James K, hater of idols here!

I’ve been following anime for many years, I’ve always found myself disliking idol shows for some reason, Its one of the few genres where I can’t get into it no matter how hard I try and I have tried a lot! I’ve easily tried ever idol show at least once.

Why does this matter? What even is this thread? You may ask! well you see, as I write this post it is the 7th of December, 2018 the 4th aqours 4th live show is going to be in cinemas on the 9th in Australia, I shall be watching all of love live then going to see this live event, all to make myself an idol fan. The rules are simple.

I’ll be binge-ing all of love live, that’s equal to around 22 hours, and around 25 including adds since I’m using animelab, I cannot be intoxicated in any forms, this stops me from being able to bullshit my way through the series if I happen to dislike it. That’s the simple rules, wish me luck!

Love live season 1.

Starting off with season 1!



Update 1: half way through episode 5, I laughed out loud like a manic, I rarely laugh at shows even when the main genre is comedy and love live has gone and succeeded in this regard! The visual comedy heavily supported by the amazing timing, I’ll be looking into the director after around 19-20 more hours of content… and what I believe is a four-hour live show! oh god, what have I got myself into…



Update 2: Just hit episode 8, I’ve only paused the show twice to write this entire time! for some opinions up till now, it’s a good show! I’m actually enjoying it more and more as the episodes pass, It is extremely fast passed and has my brain struggling to realize what happens at some stages. My main problems is the random girl sexually assaulting the cast and Nico, the character who keeps assaulting them just feels heavily out of place, Its just needless fan service for the fans to make some dojinshi off of, and I know that at least a few would have been made! from gut feeling I haven’t searched for any yet. Idol fans are often extreme and I doubt that fans of anime idol shows differ too much from reality, that thought just makes me more excited for the event!



Update 3: It is completed, season one is finally done after a 5.4-hour long binge, that killed me! Its now ten thirty and I need a god damn break! This show is a solid 7/10, the characterization can be bland on occasion but the majority of the time it shines, the music is amazing and easily one of the best parts of the show! the animation is sub-par at best, the 3d models used for some scenes make the dances feel jarring, It’s very annoying but luckily that’s only two negatives compared to the large amount I usually find in shows!

Love live season 2

It’s fairly late for me as I start season 2, I took 2 hours off from watching anime, writing and moving for the majority of that time, but I’m ready to start again!



Update 1: It’s 12:56 and I just started episode 3, I’m skipping the openings and endings now, I realized that for season 1 that made the binge take a lot longer! so far the animation has been slightly better and it shows the budget has increased!



Update 2:

This is all, just thought it was kinda funny :p





Update 3: It’s finished, I finished the OG series… I’m honestly at the verge of tears for some reason, this was amazing, 8/10! the final episode was so heartwarming and it made me just wanna bloody love all the characters, I expected to find a no.1 waifu but honestly, all of them are just amazing! I’m so happy I decided to abandon my previous opinions and just give this show a try! I recommend this if you haven’t watched it already!

Love live sunshine season 1

Update 1: This watch so far has been a struggle, I actually passed out on my first viewing and my arms can barely move! I’m about halfway through the show and I’m enjoying it, It has only 80% of my attention since its less than 18 hours till the event, and I realized that the main train route is actually down as of today, I shall finish this show and hopefully actually make it to the event. Train lines fucked me over, and my body is in pain! This post is taking me around 4 days so far, I’m actually having psychical trouble writing due to arm pains, Its possible for me too but the rate is extremely slow.



Update 2: It’s January the twenty-eighth now, I really let time get ahead of me. I never completed sunshine and I intend to in the future, this will be uploaded as a… part ‘1’ of sorts, I’ll do my follow up opinions in a follow-up post when I get to it, I sadly missed the event, it was going extremely well but the train lines were an extreme nuisance.

My goal from here is to finish sunshine and make it to the new movies Australian premiere in Sydney, at madfest, I’ll also be watching the new Heavens Feel movie there, so I gotta prepare from cash.

Thanks for reading this post, it was an amazing concept but fell through by the end, I still stand by my original comments, love live was pretty good… but damn… I’m in despair… OVER THE DAMN TRAIN LINES!!!L

James K out 😀