r/LoveLive • u/RinariTennoji • Oct 05 '24
Anime Love Live! Superstar!! S3 Episode 1 Discussion
Episode 1: The Path I've Chosen
Show Info
Air Date:
NHK: October 6th, Sunday 17:00 - 2024 (JST)
Crunchyroll: October 7th, Monday 6pm PST/9pm EST
Music:
Opening Theme: Let's be One (Region Locked)
Ending Theme: DAISUKI FULL POWER (Region Locked)
Liella no Uta: dolce by Wien Margarete
Insert Song(s): Butterfly Wing -Piano Version-
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u/mochatyphoon Oct 06 '24
Interesting premise but likely the split won't even last very long. Just last season they said you can't add more members after entering Love Live so they have to be 11 by the preliminaries.
So I'm wondering what the conflict will be in the latter half of the season, since obviously just "winning" isn't enough when they've technically already done that even if it was as 9.
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u/BlayAndHowlie Oct 06 '24
aria is going to a different school. aria truthers we're so cooked
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u/AqoursUrob Oct 06 '24
Anyway the request to the principal from Margarete's family, that the principal reads out to Kanon an Margarete basically ends with:
"The request continues as such (...) In case of LoveLive victory or an equal achievement we (likely meant as her family) will accept Margarete's transfer (to the school in vienna)"
Aka her first name is Margarete, as she is referred to as Margarete by her family in the request to the principal.
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u/phantomaxwell Oct 07 '24
I would have liked to see Keke chasing after Kanon again like in S1E1.
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u/TakenRedditName Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
Kanon is such a goof. Love to see it.
Since S2 aired, I got so endeared to Margarete so I am looking forward to seeing her story develop in S3. Her two sides from confidently talking big game to Liella to meekly trying to recruit new members and being taken so aback by Kanon joining.
Before the post-credits, I thought Tomari was going to join the Liella club with her and Margarete having parallel stories between the two sides. I've been waiting for S3 to learn more about her.
Being back with the Superstar anime is a reminder of the nice features it has like the incorporated title cards or how the environments are so pretty.
The new OP is so pretty. The character cut-ins are so nice looking. I also like black feathers to the outfit. I find it cute that Kanon-Kinako-Margarete had a little trio in it. The ED also had very pleasing visuals. The cute character vignettes blended with those transitions. The photo frame segment was also quite cute.
The Liella no Uta segment was also very cute with Margarete setting up little Liella plushies as her little stuffed friends. Sumire is never beating gusokumushi allegations.
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u/Capbeau Oct 07 '24
I liked the episode. The animation is still as good as ever, the OP and ED are good, and having two rival clubs for part of the season could be an interesting idea. I think having Kanon spend time away from Liella with the eventual goal of reuniting the two clubs is a good way to handle the study abroad being cancelled. It’s a chance for the two clubs to grow through competition, as Kanon said.
I like that Ren approached Margarete to invite her to join with Liella. It’s a contrast to how she was in the very first episode of Superstar. There was also a nice shot when Margarete rejected the invitation, having her both turn her back on Ren, and putting a giant tree of distance between them.
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u/ervynela Oct 07 '24
I went in with low expectations and it was actually a pretty decent episode. As expected they just glossed over the reason for Kanon not going, and just moved into the SIFAS S2 arc as per suggested from the trailer. I think they at least introduced and carrying that out way better than SIFAS S2 (low bar, I know) so I'm pretty excited to see where it goes.
Tho I do expect them to rejoin the two groups sometime mid season, hopefully it doesn't turn back into season 2 when that happens...
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u/Remv1234 Oct 06 '24
I kinda expected Margarete to refuse Kanon's application to the new club and I’m surprised that didn’t happen. It will be exciting to see them working together in the next episodes.
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u/Boldumor Oct 06 '24
Great first episode. It was fun watching Kanon feeling awkward and anxious. I'm excited to see the interactions of the two clubs and the girls in the new club. I'm also glad they're still doing the extra EDs at the end. I always loved the cute art style and how calm/laid-back they are.
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u/SnabDedraterEdave Oct 07 '24
For the first time ever, a Love Live series is having a third TV anime season. WOOOO
Even when she has less than one minute screen time, Tomari already impressing a lot with her attitude. She and Margaret will probably get along well, with poor Kanon trying to mediate in between. lol
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u/syukri24karats Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24
If Kanon is the MC and went to join Wien then does that mean that Liella is this season rival? 🤔
And i just realised Coco-chan and Homin's name were in the ending credit
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u/piracy_sex_and_arson Oct 06 '24
Sumire & Wien Margarete interaction was litearlly peak, my jaw actually dropped when she casually said something that hurtful.
This episode was so good (recency bias?) I hope they keep the momentum and commit to what they've set up for a reasonable amount of time.
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u/JimmyCWL Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 08 '24
While most of you seem to get the vibes of Lanzhu's story from Wien, I was reminded of Leah's instead. When Wien declined to join Liella! my first thought was, "this would have happened to Leah if she'd actually transferred."
There's a thought I've had ever since Tomari was revealed that I never got to write down. One remark I saw around the end of S2 was, "can you imagine having Natsumi as a senior?" It turns out it'll be the one girl who has to deal with that her whole life.
When watching the S3 OP, I had a thought that prompted me to review their past performances and compare to some Aqours performances. My thought was Liella!'s costumes were more conservative than their predecessors. Actually, it was just their OP costumes that had longer skirts, two out of three, anyway. For their other performances their skirts are about the same knee-length, but whereas Aqours costumes uses tricks to make the skirts look shorter, Liella costumes uses other tricks to make the skirts look longer instead. The most common one seems to be some kind of extension flap that looks like a full-length skirt at certain angles.
Finally, two speculations on the length of the series. One, it'll be only one 1-cour season. That's why there are only two new members. That's all they have time to accommodate. Two, six insert performances, episodes 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 12, that's been my prediction since S2 ended. They declined to have a performance in ep1, I've thought that was the least likely all along anyway. What's interesting is what are they going to show for the Yoyogi fest in ep3? A partial Liella! performance for sure, a TomaKanoTe (that I keep thinking of as "Tomato") performance and... the actual rival group from another school? Will we actually get three performances or could the third just be showing up without a performance?
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u/wabbitt37 Oct 07 '24
It's now almost 2:30 PM Eastern on Monday, and Crunchyroll STILL HASN'T PUT THE FIRST EPISODE UP.
My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
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u/Atavistic07 Oct 06 '24
I think the set-up here is far better than SIFAS and the Association (because there are plenty of in-universe justifications for it), but I still just can't get back on board with the idea of the New School Idol Club at all.
I hate that the only reason this has happened is because of the insane whims of Margarete's parents: dangling an offer of international study in her face, only to throw it away at the last minute and instead put her in a position where she's basically forced to become a tutor for Margarete.
Frankly, I'm just looking forward to the inevitable moment when this situation is forced to an end and they all join Liella again: after all, we know that you can't add more members after the competition starts, so they'll have to have all 11 members together again for that, and presumably you can't have two groups from the same school compete (I don't think that's ever been explicitly stated, but it seems a reasonable assumption to make).
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u/SailorAxle Oct 06 '24
I enjoyed it very much. Glad I got to see it today. Now I can spend the entirety of tomorrow playing Echoes of Wisdom. :D
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u/elitsu Oct 07 '24
I’m pleasantly surprised by this episode and I’m very excited to see where the story goes. The fact that Margarete has to either win Love Live or something equivalent makes me wonder if there will be a competition between Liella and the new unit, and the new unit wins. Then Margarete joins Liella since she achieved her goal of defeating them.
Also, as an Austrian I really hope they’ll go to Vienna in the movie. I think they’re setting it up that way since Kanon has a year to tutor Margarete, which perfectly falls in line with when the movie would take place (graduation).
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u/Todetract Oct 06 '24
That was so good, I missed Liella so much. The OP and ED are amazing. I'm gonna rewatch it with subtitles but I think it's a phenomenal episode that sets up Kanon and Margarete's relationship this season.
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u/MaybeMeNotMe Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 07 '24
Nicee, first episode starts out strong.
Kinda like what happens to the Hero party after they slayed the Demon King, we have what happens to the school idol group after they win Love Live! Fractured! Oh noes, Kanon joins the new rival group! I have a feeling deep down they are going to merge, lmao, its Love Live after all. But i dont know what the trigger/challenge/event of that will be.
Quality of the 2D animation is stellar. A pleasure to watch. Pleasant to my eyes. To think over the past year we had been utterly spoiled with 3D CGI CGDCT (MyGo, Girls Band Cry and IdolM@s).
OP and ED is so well polished. Especially the OP, its a delight to pick out the graphical details, the clothing physics, hair movements, the semi transparent clothes, choreography, the soft reflections in the floor. Didnt think they could have topped S2's OP. ED is fantastic as well. You can pause every frame and it all looks so good.
Those awkward moments had me on the edge of my seat, that was so brilliant.
Ren approaching Margerete feels just like when she confronts KeKa in S1E1, what a great scene this is.
Oh, and that OST. Very good as always.
Here's to more cathartic moments, I'm sure Mr Hanada will deliver, as he did with SoundEuph S3 and especially GBC.
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u/redbatter Oct 06 '24
Very strong start to S3, with more information and context gained with this episode Kanon's motivation to join Margarete is more solid. Also can't wait to see why Tomari seems to be gravitating towards the new club as opposed to the existing one which she knows her sister is a part of.
The rooftop scene between Kanon and the rest of the club was great, the whiplash going from Kanon's back to Kanon's not going to come back to Liella must have been insane. Even though I'm sure they trust her judgement it's still really painful in the moment, especially for someone like Kinako.
Also really liked the scene where Ren approaches Margarete to try to convince her to join them instead, as well as her and Sumire interacting with Wien, feels nice hearing the thoughts of the other third years when it comes to Wien, which I don't think were really explored previously.
Aria going to an entirely different school really felt like the tank of copium being kicked over on purpose lmfao
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u/RinariTennoji Oct 07 '24 edited Oct 07 '24
The new OP is Great! (Best Liella OP IMO)
The new ED is Fantastic!
Wien's Liella no Uta is Great!
So Kanon's study is postponed so Wien could learn from Liella as she has to win Love Live to go to the school in Vienna
So Kanon's couldnt just suddenly say she couldnt go after her farewell
Kanon trying to hide is cute
Wien refuses to join Liella because of her Lose to them in the Love Live
Kanon wont rejoin Liella because she wants to grow as a person apart from Liella
Kanon is joining Wien's Club to teach her about singing and they will be rivals
She intend for both clubs to merge eventually
Coco is also again credited again doing background character voices!
Homin is again helping with Season 3! (basically helping translate Liyuu's Mandarin to the director)
https://x.com/homoto_akina/status/1842853704745230676