Hello everyone! My name is Marco, I am 21 years old. I'm from Argentina, so if you notice any grammatical mistakes, please let me know!

My Love Live! Story is probably like a lot of other stories haha

I only got into anime when I was 17 and I didn't know what was good and what wasn't. I wasn't sure what I liked either. I got sucked into Attack on Titan so I was off to a great start IMO!

Anyways, like I mentioned before, I didn't know what I liked, so I started digging. I watched a lot of YouTube videos talking about anime and most of them had one commentary in common: "Love Live is trash" therefore, didn't pay too much attention to it.

I started watching other action animes because that's what I liked in the beginning. It wasn't until I started to open up more and dig deeper when I found out I really liked great slice of life animes. ToraDora, Your Lie in April, AnoHana... All amazing stories and they didn't need flashy action sequences to be that!

(I have a point, I promise lol)

Some time passes and I was browsing YouTube again to see if I could find an anime to watch. I stumbled upon a season review (can't really remember the video or the user) and it mentioned Love Live! Sunshine!! and, you guessed it, the same comment: "This is trash".

And I said to myself "c'mon, an anime can't be THAT bad!" so I decided to give it a chance. I didn't even know what it was about and I didn't want to look up the synopsis because reasons lol

I pressed play on the first episode of Love Live! School Idol Project.

And no, it wasn't love at first sight. In fact, it was... If anything, it was awkwardness at first sight.

I didn't like the side ponytail on the orange color hair girl, I wasn't a fan of the OP and my god was that CG atrocious!

But I had started it, so I wasn't about to drop it. As episode two rolled its credits, I was curious to see how things where going to turn out, so it had that going for it.

But then, episode three. That's when it all clicked.

Suddenly, I felt for the three girls that had worked so hard only to stand on a stage in front of an empty auditorium. They had overcome every hurdle, only for it to end like that? I was NOT having it. Thankfully, Honoka wasn't having it either.

And then, those piano notes gave the cue and the song "START:DASH!!" started playing.

I was suddenly IN LOVE with those girls. I was in love with their voices. I was in love with that song! That song got stuck in my head for weeks! That amazing song that was practically saying "if you think this is trash, you have no idea what you're talking about!"

"START:DASH!!" was everything I didn't know I needed! It made me love Love Live!. A love that I hope never fades away.

Anyways, I know this was long and nobody's gonna read it lol but thanks for the space to express myself! My Love Live! Story started with "START:DASH!!" and it continues up to this day and hopefully it continues until the day I'm gone.

Goodbye everyone!