Love Live! School Idol Project Review

Spoilers !!! Because I suck.

Before we start, this is more of a discussion than a review. After all, Love Live! is one of those animes I have no idea how to review, mostly because I feel so neutral towards it. The only reason why I typed this anime into the search bar in the first place was because I found out that my friend would be cosplaying Umi during Comic Fiesta in December. I thought it would be nice if I could get an insight into how her character is like. Although there was nothing I particularly liked about this anime, I definitely did not dislike it either. Okay, maybe saying there was nothing I liked about it isn't being fair to it. There are still a few things worth mentioning.


Firstly, I liked how Love Live didn't happen. I thought I had the whole plot figured out. First they recruit all the members as shown during the opening theme (which they did, the OP is a large spoiler by itself), they practice hard (done that too), join Love Live (did not), then miraculously beat A-RISE and win the competition (also did not). However, this anime was lucky it made enough money to get a second season. Without a second season showing them entering another round of Love Live, the ending to season 1 would have been almost unacceptable. They just cannot stop right there.

Joining Love Live is the ultimate goal; not because I want them to win, but because one single competition holds so much of potential. You can introduce some conflict (between groups or within Muse itself), a bunch of new songs and choreography, and members of other teams (which will hopefully include some arrogant bitches just for a taste of drama).

Secondly, I liked how they had equal number of first-years, second-years, and third-years. I have not chosen a favourite yet, but it will most probably be between Maki and Hanayo. Or both. Don't make me choose. No one needs to get hurt.

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 Overall rating: 4/10

.............Aaaaand I guess that's it. I honestly have nothing much to say. I'm so awful at this that I can make my lamp cry. I don't even know why I decided to write this down. One quick question though, was this supposed to be a fanservice for male fans?

By the way! Eli looks a lot like Kaori from Your Lie in April.





Eli from Love Live!



Kaori from Your Lie In April




Till then, see ya next time!

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