Story 5/10
Even though I started liking the story, the writing becomes repetitive. Most of the ideas were taken out from the first anime: Start:Dash moment, school is closing again, some characters were retired idols. While I feel like µ's spent too much time practicing and worrying about Love Live, Aquors like to hang out and eat ice cream. During the final episodes, Chika wants to practice a lot, but still, it seems like the anime focuses more on "cute girls doing cute things".
Character 7/10
I'm not disappointed with the character writing, but I don't feel overwhelmed neither. Most of the characters were already written in Love Live. Chika is a Honoka clone: it's the exact same character with no actual reason to become school idol except "I want to shine". We have Ruby, a Hanayo-like character who is cute and loves idols. Dia is the student council president that doesn't want Chika to become an idol at first, exactly like Eli. Mari is a Nozomi like character who says english stuff combined with japanese, she also rubs everyone's breasts...uhh. Then we have Riko, who is an Um -like character combined with Maki's abilities, she serves as the protagonist main love interest and best friend (I'm not kidding here). Kanan is a gloomy character that becomes more like Eli as time passes. Yoshiko is probably one of my favorite characters, even though her character has been done a lot of times; she delivers fun like Nico in a Chunii way, but Nico is probably funnier, and I don't like Nico a lot. I feel like Hanamaru and You are the best characters here. You is a girl with a lot of security but she's kind of jealous, she is always smiling and cheering people up; she isn't a Kotori, since Kotori is always trying to accept everyone's opinions, even when hers are being rejected. Hanamaru is a Rin-like character, except she isn't Rin; she always says "zura" except of "nya", but she has a lot of character development and I can understand her character a lot.
Art and Sound 10/10
As always, Love Live delivers colorful art along with beautiful music. The animation is fine, thanks to Sunrise. All performances look gorgeous and the girls look pretty.
Enjoyment 8/10
The anime is pretty dramatic and funny, so you will always get a lot of laughs and tears. There aren't many plot twists, so it loses a lot of Enjoyment, since you know the girls are going to make it eventually.
Overall 8/10
With repetitive characters, mediocre story writing, but beautiful music and sound, Love Live Sunshine!! will be loved by LoveLivers but it lacks the spirit the first anime had.
