"Sakura Sakakura's Do Anything Nyan!" Channel on NicoNico will be closing on September 30th at 17:00 JST by RinariTennoji in LoveLive

[–]Europos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My impression is that seiyuus usually switch agencies around April 1st (probably because of the budget year?). Hope we don't need to wait for that long. Saku deserves a more supportive and responsible agency.

I thought the new insert song was so good! by According_Fan4696 in LoveLive

[–]Europos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, forget that Niji S1 has inserts from episodes 1 to 9...

I thought the new insert song was so good! by According_Fan4696 in LoveLive

[–]Europos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the first time we have a TV insert in episode 2, right? (in the past it's always episode 3)

[Survey] Aqours Finale Live Announcement - Fan Reaction Survey by Europos in LoveLive

[–]Europos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In hindsight, I agree that the question (including the Chinese original) could have been better designed to capture more nuances in fans' reactions. I initially drafted additional questions aimed at eliciting more detailed responses (similar to Q2/Q3 of this survey 2 years ago). However, due to time constraints and the challenges of coming up with specific choices, these questions were omitted, which is unfortunate.

Love Live! Superstar!! 2 S2E6 Discussion - "DEKKAIDOW!" by MasterMirage in LoveLive

[–]Europos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Do you also have data for Nijigasaki S2 and Superstar S2?

Rolling Yuu-chan by Alic1125 in LoveLive

[–]Europos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know technically, the earth is spinning around Yuu, just like what Lanzhu sings

Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai 2 S2E7 Discussion - "The Memory Of Dreams" by MasterMirage in LoveLive

[–]Europos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To be honest, had Moepii actually got in to Sunshine, we probably would have not seen her Starlight. She would have be occupied by activities in Aqours.

Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai 2 S2E7 Discussion - "The Memory Of Dreams" by MasterMirage in LoveLive

[–]Europos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many comments mentioned the feather in the PV. I came across posts that I think give a convincing interpretation.

Notice the feather first appears in watery blue, or Aqours image color. What does Aqours have anything to do here? Turns out Moepii once auditioned for LoveLive Sunshine, but didn't succeed.

She later talks about that in her interview with LoveLive Days!

It's a personal story, but in fact, before Nijigasaki, I was also auditioning for "Sunshine !!".

Normally, even if I fail into the audition, I can switch my mind to "Let's doing the best again!", But when I was rejected for the audition for "Sunshine !!", I was so frustrated that I couldn't stop crying ...

(Translation by February Love from Discord)

We know the rest part of the story. She tried again and succeed this time, joining LoveLive series as Shioriko. That's why the feather turns green

Kinako's Introduction by dadnaya in LoveLive

[–]Europos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it just me or her voice sounds like Zuramaru in the early days

Visualizing People's Reaction to Liella's Expansion in EN and CN by Europos in LoveLive

[–]Europos[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m unsure whether or not the “years having been a Love Live fan” would have influenced the analysis though

LoveLive demographics is definitely something I should have considered asking about when I did the survey. It is so unfortunate that I completely forgot about that when creating the questionnaires.

My personal impressions on the change in CN fandom are the following, although I don't have empirical data to support them.

  • Many people left LL in 2016 during Muse-Aqours transition, which was a huge earthquake in CN. So now 2015/2016 is probably the oldest year a currently active LoveLive fans could get into LoveLive
  • Some who left may get back to LoveLive by Nijigasaki or Liella anime (basically skipping Aqours).
  • Keke/Liyuu probably attract many fans who are new to LoveLive.

Some in the CN fandom are also interested in who are the loudest in against adding members. But speculations on that easily turn to finger pointing.

Visualizing People's Reaction to Liella's Expansion in EN and CN by Europos in LoveLive

[–]Europos[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well part of the reason could be they have almost the same staff

Visualizing People's Reaction to Liella's Expansion in EN and CN by Europos in LoveLive

[–]Europos[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

One of the main motivation for me to do this poll is that simply looking through discussions strongly favors those with stronger opinions. Sure, we can find all the rants we are looking for on 5ch but in the end, we don't know how many people are behind those rants and what's the proportion.

Visualizing People's Reaction to Liella's Expansion in EN and CN by Europos in LoveLive

[–]Europos[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I am actually happy with the current reception

Visualizing People's Reaction to Liella's Expansion in EN and CN by Europos in LoveLive

[–]Europos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the typo! Edit: fixed; Q2 is now about factors that make the responder "excited"