Love Live! Thread

>>2136112
Welp. Sorry, the previous thread was on p6, not on p10. I was looking at the thread before that one... FML

I wonder what the anime is going to do with ChikaRiko going forward. They already held hands and said daisuki, which is about as far as you can go in these kinds of shows, but there's still presumably 16 episodes and a movie left.

>>2136155
They still have the "Riko has to return to Tokyo because of her father's job" drama card.

How many cats do you suppose Yoshiko has sacrificed to her dark lord?

>>2136168
how many breads have you eaten in your life?

>>2136112
Kussun's theater show is this week, so the OP is going to be outdated very soon.

More recent happenings:

- Final Live DVD/BD preview:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuOiNiiIyLo
- UraRaji #22, hosted by the third-years of Aqours
> http://www.onsen.ag/program/llss/
> http://hibiki-radio.jp/description/llss/detail
- Aqours' next group stream in about 24 hours:
> http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv272174225
- Shibuya Note/Naomi's Room, an NHK show "targeted at youths", has an open recording on 26 September. Signups close 11:59pm on 9 September. It is notable in that Nanjolno, one of the earliest μ's members to discuss Aqours openly, will attend with them, although whether any interaction may occur in public is still unknown.
> https://pid.nhk.or.jp/event/PPG0286481/index.html

And all the usual touring/radio shows/streams.

>>2136203
Thanks, Onee-sama!

>>2136280
PLEASE Tima make a sexy doujin out of that scenario!

>>2136297
Tima doesn't know how to draw hands and boobs, are you sure about that?

I prefer to think You isn't actually romantically interested in Chika at all. She's just jealous about her best friend getting a girlfriend and drifting away from her.

>>2136326
Isn't Aquarium basically about You coming to terms with her feelings for Chika or something?
If we're going to use Garden of Glass to legitimize NozoEli, we can't ignore that just because it's a PV

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Can someone translate please

>>2136332
I can definitely see the first season ending with Aquarium; they're so building up to that

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>>2136280

>>2136357
http://tomatorepublic.tumblr.com/post/149942637282/silent-tears

>>2136332
>we can't ignore that just because it's a PV
We do it all the time, unless you think all the µ's girls aside from Nico and Maki are in love with Otaku-kun based on the fourth PV.

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http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=58868997

Nipponese pairing justification. Well, technically I can't read shit but that's what it looks like.

>>2136386
If NicoMaki are safe then I don't mind it all that much

>>2136386
Who's Otaku-kun even supposed to be anyways? Weren't they in an all-girls school? Why was he in the school for the girls to give chocolate to?

>>2136436
>I love You
>Daisuki da You
Wew. Mind blown.

>>2136451
Because generic harem bullshit setup.

>>2136451
Was it an all-girls school at that point?

>>2136465
Could be. Early Love Live PV have very ambiguous setting. They're still unsure which direction to take, so everything is kinda vague.

>>2136453
It would be "You ga daisuki" but good effort.

>>2136473
Thanks. I'm pretty new to memeing the Raibus.

Would make much more sense if I could shop You in that scene. 'Daisuki da, You' meaning and intention is crystal clear compared to what we got.

Never seen yuri fans so desperate to ignore or reject canon yuri.
A week ago it was "ChikaRiko OTP, look at that chin lift" and now it's "uhh confession? How 'bout that YoshiRiko?"

>>2136481
I doubt it's actually going to turn canon, though. Chika and Riko are just going to continue being extra good friends with no talk of dating or kissing.

>>2136484
I'm almost sure that the next episode will start a few days later without even acknowledging the "love confession" besides Chika and Riko being closer than ever.

>>2136484
>>2136492
The foreshadowed You angst seems to suggest otherwise, but you're probably right as ever, dear onee-samas

>>2136499
Well, that's why I added the "closer than ever" bit. You will notice something "weird" happening between Chika and Riko, and all her angst will come from it.

As long as we don't get K-ON! Season 1 episode 11 forced drama angst bullshit, I think I'll be ok with whatever happens.

>>2136481
Because ChikaRiko is kinda meh.I'm not trying to start anything, but really, it's not popular enough to cause any bombastic reactions. And we're being realistic. Nothing will come out of this "confession" except for what this anon said >>2136501

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>finally ahead of the game when it comes to keeping my Karuha collection up-to-date
Feels good, sis.

>>2136538
Damn, that's some gorgeous artwork.

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>>2136326
That feeling is kinda worse, you know...

>>2136465
>>2136467
Otonokizaka was an all-girls school from the very beginning, actually.

Strange why the Mogyutto PV is of contention, considering the audio dramas on the single, and that it was the first indication of one of the members being another member's Valentine.

Was the whole Kanan thing bad writing or she's really not right in the head?

>>2136666
It's a cultural thing. East Asians don't put as much value on individuality as the West so decisions are more about doing what's best for the family and society rather than doing following your dreams. Kanan's actions will make more sense for people familiar with that mindset.

Source: I came from an East Asian family.

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>>2136666
It is still dumb anime writing, but whatever. We got our KanaMari in the end.

>>2136687
I love Dia in the second frame.

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>>2136666
Kanan is a special child.

>>2136685
Same thing with Riko keeping her piano thing to herself when it would conflict with the group's goals.

>>2136717
>>2136731
BU BUUUUUUUUUUUUU! desuwa

>>2136607
Purest ship. We need more of this.

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>>2136758
Then how about some Oshima Tomo:

https://twitter.com/oshima_tomo/status/773897615175888896

>>2136687
Why is Mari cosplaying as Arcueid Brunestud?

>>2136518
I wonder why the only argument most of the anti-ChikaRiko fags (especially the YoshiRiko ones) have is the alleged lack of popularity or some unrelated shit about the seiyuus?

>>2136826
I wonder why the only argument most of the ChikaRiko fags (especially the ones ITT) have is that it is "official" and therefore equate the same with popularity.

>>2136831
Nobody said that.

And I agree, popularity doesn't always correlate with the actual content in the show. People prefer their baseless headcanon I guess. But that doesn't mean they can willy nilly ignore or deny anything that contradicts it.

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>>2136831
But ChikaRiko is popular.

>>2136481
The only people trying to ignore or reject it are buttblasted YoshiRiko or YouChika fans.

Either them or people convinced they'll play it off as 'I love you as a friend.' It probably is bait but regardless I'm still loving it.

>>2136406
The title translates to YouChika First Anniversary. This is basically a compilation of all of Hoshi-jyo's YouChika work in the past year. However, she did make a YouChika justification poster at some point after Ep 10. I believe she also worked together with Koyomi on a YouChika MAD.

>>2136826
Let's accept YoshiRiko is more popular that doesn't mean ChikaRiko isn't popular.

>>2136666
Bad writing in my opinion. Kanan's whole plan was to end Aqours so Mari could go to a foreign school. If you want to know how bad it seems. It's the equivalent of trying to shut down your 7/11 until your co-worker accepts an offer to work at a big bank. Even if it's good for them, no reasonable person would try to tear down an entire organisation and a own part of their livelihood just because something may be good for your friend.

>>2136635
Mogyutto isn't too bad.

The Drama CDs are more het-pandering if you ask me. SnowHare's drama allegedly had them discussing boyfriends. The duet singles had the duos (trios in Solge's case) flirting with the self-insert.

Sunshine hasn't been too bad but some features are romantically tinged towards the reader. Mari's Q&A is pretty bad in that regard with her innuendo-laced response to some questions.

>>2136847
Hearing how hetero the franchise still is in some parts actually depresses me.

>>2136852
They need to attract more people to fund the franchise and keep it alive.

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>>2136844
But not as popular as YoshiRiko & YouChika, although this may change when the show end.

>>2136770
>yuri incest
This is my fetish!

>>2136770
Ho I am thirsting

>>2136386
>aside from Nico and Maki
Nah, not even if you take that scene at face value.

>>2136847
An amateur band with three members that's barely started is hardly comparable to a business.

>>2136894
In what way? Time duration?

>>2136770
Yes, please.

>>2136869
A good indication is livestream audiences and the comments they leave. During the recap in tonight's stream, the Guilty Kiss bit for Mijuku DREAMER saw a number of "it's YoshiRiko!" comments. When the ballot results for the members to be featured in upcoming streams came out, October's group was considered YoshiRiko/KyanRika plus Anchan, and even the members themselves were going "oh it's Guilty Kiss". But three weeks from now, the anime will be done with this cour/season. We currently have yet to see how much more Chika/Riko we still are getting. More fans might catch on by then.

A comparable parallel happened during the Nagano fan meeting last year, which featured Emitsun, Kussun, and Nanjolno. In the end, however, shippers for any and all combinations from those three were satisfied because there was something for everyone. Kussun dueted with both separately, plus they had fun as a trio instead of one person being left out by the other two.

>>2136333
>Yoshiko chan?
>*mumble*...An angel's smile....

>>2136924
>good indication
>livestream comments
It's hardly a good indicator.

Firstly, I don't consider it representative. Not everyone watches the livestream and even if they do, not everyone watches it on NicoNico. You'd be excluding a huge number of fans who watch it on other services.

Similarly, this doesn't take into account the fans who don't show open support. Not everyone leaves comments on videos. It could be that you don't want to or you're watching for free. If you're implying fans of x don't exist and not that many exist because there aren't enough comments on a video. Then I might as well pull up a random Mitsu video with low viewcounts and infer based on the low comment or lack thereof that Mitsu does not have that many fans.

Finally onto the video content itself, it's more likely a response to what was happening in the video rather then a good indication of popularity. As you said, the comments only came when Rikyako and Aikyan were next to each other as part of GK. Hence it is more likely that the comments were being typed in response to seiyuu interaction. While it does indicate some degree of support, it's more probable to conceive it as a response to two seiyuu interacting with one another.

Why then would I consider this a bad way to measure popularity? If we want to measure the popularity of YoshiRiko against other pairings, this is a bad way to do it. Here we're counting fan comments against seiyu interaction on screen. All this is likely to tell us is a mob is yelling comments whenever they see two seiyu talk or get next to each other. This does not tell us how much support this ship has measured against other ships.

And as you said, if every possible seiyu interaction happened then we'd have an equal amount of comments thrown at every ship. So are we then to infer from that that HonoKoto, KotoNozo and HonoNozo are as popular as each other let alone NozoEli?

>>2136897
Not that anon but I think what they're trying to say is that they had no future as professional idols. Kanan was actually the most responsible one sacrificing what was a fleeting dream so Mari could have a better future, even if she was resented for it.

Also, comparing it to something like a business where a worker can be replaced is kind of stupid. Even music bands can have members move on to different things, and the band can either go on without them, find a replacement, or split up.

I remembered when people complained about the previous Love Live series trying to pander to every ship, instead of committing to one. Now that Sunshine is doing just that with ChikaRiko, we have shippers mad because it's not the ship they want.

>>2137127
I don't remember such thing

>>2137127
>Now that Sunshine is doing just that with ChikaRiko
That's honestly a great thing. Pandering to every ship is a low-brow move.

>>2136950
Please watch the stream first before typing up a wall of text that evinces how you did not. There are recordings with captured comments. Also, those audience reactions in the post you replied to were also on LINE LIVE, fyi.

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>>2137253
I love Chika's hair in those scenes. It looks so wild and free.

I will never understand why "childhood friends" are so popular as "romance partners." Specially when said childhood friend spent years loving in silence their friend, and only decided to act upon their "feelings" when that friend found someone else.

>>2136847
>The Drama CDs are more het-pandering if you ask me. SnowHare's drama allegedly had them discussing boyfriends. The duet singles had the duos (trios in Solge's case) flirting with the self-insert.
>Sunshine hasn't been too bad but some features are romantically tinged towards the reader. Mari's Q&A is pretty bad in that regard with her innuendo-laced response to some questions.
Christ I hate Japan and their shit sometimes.

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>>2137275
Personally, I've always preferred ships that weren't childhood friends. That way we can see their relationship develop from the ground up as opposed to having childhood friends constantly remind everyone (including the audience) that they are close for the xth time.

That's probably why I enjoy ChikaRiko so much more than any other ship on Aqours.

>>2137288
Exactly. The "Oh, look we know each other since kinder garden!" gets old really fast. Also I hate the idea that the fact that someone loved you for years means you should love them back.

>>2137291
>Also I hate the idea that the fact that someone loved you for years means you should love them back.


Not who you were talking to but this makes me so mad in fiction.

>>2137296
Yes, and it's way too much common for my taste.

>>2137275
It combines all sorts of nice things like childhood innocence, close friendship and first love into a single package.

I don't really like it either.

>>2137047
I'm not trying to make a point about professionalism or amateurism. I am pointing out how I think that no reasonable person would 'sacrifice' their own group/organisation for the dream/better future of another. Even if it was better for that someone else, the least reasonable thing you could do is to stop your group from functioning until your significant other is forced out.

Let's say my business comparison is a crap comparison. The point about unreasonability still stands.

But if you must substitute for a better analogy. Imagine there's a small amateur school basketball team. Roughly 5 players. One player gets an athletics scholarship to play at a better school. But he/she doesn't want to leave. How do you make them leave? Out of all the options I imagine, just not playing and trying to shut down the team completely is the worst one.

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>>2137288

I'm not really a ChikaRiko fan, but I do agree with you about not really being into childhood friends pairings.

One of the best things about NozoEli to me is how they were both pretty lonely and friendless before meeting each other (going by anime canon at least). It makes their relationship really special.

>>2137540
You're ignoring cultural values and the fact that Kanan wasn't sacrificing herself for some random friend, but for a very important one.

>>2137578
I love this cultural relativism argument.

Although as far as I know, Japanese and East Asians never celebrated taking the path of greatest resistance. That great Asian and Japanese athletes don't tell story about how their very important friend decided to shut down their entire team until they accepted a place at a better sporting school.

But let's presume this really is culturally engrained and that you really know more about Japanese cultural values than I do. I accept that perhaps Mari studying overseas could have given her a better education. Yet the point still stand, out of all the options Kanan could have taken for her 'very important' friend, she chose the most unreasonable option- trying to shut down her team just to make someone leave. Even if Mari is very important, that point still stands. No reasonable person would do that.

>>2137671
It's not about taking the path of greatest resistance, it's about the fact that individual desires always take a backseat to contributing to society and bringing honor to the family. Being a school idol is very much though to be a "kids game" and Mari was expected to grow out of it, but taking part made her miss out on opportunities on the future. If you really want an example of those cultural values in action, here's something I found from some quick googling:

http://www.businessinsider.com/a-chinese-olympian-had-no-idea-her-mother-had-cancer-because-her-parents-feared-it-would-disturb-her-training-2012-8


>"Like Wu, the greater majority of China's 396 Olympians have started their sports at tender ages, sacrificed their childhoods for the state and drawn their emotional support from team mates, coaches and officials, in lieu of family members and friends."

Communication and reaching a mutual understanding are not as important when it comes to results. This is why their school system is structured so that teacher-student interactions are one-way interactions.

Given that Mari had made it quite clear to everyone who's tried to encourage her to go study abroad that she has no intentions of leaving while she's a school idol, getting Mari to stop being a school idol was the surefire way to get her to accept. Kanan could have talked to Mari, but the chances of Kanan convincing Mari was low. If she shut down the school idol thing anyways, then Mari would have felt responsible for that.

I'm actually a bit surprised that Mari even had much choice in the matter. It wouldn't have been too uncommon for her parents to just drag her kicking and screaming to a "better future" (Source: has happened to me before).

Did Kanan make the right decision? Debatable, but I'd lean towards probably not. Did Kanan have to be a crazy psycho to do what she did? Definitely not, if you're familiar with East Asian cultural values.

>>2137699
That happens because of China's current culture and specifically their government, not because of "East Asian culture." Terrible example,

>>2137701
Oh shit, you're totally right. Kanan IS a crazy psychotic bitch that has no reasoning behind any of her decisions after all. Someone lock that ticking timebomb up before she shanks someone.

>>2137701
But that's wrong, anon. It has nothing to do with China being a shithole. This was an East Asian person sacrificing their personal happiness for their child's shot at glory. It's a perfectly fine example.

You seem to be the only anon who hasn't been able to accept this for the past 3 threads.

It's fine to think the writing in the particular episodes were bad, but that settles on the execution, not the ideas behind it. It may not seem to be the most "reasonable" of decisions, but

>they were children (obviously not the most reasonable people)
>the aforementioned "better to sacrifice personal happiness for something higher" East Asian thing
>It's anime drama

It's really no different from Kotori's "I can't tell Honoka I'm leaving because she might worry" bullshit

>>2137705
>>2137713
I didn't say one thing or the other about Kanan's motiviations. I wasn't the anon you were just replying to. It's a fact that Chinese Olympians are an absolutely terrible example.

>>2137701
Not that anon, but I'm not even an East Asian from China and the same shit happens here and has nothing to do with the government.

But why the fuck are we blogging here?

You know what, a better question right now would be where the hell are the subs?

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You-chan can do anything, she can even counter washi washi!

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If last epsiode was the incredibly gay ChikaRiko episode, then this week is the incredibly gay ChikaYou episode. (Two Chika shipping episodes in a row? What the hell?).

It happens exactly as expected, Chika gets sad and mopey without Riko around, and You starts noticing and feels left out. Thankfully we are spared most of the moronic third-year subplot drama because You is smart enough to talk to others about this (including Riko herself) and sort out her feelings.

Still on the gay spectrum I still think the ChikaRiko was gayer, because the feelings there felt mutual . This really felt more like a somewhat one-sided friendship reaffirming.

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It's happening!

>>2137759
I wonder who the yandere is

>>2137761
You obviously.

>>2137759
>9/18
Can this be next week's episode?

>>2137753
If anything the episode cemented Chika and Riko at "girlfriend level" relationship.

>>2137753
>This really felt more like a somewhat one-sided friendship reaffirming.

It was far more bittersweet than that. You realized that Chika is still her friend, but she was also accepting that she lost.

>>2137540
Their "team" consists of three people. Dia and Kanan both think it isn't worth continuing as a band if it means Mari won't take opportunities given to her. They don't want to continue on as a duo either. What's so difficult about all that?

>>2137761
By the end of School Days, both of them were yanderes. Only the girls that stopped playing won, which is why I find it a bit weird when people keep saying a girl "won" for getting the guy now.

So can we finally call a couple canon?

>>2137779
No.

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>>2137734
You is so fucking gay.

>>2137779
Same limbo than NozoEli.

>>2137774
The most painful part to me is when the third year talked about how they thought it was Chika and Riko that started the idol thing.

God, I still can't believe that episode just happened. Sunshine is too good.

>>2137779

It's canon that You viewed Riko as a romantic rival.

>>2137549
Thank you for posting a big version of this. All I have is the one I screencapped from the 720p

>>2137745
Watanabe Kaede You-chan

wh-where are my youriko bros at

I guess we're not going to see how Chika reacted to the end of last episode, but we can probably infer from this that it wasn't with a "no homo"

Also, You imagined herself in some cliche confession scenes with Chika, and was pretty embarrassed about it.

I'm guessing they'll keep both ships around, i.e. we'll never see You officially "lose" but ChikaRiko will be the most "canon" for what it's worth

>>2137864
I mean, while an actual confirmation is appreciated, the show practically slapped us across the face with ChikaRiko since the very first episode.

>>2137864
You realized they're still friends but flat out said that Riko is the one who should be by Chika's side.

>>2137871
Yeah, they're not being exactly subtle with it.

>>2137864
>we'll never see You officially "lose"

If this episode wasn't You officially losing, I don't know what is.

>>2137774
Damn... Nailed it. Brutal, but true, Onee-sama.

I keep seeing tumblr go on about Aina (I think) saying that the KanaMari haggu scene was a confession of love.

Is this true? Is there a source?

>>2137778
technically Sekai was yangire, but I digress.....

>>2137792
NozoEli isn't limbo, Onee-sama. see pose in >>2137549
Non-intimate couples don't get into and accept that pose.

>>2137779
As someone else said, we're more or less in the same "canon" limbo as NozoEli with ChikaRiko.

I'd include KanaMari too.

They're probably never going to go and say "these two characters are in a loving relationship", but Riko and Chika literally had a confession scene with the word love. It's hard to refute that.

>>2137889
But it's still just strongly implied. Exceptionally strongly, but implied.

>>2137864
>we'll never see You officially "lose" but ChikaRiko will be the most "canon" for what it's worth
What is "this episode" for $500

>>2137890
>But it's still just strongly implied. Exceptionally strongly, but implied.

This was exactly my point.

>>2136847
What are you even talking about?

The drama CD after the 2nd live makes Nozomi having a crush on Eli canon

One drama CD has Maki and Nico "act" like they're dating only for the rest of Muse to tell them to "go out for real"

The drama CDs are gay as shit. Maybe the earlier ones had some het in them but it's all been excised from future drama CDs.

>>2137893
and THIS is what MY point was.

>>2137892
Still a limbo, though. Sunrise, nor the writers, never came out and said "NozoEli is canon".

As close as it is, it's still in that "not officially canon" place.

Hey, Hey, ladies.... c'mon.... let's just accept the fact that those ships are the ones that Sunrise at least wanted us to believe are there. Like in Nanoha, they don't have to strip and scissor each other to be accepted as going out.

>>2137899
Well, we're more or less all arguing semantics here.

>>2137910
This is true.

I don't like arguing semantics. My autism starts to show...

>>2137890
I'd include NicoMaki as well if you take SID, the manga and >>2137893 into account.

>>2137897
I'm agreeing with you.

>>2137916
Good point. I forgot to mention that one, because it's more or less a given.

>>2137893
>One drama CD has Maki and Nico "act" like they're dating only for the rest of Muse to tell them to "go out for real"
Has this been uploaded somewhere?

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>>2137889
Just because they're intimate doesn't mean they're exclusive. Check the spoiler if you dare.

>>2137922
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38SzdOG7Mto&list=PLmU4laJ5aizgHdwsTUjgubVpgxTF5nYmE

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>>2137916
Hell, if we're doing SID....

RinPana
1/4

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>>2137928
I love how Maki's all like... Get a room, you two!

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>>2137886
Taking a quick look I can't find it. Though they played a game where they had to express love without saying the words "I love you", Shukashu said "give me a hug" and Suwawa did
http://saitou-shuka.tumblr.com/post/149835216242/aqours-seiyuu-expressing-love

>>2137931
To be fair, just as Riko's love confession can be seen as just "friendship", Kanan and Mari's hug scene can totally be interpreted as a love confession.

>>2137925
That's SIF
But I think the anime has been pretty obvious about that one.

>>2137935
oh durr, yeah, I meant SIF. The game.

im dum and cant spel

>>2137931
Thanks for looking.

I guess that's pushing it a bit too far in terms of justifying the scene as a confession of love, but tumblr ran away with it so I thought it was more concrete.

Still cute, and I'm still supporting KanaMari

>>2137931
Silly Japs, that's easy... just say "The moon sure is beautiful, isn't it?"

>>2137932
Definitely. I just find the seiyuu stuff too cute to not link, like Ruby's
>>2137937
Is there any post or something you can link to? I can try working off of that.
>>2137938
2 of them did!

>>2137932
Sure, if you totally ignore the context. It's true that KanaMari confession was on whole different level though. Topping them with Mijuku Dreamer is just 11/10 perfection.

>>2137939
>2 of them did!

Okay, good. I feel better now

>>2137938
I get that reference!

>>2137939
>Is there any post or something you can link to? I can try working off of that.
http://hazardtomyhealth.tumblr.com/post/150193432534/with-kanamari-confirmed-as-canon-by-maris-seiyuu

There really isn't much to go on, but thanks regardless

>>2137924
Thank you.

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>>2137945
They're saying it was during niconama which means it's buried in 80 minutes of stuff and currently unsubbed. Can't say either way atm.

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>>2137955

>>2137955
>>2137956
>They're saying it was during niconama which means it's buried in 80 minutes of stuff and currently unsubbed. Can't say either way atm.
Thanks for trying anyway, nee-san. I appreciate it.

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>>2137963
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TIOaqeTs4g&t=34m
Piecing together comments from tumblr, they get a letter about the scene, Ainya mentions the sound director said "this was Mari's confession to Kanan, in her very own awkward way", and Suwawa says the hug was the reply.
They also hug across Arisha in the middle

>>2137886
Here: https://youtu.be/AwKn8RffvGQ?t=21m1s

>>2137975
>>2137976
So KananMari is officially CanonMari?

Still, though, that's super cute. I'm very glad it's "official" - or as official as it can be.

Thanks nee-san

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This episode hit home too close.

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>You singing the ED alone

>>2137737
Well, anything except make Chika love her back.

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When are we getting some DiaYoshi?

>>2137772
Riko admonishing Chika about her battery running out felt very much like a couple interaction.

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>>2138001
>except make Chika love her back
Ouch, onee-sama.

>>2138072
Not really. I don't really get why everyone is making such a huge deal out of ChikaRiko being "canon girlfriends". If anything after this episode it's clear that ChikaRiko and ChikaYou are pretty equal and OT3 is the way.

>>2138078
No ones gives a damn about friends batteries running out, Onee-sama. That's a thing only girlfriend or boyfriend would complain about.

>>2138105
Do you not have any close friends?

>>2137883
Ugly art is ugly.

Anyway. I do think this episode was meant to portray You viewing Riko as a romantic rival, as the other nee-san said, but accepting and being okay with the fact that that Chika only sees her as a friend. Which I thought was really nice.

I wonder if Riko feels bad about having "stolen" Chika from You

>>2138041
I second this motion.

>>2138116
>I wonder if Riko feels bad about having "stolen" Chika from You.


How can anyone stole something that never belonged to You in the first place?

>>2138116
Isn't that why Riko called You?

>>2138119
It's good that I'm not alone.

>>2138078
What, is all of their blatantly suggestive hand-holding not canon enough for you?

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I really like Mari.

>>2137893
Pedantic moment, but there are no so-called "drama CDs" as the term is used in this context, as a drama CD is chiefly tracks narrating some sort of story, sometimes with music. It's the other way round, these audio dramas come with music CDs as extra tracks, or on the DVDs/BDs of lives.

Well, that ship is now in Davy Jones' locker. RIP the 2nd Year OT3.

And there's no real visible YouYoshiko to go on.

>>2138078
You have to be legitimately dense not to get what went down in this episode and the last, and still somehow deny ChikaRiko/push for an OT3

>>2138137
Can we talk about this? Because I feel like it's important, desu.

>>2138162
>Mari likes to washi washi
>Mari also knows Kanan's tits so well she can compare the aforementioned tits with those of the other girls.

>>2138162
So that's why Kanan seems mad in the preview.

>>2138156
No, I'm being realistic.

>>2138170
>Tons of ChikaRiko moments throughout the show
>A literal confession scene - with the word love - between the two
>This episode was about You dealing with Chika becoming so close with Riko, and accepting her place around the two.
Is this confusing?

>>2137893
The 2nd live skit was Nozomi won't tell Eri her wish for the new year because it was wishing for her love to be returned, and she can't tell Eri about it because it's *her*.

>>2138177
We'll talk after another season and a movie.

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>>2138001
I know, its beautifully sad and heartwarming isn't it? I ship ChikaRiko but even I felt bad for You!

I'm actually surprised how subtle they were about it especially for Love Live, with all the scenes with You just realizing she can't do the same things she has with Chika any more.

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>>2138153
Being a YouYoshiko fan is suffering right now

>>2138209
I really don't think You is going try for Chika again. She seems to have accepted she lost.

>>2138218
It ain't happening, sis.

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I really hope someone will draw Uniform!You and Little Demon!Yoshiko together.

>>2137975
Given tumblr's tendency to overreact and/or misinterpret stuff, like the mistranslated quote from Nanjolno about Garasu no Hanazono, I took a look at that part since my stream choked during the actual time it was happening.

Can verify that it is more or less as what is described here. Ainya and Suwawa also mentioned in the stream, and on UraRaji, that they/Ainya (not really specified) couldn't stop tearing up from the scene (presumably while they were recording their lines).

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>>2138279
Yoshiko-chan is a lecher, zura...

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>>2137980
There there Honoka. You still have Tsubasa.

>>2138286
>like the mistranslated quote from Nanjolno about Garasu no Hanazono

What happened here?

>>2138316
>http://dorple.tumblr.com/post/115390914647/
In this post, an actual translator, with the original quote, points out how inaccurate the mistranslation was. But tumblr being tumblr likely doesn't know it was wrong.

>>2138325
So wait, the original "translator" misinterpreted it as the song not being yuri but the actual translator said that the actress can't say for sure it was yuri but she went into it with that feeling and displayed those emotions or something? The wording on that page isn't straight to the point.

>>2138332
I don't really get why that person used "secret romance" to translate "秘密の恋." Is there some kind of context that I'm missing?

>>2138332
Something like "I'm not about to call it that, but I was thinking about it that way"? The breakdown doesn't seem too unclear to me, at least.

>>2138336
秘密 = secret
恋 = romantic love
What alternative would you propose, I wonder? No offense intended, but I'd like to know your understanding of this.

>>2138342
Plain old "secret love"? Romance has more connotations than just love. That's why I asked if I was missing something there.

>>2138344
If that's a lesbian mating ritual, then those lesbians really need to go back to the drawing board because not a single one of them actually got the girl.

>>2138337
Well I don't know what the original problem was in the first place. What was the original translation and what was the problem with it? Was it that the original translator said that it wasn't yuri and just a general secret romance song or something? Sorry for probably sounding really stupid over this but I just got into the fandom this past spring so I missed pretty much everything.

>>2138351
Maybe we're looking at it differently, but I think, considering those connotations, it's significant to use "romance" than just "love". If Nanjolno intended to mean a nonspecific "love" then maybe a term like 愛情 would suit those purposes enough.

>>2138354
The original, wrong, translation made it seem as though Nanjolno "couldn't" say the song was yuri in that she wasn't allowed to and/or denying it was so. The correction pointed out that she did have that (romantically) in mind.

I'm not sure just what is hard to grasp here.

>>2138358
With your input, now I get why they used "romance." I just have a strong bias against the word because of its ambiguity (even if the context makes clear that it was "love story" rather than "adventurous story.") when used in things that talk about love.

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>>2137997
Both You and Yoshiko are the only ones that got the solo for ED.

>>2138358
>I'm not sure just what is hard to grasp here.

The whole forbidden love vs secret romance thing. What's the difference?

>>2138361
Secret doesn't necessarily implies prohibition. Every forbidden love is secret, but not all secret loves are forbidden. That's the gist of it.

>>2138361
Secret Love = No one else knows about it
Forbidden Love = No one thinks it should even be allowed

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I think people viewing the latest episode as "You accepts defeat" have missed the point.

This was about resolving You's insecurities. You thought Chika only cared about Riko, but You is always on Chika's mind, even when on the phone with Riko. You thought Chika never wanted to do anything with her out of lack of interest, but Chika has always felt bad about never being good enough to do the things with You, because as the series clearly shown, You can pretty much do anything.

You thought Chika didn't give a damn about her anymore. This is clearly not the case because Chika rode her bike all the way to You's home - which was established as being fucking far away - just to be with You, even though she downplayed the great effort it took to get there.

The "Stupid You" scene is significant because You realized - even though everyone has always complimented her for being so observant - she was oblivious to all the little things Chika has, was, and continue to do for her out of love. Oblivious, because they've been friends for so long and it's easy to take things like this for granted.

I feel like You's wearing glasses is somewhat symbolic of the deeper relationship Chika and You really have. Much like how it was a shock to the audience that You wears glasses, I believe it would be a shock to the rest of cast. But not Chika, because this is something that's only shared between her and You as lifelong friends. I think it hammers the point that Chika and You have their own secrets, just like Chika and Riko have theirs.

I also like Mari's inclusion to the story as a warning of making assumptions, as Mari and Kanan's relationship was estranged for two years because the two thought they knew what was best for the other.

>>2138344
Someone in Sunrise really, really likes this.

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an anon from /llsifg/ shared this

http://imgur.com/a/0t6Mm
Raws
http://imgur.com/a/emgDa

>>2138001
Oh wow, Onee-sama, that was brutal. Might as well go ahead and say she can't bring back Ed's mum.

>>2138344
KABEDON: THE ANIMATION

>>2138407
It's not just You's insecurities, though. Time and time again we've seen Chika ignore You for Riko, like when she'd only open up to Riko about her feelings after Tokyo or how it was Riko she kept sneaking out at night with. To further drive the point home, we hear the third years confirm that Chika seems much more involved with Riko than You.

>>2138218

I really like the idea of this pairing. Potential fun with You's uniform fetish and Yoshiko's dressing up too

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>>2137761
The question is "Who dies by You's hands?"

Does anyone have the picture of aqours' potential u's lineage?

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>>2138553
this one?

Can YouChikaRiko be canon now?

>>2138630
No. Only ChikaRiko

>>2138571
This is random as fuck. The only one that makes sense is Riko.

You should be RinMaki.
Yoshiko should be KotoUmi.
Ruby should be MakiPana.
Mari is totally NozoEri.
Kanan should be EriUmi.
Hanamaru should be RinPana.
Dia should be NicoUmi.
Chika should be KotoHono.

>>2138630
Yes.

>>2138646
Nah. Dia is NicoMaki.

>>2137699
Firstly, the Chinese example is too extreme. That happens because the Government wants medals no matter what to make the country look good so they train children from day 1 in a very strict regimen. In Kanan's case, she wanted to push Mari towards going to an overseas school which maybe for her benefit. So on the one hand, you have a program that is essentially for the benefit of the state and in the other someone pushing a benefit for a individual. The scenarios are completely different.

Again, I accept that there could be some benefit to it however there are so many options that could have been taken that resorting to shutting down Aqours remains the most extreme one.

-The first option we both considered is that she could have talked to Mari about it and convinced her of the benefits.
-Let's say Mari refuses. Keep performing until the semester ends and Mari can leave only after the school semester ends in Japan. Possibly disband then.
-Perform until they reach the Love Live then Mari can leave.
-Mari leaves but Aqours continues as a duet.

But let's say Mari does not leave in spite of any compromise, at this point Kanan might as well have accepted she's here to stay rather then shutting down Aqours and throwing away the original goal of saving the school. Mari might have gotten a better education but the school could have been shut and Uranohoshi students forced to go elsewhere.

The main harm I imagine would be the economic cost of travelling further. Even if the worst case scenario did not eventuate then, as we saw from the anime, the happening was merely delayed rather then possibly stopped back then.

This also brings up a new problem. There was nothing to suggest Mari was only in the school because of school idols. She definitely entered Uranohoshi well before the idea was even brought up. Would have been pretty hilarious if the group shut down and Mari remained.

>>2137705
>>2137713
I never said Kanan is a psycho. I merely said she did not make a reasonable decision.

Again, even if the ideas are perfectly valid then the fact remains that it is still bad writing. Otherwise we'd be standing around praising Zack Snyder's political vision in BvS of the innate potential of power as corruption and political accountability.

If Kanan wants to sacrifice, the problem is when weighed up against all the other possibilities, against all possible choices, scenarios and consequences. Her sacrifice seems to become a meaning and unneeded one. We can praise sacrifice all we want until it seems stupid.

If I'm the only anon who thinks this then so be it. I'll continue to call out schlock writing when I see it.

>>2137980
I don't really see it. Honoka won the Kotoribowl first and then got the Umibowl. Kotori never got jealous over HonoUmi closeness either.

>>2137997
Oh ffs.

This episode should be considered the YouChikaRiko or at the very least YouChika victory but this thread wants to turn it into the 'Childhood Friend accepts she lost and wants her beloved to be happy' cliche.

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>>2138673
>YouChikaRiko or at the very least YouChika victory but this thread wants to turn it into the 'Childhood Friend accepts she lost and wants her beloved to be happy' cliche.
Surely you joke.

>>2138673
>This episode should be considered the YouChikaRiko or at the very least YouChika victory but this thread wants to turn it into the 'Childhood Friend accepts she lost and wants her beloved to be happy' cliche.


You're deluded as fuck.

>>2138689
>YouChikaRiko or at the very least YouChika victory but Sunrise wants to turn it into the 'Childhood Friend accepts she lost and wants her beloved to be happy' cliche.

There. I fixed that for you. Now it's correct.

>>2138692
ooops.... meant to quote >>2138673 instead. Sorry.

>>2138655
not really

>>2138571
Okay, I'm dum, evidently. This is supposed to be the result of each of these µ's pairing or something? Like if they had IPS kids together?

>>2138700
Apparently, but it doesn't make any sense anyway.

>>2138708
Yeah, I know. that's why I was asking what the original intent of it was.

>>2138468
>how it was Riko she kept sneaking out at night with.

That sounds indecent.

>>2138673
>YouChikaRiko
Not even close. You said that Riko was more important to Chika and Riko agreed. And Chika doesn't exactly think of You as equal to Riko, she wanted You to take Riko's place. All that happened is You realized Chika does think about her. But You is still a third wheel to two girls in love with each other.

>>2138737
What do you think the other girls thought they were doing, particularly after the second time?

Sometimes /u/ feels like that ironic christian forum and tries to piss off people as much as possible like this guy is doing here: >>2138749

>>2138762
Hard to not piss people off when You is so popular but fact is that there's no ot3 and she's not ending up with Chika. I wasn't satisfied with the episode but you have to take what's there.

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>>2138764
>you have to take what's there.
I dislike, as that comment, the giving up attitude like had You in this episode.
It was pretty much understood that she was Okay with having the leftover friendship she will have with Chika, that she's completely allright with losing what she had with her. It's annoying.

>>2138772
What else is she supposed to do, drown Riko, make it look like an accident and then be there for Chika until she falls in love with her instead?

>>2138774
Yes.

>>2138772

That's the opposite of what happened. You realized that Chika won't stop being her best friend just because she got a girlfriend.

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>>2138749
>You said that Riko was more important to Chika and Riko agreed.

Literally the opposite happened. Holy shit balls. Riko flat out told You that Chika thinks about her all the time and was recently worried about her, citing their phone conversations.

>And Chika doesn't exactly think of You as equal to Riko, she wanted You to take Riko's place.

Chika doesn't think of herself as equal to You, such as how apologetic she was being about messing up the dance moves in the beginning of the episode, and never being good enough to do what You wanted to do. Which is why she's so focused on being an idol with You, because this is the first time in their lives where they both were passionate about the same thing. Hence why Chika was so happy in episode 1 when You signed for the school idol club, without even being asked.

And Chika telling You that she doesn't want her to mimic Riko's dance moves is the bluntest way for the episode to say Chika wants You to be herself because she's important to her. That, happening after Chika biked a long fucking way at night just to comfort You. All that wiped away You's feelings of being replaced by Riko or any of the other members.

There is no YouChikaRiko OT3 anymore. Just accept it anons
Let's just ship You with Dia

>>2138784
No, thanks. Dia is for the Fallen Angel Yohane.

>>2138774
Not giving up.
>>2138782
I'm pretty sure it was understood (Under the scenario that Chika got Riko as a girlfriend) that You has special feeling for Chika.

>>2138783
Still not even close to relationship Chika and Riko have.

>>2138783
Riko told You that Chika felt bad about not doing things with You (something Chika didn't say herself for whatever reason) but didn't deny that Riko is the one who belongs with Chika.

>such as how apologetic she was being about messing up the dance moves
I had a problem with that whole sequence, instead of friends they were both acting like acquaintances trying to not get on the other's bad side.

>Which is why she's so focused on being an idol with You, because this is the first time in their lives where they both were passionate about the same thing.
Not really. Chika is passionate about doing the school idol thing with all her friends but she hasn't wanted to do something with You, she just didn't want to be stuck being normal. Chika was happy less that it was You joining and more that someone else wanted to do it with her.

>Chika telling You that she doesn't want her to mimic Riko's dance moves
That was only after everything in the episode. You and Chika spent hours and couldn't work together until You acted like Riko and then it was a perfect match.

>>2138783
>That, happening after Chika biked a long fucking way at night just to comfort You.
Not really countering your argument, but this thing feels like something like Chika would do since she's a bit Baka.

> All that wiped away You's feelings of being replaced by Riko or any of the other members.

We'll see in further episode(s) when Riko arrives and see if:
- Everything returns as if nothing happened but this time You will be okay with it.
-We do see more change.

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>>2138803
>she hasn't wanted to do something with You

>>2138808
Not that anon. But it kinda feels cheap( as a story structure) that what Riko tells You happened offscreen or it wasn't acted from Chika's part, considering that Chika is very blunt about things.

>>2138808
That wasn't something she wanted to do with You, that's something she wanted to do and have You join her. Go watch episode 1 for her speech on being normal.

>>2138783
The issue I find here though is that it doesn't feel fully resolved. Despite Mari telling You to be honest, You never tells Chika about her insecurities about their relationship.

Chika did notice something was up with You but she assumed it was due to their dance moves, and not Chika fawning over Riko. Once Riko comes back Chika will likely start hanging out with her again, and what will You do then? Will she just let them do their hang around and be okay with it because she knows that Chika does pay attention to her? That was how she started getting jealous on the first place.

This not really like some HonoKotoUmi situation because Riko and You are not that close. Their relationship with Chika is what ties them, and Chika clearly prefers being with the former, perhaps even unconsciously.

>>2138813
Watch that scene again. Prior to that line, Riko talks about how Chika used to feel bad about always turning down You's proposals to do something and is now happy that they can be school idols together.

>>2138823
This honestly sounds like Riko cooking up a lie to You just to calm down the situation. At the end of the day, Chika still doesn't know what conflict You had.

>>2138823
Let's clear this up since maybe the wording is the problem here. Being a school idol is something Chika wants to do for herself, she's just happy it happens to be something that You can do with her. She didn't become a school idol to do something with You. You isn't even particularly passionate about it to begin with she just wants to help Chika out. So saying "Chika did this because she wanted to do something with You" is the opposite of what's happening. You joined because Chika is finally doing something and You wants to do something with Chika, but Chika would be going forward all the same without You.

>>2138812
How can it be off screen when it happened on screen?

>>2138828
Chika and Riko's conversation about You was off-screen.

>>2138828
If it happened on-screen, we would have seen that this "was just a misunderstanding" and we wouldn't be discussing this over.
But pondering about it, i'm tend to agree with >>2138827

>>2138829
Oh you meant that. My bad then, I though you meant Riko and You phone conversation.

How did You and Chika even become best friends if they never really did anything together? Shouldn't You have plenty of friends from the other stuff she did?

>>2138836
The obvious implication, for /u/s, is that You always wanted Chika's chikas.

>>2138836
They played together as kids. You is popular but wanted to hang out with Chika

>>2138836
A great mistery. For the same reason everyone loves Chika in the anime.

>>2138843

She's evidently incredibly hot in-universe.

>>2138838
If they played together as kids, that would mean You should have been hanging out with other people recently and should have had a bunch of other friends by now. It feels like You's world revolves around Chika.

In fact, the whole narrative of Riko getting between Chika and You seems a little strange. Chika and You have already drifted apart for a long time and the school idol thing just temporarily brought them together.

>>2138855
>>2138837

You just needs to realise that there're a fuckton of things to do with a chuuni.

>>2138860
From one delusion to another. Great thinking.

>>2138855
All the other girls flocked to You but she was just interested in Chika watching off in the distance.

They never really drifted, before the club started they were hanging out in Chika's room and You helped hand out flyers. Chika was never interested in clubs but it felt like You was used to Chika doing stuff like that on a whim which was why she wanted to see how serious Chika was.

>>2138855
>Chika and You have already drifted apart for a long time
They still saw each other everyday at school. You don't need to have the same hobbies as someone to be friends with them.

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>>2138820
>The issue I find here though is that it doesn't feel fully resolved.

Except it did. You's biggest fear was that Chika didn't care for her anymore because she had Riko, but Chika does care for You.

The biggest problem the direction this discussion has taken is that people are acting like Chika straight up forgot about You the minute Riko showed up. Because Chika doesn't hang out with You 24/7, she doesn't care for her.

Both Chika and You have been close throughout the season. Chika talking more to Riko doesn't discredit all those other times Chika spent time with You.

>Once Riko comes back Chika will likely start hanging out with her again, and what will You do then? Will she just let them do their hang around and be okay with it because she knows that Chika does pay attention to her?

Yes? Do you want Chika to kick Riko out?

It's not like they're fucking in a love hotel, while You is left abandoned at McDonad's. Chika is Riko's friend. Riko is You's friend. And You is friends with them both.

>That was how she started getting jealous on the first place.

You got jealous because she's never been in a position of sharing Chika with anyone else before, due to how close they've been for so long. But she snapped out of it when she realized she was wrong for assuming the worst.

>>2138920
Not that anon, but you also don't need to stop seeing each other to drift apart, though.

>>2138924
That's kinda rare, though... usually the 2 go hand-in-hand

>>2138927
Granted, but Chika preferring to open up to Riko instead of You seems to point out to a subtle riff of some kind (being love or whatever)

>>2138923
>But she snapped out of it when she realized she was wrong for assuming the worst.
The situation isn't that neat. You isn't being delusional; Riko really has become closer to Chika than her. It's why we see Chika open up to Riko instead of You several times, and why the third-years say they thought the band was started by Chika and Riko.

>>2138924
Okay, but is there any reason to think that was happening to Chika and You before the show started?

Episode 11 was gay as fuck, for a moment there I thought I was watching a yuri anime instead of idol drama.

>>2138955
It felt like a doujinshi a very good yuri writer could have drawn after seeing episode 10.

>>2138930
>why the third-years
It's only Mari who thought that way since she wasn't present during that time.

>>2138976
So, Mari has a reliable perspective on what's actually happening

>>2138957
Does it end with You getting a happy ending?

>>2139034
You gets to attend Chika and Riko's wedding, it'll be the happiest day of her life.

>>2139036
That was cruel, Onee-sama.

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>>2139007
Yes, like telling You how dumb she was for thinking things would be better if it was just Riko and Chika, and scolding her for assuming the worst in Chika.

>>2139118
Alright, we get it, you love Chika. That doesn't stop that she's a shitty friend

>>2139126
How is she a shitty friend for not noticing You was being jealous? It's not as though Chika had telepathy and could tell You was feeling bad.

>>2139038
Could be worse. You could be made the Best Woman at that wedding.

>>2139134
You was jealous because Chika was being a shitty friend.

>>2139135
And how was she being a shitty friend?

>>2139126
>That doesn't stop that she's a shitty friend
What?

Does anyone have that 2-3 panel where a crying You catches ChikaRiko kissing?

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>>2139155
done

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Firstly, we've reached the bump limit. Does anyone want a new thread yet and which pair should be the OP? I don't think we've had a DiaMari, RubyYou, DiaChika, YouDia or Youshiko yet.
Secondly, who here is a fan of the romantic BGM they play during almost every shipping related moment? (KanaMari, ChikaRiko and ChikaYou)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No8zo5BFzKo

I hope they have a name for it that is laced with romantic connotations like The Feelings of Two Girls.

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This is so fucking gay.

>>2139157
Cute.

>>2139178
The subsequent replies to the thread, too.

Considering the sort of remarks Suwawa's made completely offhandedly, I wouldn't be surprised if she has many more intimate photos that haven't and may never see the light of the internet.

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>>2139205
>I wouldn't be surprised if she has many more intimate photos
Fuck, I wish I had those photos. Because I bet you are right.

>>2139208
Shhh, sis. These are thoughts that result in terrible consequences. Go look up the number of careers the Edison Chen fiasco destroyed.

Why don't we view it as her needing some backup for when she needs companionship in lonelier moments.

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>>2139215
>Edison Chen

Okay, I got it.

Still, these two are so cute.

>>2139134
>It's not as though Chika had telepathy and could tell You was feeling bad.
Mari noticed and guessed why she was feeling bad, all based on superficially knowing her for a few weeks.

>>2139229
Mari noticed precisely because she was looking at them from an outside perspective. She was the only one who thought Chika and Riko started the club, Kanan and Dia knew and they didn't think anything was off.

>>2139246
Dia agrees with Mari that it sure looks like the band is Riko and Chika's project, and Kanan isn't surprised by Mari's assumption either.

>>2139246
But ultimately Mari's prime motivation was to fondle some tits.

Did anyone else think You showing up in a sailor suit to clean the pool was her trying way too hard to get Chika's attention?

>>2139286
It was exactly that. There was any doubt?

>>2139286
>>2139295
That's a bit sad.

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>>2139286
She has a uniform fetish and never misses an opportunity to explore it. She nearly died trying to catch the third-year uniform.

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Happy Birthday Kotori.

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Happy Birthday, Kotori-chan!

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HBD to burd!

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NicoMaki is a miracle of the universe, but is this the cutest one yet?

>>2139484
>>2139543
What kind of depraved sexual act would Honoka and Umi give her as a present?

>>2139602
This reminds me, are there any scans of these?
If not I'll try to buy and upload them if there's interest.
http://www.melonbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=IT0000173793
http://www.melonbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=IT0000179176

>>2139640
>Umi and Honk dress up and strip tease out of costumes Kotori made
>Umi and Kotori make sweet love in the dark beneath blankets
>Honk holds both of their hands

>>2138041
Might as well throw You in for some OT3rdWheel.

I finally got around to watching episode 9 and there is no doubt in my mind that it was supposed to be taken romantically.

That there are people out there who couldn't see that confuses me so much.

>>2139274
Until You gives her the ANTI-WASHI-WASHI treatment

>>2139872
>Episode 9

So the hug between Kanan and Mari? Or did you mean episode 10?

>>2139890
9. The entire episode - from beginning to end - was one long "couple gets back together after a break up" episode. The miscommunication, all those flashbacks, the haggu - all of it. Literally the only way it could've been less subtle is if they fucked there on the classroom floor.

As for 10, which I also just finished, the ending was super romantic as well. There's no way that that was a friendly "I love you".

>>2139891
大好きだよ = Daisuki dayo = I Love You or I'm in Love with You.

If it's said the way Riko said it at the end, while holding Chika's hands like she did. There is literally 0 way that any Japanese person can honestly say that it wasn't a love confession. The ONLY way it could've been moreso is if she said 愛してるよ (Aishiteruyo) and to be quite honest, she might as well have.

>>2139896
I figured as much. That last scene was, 100%, a confession of love.

To deny it is actually madness

>>2139898
Yep. Pretty much.

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>>2139898

>actually she meant I love piano lolol