Love Live is not an anime at all, it's wholesome story of a dream of some girls, or even better it's the story of 9 girls chasing that dream unattainable yet reachable. The passion of the girls is something you love it because you've experienced it or you don't notice at all : the laughs, the tears, the effort and the joy of all toghether were able to create a real bond between the girls and the viewer not because of waifus or good songs, only because they link YOU with THEM.
What's the point of doing the impossible if it's impossible?
It might be the challenge or the passion to it but Love Live tries to show to you some hidden parts of your soul until the point you ask to yourself : "What's my dream? How much am I willing to obtain it?" but everything comes at a price and this anime is cruel in showing the consequences. You have to work hard and it's not obviuous as you might think
And then why would you try to do better of you cannot achieve anything of your dream?
Then give everything you've got to your dream.µ's and Aqours became legends not for nothing, they gave everything they got to achieve their dream and they succeeded in it. They worked hard, they went against anything and they became ,from no one, someone
The songs tell you their story
"From 0 to 1, to 1 to 10 and from 10 to 100"
#Of miracles and tears The execution of the story was flawless even if a copy and paste between School Idol Project and Sunshine. Every story begins from a problematic start and here, if not in a very conventional way, the anime gave a good point to start but the development is a milestone of the franchise. As I said before, everything comes at a price, and the price the girls paid was everything. What do I mean by saying everything? They threw away any mask of their soul, they eliminated every bad thought about the others and showed what they truly are to eachother without the fear of being judged. Sometimes you can think the word everything and relate it with objects but we often forget about ourselves and who we truly are. Don't ever forget who you are and open yourself to whoever you want.
As I even said, Love Live is a story of chasing an impossible dream. Yes it's true, you cannot compete if you are no one but the show made me realize something so little yet so important : it's not just you, it's about us, it's about everyone and by saying everyone I literally mean it. A lot of people support you and they are willing to do anything they can for you.
µ's had their whole school supporting them in this dream and they succeded
Aqours had their whole city supporting them in this dream and they succeded
and the amazing part of it is that you don't expect such a support from everyone, even from you enemies. Your enemy becomes your best friend and that's pretty ironic, and controversial, because you battled so much against. At the end of everything you can see something that is perfectly showed in Sunshine : the union of the feelings can create something never saw, and Saint Aqours Snow shows it.And then you reach the dream, but what happens next? You decide it. µ's decided something and Aqours decided something else, you decide you future and who you want to become, who you want to be next to you and who you want to stay away.
#Unforgettable family
That's the big point of the show which hits different always. Love Live gives you a bunch of unique girls with their own problems and it's not that they will resolve the problems in the anime but it's the way they do it, and most of all it's iconic how the girls are displayed : someone is the missing piece to someone else.
Let's take a quick look in µ's : Honoka is the leader of the group but she's too energic and she often makes mistakes (one of them is a really big one) and she comes to a point which she's mentally destroyed; her counterpart is Umi (and yes, they are best friends so why is she her opposite?), Umi is a very polite girl and she alway thinks before doing something, but when it comes to Honoka she completely changes and does everything she can to help her. Another perfect example are Rin and Hanayo : Rin is very energic like Honoka but because of some traumas of the past about her body she loses her feminine confidence, on the other hand Hanayo is a beautiful girl with big problems with making friends, but once she makes some she becomes the first to cheer them; Rin is not a beauty, Hanyao is a beauty, Rin doubts about herself, Hanayo does her best for her.
Every girl ends up to being there for other always
#Sweet old µ'sic The music is subjective but I want to spend a few words about it : In School Idol Project I wasn't really impressed because sometimes the voices weren't, how can I say, balanced and they often ended up ruining some parts of the songs. The very best comes in the second season of School Idol Project and the peak is reached with Snow Halation, truly magnificent
#Conclusions Love Live was a different experience from what I initially thought and now you know why, and also why I love this anime so much. The songs, the girls, the music and every character got a piece of me and linked me to their world as I were present to their lives in the anime. I was feeling something never experienced
Story : 10/10
Characters : 9.5/10
Music : 10/10
Arts and animations : 9/10
Personal enjoyment : 10/10
Final : 10/10
For ever in my heart