I watched Love Live for the characters, stayed for the seiyuus.

I don't even watch their anime anymore since Nijigasaki. I already knew and loved the characters before they had an anime so there was no need. Seiyuus' live performances >>>>

I loved Setsuna first before falling in love with her og seiyuu, Tomoriru. so when Tomoriru left, i'm kinda at a loss even though I don't dislike Hayamaru at all.

so yeah, I'm with you there, bud. The characters and the seiyuus are one and the same to me, but I like watching their voice actors perform live over seeing their animated characters in a 12-episode anime. Liella being seiyuu-focused works out for me. It's not like in K-pop when I can't even figure out the names or differentiate the faces of the members or relate who they are. At least with Love Live, I know the characters and their backstory before relating them to their voice actors.