Board 8 > Love Live! Stats & Discussion Topic 11: ZERO to ONE, Steppin' my heart!

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Aqours First Live hype on February 25th and 26th.

What is Love Live!?
In a nutshell, Love Live! is a multimedia franchise revolving around fictional school idol girls that are portrayed by voice actresses acting as a real idol group. It has spawned novels, manga, games, and even its own popular anime series, which can be watched legally through:

Original anime-
Crunchyroll: http://www.crunchyroll.com/love-live-school-idol-project

Sunshine-
Daisuki: http://www.daisuki.net/us/en/anime/detail.LoveLiveSunshine.html
Funimation: http://www.funimation.com/shows/love-live-sunshine/home
Crunchyroll (UK and Ireland only): http://www.crunchyroll.com/love-live-sunshine

The vast majority of the discussion in this topic is about the mobile game, Love Live! School Idol Festival, which is available for both iOS and Android.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/school-idol-festival/id834030294?mt=8
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=klb.android.lovelive_en&hl=en

What is Love Live! Sunshine!!?
Rather than thinking of it as a spin-off, it's best to think of it as the next installment to the Love Live! franchise with a whole new set of idols. In a way, it's a reboot to the roots of franchise, involving fan voting to shape the group.

The official English site for Love Live! Sunshine!!:
http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/

PV for their first song, Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru kai, can be watched here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NmHsDXeFc

Useful resource links:
http://schoolido.lu/
http://card.llsif.moe/
https://sif.kirara.ca/
http://kachagain.com/llsif/
http://decaf.kouhi.me/lovelive/index.php?title=Main_Page

Trackers and Predictions:
https://twitter.com/sifen_trackbot
https://twitter.com/sif_predictions
http://llsif.net/

Dr voltchball - best in the world.
More dominant than Conte's Juventus, that is DpOblivion's guru bracket.

They're mainly there so I can keep track of them. I think they're good to have on hand.
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Tag
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If I don't get Devil Nico I'll try her box. Also Kotori for another shot at Dancer
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Results are in for the Worldwide Image Girl.

Chika Takami- Taiwan
Riko Sakurauchi- Germany
Kanan Matsuura- Australia
Dia Kurosawa- Singapore
You Watanabe- China
Yoshiko Tsushima- UK
Hanamaru Kunikida- Thailand
Mari Ohara- USA
Ruby Kurosawa- Korea

Not surprised at Mari and Kanan winning their respective countries.

To go with this, each girl said something in the language of the country they won in.

https://streamable.com/fv20a
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JP is getting Step-Up Scouting for the Birthdays.

https://twitter.com/LLUpdates/status/820182831410331648

Basically it goes.

1st Step - 30 Love Gems for 11-pull with guaranteed SR
2nd Step - 40 Love Gems for 11-pull with guaranteed SR
3rd Step - 50 Love Gems for 11-pull with guaranteed SSR

It can only be done a max 3 times.

There's still the normal scouting for the birthday solo boxes as well.

Still wish it also came with boosted rates as step-up summons normally do, but 120 Love Gems for 3 11-pulls isn't too bad. I do think the first step of 30 Love Gems is too good to pass up on if you already have a lot of love gems hoarded.

No idea if this will come to Global because of the leaked image of up to 5 times scouting does make it sound like it'll do things differently.
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That would be great if it did.
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I prefer doki doki sunshine over all the season 1 singles
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I really like the different versions of Yume Kataru Yori from the anime, Lantis should release each solo versions of this song.

Saitei de Saikou no Paradiso and G Senjou no Cinderella are now available to play on JP version.

I just realized that both my EN and JP account are now at the same rank 241 o_O
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I want a You hat

http://68.media.tumblr.com/a7137e335b70d23294f9154257ef7cd1/tumblr_inline_ojpx6e1Imj1tr079w_500.png
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I hope they start selling those.
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They are selling them

https://twitter.com/LoveLive_staff/status/819741739430748165
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Next UR on JP is Ruby like expected.




So the solo boxes for Hanayo's Birthday are up now.

There's the normal solo scouting box that you can get unlimited times.



That's ideal for people merely wanting a specific character UR.

Then the step-up scouting.



Since I think 30 Love Gems is still good for an 11-pull and I didn't have a Hanayo UR on my JP account, I went ahead and pulled on the first step.



So glad I did!
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Hanayo Solo Scouting boxes on Global now.

Yeah, I figured Step-Up Scouting wouldn't be there since Hanayo only has 1 SSR right now.
I still don't know why it's limited to 5 times only when it's unlimited on JP.

Hopefully they'll be here at a later time, especially by the time it's Eli's birthday.

Another thing I should mention is that past Promo URs will appear in the sticker shop.

https://twitter.com/LLUpdates/status/820183949011984384

They're 100 R stickers each.

Don't know when those will arrive to Global, but I already have them all due to playing from the start.

Looks like voltch will have to save 100 stickers for the Kotori one.
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Happy Birthday, Hanayo!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljZz-Tg65PY

Login for 5 Love Gems.
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Trying for tier 2 on this event

Happy birthday Hanayo

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPXc-6FDIK6/
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24k~ tier 2 cutoff ugh. Not even at 11k and dunno if I will make it. I can idolize her later for 20 stickers right?

That's actually not a very high cutoff. If you've been playing efficiently that should only take a couple of Love Gems.
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I will be at 11k tonight playing as much as I could without spending a gem so far.

BK_Sheikah00 posted...

Happy birthday Hanayo

https://www.instagram.com/p/BPXc-6FDIK6/

Oh my goodness Yuriko is so cute.
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Arti, you're slipping. You didn't post these High Quality Rips for Hanayo's Birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3tGHVtOLi0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feRIk2uu6Zk


Anyways there's a new update on JP. They added a song filter, so now you can see what songs you haven't S-Score/Combo/Clear yet and/or only get a song a specific attribute, among other things.
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I haven't been following the channel since I've been working

also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZeTXRniFA
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Chika's mom get
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So here's something unexpected. We're getting a Promo Nico UR for Chinese New Year

https://twitter.com/schoolidolu/status/822403555491356676

Since we didn't anything for this last year this is likely the result of the Korean merge.

The thing about this Nico is that it was originally a freebie from an illustration book in Japan, so we're getting a Promo card that came with a merchandise rather than being part of the usual login campaign.

At least it's not that junky looking Nico one that Japan got a few months ago.

Next event is set to be Nico MedFes.

https://twitter.com/schoolidolu/status/822408785339695104

Dammit, it just had to start when I'll be at PAX South....well, it's an 11-day event so I'll have plenty of time to move up.
It's the JP event that's gonna hurt me....

Awww, the Aqours 3rd years recreated this scene.

https://youtu.be/wlotRp1D8lE?t=4m49s
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I was hoping they'd recreate the kabedon
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Oh wait, they did recreate the kabedon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k563mzfZX1M&t=9m37s

They also subbed the Second Years in Numazu. Shuuka hugging Uchicchi was adorable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LWswfCkZSw
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Guess I haven't posted about it here yet.

Preview of the BD6 song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oerM0IoVsQ4

I really like it. This and Daydream Warrior have been really good out of the Sunshine BD songs.

So it looks like we have a 2 hour and 15 minute maintenance tonight. I wonder what it's for.
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WhiteLens posted...

Guess I haven't posted about it here yet.

Preview of the BD6 song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oerM0IoVsQ4

I really like it. This and Daydream Warrior have been really good out of the Sunshine BD songs.

So it looks like we have a 2 hour and 15 minute maintenance tonight. I wonder what it's for.

Oh wow. YoshiRiko the Power couple. They sound so good.
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http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-01-23/love-live-voice-actress-aya-uchida-recovers-after-vocal-cord-surgery/.111379

Didn't realize that Ucchi had vocal problems and had to undergo surgery. Seems like it started happening at the Final Live.

Looks like she's recovering at least.
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Login for Lunar New Year login bonus.

There's also going to be a special pack that includes an SSR+ ticket.
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Will get the packs for Devil Nico.

Also Emitsun Fight Club getting subbed and it's hilarious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ8ZXKvHE2I

That was way more fun than any niconama with Aqours honestly.
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Short hair Umi. Suddenly favorite girl of @swordz9


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And the cover art of the new single is out.



Yoshiko and Hanamaru forming the center triangle for coming close in the polls
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Casual Aqours looking good



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Got 2 new URs from those Lucky Packet SSR+ tickets.





I did go after that Dia UR and have always wanted an Umi UR, so yay.

Feels good already having 4/9 URs for Aqours Members.

Still missing Rin, Maki.....and Eli out of µ's. At least I have all the 2nd years now.
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I keep missing with my right thumb somehow. Going to have to regress to 1x Expert ugh

Wave scale figures of You and Yoshiko in their Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiterukai costume have been announced.

http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/news.php#3164
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School Idol Packs are available like usual....I'll pass. The lucky packet bundles were good enough.
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Pulled for Devil Nico. Didn't get.

Got UR Dancer Rin
2 SSR Maki
SSR Eli
And 5 Devil Maki
And 4 Devil Hanayo
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Happy Birthday, Kussun!

https://twitter.com/kusudaaina/status/826831266142040064

And a reminder if you haven't cleared it yet, you have until tomorrow before reset to get the clears for Oh, Love & Peace! on the B-side. Worth at least doing on Expert for the love gem or two if you can FC it.

Glad I checked, because I was still missing a hard clear.
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I did 4x 11-pulls on JP Yoshiko banner and got 3 URs. Didn't get her but I'm not complaining since I got so much URs (You, Rin, and Chika). The Chika UR came from regular scouting ticket, never thought it'd happen to me.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/234091322498088961/276001871699640320/Screenshot_20170131-212218.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/234091322498088961/276002252601294848/Screenshot_20170131-212606.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/234091322498088961/276002343449919488/Screenshot_20170131-214259.png
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Mari's Birthday Set has been announced.

https://twitter.com/ll_wikia/status/827352813143420928

Though I have to say, these have been underwhelming so far. You's has been the only good one so far because of her hat.
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Results of 3rd N girls voting contest:

http://lovelive.bushimo.jp/?p=7168

1. Emma
2. Shizuku
3. Kanata
4. Himeno
5. Koyuki
6. Kasane
7. Ranpha
8. Coco
9. Jennifer

Meh, my favorite purple twintailed girl is out from the top 3.
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This topic is even deader now that FE Heroes is out. I don't know if I can keep this bumped myself like what I've done with IM@S since I'm not really following Love Live news.

Anyway, JP Medley Festival has started with Hanamaru point reward and Kanan ranking reward.


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Discord really did a number on the topics yeah.

It's not like us regulars have stopped playing though.
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I'm usually keeping track of making sure it stays bumped if needed too.

Side note - I'm going to Japan in May, has anyone done a LL pilgrimage to see all of the anime locations and know of all the LL spots to play SIF in the arcades (I think this is a thing)? If so, if you could share that would awesome.
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Huh. I didn't think SIF Arcade would be all over the country.

http://www.lovelive-sifac.jp/location.php

https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveLive/comments/5n6dem/love_liverelated_recommendations_when_visiting/

Also Happy Birthday Arisa Komiya

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3okOGyUYAAqyI-.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C38lapXVYAA_K1T.jpg
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No telling if Global will get this but there's a special limited scouting on JP where the first 10+1 pull gives a guaranteed SR or UR of the Valentine's V1 set.

https://twitter.com/schoolidolu/status/828620624381636608

Though I have to say, aside from the NicoMaki UR pair, I don't really care for this set. I much prefer the V2 set. Plus I'm saving up for Kanan's next UR on JP.

Oh and a reminder for the weekly B-side song on Aqours and there were a bunch of new songs were added to the B-side to go with the Aqours First Live.
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