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Honestly, I still like Kanon, as the mc. Also, please don't let the early episodes of season 1 be the only ones that give Keke focus, there's still family drama to explpore. On a different note, I didn't find Kanon had to much screen time, I see it more season 2 needed more episodes to actually cook. Like a 26 episode run would have probably done wonders, cause 26 is better for expanding a cast of 9 instead of 13 for a cast of 9. Basically cause I frustations of the writers just not following through on ideas. I still much dislike, only Sumire reacts to Keke possibly leaving, and nothing from Kanon, Ren and Chisato. Also if Kanon had been a spotlight hog, it would be her we have crying over Keke possibly being taken away, not Sumire. So Kanon not really a spotlight hog. And you said Keke would seem like a love interest in other series, but I find Kanon basically has subtext with everyone except Shiki by end of season 2, so not really Keke's position. So about this Keke backlash, do go on. You only got 2 more of gen 1 of Liella to talk about to complete the set, go on complete. :p

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MamoRei should be end goal ❤️‍🔥

For the record Wien is pronounced "Ween", as she's named after the Austrian city of Vienna which is pronounced as such natively. As for the essay, I really do enjoy hearing this perspective on her. I never thought I'd hear someone provide any defense for the season 2 ending arc in any capacity, but I do get where you're coming from about it fitting her character's arc. My issue is that if they intended there to be a season 3, this arc was never meant to be a conclusion in any capacity which makes the idea of Kanon leaving an impossibility from the very getgo. I get the idea of Kanon leaving to follow her dreams, but I never got the feeling prior to Chisato being like "but this is what you've wanted to do all your life, this is your big chance!" that this was something Kanon was genuinely considering. If she was conflicted prior, I wish the show made that readily more apparent. I also have to disagree about the Natsumi recruitment being good for Kanon. I like that Kinako was the one getting involved with Natsumi as the one Kanon was primarily focused on passing the torch along to, especially given the themes of Love Live. The idea of people being better and stronger when they connect is something I've seen present in every Love Live story, and with the Superstar generations, they have a chance to show a passing of the torch from generation to generation. Kanon inspiring Kinako leading to Kinako inspiring Natsumi in turn could've been one of THE BEST SCENES in the entire series in my opinion. Anyway, ramble over, awesome job on this video, I really enjoyed it! :)

Great analysis. This video made me realize that what makes Superstar!! fall flat for me; the fact that it's Kanon's story and not the group's. Love Live! has always been about the group's story. Nine normal girls become incredible idols. SIP is Muse's story, Sunshine!! is Aqours' story, the NijiAnime is Nijigasaki's story... but Superstar!! is Kanon's story, not so much Liella!'s. It's so weird, especially when Nijigasaki isn't even meant to be a group but rather, solo idols in the same club, yet they feel like a more cohesive group. I'm deep into the Love Live! rabbithole, so I still love Liella!, but it very much is because of the voice actresses (shout out to Kumachan, we love a weirdo knowing she is one) and not so much the characters. I honestly cannot forgive the questionable writing decisions in Superstar!! (even in season 1, where there are only 5 members) when season 1 of Sunshine!! developed all 9 girls fantastically, even when Ruby and Hanamaru share an episode and Dia didn't get one (but you can very much see her develop throughout the season). T̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶ ̶2̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶S̶u̶n̶s̶h̶i̶n̶e̶!̶!̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶c̶r̶e̶d̶i̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶f̶u̶m̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶p̶i̶c̶.̶ To me, the single main character approach just does not work in Love Live!, not even from a capitalistic perspective. All girls being loved leads to more sales, a single one getting the attention while the other ones aren't as good or popular would just overall reduce sales, I think, especially when that popular character's items go out of stock. This should be obvious by the fact Niji remains the strongest group in Love Live! even now. Group has 12(+1) girls, all of them have gotten episodes in the anime (even if Kasumi and Setsuna's initial argument in season 1 is incredibly stupid, both Niji seasons overall are pretty solid). It also doesn't help Sunny Passion just feels kind of whatever when compared to A-RISE, Saint Snow and Lanzhu. I also want to compare this with something that might seem unrelated to my thoughts on Superstar!!: The Ensemble Stars!!'s Main Story. It's unnecessarily long while still feeling rushed, it's weirdly paced, it probably was like 5 episodes long in the anime, it's an actual 4/10- and yet, it's so charming and even gives us time for us to see the rival unit's side of things (because the actual unit that's supposed to be the big bad might as well not be there). It also has the charm of being 11 and just writing whatever comes to mind and being like "this is my cool plot with my cool characters and they win everything and they're the best". Reading "season 2" of that story, you can definitely see an increase in the quality of the writing. Point is... even in the midst of bad writing, I'm feeling a lack of charm in Superstar!!? (Though I also think Nijigasaki is not as charming as SIP and Sunshine!! are, but Niji is very good overall). I'm still in the process of reading Hasu's story, but I can already see why Hasu is so well liked; it focuses carefully in all its members. Though this may seem like an overall negative comment towards Superstar!!, I don't mean it that way, it's just incredibly frustrating to see the writers fumble one of the core things that make the franchise so loved. Love Live! would never be where it has managed to reach if it weren't because everyone in the group is so incredibly loved, Muse and Aqours being the main examples of that. Another thing (not related to my thoughts on the anime anymore) I'd like to add is that I think Superstar!! not having been involved prominently in a Love Live! game does hurt the bigger popularity Liella! could have. Muse were the OGs in SIF, by the time I started playing SIF around 2015-2017 Aqours had already been added to SIF, and needless to say, they were implemented well, Niji had their own game, Hasu has their own game... Liella! is missing out. SIF2 could have been a good game to let them grow further... if the game had been better (Love Live!, how the hell do you think of releasing an anime-rhythm game with gacha that doesn't have an interactive map or at least a decorative space where the idols can interact in this age?) Love Live!, as in, the companies involved in the Love Live! project, should begin to understand that they need to do something major unusual for the franchise for things to go upwards. Have not watched MyGO!!! yet, but I think it got so popular because the themes seem to be more serious when compared to the in-game stories in the Bandori game. Project Sekai, which started as a side project for the company behind BanG Dream, has been incredibly popular for a while now and one of the main reasons is Mizuki alone, a queer character. Also, iirc, the rights to BanG Dream where given to another company, AKA Project Sekai has gotten so big they don't have the need to maintain BanG Dream anymore. I really hope Love Live! takes an even riskier gamble than Hasunosora was. Introducing a CANONICALLY queer character would be great (me when money-hungry companies ignore terminally online Twitter users, not introducing a trans girl to Love Live! just feels like they do not want to become more popular. I've seen JAPANESE PEOPLE talk very excitedly about the possibility of Mizuki coming out in their/her next event. JAPANESE "conservative society" PEOPLE.) I'm sorry for the longass yapping, I just really love Love Live! and want to see it become better and more popular if they do something new (so they know they're doing something well), maybe even somehow have the popularity it had in like 2018 (who am I kidding, that would be the equivalent of Project Sekai's popularity nowadays lol). Great video as always and I'm already excited to see the analysis videos for season 3. Even if I myself don't enjoy Superstar!! as much, I do enjoy listening to/reading other's people's opinions on stuff I don't like as much to compare it to my own thoughts and review things I might have missed. This video actually made me want to rewatch Superstar!! as a whole, haha.

3:37 "In any other show, she'd be a love interest" oh maybe that's why I'm obsessed with KuuKaa LOL Great video! It was very interesting to see your take on the whole Kanon discussion. Kanon is still one of my favorite characters from Superstar and I'm glad this video can show so much of the good of her character. Let's hope for a great season 3!

on the point of kanon being a nicey nice two shoes in season 2, while i do think they show her to still have flaws and struggles, my personal issues with her writing and why i still feel like she comes off a bit too perfect now ultimately comes down to characterization. i still really like kanon and think she’s interesting on paper, but i think she honestly wouldve stuck a bit more for me if her general demeanor was a bit less consistently always nice and calm and if we maybe got a bit more edge from her if that makes sense? like again she has clear flaws but she doesnt feel as human or unique as she quite could because i feel like the writers were scared to make her more of a Failgirl lol. tl;dr we needed more grumpy glasses-and-bun kanon

Awesome analysis Aqua! Yeah it can suck trying cram as many people into main roles, hopefully Lovelife can pull itself back up again.

She's still my favorite 👍🏾

when u suggested kanon actually leaving and setting up kinako to replace her i audibly GASPED it made so much sense!! her learning to take over the reigns, acting as a bridge for both 1st and 2nd gen, being kanon's ren's AND chiisato's successor at the same time.... big brains....

I love your channel so much!! I'm 16 and I just got into sailor moon--I'm not even _close_ to finishing the second season, but I'm so excited to see the beauty of this series. the dynamic between Sailor Neptune and Uranus seems to be portrayed with such care, which matters so much to me as a younger lesbian. Your commentary is spectacular and well-paced!

2:01 I knew you were going to add that joke 😂

Nice update to your old vid Marina! I like this more nuanced take because, yeah the real world is way more complicated and people are more complicated, people don't fit in boxes. Great vid as always!

It's very telling how much Usagi loves Rei seeing as in that one particular Sailor Stars Episode of the original anime (spoilers) Rei is the last one of the Inners to go. Rei dies in Usagi's arms after explicitly protecting Usagi from Galaxia. When Ami, Makoto and Minako die Usagi begs them to not leave her, but when Rei dies it seems to finally sink in what happened to them and she's devastated.

This is amazing Marina, thank you!

Rei and Usagi's relationship is one of the best things about 90s Sailor Moon. While I don't want to disrespect the the OG manga Crystal suffered from losing that. It has no heart in comparison to the 90s adaptation imo.

My goodness some fans be crazy, but not as worst as The Shanghai concert in 2018, the fans In Shanghai went too far!

Episode 11 was actually the first episode of Sailor Moon I ever saw, in the DiC dub. It just perfectly showcased what the series had to offer, and I became fully invested.

I always interpreted Ami's reaction as having to do with Ami's underlying romantic feelings for Makoto.

(havent watched the video yet but i am excited!) Its obvious that Rin is Nyanbinary

This episode is so freaking funny, I'm dying! Especially Usagi teasing Rei with the album lmaooo

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セーラームーン最高です大好きです🙂💞🤩💝😎💘💒💌🍛😍🍜🍛🩷❣️💕💛😆💙🪩🪩🥰💛🙂💛

More people really need to hop on IR Ren Hazuki as one of the best LL episodes despite how bad LLSS S2 is

We don't talk about the Aqours Chinese live gift box contents

yeah I'm one of them.

I knew about the hilariously heinous stuff LL fans were doing before I even knew what the series was about. I know anime fandoms can be pretty horrendous (then again, all fandoms can be - none are immune), but these people take it to a whole 'nother level. Even though I've made great friends who are avid LL fans, this stuff is why I get a little sus when someone has a LL pfp.

It is just so wild that the Love Live fandom has simultaniously the best and worst fans in the anime industry. I've yet to see this dichotomy repeat itself in other fandoms to this degree

Now THIS is a video I’ve been waiting for! I have to say, this one is really funny start to finish, but the funniest moment for me was at 2:10 when you accidentally referred to the Chika neso as “Chiko” LMAO

“They did the Kotori leaving arc…but worse!” I don’t think I can sum it up better than that direct quote. At least SOME parts of the Kotori leaving arc I find redeemable. This though? Nothing. I can’t think of a single redeeming quality, it’s just dumb.

Ren forgetting what her mother said is the equivalent of an amnesia plot line, and it’s a shame because Ren had SO MUCH potential here. This could’ve been so much more powerful if Ren’s mom overworked herself being an idol and over exhaustion led her to getting sick and passing, cause then Ren would fear students overworking themselves and facing similar fates. What we got was thematically sound but the writing dropped the ball HARD imo, it was way too contrived for me to take it that seriously. Still, I genuinely like Ren a good deal, and having a dorky school idol pres was a fun change of pace, especially in her S2 episode. Sure, Dia has her dorky moments, but Ren feels like Genjitsu no Yohane Riko levels of dorky. It makes for a fun contrast between trying to be all responsible and being a total dork 90% of the time, which her S2 episode captures perfectly IMO. I’d even argue that’s the best Liella S2 Episode because of just how funny it is. But yeah, Ren has missed potential but I still love that dork nonetheless.

I wish there had been a few more Usagi/Ami episodes before Rei was introduced. There's fifteen episodes between Rei and Makoto getting introduced, and eight or nine episodes later Minako gets introduced. I don't see why Ami got so little time before Rei was added compared to the others.

"I don't NOT recommend tracking this down." Well, that makes one of us.

23:41 i honestly thought umino was an incel lmaooo

Why do all my fav girls fall into the background 1. Shizuku (although the first movie implies she’s gonna play a major role, THANK GOD) 2. Hanamaru 3. Kinako

Now we have another OVA for Niji Dang time flies fast

Crystal definitely took liberties, they undermined the impact of Sailor Moon defeating Metalia by having her power not be questionable compared to her allies. Sailor Moon only ever defeated underlings and stopped (but didn't slay) Zoicite. Having the generals survive took away from showing the strength of the senshi and it feels like Takeuchi's humour didn't get adapted to being as funny on screen as it was in panel. Back to what your video is about imma drop a Dic dub quote: "I agree completely."

Its Japan from 2013 or even 2010. Not USA AT 2020

6:55 To be fair to Keke, there's this undertone of getting upstaged at one's own culture (i.e. Japanese girl is better than cooking Chinese food than girl from China) that would have been humiliating for her. Sure, we the audience know Sumire is genuinely trying to help her save the meal and cover up her mistake, but as someone of Chinese descent, I get her frustration. Unfortunately, a lot of anime treats Chinese characters as the butt of jokes for not properly assimilating into Japanese culture (which makes Keke as a character a breath of fresh air), and immigrants tend to carry that inferiority complex and desire to prove oneself as a result of such prejudices. But that does tie into what you said about Sumire coming off as unintentionally arrogant, and even a lighthearted foreshadowing of the much sadder moment where she threatens to quit because she thinks she's just letting everyone down. Both are moments where she shows she genuinely does care about others, but doesn't necessarily express it in the best way. Honestly, I really appreciate that they didn't take the easy route and magically had everyone get along after Sumire's introduction, because of course there's going to be conflict when you put flawed, impulsive teenage girls with attitude together. But after everything, they truly did feel like true friends, some of the strongest in the entire series.

13:05　なりきりコンテストの「結果発表」です。

I am deeply in love with you

To be honest this finale managed to do it better what cosmos couldn't: make me care about the inner senshi's death

I love that it is Ami is the voice of reason and one of the viewpoints of the episode, because a lot of fans ship her and Makoto together and it's basically telling the fans it's okay to.

She’s a tomboy