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I watch Love live Nijigasaki with little to no expectation. In the end it becomes the most enjoyable series in fall 2020.

Before i started i think important to mention that i never finished any love live predecessor. I watch muse first and drop it after episodes 2. Its not like muse bad or something like that. It just don't work well with me and it feel like this show will not going anywhere. Luckily, Nijigasaki was different. Or you can say a huge improvement from its predecessor.

Nijigasaki use cuting corners methode of Storytelling. It much easier to tell a story from disband idol group rather ... than make club from scratch. Also this time we don't have saving school subplot. Just about our characters dealing with their conflict when pursuing their dream. The best part of Nijigasaki storytelling is about solo idol. This approach is very helpful in introducing and developing our character with our characters give one episodes to justify their motives, inner conflict, and their reason to become idol. Also i want to mention about Nijigasaki clever use of visual storytelling. But later in visual section.

Another part i like from Nijigasaki is wide characters cast. Most of idol have this but what makes Nijigasaki special first i think its character design (outfit, hairstyles, etc). We can see how unique and different one character is from another, if you ask me i will say LL Nijigasaki have better character design than its predecessor. Also our character have more wide range personality and less annoying and this makes our character feel more realistic.

in the visual section nijigasaki is completely on a different level. Nijigasaki likes to experiment with it visual styles. One thing i want ro mention is use of shadow and darkness and become the most powerful thing in Nijigasaki visual storytelling. My favourite part came from eps 8. When talking with Kasumin window shadow fall over Shizuku and its make her look like trapped. Also when she ran away from Rina and Kasumin the lighting become less bright and its reflect Shizuku feeling well. Also i want to mention Ayumu confession in episode 11. I have no idea about how great this scene. Thanks to framing, lighting, camera angel and other shit that makes this scene standout. Last thing i want to mention is Nijigasaki great use of color. In the ED song you can see that our character associated with certain color . For example like Setsuna red really fit with here bright personality and fiery passion.

For music i dont have many comment. This time the music have wide range of genre and its not always about cute thing (often overused in idol anime). So its another possitive point.

With all of the thing combined i think its safe to say that LL Nijigasaki my Anime of the Season. Tbh, this review only reach the surface since my lack of knowledge and english prevent me from writing better review. If you want to relax and some good idol story with good character development. I think this show for you. But need to mention that LL Nijigasaki heavier on Drama Slice of Life than Comedy.