Like, I knew it was coming, I was warned and plus the scene was definitely setting up for a slap, probably specifically from Umi

but like.

the shit she said

that's friendship ending shit

I mean, I was gonna be like oh shoot what if i dont think this is that bad cos the slap didn't bother me that much until they really obviously focused on how hard it was

but man

wow

i deserved this &cet

the gaslighting is so fucking awful

it's like

the way she manipulates honoka into not noticing they were KEEPING SOMETHING FROM HER SPECIFICALLY is her own fault when she's working so hard

YES

RIGHT

+ manipulates honoka into getting kotori to stay home

such... bullshit

basically Umi is the worst in this situation, right? Because she had all this time to deal with Kotori leaving, but she wants Honoka to get over it IMMEDIATELY

yes

ugh

also she

I haven't gotten to that part yet

told kotori not to tell honoka, like

what the fuck

She DID?!

Man, clearly neither of them were paying any attention to Honoka or her feelings

yeah basically lmao

Which is understandable when it comes to Kotori cos she was dealing with this huge lifechanging decision

in the scene where it all comes out I was crying my eyes out cos I thought about my own best friend and how it would feel to be on EITHER end of that issue

but Umi could have done something about it and didn't

honoka: (spends all season hoping everything is going to work out for the best) (gets down once after being emotionally abused by childhood friend) (is treated like the devil) ok love live

right

like

fuck you umi

yeah what the fuckin hell is that

I totally think it would be fair for Honoka never to talk to Umi again

she's so awful to honoka all the time even before this stuff

but this is the cherry on the sundae

I mean this writing definitely has problems with how horribly the characters act towards one another

I had a hard time getting over Eli's characterization at the start

eli is the best worst villain

like do you not know how emotional it is to be a ten girl

*teen girl

she is one, so

oh no lol

I was talking to the writers

lmao oh

yeah no they don't

I totally understand Eli acting the way she did

gestures at moeshit

I just am not buying that they wanted to be bffs with her after

That said, I just don't have that experience of hating someone and then realizing I had no good reason to

and being their friend

or like getting thru those layers

and going oh ur really cool

but EITHER WAY

it came across like Umi was telling Kotori TO tell Honoka

but not until after the concert

the after the concert part is the problem

having been a teen girl I think Honoka was probably avoiding confronting the idea of Kotori being upset because she didn't want to have to admit it

befroe the concert

It definitely would have been to everyone's benefit to tell her

umi supports the idea that kotori should just wait for honoka to press her for answers and it's buuuuuuullshit

she might not have even karoushi'd

god

that is just

it really is gaslighting bs

they've known each other for HOW long and they expect Honoka to be observant?

yep

even if honoka were observant

it's not fair to do that to her lmao

like no, you have been on this merry go round. You took the first ride.

Yeah absolutely.

i hate umi

Especially since Kotori WAS hiding it from her

so much

yeah

kotori i want to shake

how dare you not magically psychically read my mind

but umi i hate

I dont think Kotori is to blame, no

ugh

just rolls around

thank god my first years are still perfect

yes

and my fortunetelling titty angel

and honoeli is pure and beautiful

problematic fave

and nozonico is so funny and cute

they balance each other out

boobswise

Honoeli is a good ship imo

yes

Eli teaches Honoka to ballet tho

oh man they go to russia together

honoeli was perfect from the moment they stared at each other after the first performance tbh....!

cute

i just got that card idolized the one where she wants to take u to russia

ahahaha

IVE HAD IT ON MY US ACCOUNT FOR LIKE FOREVER W/O GETTING ANOTHER

so I had to do it on my JP account

also it is amazing how much gayer it is in japanese

cos in english when the normal girls talk there's no indication of your gender and things can sometimes get kind of crushy sounding

yeeeee

but in jp it's real obvious you're a girl

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

im here for all of it

oh man the one that just came out where that girl with the kind of mullet hairdo

standing at the school gates waiting for you

yes

and shes like oh gosh can i ask her to walk me to club

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

im like lets walk to the malt shop and share one milkshake together

i just want to hold you in my arms and protect you forever

that card idolized is super pretty too

tbh I've liked her since her first card

I KNOW

yeah, she's cute even tho her hair is unfortunate

It's not fair how cute these Ns can get and u cant even use them on a team

lmao her hair is awful but she likes the STARS how can u go wrong

make an n team!!!

just to like... have

im using all my team slots for super specific purposes

in Eng I have a smile and cool trick team and the other two slots are for bond teams

you have 7 slots

and in JP I have a whole entire set of bond teams and one team I keep around specifically so Hanayo can always be my leader

just give yourself a home for pretty normals

ahahaha relatable

yeah i do, 3 highest possible score teams for every color, 2 bond teams, and 2 trick teams

and on JP I have 3 score, 3 bond, and 1 HANAYO IS MY CHILD

I'm really tempted to switch to the hanayo who

wearing a gigantic ORANGE COSTUME

do it

best rare of all time

WHY? FOR WHAT POSSIBLE REASON? I MUST LOOK AT IT FOREVER

best card of all time

I am severely tempted to just

not idolize it until I get a third so I can always have Hanayorange

mikayochin

do it

that is deffo the plan

its a shame R cards dont have special lines cos I really wish that one did

im trying to reconcile the fact that im a bitter cynic who has depression issues with the also fact that every time I watch an ep of love live i cry

and im sitting there like oh my god stop, あまい！あまいよ！大人でしょう！

maybe im breaking my chrysalis of cynicism and im about to burst into a butterfly of pure dumb idiot hope

either that or simultaneously reading english translated text and hearing spoken japanese of the same cheesy ass bullshit is like the manchurian candidate code of my brain

and instead of waking up covered in blood, I just wake up really needing to hydrate

late to this but...!

I forgot how much bullshitery there was in s1 until this, lol

lmk when you're done so I can link you the cast talking about the story and stuff

because their take on it is hilarious and makes the second-year stuff a lot more palatable honestly

Thanks I'll let you know

it doesn't excuse the bad writing, but to be fair I don't think the CVs had much input over the lines or thought of how the mess could be interpreted in the way you did

(when salty, blame Hanada)