#nijigaku

Kasumi : I’d eat moldy bread for ¥1000.

Emma, concerned : Why would you do that to yourself??

Kasumi : Throwing up is quick, easy, and free, a thousand yen is a thousand yen, and bread is bread.

Kanata : I have been informed by Mia that “Country Roads” is not actually the American national anthem

Shizuku : I feel horrible.

Setsuna : Wanna go set cars on fire? I have some gasoline.

Shizuku : As much as it would cheer me up to commit a felony, I have to say no.

Thoughts about LL Nijigasaki S2 EP.2

I’m just going to be upfront and say I was not expecting to love this episode as much as I did! First off, the op is visually speaking my second favorite love live op but song wise…its giving last place. Once again, I said this with start true dreams and a year later I love the song a lot…why am I like this… ALSO, as a Shioriko fan I spotted Kaoruko immediately and I starting freaking out. They probably aren’t gonna water down Shioriko’s character arc in the anime! Also funny that the op outfits are winter-based even though the show is airing in spring.

Onto the actual episode, I adore the focus on Emma and specifically QU4RTZ’s group dynamic. The Emma and Lanzhu parallels had a lot of potential in the games but they never actually explored it that much, but I love the way they tackled it in the anime! QU4RTZ as an individual group is underrated imo, the interactions between the four of them is so sweet and genuinely makes me soft,,, Once again thank you anime writers for not villainzing Lanzhu and also not making the cast villainize her either. Also the scene with the girls at the playground with the shot of Rina going down the slide and hugging Emma quite literally made me . And then them eventually synchronizing on the swings as their feelings become one? Peak cinema. I enjoyed the background stuff with Mia and Shioriko too. They’re setting up Mia pretty well with her interactions with Yuu. Also seeing Ayumu and Shioriko talk and refer to each other on a last name basis…they don’t know that they’re going to be gfs soon.

This episode solidified the approach to insert songs is through the sub-units, and if the op helps foreshadow anything than I imagine the order of songs is QU4RTZ->DiverDiva->AZUNA. I can’t really guess whether Mia or Shioriko will perform first, but I am leaning towards Mia going first because Kaoruko might have something to do with the idol festival and cultural festival for a climax. This sounds bad but I prefer this episode over 12/13 episodes in the first season because it reminded of the aspects of love live that I adore, which is group dynamics! Can’t wait to see QU4RTZ perform next week since they’re my favorite nijigaku sub-unit.

Rating: S(Favorite)

omg i was rewatching the pv at the start of today’s episode and i just noticed everyone’s powers are based off of their solo songs in season 1????

Happy Nijigaku S2 Day

L! L! L!

Thoughts about LL Nijigasaki S2 EP.3

The season continues to be great and this episode was amazing! This episode followed up with a continuation of the start to QU4RTZ’s dynamics seen in last episode and focuses on the group’s formation/connection instead. While I always liked the QU4RTZ dynamic prior to the anime, I appreciate a lot of the things done to make the unit feel like a team like them doing a training camp together filled with plenty of group interactions. Their song was pretty good and continues to remind me that they are the best subunit in nijigaku. If the anime continues with the remaining subunits following a similar type of style to QU4RTZ’s, it works out perfectly for me because I literally have never seen any visible group dynamic in AZUNA and they lowkey feel like leftovers among the nijigaku units. It seems I was also right about the order of subunits since Diverdiva is next.

I must admit, I am a bit confused with how they’ll do Mia and Shioriko’s performances since ep.2-7 will likely be filled with subunit shenanigans…and…honestly I don’t like that at all. I want the 3 new girls to feel like they are apart of the club rather than specific relationships with some of the members and have episodes in the team so I am on my knees begging that Mia debuts after Diverdiva becomes a thing. Small comment I have about Yuu is that I admittedly hate the concept of her, but I don’t hate her or even dislike her as a character…but she’s tied for last place among the main characters in the franchise. Nonetheless, I actually like that they are giving her…more character if that makes sense? I feel like she’s her own person and not a blank-slate protagonist. Shioriko didn’t get much scenes but that’s to be expected since the cultural and idol festival is something going on in the background as of right now…I must be patient for her. Looking forward to next week since I love Karin and Ai’s dynamic and plus we’ll be seeing Misato too!

Rating: A(Amazing)

Lanzhu, robbing a bank: Alright everyone put their hands up

Everyone: *puts hands up*

Lanzhu, already mad with power: One hop this time

Ai: Did you catch the perp?

Rina: They’re using VPN software, we can’t track their IP

Ai: In English

Rina: We can’t find his computer

Ai: In French!

Rina: Nous ne pouvons pas trouver son ordinateur.

Ai: IN MORSE CODE

Rina: .– . / -.-. .- -. .—-. - / - .-. .- -.-. -.- / - ……. .-. / -.-. — – .–. ..- - . .-.

Ayumu: Are you okay?

Kanata: Oh god no

Ayumu:

Kanata: But for the purpose of this conversation, yes I am

Ai: C'mon! Take one for the team

Mia: No, I don’t want to. Let the team fail

Setsuna:I’mnot a complete psychopath

Setsuna: But I do murder people as a form of escapism, so there’s that

Ayumu: Beating the self sabotage allegations by smiling cutely while saying the most h*cked up thing you’ve ever heard <3

Ai: Karin was complaining about the price of peanut butter at the store and I said “yeah it’s nuts” now she won’t answer my texts

Kasumi: Would you kiss a girl for one million dollars?

Yu: I guess? I don’t have that kind of money though

Kanata: Your honour you must understand I’m just a silly little guy, just a fun little girl. Just a harmless little fun-time girl. You wouldn’t sentence a silly harmless little fun-time girl. It’s my birthday

Karin:

Karin:Overruled

Yu: I love you

Ayumu: I love you too

Yu: I love you more

Ayumu: I love you more than you love me

Kanata: And I would love it if y'all didn’t do this in the groupchat

Lanzhu: I have this rare skin disease called perfect

Shioriko: Well I’m glad you’re cured

Kasumi: Now that I have received the attention I think I deserve, I will now be incredibly insufferable forever now

Kanata: Caffeine no longer gives me the rush I need to finish work, so, instead, I have Karin periodically text me ‘we need to talk’ to give me the right amount of fear and adrenaline to keep me going

Ayumu: Stop violence!

Setsuna: Threaten your teacher and set your school on fire

Shizuku: No phone, I did not ‘miss a call’

Shizuku: I watched it ring the entire time

Ai: Oh shit, let me call you back there’s a hamburger in my pocket

Setsuna: I have good and bad news, which do you want to hear first?

Yu: The good news

Setsuna: I won’t do it again

Yu:..?

Setsuna: Hello, Yu!

Yu:

Setsuna: You’re probably wondering why I’m taped to the ceiling-

Rina: I bet you can’t eat 17 crayons

Kasumi: I bet I can

Shioriko: This isn’t a popularity contest

Lanzhu: I won anyways