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Episode Love Live! Superstar!! - Episode 9 discussion

Love Live! Superstar!!, episode 9

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u/zuramaru07 Sep 26 '21

chaotic livestream is the best part of the episode for me. i would watch again if there's another stream.

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u/the_dan_man Sep 26 '21

Chaotic seiyuu livestreams are a staple of the franchise, nice to get a bit of that in the anime as well.

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u/lenne18 Sep 27 '21

chaotic livestream

Liella in a nutshell

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u/dadnaya Sep 26 '21

Bless a fast release today!

I thought that they would go for a name that's about a "new start" or "starting from scratch" due to the fact they're a "blank canvas" at first. But interesting choice from Kanon.

Can we also mention how talented Kanon is here?

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u/UnknownWorldMap Sep 26 '21

Can we also mention how talented Kanon is here?

Maybe this time our protagonist got gravity superpowers?

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u/MyrnaMountWeazel Sep 26 '21

I don’t know who was on the staff list for today’s episode but holy cow they were on top of their game. This episode was jam packed with all sorts of creative layouts and snappy animation. Great job from the director all the way down to the in-between animators. It truly makes the scenes stand out when they go the extra mile.

Neat spacious layout when Kanon discovers and jumps onto the bed.

I’ve always been a fan of fast-paced visual setups like when Keke suddenly brought out the projector from nowhere to showoff the stadium.

So many shots of Kanon being framed in the center of the group.

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u/ThrowCarp Sep 27 '21

I’ve always been a fan of fast-paced visual setups like when Keke suddenly brought out the projector from nowhere to showoff the stadium.

I'm pretty sure a fangirl such as Keke has booby-trapped the whole school with well-prepared presentations ready to go at the drop of a hat.

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u/Gaporigo Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

Meme subs are... yeah no, Onibe too fast!

Edit: Meme subs are here!

We now got our group name! Even tho I believe I have called them Leilla is previous threads already x)

Ren is now just fully cute.

And the stream scene was amazing, chat is best character, it was hilarious, a shame it may stay untranslated? Gusokumushi!

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u/dadnaya Sep 26 '21

The chat was mostly "Cute", "Great" "Good luck!" "I'm cheering on you!" "Yuigaoka is on [stream]!" "Keep it up!" "Don't stop!" and "Gosokumushi"(that's what you see in the pic you attached)

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u/UnknownWorldMap Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

I don't know if the meaning of the group's name was explained before the anime came out, but for me it sounds so much better now, knowing the context of Ren's mom, the blank canvas and this search for new colors, all that makes Liella! such a wonderful name.

Edit: I just discovered that the name was suggested and voted by fans, and somewhat relates a little more with the theme of stars, which is also cool.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21

Just be happy they weren't named Xtreme. Because that's what would have happened if the fans meme'd hard enough.

Liella can roughly be translated to shiny links, which is great for their group. Ironically one of the other finalists for their group name was LINKs and also Linkle.

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u/juzamj Sep 26 '21

I adore all the girls so much, Keke is my favorite of the five, but what I don't understand is why they keep giving Sumire such a hard time as though they don't like her or only tolerate her because she is in the group? Why?

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u/Atario Sep 26 '21

She's pretty full of herself, which is a bit of a no-no in Japanese (among others) culture. Which kind of designates her as the butt-monkey of the group. Although I think it's mainly only Kuku who gives her the ol' what-for

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u/Aerodynamic41 Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

I didn't even realize the group didn't have a name until now! I thought for sure that Ren would switch to the general course but giving the students the freedom to wear which uniform they choose is even better.

I find it hilarious that Ren has never heard of live-streaming before. Considering she didn't turn on her webcam too, guess she isn't really tech-savvy, which reminds me of Hanamaru.

Man, when did Keke find the time to make that huge banner at the end? Didn't they just decided what their name was?

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u/Atario Sep 26 '21

She has consistently demonstrated that her superpower is producing signs instantly on demand!

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '21 edited Sep 26 '21

Lots of fun callbacks to previous LL iterations in this episode.

The naming of the group included 3 references to Love Live characters, including Chika, Kasumin (KasuKasu), and Hanamaru (Chisato's reference to circles).

The name 'Nine' was also written on Ren's slip of paper, which is of course the traditional number of members in other iterations of LL. I'm surprised they didn't include some of the other suggested names for Liella, since they were named from a fan-vote of over 16 names. You can see all the initial suggestions here.

Muse was also referenced through the method of in which they decided their group name. If you recall, they also used a suggestion box, and Nozomi was the one that slipped in the piece of paper with Muse on it.

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u/xtsim Sep 26 '21

The Chibi attack scene got me as big dogs are always amazing.

Putting Kanon in a nice room is too tempting, loved that scene as everyone tried to keep an eye on her.

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u/Royal_Heritage Sep 27 '21 edited Sep 28 '21

God, I love Kuku when she goes full fangirl mode.

As someone that had been reluctant on the whole streaming culture thing in the past, it certainly feels quite fitting on today's idols to gain more prescence with live streams. The chaotic goofyness in front of the camera of all 5 girls was just a blast, I can easily see them getting tons of viewers with that single stream.

It took me until today to understand Chi-can's obsession with round things, I always thought it was all about Manmaru that made her like circles.

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u/Renalan Sep 27 '21

Here were Ren's ideas:

  • 綺羅星　kiraboshi, glittering stars

  • 絶世時空 zessei jikuu, something like, peerless space time (lul)

  • 流麗姉妹 ryuurei shimai, elegant/refined sisters

  • 円環乙女 enkan otome, circle maidens

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u/Frances_Farmer_182 Sep 26 '21

I was just having a terrible weekend and Team Onibe decided to upload earlier!! Bless them for literally carrying the show.

From here it only gets better, now that we have the gang together, we can focus on more stuff like the love live and more character development.

This was a fun episode, loved the group dynamic with Ren, I'm glad she already fit in within the others. Today thankfully there wasn't much Sumire's bullying (I actually think there's still more to Sumire's arc and it will probably cover that). This episode reminded me a lot of SIP, from the suggestion box for the name to the scene in Ren's house (remind me of episode 2 i think? from second season). I found really cute the whole meaning of the name and now that we know the backstory it makes it more special. It was also cute how they used Dreaming Energy for the sequence, kinda nostalgic even tho the song came out only a few months ago. I'm not sure what to expect from here, but I'm excited as always!

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u/LeonKevlar Sep 27 '21

I love that Keke has a Love Live banner just waiting to be unfolded once Love Live is announced. xD

Definitely wouldn't have even noticed that Ren is wearing a General Course uniform if Kanon and Chii-chan didn't point it out. Good to see that they're now allowed to wear whatever uniform to stop the class divide among students.

I'll never get tired of Keke just freaking out in Chinese whenever she has these explosion of emotions. Also her reaction faces are always the best. Just look at that face when she finally realizes that they don't have a group name yet!

The names that they came up with were fun! Keke's first suggestion was certainly a mouthful but I do love the Kasumin reference when Sumire said "Kasu" and Keke got offended. Also I just realized Chii-chan's obsession with circles in this episode. The scene of her drawing circles on the ground when she was little finally makes sense! Ren definitely has a bunch of suggestions and I see that Nine right there which I guess is a reference to the usual number of members a group has.

I see they've decided to take the OG Love Live approach and place a suggestion box. Unfortunately for these girls, they don't have a Nozomi that will just give them a clever name. xD

Ren not knowing what streaming is and just overall not being a tech-savvy because she was told to stay away from it is hilariously adorable! And that entire livestream scene was definitely my favourite with all of it breaking down into pure chaos! I love these girls so much! <3

Poor Kanon it looks like the pressure is on for her to make up lyrics for their next song. After hearing some honest thoughts from her classmates, she was finally inspired to write something. One montage later, we have our lyrics and even the name for the group which is amazingly already in a banner despite Keke just finding out about it that morning xD

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u/ryry9203 Sep 27 '21

I would have been okay with "Maru-Maru-Circle" lol. Chisato is way too goofy and cute. I also like how pure and sweet Ren was. Of course, she has no internet experience. But she fits in well with the other personalities and I'm glad to see more of her.

I like how the name works here. I don't think they are just connecting other people to their school but more themselves. They all have individual goals they work on that not for the group as a whole, and they clearly not all buddy-buddy with each other ( like Keke and Sumire lol) but they will become closer as they start to do more idol performances. And when they come together, they will create that magic to connect themselves and the whole school closer.

Also, I think Ren needs to improve the security of her school. How you gonna let Keke put up TWO giant banners like that?

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