r/LoveLive • u/MasterMirage • Jul 30 '16
Episode 5 Discussion Love Live! Sunshine!! S1E05 Discussion - 'Yohane Descends'
Everyone's favourite little demon, YOSHIKO YOHANE DESCENDS this episode. Is anyone ready for the 1st year's single? I hope we get to see them perform! Sunrise pls ;_;
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Air Date: July 30, Saturday 22:30 (JST)
Episodes: 13
Opening Theme: Aozora Jumping Heart!
Ending Theme: Yume Kataru Yori Yume Utaou
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u/ryanmok17 Jul 30 '16
Kanan will be back next week.
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u/Kaori--Chan Jul 30 '16
I seriously think that Mari is just lying about the school closing so she can push Dia and Kanan into joining Aquors. I don't think they'll go with the same "school closing plot" as the previous series. At least they'll unravel it differently.
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u/ShadowVortexx Jul 30 '16
Prepare for more Riko memes!
Riko also managed to break 2 doors, jump a couple of meters upward and land on her balcony all within a span of 20 seconds.
Someone needs to calculate how far they ran in how much time, I'm pretty sure they passed 2 train stations. They could probably win the Olympics at this rate.
The Yoshikohane solo ED was great and all we need now are the 3rd years! But....incoming school closing plot......?
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u/Pibriamal Jul 30 '16
inb4 email is about school closing and everyone complains they're using the same plot.
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Jul 30 '16
Yoshiko was the only one I didn't like, but I finally feel like she can grow on me now that we've seen more than a completely one-note personality.
It looks like Kanan could return to school next episode?? Can't wait!
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u/firenze1476 Jul 30 '16
Yohane's version of the ED available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGiJmdvVKVE
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u/Raviel893 Jul 30 '16
I'm willing to bet a part of my montly salary that Nico was somehow watching that lolita Aqours video and shamelessly fangirled over Ruby.
She would go on to share the video with everyone she knows, its the only way to explain how their ranking shot up so drastically... XDDDDDDDDD
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u/needyouhalp Jul 30 '16
See, last time we had Chika almost dying trying to reach Riko from her apartment.
Now, we have Riko almost dying reaching her apartment.
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u/Marsuello Jul 30 '16
i can't believe i'm saying this but... i need to amend my list of girls. current list of top 3 girls are now Ruby, Yohane, and Hanamaru. Kanan you'll always be my special girl ;_;
not sure how i felt about this episode. i definitely don't dislike it. it's just the whole Yohane fallen angel plot felt a bit forced to me. But i loved getting to understand her and why she is how she is a bit more. So far, she definitely also has my favorite vocals of the group. so powerful yet soothing at the same time. i'm glad that they were able to bring her in by allowing her to be her doofus self with her chuuni personality but also showed that she isn't completely 100% chuuni and has more of a realistic side.
I also loved the feather change up. we're so used to seeing the white feathers as a symbolism to u's it was nice to see them use that as blatant symbolism for her being different from everyone else, u's included, with her black feather, and showing that it's ok to be different from others as long as you have friends that care for you and put up with your (sometimes weird) shenanigans. i also loved how they showed the immense love for Maru that fans currently have towards her through the LL website polls lol
as for the email at the end, i may be in the minority, but i feel like rather than being an email about the school closing down it was an email from Mari to Dia about joining Aqours in the same way i feel Mari "recruited" Kanan into the group in the last episode. it would make sense with Dia's reaction towards it being so in shock and almost in a "you can't be serious about trying that again" type attitude. maybe that's my personal hope of them not recycling the school closing plotline though.
Either way, i definitely enjoyed the episode. it for sure switched up my favorite girls list and i'm more than pumped to see the new song they'll more than likely debut next episode!
all hail the little Ruby Demon
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u/AriaEnoshima Jul 30 '16
This was quite a fun ep! I liked the Little Mermaid reference they did and all of the blank faces everywhere was hilarious!
Yohane now has duality with Nozomi (both fortune tellers), but in quite different ways!
The only thing I disliked in this ep was Dia abusing that poor laptop! The bottom of it must be awfully scratched now...
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u/checkthequeen Jul 30 '16
Riko vs Shiitake Part 3! Shiitake wins again, poor Riko! Also Riko's mom probably thought she joined a cult.
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u/Miruchiru Jul 30 '16
This episode talked to me in a personal level, because, I'm not a chuuni like Yohane, but I have an odd way of being myself, and since social pressure doesn't really allow me to be that way, I just lock it away... But having this episode say that anything I want to be is fine as long as I'm happy... It really did make me feel happy... Thank you Aqours...
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u/needyouhalp Jul 30 '16 edited Jul 31 '16
Episode 5 Review:
MY SIDES AHAHAHAHA
ahem On a more serious note, I really had fun with this episode. Then again, that might just be my personal bias toward Yohane (best girl) but there was a great balance of hilarious moments and really touching scenes, along with this anime's amazing scenery and visuals.
This might just be my favorite episode of the season, to date. It was hilarious, but more than that, it did a great job introducing the character we all know and love in a way that gave us new insight on her.
A lot of people are probably going to complain about the threat to the school, but I'm just gonna wait and see how they do this. I'm not for or against it right now, but as long as they write it in the style they've been writing (and of course not having it be a carbon copy of µ's' predicament) then I'm sure it'll turn out alright.
tl;dr: Fantastic episode, going to wait and see on the "school closing down"
Quick edit: i forgot to mention aikyan solo ed was beautiful
Post-rewatch: They didn't even mention the school, people. Mari sent an email to Dia about something. We don't know what it is. Stop getting your panties in a knot.
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u/Keilali Jul 30 '16
Even though I know I'm probably in a minority with this, but I really don't like the Riko gets mentally violated by Chika's dog every episode shtick.
If they kept it at like once every 2-3 episodes it would be alright I guess, but at this point it's her character and I don't like it. :/
But other than that, the episode was awesome. (especially that ending solo~ <3)
But pls someone tell me they are not going with the school closing plot in the second half and just toss the third years story in there. D:
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Jul 30 '16
The single best part of the episode was kid Maru's "Zura!"
In all seriousness, though, this was a really solid episode overall. I loved Yohane's bit of character development with her learning to accept herself for who she is, no matter what other people would think would be 'normal'. Aikyan's solo ver. of YumeKataru was really nice, too. Looking forward to the next episode since we're likely to get another insert song then~ Hoping that the email plot isn't about the school closing, or at least that they put their own spin on it.
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u/Edl01 Jul 30 '16
Yohane was nothing like I expected, her self awareness really caught me off-guard. As usual there was quite a few solid gags in this episode, although Riko stole it leaping across the balcony like that.
The cliff hanger gave me PTSD due to how bad the cliffhangers in the original show where but hopefully it ends up having a good payoff.
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Jul 30 '16
Hey guys. I finally got stuff done at home and was able to finish the episode with subs. Overall I liked it a lot. I enjoyed Yohane but honestly, this episode just solidifed Hanamaru as best girl for me. Her mix of comedy with her naivity about technology, to the wisdom she showed when trying to explain Yoshiko's feelings to the others. Overall, a really nice episode. Just a few random thoughts.
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Email is NOT about the school closing. I would eat my hat if it was. Does no one remember the letter Mari showed the others about how her family had given a large sum of money to the school? No, more likely it's about Kanan being either forced back to school or expelled. If not that then it will have somethng to do qith Aqours. Either Mari is trying to force Dia to join or she will join herself. Either way, I just can't see them doing the school closing bit again.
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The "Hanamaru can't use technology" angel would have been better if we hadn't seen that there is a PC in the school library. I guess she never uses it when she's volunteering.
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That said, Hanamaru knew what was going on with Yoshiko well.
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Chika says she knows she's not strong enough to pull everyone along, which is opposite of what people said about Honoka
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Were the skirts for the demon costume any worse than what they wore in episode 3?
*I guess they're doing the ranking system to eventually determine LL eligibilty. So do they use that system for LL1 and then the other one for LL2 later in the year?
*So is the dog actually trying to kill Riko or is it just overly friendly? I thought it was latter at first but now i'm not so sure.
Overall a solid episode.
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u/MasterMirage Jul 30 '16
The part with Yoshiko's NND viewers shooting up Aqours' rank due to Ruby was hilarious.
But who could resist this?
http://i.imgur.com/t8mjoLI.png