30 Days of Love Live! Challenge

Day 11: Favorite µ's Year Group

2nd Years

I just really like the second years, man; always have. After re-watching the anime after so long, I started to see why that was. The second years share a very close bond because of their long relationship, and that's something that I understand pretty well. My two closest friends and I have know each other for around 15-16 years, so about three-quarters of my life. I don't know where I'd be in life without either of them, so I'm very thankful that they've somehow managed to stick around with me all of these years. While I can't draw super direct similarities between the second years and our group, one of them is very Kotori-like in the sense that she struggles to be forward at times, and that's resulted in misunderstandings, but nothing as serious as we saw in Season 1. I suppose that I'd compare myself to Honoka, though it's more so due to my high energy and wanting to lead. My other friend might as well be the epitome of Ai. It's actually kinda scary how similar they are (both in personality and a bit of appearance), but we're not quite to Nijigaku yet.

But we're here to talk about µ's not me, right? I wouldn't say that my love for the second years has anything to do with the fact that Umi and Honoka are my top two in µ's. As you'll (maybe) see with Aqours tomorrow, character favorites don't always correlate to everything that you like (it's the same with seiyuus, too). I really like the third years, too, but they lack the same type of closeness that the second years have. First years don't even come up in the equation. I love Hanayo, and will fight for Hanayo, but the whole first year dynamic is a bit meh for me. And if I can be really honest for a sec, I generally think that the first years are one the weakest year groups in all of Love Live! ( I hate to end this on a negative note but I actually not have much else to lol).