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Jan 17, 2019
This was an overdue review. Sorry.

Love Love has done so much for so many people, despite what you might think of the franchise.

The story isn't something out of a masterpiece. It is bland and simplistic and the characters have one dimensional personalities. Too bland. Too simple. Sometimes a little too simple.

We were thought to believe that compelling stories have to be meaningful, cathartic. Just like life itself. But we sometimes forget that life does not have to be cathartic. It can be simple. It does not have to be convoluted or complicated in order for it to work. Sometimes it clicks. Just like that.

Some things do not have to be complicated for them to work out just fine.

Chika Takami knew that. Her friends knew that.

She wanted to find something that made her life shine bright.

That is something very simplistic in the journey of self discovery.

It does not matter where you come from. What you do. What you believe in and who you find along the way. Sometimes things just click and nobody can take those experiences away from you. This is what the meaning of self discovery truly is. It is purely subjective. If you have learned from them it does not matter what other people think.

Love Live is just that. It clicks. In its simplicity it clicks and brings you along the way.

(And it might not, but it's still your own personal experience)

I met a twelve year old girl this past summer that got into Love Live thanks to a friend. We are fifteen years apart and we spent a whole afternoon talking about the story and characters.

I could have never been able to enjoy a conversation with this young girl if it was any other anime. It was an easy going conversation that to this day I cherish deeply, because it made me see something that I had not seen in myself. In order for things to work, I don't have to think too hard about them.

It does not matter if the story is not as perfect as you might think.

It is so important to remember that things don't always have to be difficult. They can be easy. As adults we constantly say "It's difficult". Sure, it is difficult, but it does not always have to be that way.

Love Live is a beautiful story about accepting the simple things about life, because way too often we don't. We just forget them somewhere in the back of our brains, until we go insane.

In my opinion, this is why Love Live is cherished and relatable amongst so many people, because it's about a simple group of teenagers with simple goals, looking to follow a common dream. Whether if it happens it does not matter. It is still the journey of self discovery.

It was the same for me. I started Love Live not knowing what it was and hearing so much hate about it. I almost thought I was going to hate it as well, yet I found myself compelled into an unexpected world that made me laugh and cry and that made me realize, things don't have to drive you mad in order to work. They just do. Go with the flow. If you can't control it don't control it.

I finally got myself to watch the last episode of this anime after a year of putting it off, knowing full-heartedly that there might not be another anime in this franchise. And I was not let down.

Love Live has made an impact on so many people. For bad or for good it doesn't really matter.

I am just so happy that I was there to see it happen.

(Now please don't kill me for writing this) -Peace
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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