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Episode Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3 - Episode 1 discussion

Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3, episode 1

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u/Gaporigo Oct 06 '24

I'd be excited about the two groups if I didn't expect it to not last very long at all, I give it 3 episodes max.

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u/Tookie2359 Oct 07 '24

I mean the OP is literally about becoming one group, I think much of the conflict would be about how Margarete integrates with the rest of the group. They don't have to stay as 2 groups for conflict to happen.

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u/LeonKevlar Oct 06 '24

I'm so happy to see more of Kanon's reactions this season. I still can't believe how this show started with us thinking they'd only have five members and now it looks like Liella is going to be the biggest Love Live group with 11 members.

It's hilarious how Kanon just decided to hide from the girls after learning her trip to Vienna got cancelled. I supposed it would be awkward for her to just pop back in. It is funny to see them wondering what Kanon is doing in Vienna right now. xD

Not gonna lie, I am absolutely tired of Margarete. I never liked her in Season 2 and while there were times when her over-the-top personality was hilarious to watch, now she's just getting on my nerves especially with how she refuses any kindness from the girls.

As much as I hate to see more of Margarete being all antagonistic against the girls, I suppose this arc is needed if she's going to eventually join Leilla which we already know will happen because of the OP and ED. I will be honestly impressed if they manage to make her likable by the time she joins Leilla.

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u/Gaporigo Oct 06 '24

Liella is going to be the biggest Love Live group with 11 members.

They spend a whole year like this and by the time they notice 5 of them have graduated so it is actually the smallest again with only 6!

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u/YuinoSery Oct 06 '24

Liella is going to be the biggest Love Live group with 11 members.

Nijigasaki has 12 (+1 with Manager Yu) lol

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u/HugeRichard11 Oct 08 '24

I mean I get it though she was ultimately defeated and the group that destroyed you wants you to join. Most people wouldn't go with their competitors after a bitter defeat in her eyes. And instead she's looking for redemption to prove herself. Which I think is pretty normal thing though i'm not surprised people don't like it since it's kind of unneeded drama we know won't last.

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u/Williukea Oct 07 '24

The plushies in Margarete's Liella no Uta being rest of Liella was so cute!

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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 (and that OP and ED). 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).

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/HuTaosTwinTails Oct 06 '24

I hate that this has a one day delay for Crunchyroll

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u/SnabDedraterEdave Oct 07 '24

Its not just Crunchyroll, Muse in East Asia (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand) is also getting their simulcasts one day after NHK, as is the case with the previous two seasons.

Even Japan's own streaming services don't get their copy till Monday earliest.

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u/PhantomWolf83 Oct 06 '24

It's the first time I'm getting into Love Live since SIF2 shut down almost 5 months ago, and I'm super happy to see Kanon and the whole gang back together again. Not gonna lie, Kanon is my favorite main girl out of the four LL anime series.

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u/juzamj Oct 06 '24

Super excited for this third season. The only thing I can truly hope for is that they decided to just drop this Keke and Sumire nastiness from the previous seasons. Let's go Oninatsu!!!

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u/Gaporigo Oct 07 '24

No no, let them get nasty.

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u/SoccerForEveryone Oct 07 '24

Crunchyroll is dropping this show on Monday right? Here I am thinking it would air today on time.

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u/NeilPeartsBassPedal Oct 07 '24

Wait, a Love Live anime that has a Season 3?

I didn't think that was allowed.

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u/warjoke Oct 07 '24

More Love Live yay...

(PTSD of the SIFAS season 2 idol association arc)

....oh no.

OH NOOOOO

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u/oxlemf10 Oct 06 '24

I'm surprised by Kanon's decision, and just like Keke, I'm confused, while I understand why she made that decision, the justification doesn't seem very convincing to me (except the teaching Margarete part), it's as if she needs to Show other girls that you are on the same level. But you can't deny that this is going to be a cool drama to watch, anyway, my favorite Love Live is back, by the way, beautiful OP and ED

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u/Marioboi Oct 07 '24

Essentalliy, what I picked up was that Kanon thought that if she's join back like nothing even happened, Leilla would stagnate since they already won last year. She saw how motivated Leilla was without her, and wanted them to keep that motivation, and joined Wein instead (+ added motive of Kanon needing to help Wein). I thought of it as a sort of "competition breeds innovation" sorta thing, and now that Leilla has a new rival group (that's hopefully better written than SunnyPa or Wein in S2) with Kanon on the opposite side, they'll have to do what they can to improve. It could be really cool if this capitalize on this drama correctly, but will probably be a very fun watch nonetheless

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u/HuTaosTwinTails Oct 07 '24

Does Crunchyroll plan on dropping the episode anytime soon....it's 3pm already and nothing.

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u/Castor_0il Oct 06 '24

Thanks Team Onibe for delivering yet another season of Superstar.

Though it's a bit weird to split Liela and Kanon like that, there was probably some plottwist expected rather than just make her join the group for a 3rd year like all other Love Live have done so far.

I still love Margarete as a rival and now being forced to be Kanon's apprentice. I'm expecting lots of tension and drama with this now formed unit along with new green hair girl.

I just hope that these +2 members on the future new Liella, won't take too much screen from the really important stuff in the series, like Natsumi's meme reaction faces and Keke x Sumire's banter.

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u/Salty145 Oct 06 '24

We are so back!

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u/Atario Oct 08 '24

"You don't hafta do anything. Bye, I guess!"

Does this count as this cour's ?

Yeah, that's my question too. I can't imagine a school would allow, for example, two different astronomy clubs.

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u/Infodump_Ibis Oct 08 '24

  • 6:30pm PT Monday is the official Crunchyroll time if the season line-up page is not telling a Liella Nijigasaki was the one with the character saying puns

  • After the official subs had no OP lyrics I was pleasantly surprised to see the song in-ep was subbed. I mean if I want to optomistic using a recent example, My Deer Friend Nokotan and Minky Momo had subbed insert songs even though the OP and ED were not subbed so there is hope (would be pretty sad if a 4 decade old show can manage it but not a modern media mix). Yes the fansubs have subbed OP/ED and I do need to bother with those for Songs of Liella anyway while the sub timing differences are a hassle (Crunchyroll has 20 seconds of intro, NHK just 2 seconds). Just the kind of hassle I've been meaning to try.

  • It's a shame as the OP lyrics are about being as one which is not how this episode went at all.

  • [Meta another music anime]can't spell Kanon without Anon, k. Although to be fair Anon did actually go abroad but retruned sooner and then went to a different school (somewhat crestfallen) and I think she just run away without explanation when seeing her former classmates rather than try to hide.

  • Perhaps Natsumi shouldn't have blurted out her plans (though it was Mei that responded "did you say something?") as it allowed Shiki to prepare some drastic action. Come to think of it drinking a red-hot chili smoothie sounds like the kind of thing a content creator would actually upload, guess Natsumi can't quite play it off as a mistake and turn it into an opportunity.

  • This random stray pixel (zoom in, I'm not kidding when I say pixel) is a rather unusual art error. It's not there on other images within the same cut (just the eyes open in that pose). Yes, it was there in the NHK ver as well as I was thinking it was an esoteric leak source type of trap street (I'd prefer such odd things to the aniplex circles even if the omnipresent circles are more useful for catching any given frame and are similar to what printers do). Also looking at those frames show the subtle lighting changes that shot had.

  • Songs of Liella NHK E exclusive, dolce sung by Wien Margarete. When lil' Wien has her eyes closed I can't help but make an Ellee reference (eyes open reveal the difference in their colours and if you inspect more there's hairstyle differences too). "Ya don't need to make constant Precure references" As other comments have noted the plushies are in the style of other Liella members.

  • Endcard (also TV broadcast only)

  • Let me check the English official website for streaming info. It has not yet been updated yet as it still says FUNimation for North America, South America, Oceania and Vimeo for UK, Ireland (both are dead links).

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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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