I'm sorry to say but this was garbage compared to Love Live! School Idol Project.
Let's start with the story: The show is about a girl who decided to become a school idol in order to stop her school from closing down. Sounds familiar? Well yes, it's the same fucking plot of the original
There was absolutely nothing new. They tried to create drama and tension when Riko's piano recital coincidentally happened to be on the same day of the Love Live Qualifiers but even that did nothing to splash some excitement. They even tossed in a lesbian fanservice "suki suki moe moe daisuki" that did absolutely nothing for the anime.
This show is trying so hard to become Love Live and they are not even trying to hide it.
The story doesn't grip you. I remember on the original, when Muse first had their live and no one showed up and when all of them sang Start Dash together for the first time. There were goosebumps, there was joy. And when their classmates helped them get in time for their performance in the middle of a snow storm so they can can sing Snow Halation. I felt a lot of emotions unlike while I'm watching Sunshine.
Also, what the FUCK was that cringey monologue at the end? If you were going to monologue the entire story on the last episode then I shouldn't have bothered wasting my time on episodes 1-12!
Moving on to characters, like the fucking story it was a copy cat. The character designer could have made characters with more original features. Chika is Honoka, You looks like Hanayo, Riko is obviously Maki, Mari is Alice chan and Eli, Dia is a mix of Umi and Eli's personality. Aside from that, the characters failed to make the viewer (ME) give a shit about them. There was no emotional attachment to these characters what so ever. They were very dull and unrelatable. Overall the characters are flat flat flat!
Lastly, the music. Now, I'll be honest, I'm not really musically inclined. But, Sunshine's soundtrack didn't really stay with me unlike Love Live. The lyrics were not very good and it felt like it didn't fit with the melody. Speaking of melody, their music was not catchy at all. I didn't find myself repeating the songs in my head. I was so disappointed because the music was one of my favorite part about Love Live.
Overall, Sunshine was a pathetic copy cat of the original that was made to milk in more money from the die hard Love Live fans.
