. The comments kind of annoyed me but whatever, I am too old to fight on the internet. Both seasons were good and touching. Of course that this is coming from someone who didn't watch first generation LL. Maybe my opinion would change a lot.

Nonetheless, I love Aqours seiyuus and I can't wait to watch the movie. Or maybe I will cry watching it. Enjoyed both seasons, most of their songs are absolute bangers.

7/10
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First half of the season was slightly below average, the second half was slightly above average, so I guess it balances out? Chika remained an irritating and frustrating character to watch throughout the season. At the start of the season, Chika was all "we gonna find our shine and save our school!" then throughout the season she completely forgot about the "finding our individual shine" part, making all her worries and sadness feeling forced since I expected her to say something like "i wanna win Love Live with everyone to bring out everyone's shine!" or something yet it seems she forgot all about that until the last 2 episodes, making her character seem inconsistent(?) with the way one might expect her to confront those worries, problems and sad stuff...

I like the First-years in this season. I felt that their friendship with each other was the most fleshed-out, well-developed and wholesome among the others; the Third-years' friendship would come after that, leaving the Second-years as last place. The interaction among the First-years are really fun and enjoyable.

Regarding this episode, the ending felt way too dragged out. The first half of the episode was nice and all but the last part was just too cringe with how everyone just decides to go to school on that day to wait for Chika just to perform one last time. I mean, what, they couldn't hold a final live before closing the school gates for good? Making it more ridiculous is how it's said the Third-years have already set off from the place yet they somehow just decide to come back to perform one last time? I'm fine with inter-dimensional jumps/hops/runs but this last part was just unnecessary and forced...
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Enjoyed the series overall.
Watched the show after Season 2 of Superstar, now have caught up with all four.
Opinion is from a fresh set of eyes, unbiased from previous experiences, but attached to Liella...so thats my bias. Felt Season 1 of SS was great, and also reflected with its score. So there's that.

Can see why overall Aquors is the overall better loved team by the community.....sorry mooses. Suck it.

Better team cohesion. Less intra team conflicts. Less personality conflicts. Mirrored in real life with Muse disbanding, but Aquors still going strong. Argue all you want about the age differences LOL.
Sentimentality feels drawn out.....long goodbyes seem to be par for the first 2 series.....glad they toned it down for Niji, but there wasnt any high stakes there. Cheap trick to get their communities hooked. And it worked.

You can see the improvement in writing, especially the artwork ESP the backgrounds, character designs, choreo, CGI also gets better, less apparent in Leilla, but some awkward moments remain. Reading the reviews, glad alot of people noticed this too, across the series!

4/4: the student president has to be an idol too? Coooooome on now!!

What's jarring is the time skip after the major competitions, next cut is the next day, and they won/lost.

Wish we would get to see some tension build up and celebration of the moment....like how KyoAni's Sound Euphonium did theirs....this may be too challenging maybe for the Seiyuus? We watched the teams grow and overcome obstacles, felt the highs and lows of their stories, then all of that leads to the climax....they performs!......and then cut, they win. This felt very jarring. Is it wrong to not be able to celebrate with them? Its like this series was designed ultimately for the long tail, ie bingewatch. Viewers like me trickling in, and then clicking the next episode to see whats next. Lets hope we see improvement after KyoAni shows them how to do a proper music competition anime with Sound Euphonium S3, but that means its waiting again for the next LL team after the next one. Sigh.

Concern for Leilla is that this team of lovely dorks havent had their '0' moment like Muse in their empty auditorium (that was painfully good!), and Aquors getting their 0.....havent seen this yet for Leilla. Similarly, no high stakes for them, only the hurdles of SunnyPa and Wien. 2nd place in prelim finals doesnt count ffs, after all being the first loser here is still an outstanding achievement.



Oh, and I agree Langzhu is definitely OP.
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i cried, didnt want to leave them
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After 5 years i finally finished it

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I'm not crying, YOU are! 😭
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A bittersweet finale, but I really loved it. I found it really relatable too, because I was actually the final class to graduate from my old school just like Dia, Mari and Kanan here. The final months consisted of painting the windows (I was in art class), we wrote our senior quotes on the wall, and they even had a night where they let folks that had long since graduated come to the school and write messages on the walls, my parents included. And now that school is no longer there, reduced to rubble, a new school is there now, and that’s life lol, so I really felt what these girls were feeling here, this was very damn emotional.

And that final song the girls did together was really nice, a great final song for the anime (since there‘s a movie after this), and I’m ngl that whole final scene where Chika returned to the school and everyone was there felt like a fever dream, I know they said it wasn’t a dream but idk, it kinda gave me the vibes of the ending of Titanic, like this is just what’s Chika is seeing but in reality they’re all gone. I know that’s a sadder way to look at it so let’s just say it really happened and the 3rd years and everyone came back for one last song, that’s way nicer lol.

And that was Season 2 of Love Live Sunshine, I think I prefer Season 1 overall but this was still a great sequel, really enjoyed it. They definitely cranked the memes and jokes up in this one, especially Riko’s rhombus mouth and Dia’s “bu buu desu wa” lol, but I liked that they did that for the most part, and interesting enough I think they actually nerfed Hanamaru because I don’t think she maid near as many “mirai zura” jokes, a shame because I loved those lol, but there was still plenty of zura to go around. And lastly, I want to say I truly loved Chika as the MC, she got hate early on but won me over instantly and kept on doing it, she had her cheesy moments but man that’s one of the reasons I love her lol. But with that, I think I’ll move onto the movie and finally close the book on Sunshine until the new Yoshiko show comes out, it was super fun and definitely a great Love Live series.
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Great finale. Actually teared up just a bit the moment op 1 started playing. A little below 8/10 for s2, and personally prefer s1, but s2 was good just that there were episodes where the drama doesn't connect. Glad the last 2 episodes were somewhat able to justify my rating
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Love Live Sunshine had a surprisingly enjoyable last quarter for a show I would still consider one of the worst anime I’ve ever seen. More than anything, having seen the potential for the series only in its last, 6 episodes, only feeling somewhat interested to watch more of it in the last 3, I am so deeply disappointed to have seen ample dose of what I really wanted this generation of Love Live to be. Unique dynamics like Riko and Yohane’s friendship, unique stories that have never been tackled in Love Live like Ruby and Dia’s sibling relationship, and unique character traits like Chika’s surprisingly angry and sad feelings that she pushes down through a stereotypically cheery demeanor- these are the strengths I wanted to see throughout all of sunshine and anticipated so greatly when I started watching this love live Gen. This last quarter almost fooled me into thinking the entire show had been so competent the whole time.
However, feeling nothing for Ura High and realizing it’s because we hardly spent any time there; feeling the group as a whole still lacks closeness because of how many times the show repeatedly depicts characters only hanging out among their own school grade (I swear, the 3rd years had almost no connection to any of the 2nd or 1st years outside of Dia and Ruby being sisters); feeling the constant HEAVY asks for suspension of disbelief (in the sibling arc Ruby and the younger Saint Snow member make a song for Dia and Sara, but then Dia and Sara perform in the song for them??? In the Mari chases shooting stars episode, the car flies??? And then they do normal love live decisions like changing the weather by shouting at it, but now it’s compounded upon the car flying scene?? And in this finale, the 3rd years all take trips to their future endeavors but then suddenly teleport back to the school for a final performance that was completely undiscussed and Chika had a paper airplane cross the seas to take her to it?? And all of the entire school was there??? I can seriously list 2 or 3 times suspension of disbelief is asked a lot of per episode, but you get the point.)… with so many core ingredients of the show being so rotten, boring, or half-effort, I can’t even rate this show a 4/10.
Love Live Sunshine, to my massive disappointment, ESPECIALLY near the end where it was becoming more enjoyable and the characters were becoming more likable, was a very bad show. I would have said half way through season 2 that it was the worst anime I’ve ever seen. Now, I’ll just say it was probably in my bottom 10 or so- it was just bad in the most disappointing way.
I’m nervous for this movie; regardless, I look forward to the end of aquors with a heavy heart that dreams of what this could have been, and I anticipate watching Love Live Gen 3 after with hopes that it’s much better.
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Nico > Aqours / LLS
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I don’t think truer words have ever been shared in Love Live review forums… thank you for sharing your wisdom.
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