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Love Live Birthday Edits 2022 - part two

Requested by @foxtailedanimator! I actually have a fic series about this already, so if you want to read more about this concept, look here.

Tsubahono (Honoka’s parents): Tsubasa is rather relaxed about it, she wants to make a good impression, but she isn’t worried. That is, until she actually walks into Honoka’s house. Her parents are unintentionally intimidating, especially her stoically silent father. Honoka’s mother is very nice and does all the questioning, she’s heard a lot about her from Honoka and wants to make sure she lives up to the hype and is good for her daughter.She, of course, passes the “interview” with flying colours. Honoka’s dad gives her a simple thumbs up of approval and she’s welcomed to the family (And is given a discount on all Homura bakery products)

RinPana (Rin’s parents): Rin’s parents have known Hanayo for years now due to her being Rin’s best friend, but with their first meeting with her as Rin’s girlfriend, they try and make it special. When they first open the door to them, her dad scares the shit out of Hanayo by jokingly doing the intimidating “what are your intentions with my daughter” thing. Both of them immediately treat her like part of the family and start spoiling her. Rin finds it kinda embarrassing. They make fried rice for dinner and give her mochi for dessert. Rin’s dad jokes a lot about stuff, not poking fun or being mean spirited, just being silly. Rin’s mum absolutely adores Hanayo and is so happy Rin has such a fantastic girlfriend.

NozoEli (Nozomi’s parents): Not only is it Eli’s first time meeting them, it’s Nozomi’s first time seeing them in a long while. Nozomi is pretty nervous about seeing them again and Eli is very bias against them. After travelling to their house, they get welcomed very warmly. It’s all awkward, but her parents try their best to re-establish the lost connection. It never gets brought up or discussed directly, but it’s in the back of everyone’s mind. They both give Eli their blessing. After the first few awkward hours, they start to get along more naturally and normally. It’s not perfect and it’s still kind of awkward, but t’s a good start. Nozomi and Eli leave satisfied and hopeful for a better relationship with them in the future. 

KotoUmi (Kotori’s parents): Like with Hanayo’s parents, they knew their daughter’s girlfriend really well already. Umi was extremely nervous about it, wanting desperately to get their approval and prove that she’s worthy of Kotori. Kotori thought she was taking it too seriously, considering they know her already. Kotori’s parents were rather teasing about it. Her mum claiming that she “knew what they dd at school”. Umi practically died at that and Kotori was pretty embarrassed too. When it came time, Umi bowed to them and requested their approval, they considered saying no to mess with her, but didn’t. Kotori’s dad resolved to sew her a gift in celebration. 

NicoMaki (Maki’s parents): The meeting happened at Maki’s mothers insistence, as the others didn’t really think it was necessary. Despite this Nico was keen to impress, especially because of what she’d heard about Maki’s dad being so serious and strict. To her surprise, both parents were extremely curious about her. They both initially seemed unimpressed, but after they finished questioning her they both smiled approvingly. Maki’s dad saying that while she’s odd, she has all the traits he could ever want for his daughter’s girlfriend. Passionate, hardworking, caring, and most importantly, able to make her happy. Nico was a bit confused about that last one, so Maki’s mother stepped in and explained that she was doing a great job with that, and in private Maki seemed a lot happier. She advised her to just keep at it and not get discouraged, it’s just a Nishikino thing. 

EreAn (Erena’s parents): Their first meeting actually went really badly. Anju didn’t take it very seriously and her lax attitude came across sort of badly to Erena’s parents.They also didn’t respond well to her being overly friendly and causal with people she just met. They didn’t advise Erena against dating her, they believed it was her choice, but they didn’t really like her very much. During the whole thing Erena’ was a little irritated, but was accustomed to Anju, so she didn’t really see the issues her parents did. After getting a talking to from Erena, Anju agreed to have another, more serious meeting, where she’d be more respectful and try to come across better and not speak without thinking like she tended to.

Honoka - Protagonist: Honoka comes from a small town in the corner of the reigon, being part of a family of pokemon breeders that specialise in fighting types. Having lived a nice, quiet life with pokemon already, Honoka didn’t see much point in going on a journey like most of her peers. That was, until she found out that a lot of business in her town, including her family’s ranch, would be shut down. In order to combat this, Honoka sets out to become the champion, hoping the publicity would help save her home. With a recently hatched Torchic by her side, Honoka starts her quest.

Team:

Blaziken

Breloom

Bewear

Pangoro

Kommo-o

Poliwrath

Tsubasa - Rival: An extremely skilled trainer that often raises Pokemon brought from Honoka’s ranch, she decides to redo her journey alongside Honoka in an attempt to get to know her better and to help her grow and develop as a trainer. She utilises ghost types to do this, helping Honoka to learn not to just rely on her fighting type expertise.

Team:

Banette

Drifblim

Trevenant

Golurk

Sableye

Shedinja

Kotori - 1st Gym Leader (Flying): Honoka’s close childhood friend, she’s the gym leader of the city closest to Honoka’s, her gym is themed on a boutique and she’s well known across the region as a fashion designer who incorporates the aesthetics of pokemon into her designs.

Togekiss

Skarmory

Braviary

Jumpluff

Noctowl

Altaria (Her ace pokemon)

Hanayo - 2nd Gym Leader (Grass): A pretty shy gym leader, not on the same level of celebrity as the others, being sort of overlooked. Her town contains is the home of pokemon musicals in the region, and she’s well known for being a huge fan of them and even having her own pokemon take part in them.

Tangrowth

Gogoat

Gourgeist

Shiinotic

Sawsbuck

Lilligant (Ace)

Rin - 3rd Gym Leader (Electric): Contrasting Hanayo, Rin is a well known pokeathlete, having won many running competitions with her Luxray. She spends a lot of time at the pokeathalon stadium, so much so she often has to be dragged away from there to actually do her gym duties.

Raichu

Lantern

Heliolisk

Oricorio (Pom Pom)

Togedemaru

Luxray (Ace)

Nico - 4th Gym Leader (Fairy): As well as being a gym leader, Nico is the top pokemon co-coordinator in the region, famed for her talent with pokemon in both battle and contests. Her flashiness and showiness come across in the way she battles and the architecture of her gym, being based on a stage.

Granbull

Sylveon

Slurpuff

Mimikyu

Wigglytuff

Mawile (Ace)

Maki - 5th Gym Leader (Fire): Maki themes her gym around her two passions in life, fire type pokemon and music. Her influence is felt all throughout the town she’s the gym leader of, with a large population of musicians and fire type trainers living there due to being inspired by her. Maki doesn’t think much of this however and simply tries to get on with her job despite her fame. She’s not Nico afterall.

Arcanine

Talonflame

Houndoom

Salazzle

Chandelure

Delphox (Ace)

Nozomi - 6th Gym Leader (Psychic): Nozomi is rarely actually found at her gym, often off guiding trainers who’re still early into their journey or researching the mythology of the region. Her boss (Eli) pretty much always has to inform her when she has a challenger. Despite this, she’s not irresponsible, being extremely good at fulfilling her gym leader duties, the worst you can say about her is that she’s a little late to face challengers sometimes.

Wobbufett

Jynx

Sigilyph

Claydoll

Oranguru

Musharna (Ace)

Umi - 7th Gym Leader (Water): Honoka and Kotori’s childhood friend, she’s since left their town and moved far away, working hard and moving up the ladder to become the second to last gym leader. Unfortunately, she has no idea of what’s going on back home until Honoka comes to challenge her.

Kingdra

Milotic

Tentacruel

Gyarados

Lapras

Primarina (Ace)

Eli - 8th Gym Leader (Ice): Leader of the gym leaders and final gym leader of the reigon, she doesn’t have a lot going on the side unlike most of her fellow gym leaders, as she doesn’t have much time left to do other stuff. Although she has a history with dance.

Frosslass

Aurorus

Beartic

Dewgong

Glalie

Alolan Ninetails (Ace)

decided to make a kotoumi comic bc i love them too much <33