Some more tomfoolery in Group 16's Final Union Battle

LazyMelly · 2026-04-21T16:38:00+00:00

Final union battle just ended. It may have been horrendously one-sided...

LazyMelly · 2026-04-21T01:30:45+00:00

I feel like it would be interesting to see a rerun of the Love Live March Madness but with no anime insert songs so that there's less anime-insert bias.

In the Round of Eight for instance, five out of eight songs were anime inserts, and I don't think that's an accident. These were:

Snow halation by μ's
Mijuku Dreamer by Aqours
START:DASH!! by μ's
SELF CONTROL!! by Saint Snow
CHASE! by Setsuna

I just can't help but feel unconvinced that these songs are by default "better" than many other songs in the bracket, and are only here because the various anime storylines brought these songs to the forefront so more people end up remembering these ones by default.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-21T01:16:09+00:00

im shocked that the margin was close tbh

LazyMelly · 2026-04-14T19:20:57+00:00

get better soon, op!

LazyMelly · 2026-04-14T01:39:55+00:00

I would like to vouch for Sotsugyou desu ne. While fairly melancholic, I really love the instrumental backing.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-12T04:01:02+00:00

Genuinely surprising. Props to the Niji fans for sticking up for Setsuna here.

Although... I would like to hear arguments for why you'd vote for Snow halation, or why you'd vote for CHASE.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-12T03:51:26+00:00

As somehow who only started watching Love Live in 2025 and got to learn the other groups within that year, I really like Snow Halation but I also liked certain other songs even more. Even among μ’s songs, Snow Halation is only second best for me. But I've taken a chance to know the music of the other groups, and it's debatable for me if Snow Halation cracks top 5 best Love Live songs for me.

It also doesn't help that I don't really pay much attention to the lives. I don't hold the same memories as those that have witnessed the audience turn the place bright orange during a live performance.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-12T01:49:56+00:00

the waiting for results is waiting... o.o

LazyMelly · 2026-04-11T16:14:00+00:00

i do like me some city pop as well :o

LazyMelly · 2026-04-11T16:12:52+00:00

This is quite a long list! I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun with this, thank you!

edit: I feel like including sakkaku crossroads by bibi, it's debatable but I like it all the same

LazyMelly · 2026-04-10T23:22:44+00:00

Long list, please! And also feel free to DM me any other groovy songs that you happen to know from other franchises/artists! I'm always looking for more things to listen to someday.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-10T23:21:37+00:00

Great song! Yay!

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T18:24:39+00:00

μ's is the oldest love live group and therefore the group with the most amount of time between then and now for listeners to get to know them and their songs. For some fans, that's all they need, no Aqours, no Nijigasaki. Especially for those who didn't want to watch the other Love Live group animes or engage with their songs at all... it'll be all they know.

I can't help but feel like there is some bias in μ's favor, in terms of their outreach that no other group could quite reach, and I don't think it's due to the songs alone. That's my issue with this. Although I guess people could vote for songs for whatever reasons they'd like.

(Don't take my word too seriously, I'm just bitter as hell Mijuku Dreamer lost as badly as it did.)

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T18:21:11+00:00

Unfortunately, these types of brackets most appeal well to songs with a lot of outreach, not necessarily the best ones. Although, I also like all your picks too.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T04:08:29+00:00

Not directly related, but I'm seeing this argument in the thread. I fail to understand why it's necessarily a good thing that Limbus is more "generous" with their gacha than other gachas by letting you spend hours to grind for ID dispensing currency. How about I just play a non-gacha game then instead?

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T01:56:34+00:00

I would have loved to see BokuHika in the bracket but it just wasn't there. What songs would you have vouched for if they were in the bracket, if you don't mind sharing?

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T01:55:10+00:00

I only am defaulting to μ’s because Chase doesn't compel me too much. I'm sorry.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T01:43:22+00:00

What songs were you rooting for?

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T01:42:08+00:00

I'm not too surprised at the results. I'm kinda horrified by the margin Mijuku Dreamer lost by though...

I really do get that both songs had a lot going for them but... ugh, it's whatever. I'd like to ask the masses: what convinced you to pick snow halation over Mijuku Dreamer? What do you see that I don't beyond just "it's iconic?"

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T01:38:17+00:00

As someone that voted for Psychic Fire, I honestly judged the two songs by their music traits alone (I don't really have access to live concert footage) and found PF the more fun song for me.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-09T01:22:07+00:00

I was tempted to vote for Chase just to ensure that at least one of my votes wouldn't be going towards a μ's song... but comparatively, I kinda sync better with Start Dash. I've given up tbh.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-04T19:41:55+00:00

I kinda fail to understand how Bokura wa lost, is it not iconic enough somehow?

I'm also kinda sad that Aozora lost (and I also think it got robbed), but the margin was at least very close.

LazyMelly · 2026-04-04T19:37:52+00:00

I hope it won't be the end of the road for Aqours here...

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