Hi, I’m Jewlie!! I’m excited to be here!! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵) here’s a picture of my Rina cosplay,, I also made the Rina-Chan board headset, so maybe I’ll post a picture of it later? Anyway nice to meet you all!! Let’s be friends! ^w^

Love Live has kept me alive.

Wow, that's an "angst" way of starting a "Love Live! story" post, but here we are and it's the truth. Okay, so in 2014 I was in second grade and my sister was in sixth. She was really into anime and FNAF, I was into My Little Pony and Warrior Cats. One day, my sister was watching TV, and made the miraculous decision to watch "Sword Art Online". And that's how I got into anime. Soon I watching all those "super indie animes" i.e Attack on Titan, Fairy Tale, Tokyo Ghoul, etc.

So I was deep in the anime black whole, "Weeb Stage" and all. On August 5, 2014, my sister was scrolling through the Google Play Store and spotted an app called "Love Live! School Idol Festival" She downloaded it, and chose Kotori Minami. She, being overwhelmed by the glory of it all ( hah :'''), then showed the app to me, which I then downloaded because "wAifU's". Best decision ever, imo.

When I got it, I chose Nozomi because her voice was cute and I liked her hair color ( purple was my favorite color back then). I was a total noob, I couldn't even finish Nawatobi on expert. Nico was my absoute least favorite, I hated her so much. though she was conceited and annoying, but so did my sister, so that's probably why I hated her, lol. Nozomi soon became my ultimate best girl, she was cute and motherly and I loved her design! Then, on a 5 gem scout, I got the Maid Nico SR. I was freaking out on another level, like, my vibing liscence was sNATCHEd.

I kept playing occasionally, eventually dropping the game and keeping up with Love Live on the internet in the beginning of 2015. In the end of third grade, Aqours was coming out! If you were a fan of Love Live before Aqours came out, then you'd remember when people were comparing the Aqours girls to the Muse ones. People were comparing Mari to Nozomi, so I was like "Oh, I guess she's my best girl?"

Bam. I live in Hawaii, and on my island, I've met like five people who like/know Love Live in my lifetime? I tried getting my friends into it, but looking back on it, it makes sense that third graders wouldn't want to play an anime game? I don't know, anime was like, taboo on my island back then.

At this point, Mari and Nozomi are my best girls, I hate Nico and love Maki. In fifth grade, I actually started forming my own opinions about Love Live, wOwOW. I kind of just focused on Mari and the Muse girls. I didn't really want to bother with Aqours. But late fifth grade, March 14, 2018, I made a Love Live account!

Back then, you still got 30 love gems when making a new account, and it was Umi's birthday the day before, so I used those love gems as fast as I could, you know, so I could get at least one SR for my team. Then the app closed. For a second I was freaking out, "What if I don't get any of the cards?" I re-opened the app, and went into my card deck expecting an SR or at least a single SSR. But then, I saw it! Shiny and with a background... The wondrous letters, "UR" placed above left of the card! I went completely sicko mode, I had gotten Circus Umi! And that was my first UR ever. Thanks Umi!

Fifth going on sixth grade summer, I had discovered the JP server, which I soon gRINDED for Nozomi, Mari, and Chika's birthday. I had gotten many URs, almost all of Muse, a few of Aqours ( My first Aqours UR was Punk Rock Ruby ) and none of Mari's URs. Then came around Black Friday and the 30 dollar packs were out! I had 70 dollars and I was ready to spend it for 2 SSR+ tickets, both Muse and Aqours! I got a lot of URs, mostly Umi and Ruby ( her blessings of URs that day made her my 2nd best girl, replacing Chika.), but even with the SSR+ tickets, no Mari. That was the first time I spent money on Love Live, and I wouldn't be the last.

I realized how lucky my account was and how nice packs are, which resulted in me spending over $300 on Love Live ( whoops. lmao it still resulted in a lot of URs). I deleted all my SRs in pursuit of getting a UR from a blue ticket scout ( hahaha, gambling addiction who? ) and when I didn't, I gave up on that account with all the URs. In the mild recess from Love Live, the wedding set came out and I was very in love with Kanan's unidolized.

I made a new account with intent of being faithful for Mari and Nozomi's birthdays. I had about 150 lovegems saved the first day I made it ( yes, I am dummy grinder with no life.) Space Dia had came out on EN and I had a green ticket, so I used it so I didn't have to 5 gem scout. Whazam, there showed up Space Dia. I cried for about nine hours and then went back to grinding. I got about 180 gems and I was like, "Hey, it won't be bad if I scout."

I lazily pressed the "Scout 11" button, mumbling "Shiny!" in hopes of getting a Mari UR. I skipped the scout because I knew I wouldn't get anything... I was wrong! I got Space Dia AGAIN ( which meant I got to naturally idolize a UR for the first time) and WeDDinG kANAN!!!! I actually cried, idolized Space Dia, and paired with Wedding Kanan. Her lines were so freaking cute and then I realized, "Wait, Kanan's my best girl."

Honestly, imo, Kanan's more like Nozomi than Mari, and ngl, Kanan and Mari are both like Nozomi? I guess I liked Kanan because her voice was really cute and sounded like Nozomi's, too, lol.

And in late sixth grade, uh, I got severely depressed and all my friends left me and I was having family issues. I joined the Love Live! Amino in hopes of meeting people who also liked Love Live and make some friends! And I did! I met a girl who ended up being my girlfriend ( we broke up, but we're still really close friends), I made some online friends who I still talk to and love, and people were appreciating my art! I honestly felt so happy to know and be friends with people who loved Love Live and Nozomi and Kanan like I did!

(if you're suicidal, please talk to someone and don't rely on love live to save you like i did, your life matters and you are loved!!!)

On June 9, I was going to honestly end my life. I had my phone next to me when it buzzed. I looked at what it was, and it was Nozomi's birthday appreciation notif. I played Susume ---> Tomorrow and I was honestly so upset that they were so happy? They sounded so happy, and I wanted to be that happy, I wanted to have fun and experience life. So I made myself a promise, a promise to be happy like they were one day.

I'm honestly so happy I'm in the Love Live community. The girls and seiyuu's make me so happy, and the people are so nice! I'm so happy I've gotten to see Muse thrive and their final live, Aqours get introduced and then thrive, and eventually getting to love them too! Now Nijigasaki is starting and I'm so ready to love every one of them!

Love Live has taught me to see the good in people and be more positive (I used to hate Maki and Riko, but now Maki's my 5th best girl and Riko's my 7th). It's honestly such a thrill to be playing this game and it's been so amazing playing and watching the franchise grow! Also, after 5 years of being a Love Live fan, I finally watched the anime! That's partially why I like Maki and Riko more.

I'm so happy where I am right now and Love Live is a huge part of my life. It's something I've grown up with and all the characters make me so happy.

I love you with all of my heart, Love Live!!!

Hello everybody! I’m Erin or Guilty.Mari! I’m a huge love liver, I have been apart of the fandom for 8 years! You can find me on Instagram, Twitter and Youtube @guiltymari It’s honestly been a beautiful emotional rollercoaster of a journey and I am happy to tell you about it!

It started from humble beginnings in 2011, I accidentally found a PV on youtube of a love live cosplay dance cover and fell in love with Maki at first. I looked up the franchise and fell in love with the cast immediately. When the anime came out in 2013 I was hooked completely. U’s journey inspired myself to be resilient in the face of a challenge and to open up more to people, to be more confident.

I adore U’s but when Aqours came onto the scene in 2015 I was once again hooked on that fresh new feeling that Aqours gave! When I looked up the cast I had my sights set on one particular blonde girl, Ohara Mari. From then on my passion for Mari and Love Live has never faltered.

Why is Mari my best girl? Well she is dorky, funny, energetic and passionate; something that I can’t be 24/7. In a way Mari is my motivation for bettering myself. While watching Season 1 with Mari set as my best girl from the beginning I longed to see just a glimpse of her when the infamous “ninen buri desu ka” appeared. I cried, she was absolutely perfect. Throughout S1 she played the comic relief and had seemingly no human qualities but as the story of Aqours and the 3rd years progressed you saw more of Mari’s other side. She is an extremely selfless and caring person; She is willing to sacrifice all of her chances in education etc for her friends and cares for them all deeply. I completely resonated with that.

Season 2 arrived and Mari was as brighter and happier as ever! Aqours faced newer challenges and with the fate of Uranohoshi looming over their shoulders you can finally see Mari’s bright smile falter. She doesn’t want Aqours to lose, not ever. Mari never gave up in asking her dad to extend the deadline for school applications and even when her dad said no she didn’t completely give up.

Mari felt helpless when she had to tell Chika she couldn’t do anything else to help, you could see it in her eyes. Mari’s journey to repair her relationship with Kanan and Dia is truly touching and that arc of the anime made me cry like a little baby.

Mari has kept me going even in the darkest of times in my life. I always think about what Mari would do in my situation, she gives me the confidence I didn’t know I had!

I owe it all to Aqours, Muse and Mari for making me the person I am today! Thank you so much! 💜

Shiny〜☆

Hello Hello!!! My name is Kallie and I have been playing SIF for two years now. Started playing during my sophomore year of college because as an artist, I was starting to go through a low point. Love live and other Idol anime have helped gotten me out of my artist groove and reminded me why I love drawing in general!! Now I am a Senior with a portfolio for character art and a goal to make a webcomic! My twitter and Instagram is Kallulily if anyone is interested! (My personal twitter is Kalliebonga for love live posts!! It's private but Feel free to follow)

My fave girls are Rin, Yoshiko, Honoka and Dia! and I have a Bias Towards Aquors because I grew with them the most. However Rin stays at the top for very personal reasons. Rin became my favorite character the moment I watched the love wing bell episode. Not only was my art at a low. but also my self confidence. I was scared to wear cute clothes or dresses because I felt it was too "girly" and that I would be showing weakness in a male dominant field. I did slowly start wearing dresses at this time. But I was still constantly worried. This was a prime time where watching that episode put me in tears. I was crying in happiness not only for her but for how I felt when I first wore a casual dress to class. Ever sense seeing Rins cards put me in a state of happiness. Rins Fairy, Constellation, Pirate, and Dancer have been cards I deeply loved because of how I see this characters joy drawn in. And for me that's wild.

Dancer Rin is currently my main goal in all stars! And future Urs to come! I was rerolling her but I ended up getting a 3 UR poll that had Nico, Maki and Kanan(So I just hAAD to keep it man). With the Nozomi from the UR ticket and later getting Hanamaru and You!!!

I really hope they bring more SIF costumes over to the future!!! I would die for fairy rin!!!

Hope I can stay updated here! I tend to get very busy with school and the upcoming graduation but don't be shy commenting or chatting! I enjoy everyone! Have a nice gay!

hii~ i’m rabits! as you can tell, i love rabbits and i love love live! i’m also a master at extreme gacha luck, creator of the yohariko kaitei au on tumblr, and former bandori/sif goddess. my best girls are kanata, riko, and umi. riko and umi have this mature and collected charm i’m super into, but kanata is always sleepy and super relatable. i got into ll! in october 2017 when a friend showed me sif. my first best girls were hanamaru and nico, and though they aren’t my best anymore they still hold a special place in my heart <3 i got sifas on release day and so far so good! gacha seems to like me and events are fun uwu. i’m slowly warming up to the nijigasaki girls though so i might have a muse bias :/ pleased to meet youuu :>

My Love Live! Story is a little long, but if you're interested I'd gladly tell you about it~

Where do I start though? I guess at the beginning.

I was still very new to Anime when my best friend introduced me to Love Live! It was in 2014 I think, I was only 11 back then!

So my best friend told me about that new Anime she found, called ''Love Live! School Idol Project''. with sparkling eyes, she told me about how much she loved the ''blue haired, mature girl''. I haven't seen the Anime yet, so that's what I referred to Umi as.

When I got home that day, I browsed through my phone when I suddenly remembered about the Anime my friend had told me about. I went to start up my PC and looked for it; and watched the first episode.

I was immediately amazed by how flashy it was and how great the music was. I didn't know what idols were back then, so at first glance it seemed like a 'we want to create a band'' kind of Anime.

After a few episodes though, I fell in love with my initial best girl; Yazawa Nico. I recognized her from the memes and decided to watch the whole season in a day. It was about 3am when I finished season one.

After a while, I got my first Love Live! Cosplay; It was Nico, and my best friend cosplayed Umi.

We both watched season 2 together in a night. While her best girl stayed as Umi, my best girl slowly began to become Kotori. But after watching the Movie, I could finally decide on a best girl which is my best girl to this day; Tojo Nozomi, which I also cosplayed soon after!

I love Nozomi a lot. She's my biggest comfort character and has, as weird as it may sound, helped me through a lot of hard times. She kind of kept me alive.

Then as time passed by, I noticed that the Anime had it game, which I downloaded without hesitating. When I started the game, a kind of unfamiliar voice said ''Bushiroad'' and I kinda got confused when I saw 9 completely different girls on my starting screen.

When I saw that they were called ''Aqours'' I immediatly looked them up and found out that there has been a new season that I haven't seen yet! I got all hyped up and watched it all during one single night again. My best girl quickly became Mari.

I then started to cospaly Mari, which was also the start of a new group of friends that I've met at a con! We became really good friends just because of Mari, and I'm thankful to this day.

I've began to collect all kinds of Love Live! Merch; from Figurines to T-Shirts, Badges, Posters, Keychains and Nesoberis... There's almost nothing in my room that isns't Love Live! I even keep some of the girls with me at school, on my bag, my folders or on my pencil case!

When season 2 came out, I watched each episode the day it came out. I was so hyped each time a new episode came out. During that time, my best girl had varied a lot too. It went from Mari to Chika, from Chika to Dia and eventually from Dia to Riko.

I empathize with Riko a lot since we both play the piano. I could understand her struggles so well. My fear of dogs also kind of reflected in her. I felt so close to Riko! That's why I gave myself the nickname Riko a long time ago. I've been called riko for a long time now and it makes me really happy.

Through Love Live!, I've got to meet some of my dearest friends. Without Love Live!, I wouldn't have met all these nice people I talk to everyday. Without Love Live!, I probabaly would've given up a long time ago, but their voices always made me push forward, especially Nozomi and Riko.

I love all the girls as they all never fail to cheer me up with their beautiful voices and unique personalities. Whenever I feel sad, I listen to Nozomi's solo album, it cheers me up a lot and I love her a lot.

Aqours makes me especially happy and all of their songs are just amazing. I've laerned a lot of their dances and eventually learned some songs on the piano, such as My Mai tonight or Yozora wa nandemo shitteru no.

And with this, my long Love Live! story ends! I hope it wasn't too boring and that you maybe enjoyed it a little bit if you've actually read all of it~

(Sorry for the Low Quality Pic lol, I just quickly took it to show some of my stuff)

The one thing that has always bugged me about Love Live is why they never showed what happened to Yukiho and Alisa’s idol group that they made at Otonokizaka to continue Muse’s legacy. They keep adding all these new spinoffs and stuff but they could really expand on this idea since Yukiho and Arisa are already characters that have established personalities that would be perfect to build and expand upon. Anyways, enjoy this edit of what I think Yukiho would look like as an idol :)

does anyone else ship yohamaru here? ;_;

How did everything start, huh?

I remember it as if it was yesterday~

It all started back in 2015. I had my boyfriend staying over for the weekend. While I was cooking, he was playing this weird game (or so I thought at the time) on his tablet. I had no idea what SIF nor Love Live! was at all. I remember he was playing a Score Match and got Niko puri♥Joshi dou in Expert. He almost FC'd it and got second place, iirc. "That song is so stupid!" I thought when I heard it. In fact, from the little bit I saw of him playing, I disliked Nico!

Fast-forward to a couple of weeks later~ My dad announced he didn't want his tablet anymore so he was going to sell it. I pleaded for him to let me have it instead and he accepted. As soon as I got a hold of it, I found myself downloading SIF. EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T LIKE IT. I chose Honoka as my starter partner and the first song I tried playing was... None other than Nico's solo!! And then I just... Fell in love with the game. I quickly warmed up to Maki and Nico too! After playing for a few days, I decided to watch the anime series too. Both Maki and Nico grew even more on me~

Then we got Aqours! Mari was my favorite by a long shot, with her listening to Rock and Metal music, just like me~ But as of recently, I've noticed my love for Chika grow and grow and grow! I identify with her in a way I've never identified with any anime/game character before and she easily became my top best girl ;;

All of this has led me through Sukutomo and its community and enabled me to meet a bunch of amazing people. Some I consider close friends. And now it brought me here. Hoping to meet even more wonderful people!

Thank you Love Live! for being such a big part in my life~ ♥

Hiya, I'm Mitsuru, 29 years old and a married, crazy cat mum of five. I first saw Love Lives Snow Halation at a anime convention in 2010? 2011? Idk, and I liked the song but I've never heard what it was and so it slipped my mind. Fast forward to 2013 I was asked if I want to join a Pokémon RGP, and whilst searching for a befitting icon I stumbled upon Maki Nishikino, and I was instantly in love and picked her for my RPG icon. But it was until the start of 2015 when a friend came to visit me and showed me Love Live. I immediately downloaded it, fell instantly again for Maki and drove too deep into the idol hell. When I encountered Ensemble Stars in the start of 2016 i lost track of LL a bit but Maki never cheased to amaze me, and with Aqours i found my daughter in Riko. I stopped playing LL at the end of 2016, but since the beginning of this year i'm back at my SIF game, so SIFAS came at the right time. Sadly neither Maki, nor Riko or Setsuna wanting to come home.;; My best girls are as stated Maki, Riko and Setsuna, but I like many more, like Nico, You, Ayumu, Nozomi, Yohane, Ai, etc.

Anyways, I'm very active on Twitter at @mitsukinaga, and there's also my Sifasintro thread: https://twitter.com/mitsukinaga/status/1176972564951916548?s=19 I don't have many Love Live friends so I would be so happy to meet new people!

;;hi! ( ᵕ ᵕ̩̩ ) some of you might know me as kanandaily on ig, or by my main thesadvybes. decided i'd introduce myself;;

• i'm a HUGE kanan oshi and i literally love her with all of my being, i can and will die for her.
• my second best girl is kotori! i love her a whole lot and she recently became second best!
• my best pdp girl is kanata, but kasumi is a close second! i love them a lot!
• near the end of 2016 i stopped playing sif and just all together dropped love live. thankfully, i rejoined the community in 2018 because of happy party train!
• my favorite µ's song is datte datte aa mujou and my favorite aqours song is happy party train!
• favorite subunits are lily white and guilty kiss!
• i have other interests, but my mains are love live and bandori; my best bandori girl is chisato

;;some stuff about me:

• my name is mallory
• i'm a sophomore in high school
• hedgehogs are my favorite animal
• i make card edits, they're posted on kanandaily!
• i LOVE all things horror/psychological, horror is my favorite tv/movie genre
• boku no hero academia is my second favorite anime franchise (first being ll!)

;; ty for reading, i hope we can get along (ᐥ꒳ᐥ ) ♡

If you could create a new subunit out of all 27 girls of All Stars, who would you put together? Who would be the leader and what kind of songs would they sing?

I would pick Chika, Maki and Ai Their subunit would be named ChiMaI (contains a part of their names) Maki would be the leader and their songs would kinda sound like songs of TrySail (it's an amazing trio, if you don't know them, check them out, their song Coding is a good example of how I imagine ChiMaI's songs to be) ).