Since it's an idol anime, I'll judge my favorites based on character and voice.
As far as character goes:
1. Maki - She is probably the only character who got noticeable character development. She is a giant tsundere (the type I prefer) but her ego is justified as she really excels at everything. Also, she looks the prettiest out of the whole cast, and her voice actor did an amazing job.
2. Umi - Borderline tsundere, very down to earth person (not totally cray cray like Honoka) and she looks damn fine.
3. Honoka - She has her head above the clouds, and that's what I love about her. She has 'fun' written all over her. Also, she is hilarious. When she was watching Maki sing and then started clapping like some weirdo it made me laugh my ass off.*
4. Nozomi - For some reason, her character design creeped me out at first, but I grew to love her. She is like the fairy godmother of the group, and she is always there to help her friends out.
5. Nico - She is the walking meme factory of Love Live, and she can be damn hilarious. Although her borderline insane personality can be annoying sometimes.
6. Eri - She is not that outstanding, but she is still the best out of the bottom 4.
7. Rin - She can be funny, and that's about it.
8. Kotori - The stereotypical cutesy girl. Way too one dimensional and her voice is really annoying.
9. Hanayo - Urgh...let's just say she is even more one dimensional than #8...and her voice is pure cancer. I don't dislike her though. It's just that she doesn't have any special personality traits, other than being so moe it hurts.
Voice (singing):
1. Maki - Her voice is something special, and it's really nice.
2. Umi - I guess her VA is a professional, she is really good at singing.
3. Eri - She (+ Maki and Umi) are the only characters with womanly sounding voices.
4. Honoka - Her voice is inbetween sounding deep and sounding like your average cutesy Japanese teen idol. It's 6/10.
5. Rin - Same as Honoka, except hers' is a bit worse.
6. Nico - While she falls to the 'chipmunk' category, her voice is recognizeable. Kinda like Hatsune Miku, she sounds like a little girl but at least you always know it's her.
7. Nozomi - I can tell her VA needs some experience. I rate her above Hanayo and Kotori because her voice still sounds closer to a woman's voice.
8. Kotori - Chipmunk. -1/10
9. Hanayo - Castrated chipmunk. Hell on earth/10
I can praise the studio because compared to a lot of other slice of life series' (I haven't watched many musical animes yet so I can't compare it to those), where there are always really annoying and badly written characters, Love Live's main cast are all likeable, but not all the characters stand out.
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