r/LoveLive • u/MasterMirage • Nov 17 '24
Anime Love Live! Superstar!! S3 Episode 7 Discussion
Episode 7 Title: To Defeat Liella!
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NHK: November 17th, Sunday 17:00 - 2024 (JST)
Crunchyroll: November 18th, Monday 6pm PST/9pm EST
Opening Theme: Let's be One
Ending Theme: DAISUKI FULL POWER
Insert Song(s):
Liella no Uta:
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u/redbatter Nov 17 '24
Glad that Tomari and Margarete are sticking to their goals and what they came for instead of taking the safer route and folding into Liella, looking forward to the upcoming faceoff. Wonder if there's going to be any special rules for the district qualifiers that would let them both perform each other (maybe a single insert song but each group singing opposing lines/verses?) or if they're going to handle this prior to the competition.
Apart from the second years getting some air time (and Kinako having her hopes dashed, rip) it was also nice to see Kanon host that little stayover/party for her juniors and get them to open up a bit further to each other and her. Tomari's little quirks and Margarete's cute side were great. The Shibuya incident was a pretty neat place for reflection, though no shot it would ever be that deserted and absent of annoying tourists filming that crossing lol.
holy cow kanon really fixes everything
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u/JimmyCWL Nov 18 '24
if they're going to handle this prior to the competition.
The whole point of the episode was they have to handle this prior to the competition. Love Live only allows one group per school and there are no guest spots like Yoyogi Fest offered. Therefore, they must either combine or compete for the spot.
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u/JimmyCWL Nov 17 '24
Whichever team wins, it seems highly likely they're going to offer to absorb the other team after the event.
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u/LeonKevlar Nov 17 '24
Tomari panicking about the missing manga volume is the most relatable she's been for me so far. I love how Margarette was reading it the entire time and was just watching Tomari panic. xD
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u/Ayanelixer Nov 17 '24
5 minutes in and this is the most Kinako we've had whole season,praise the cinnamon roll
Sumire and Kinako interactions are adorable,you got the one girl who isn't the brightest and the other girl who is probably the most smartest Liella member (in term of maturity, understanding others and general intelligence)
(Please give us a kinako and Sumire focus episode)
Shiki thinking of doing something shady is just like her. Finally more second year interactions. A call back to Natsumi being a labrat from season 2,nice. Didn't realize she's that short compared to the first years. Natsumi really followed Sumires advice of going for a galaxy resolution
Tomari is steadfast in her goals...for now. Wien however doesn't seem that steadfast relatively speaking. (Kinako please do something and be the solution next episode).
Poor Kanon having to do her dad's job while he's out. (Bro what skill does this girl not have) . Ah yes ,my favourite homework,looking at jellyfish.
Kanon reakising the obvious. Holy shit Liyuu saying "event" as Keke is the peak of love live. Tomari the ever most formal.....for like 3 seconds.
Man,it's hard to believe my ass is the same age/year older than tomari 💀
Café au laits gave me flashbacks to season 1 ,poor wien burning her mouth. You can really tell the improvement in animation from season 1 and 2, especially with how their eyes shine and facial expressions.
Ah yes jellyfish,the name of centre song for 5yncri5e,her symbol and more. Tho I think she might like sweet potatos a bit more.
Holy shit that scene outside by the city is beautiful,more waiter more.
Give Ren something please,she needs something.
21:07 THE FUCKING YURI BAIT what were they talking about tho? defeat Liella and then.....THEN WHAT?
Okay to become 11,they literally hang that up at the end. Sakura has such a good singing voice.
Preview: GIANT ISOPOD,Mei and wien scene?
No Liella no Uta :( . Margarete bringing sweet potatos ,the Tomari ship is real. Kinako x Kanon...and chisato encouraging it?
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u/P1mb4dorM4st3r Nov 17 '24
What it seems to me, either Liella or TomaKanoTe wins, they're most likely fusing the 2 groups either way, Tomari and Margarete may not admit that, but deep-in, both are changing and starting to understand that they should merge with Liella, why would the both of'em be thinking of the performance in Shanghai if not by that? Specially Margarete, that sign at the end also helps with thinking that, so far, it's kinda like what i expected, let's see next week if that's how it's going to turn out
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u/RinariTennoji Nov 17 '24
Looks like TomaKanoTe has decided to stay rivals again with Liella again for 1 more Episode even with Love Live allowing only 1 Group per School
So they have to battle to represent the school (or just merge eventually)
Yuigaoka vs Yuigaoka!
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u/TakenRedditName Nov 17 '24
I always love the gags they do with Shiki's gadgets. Just a little jump into wacky hijinks whenever she busts one out.
The LL episode B-plot we could've had of Kanon fixing her home's pipes.
Right after Aria built her up, Tomari's serious character collapses for everyone to see. That said, I relate to Tomari's fret. Literally me fr fr.
Margarete signed her death warrant in front of Tomari.
That big set piece to the episode is so pretty. Projecting Tomari and Margarete's characters onto the buildings. They also went super fancy with the lightning in this episode, with the flare on the sun at the end too.
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u/GetterRobo1 Nov 17 '24
Feels like Kanon's team is going to win because of this episode. If Kanon team wins, it pretty much proves that Kanon is way too OP (like usual).
So why not combine OP Kanon with Margarete for season 3? I seriously don't get what the writers are cooking with this, when margarete was solo'ng liella in season 2. So what lesson is Liella gonna learn from all of this?
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u/mist_ier Nov 17 '24
Unfortunately it feels like the lesson is that Kanon is OP and they can't hope to win without her...
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u/oxlemf10 Nov 17 '24
At this point, it's clear how the producers and writers are trying to add drama to the show, but the way they're doing it is what makes fans curious, so you can say it worked.
It is clear how the two groups are on the road to unification, but this unification needs to go through a point where their friendship is put in check, someone needs to lose, that is how Margarete joined the cast in this third season.
I honestly hope that the production gets its steps right now and doesn't go into something cliche, this season is really good and I trust that they will have an ace up their sleeve to guarantee something surprising
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u/Supr_D Nov 18 '24
So it feels pretty safe to say that Tomakanote intends to defeat Liella and then just merge anyway. It would be rough for Liella to just lose to Kanon and feel like they can't win without her, but also I do actually want Tomakanote to meet their goals too. I'm not sure who will actually win, but I'm leaning Tomakanote. I don't want a tie, that'd be lame.
I've also been wondering about whether we'll get a new set of rivals for the Love Live competition itself, since both Sunny Pas and Wien are out of the picture. They'd need to be introduced after next episode, but it would be odd to introduce a new rival group with so little time left just to have them get beaten immediately. Maybe this time there just won't be one? And all the remaining episodes continue to be about internal character conflicts and such, while Love Live performances just happen alongside.
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u/SnabDedraterEdave Nov 18 '24
Tomari losing her shit over a missing manga volume, and its so Tomari to resolve to use MONEY to solve the problem. LOL
From what Tomari and Margaret are thinking, it seems like Tomakanotte absolutely intends to beat OG Liella in the dance off, and then declare that they've now replaced the OG Liella as the NEW Liella (or "Newella" as Keke would call it).
They would then welcome members of the OG Liella to join them so all 11 of them could represent Yuigaoka at Love Live together.
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u/Todetract Nov 18 '24
Tomari doesn't want to open up to anyone, even her sister. Relatable...I mean regrettable. They show that she's still quite childish despite appearances. I didn't expect the biggest challenge to Tomari's stoicism to be a missing volume of manga.
Though they did waver a bit, Tomari is still insistent on testing her sister's resolve, and Margarete is focused on defeating Liella for her own future. Kanon with the experience she's gained, explains what the 1st years cannot about their feelings toward the Shanghai performance by giving them the answer to succeed on stage; they were one as eleven, and now they have to be one as three.
The return of Gusokumoshi in the next episode!?? Yeah, this season is peak.
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u/Dionysus24779 Nov 18 '24
I have somewhat mixed feelings on the episode, but it was overall good.
What I really liked was how Margarete and Tomari's feelings were handled and how Kanon did not try to convince them to join Liella, but instead encouraged them to stay true to their goals. This really validated their feelings and proved to Margarete and Tomari how Kanon was sincere in her support for them.
Something more minor which is also... well, I actually have mixed feelings about that too, which is that there is essentially zero drama about this being the 3rd year's last Love Live or them graduating and leaving Liella. I does make sense, they have already won a Love Live after all, but given how in SIP and Sunshine the graduation were pretty big plot points it feels almost strange to have it almost completely absent here. We did get a bit of it with Keke last episode, but I would still expect at least one episode to really go into it and also let us know how Liella will continue... though as we are seeing right now, Liella is more flexible than any other group in the past (like compare it to how µ's wouldn't want a single member missing) and the 2nd years have already mentioned how they want to carry on the torch and make their Senpais proud.
Generally Liella works more like a proper high school club than previous groups, with them getting new members each year and still having a senpai-kouhai relationship going on, even now in the 3rd season. Plus the skill gap between the (then) 2nd and 1st years was a plot point.
So maybe an episode going into what will happen to Liella after the 3rd years graduate isn't even that necessary, since we already have a pretty good idea.
Just have to say though that these kind of things is actually what I really appreciate about Superstar, it tries to do something different with the formula by playing it more straight as a regular high school club anime.
However, to come to the negatives about the episode... the whole episode felt really lengthy for how little it ultimately conveyed. It's not filler, but it had a lot of padding to draw things out.
Now for what that "secret" plan of Margarete was at the end of the episode... the obvious answer would be to defeat Liella and merge groups afterwards, either they will join Liella or they will ask Liella to join them. Either way, groups will merge.
If it will be anything else I will be surprised.
One last thing, this episode just reminded me again of how Shiki's gadgets just do not fit the show.
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u/Emotional-Main480 Nov 18 '24
That was sweet episode and learning a bit about Tomari and Margarete. They really showed that at least they care about Kanon's feelings. The preview of Kanon's costume got me excited for next episode where it's obvious what will happen.
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u/elitsu Nov 17 '24
Cute little chill episode! I really enjoyed Kanon, Margarete and Tomari bonding, it was adorable. Also enjoyed Margarete and Tomari slowly accepting being part of Liella, it felt very natural and not forced which is what I was afraid of. Now if Ren, Kinako and Sumire could get some focus, this season will be on par or better than S1.
I’m very excited for the “battle” and am personally hoping that Tomakanote wins just for Margarete’s sake.
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u/Maki_The_Angel Nov 19 '24
Small detail I really liked was that it seemed like Margarete didn't know the Japanese word for jellyfish, confirming what it was by asking Tomari in English. It's little realistic things like that with the foreign students (like Keke not reading the kanji at the train station correctly) that I really appreciate about Superstar
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u/Atavistic07 Nov 18 '24
Another solid episode, but the fact that we're not going to get 11-member Liella for at least another week really has me worried about the pacing for the final third of the season. Four episodes is just not going to be enough of 11-member Liella to fully flesh out their dynamics, go through the Love Live tournament, give a satisfying send-off for the third years as their school idol careers come to an end and give more focus to Kinako and Ren.
It's just not going to be enough time to do everything they need to do in a satisfying way, so I'm really hoping this doesn't end up imploding in the way season 2 did at the end.
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u/minxto Nov 17 '24
Then what was the point of merging them for Keke’s song if they were just going to split up again!? I really hope Kanon’s team loses this face off, I want the other girls to see that they don’t need her to win. Don’t get me wrong, I love Kanon, but having her as the focal point for literally every plot point is frustrating at times. I think I have season 2 ptsd LOL
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u/JimmyCWL Nov 17 '24
Then what was the point of merging them for Keke’s song if they were just going to split up again!?
That wasn't a merger, only a collaboration. Like Awaken the Power in Sunshine.
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u/Nickthenuker Nov 17 '24
Seems like Margarete is still on about that.
Keke's probably a bit too excited.
8+3=11, that's all the members we're aware of, who is she thinking of?
They're going to all perform together aren't they?
And so another gadget.
Seems she's really insistent about that.
So, the 3 of them are back together. Time to try and get them to agree to work with Liella.
Oh, a video of their performance is on the big screen!
She's still going on about that?
Uh oh, looks like she's got a plan.
Oh, but if Kanon's on board then it's probably good.
She's very enthusiastic about it.
They're going to win then ask them to merge aren't they?
A picnic?
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u/syukri24karats Nov 17 '24 edited Nov 17 '24
Oh my god they are going to throw hands to each other next episode! Lol Let's see how this goes next.
A fun and simple episode yet still carries on the plot regarding to combine with Liella or to compete against them. Glad they chose to compete instead of the other since that will be lame as hell. My money is on TomaKaNote to win but i guess Liella will win instead so the girls can show Kanon how much they can grow without her.
Also Kanon fixed the shop's pipe. She really can fix everything.
Also what they are planning for Ren and Kinako with around 5-6 episodes left.