Board 8 > Love Live! Stats & Discussion Topic 12: Happy 5.0 Season 2 Train to go!

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On the JP-side the April Fools joke was really adorable. It was being able to scout 's and Aqours as kids.







And you were able to buy any of the ones you missed from the sticker shop.



Each of them had like 2 or 3 lines of their own.
I think this is the first time Nico ever made an appearance as kid.
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That is so much better than what we got.
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Gotta wait a year. This pet one we got was JP's last year
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I rememver having the same thought last year, wasn't ours like pet sounds or something?
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Yes it was Alpaca noises. It was made worse in Japan, because it was literally happening during the time of the 's Final Live.

"Hey, the big finale performance that'll be such an emotional event is going on, how do we celebrate it?"
"Let's throw in some Alpaca sounds as a joke!"

Anyways, Limited URs are here. It takes 910 Love Gems to guarantee that you get both URs in the box. Gonna save hard for the Aqours 3rd Years one.
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Time for another ranking. First week sales of each album of the latest solo collection.

7,913 Love Live! Solo Live! collection Memorial BOX III by 's
3,169 Love Live! from 's Eli Ayase Memories with Eli by Eli Ayase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo)
2,323 Love Live! from 's Kotori Minami Memories with Kotori by Kotori Minami (CV: Aya Uchida)
2,303 Love Live! from 's Maki Nishikino Memories with Maki by Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile)
2,302 Love Live! from 's Umi sonoda Memories with Umi by Umi Sonoda (CV: Suzuko Mimori)
1,702 Love Live! from 's Hanayo Koizumi Memories with Hanayo by Hanayo Koizumi (CV: Yurika Kubo)
1,636 Love Live! from 's Rin Hoshizora Memories with Rin by Rin Hoshizora (CV: Riho Iida)
1,616 Love Live! from 's Niko Yazawa Memories with Nico by Niko Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui)
1,611 Love Live! from 's Honoka Kousaka Memories with Honoka by Honoka Kousaka (CV: Emi Nitta)
1,545 Love Live! from 's Nozomi Toujou Memories with Nozomi by Nozomi Toujou (CV: Aina Kusuda)

Surprised Kotori is #2
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Not really surprised to see Nozomi at last. Her singing voice isn't exactly her strong point.

I guess it wouldn't hurt to bring this up here.

If anyone is interested in playing another mobile rhythm game, BanG Dream! Girls Band Party has just released worldwide.

https://twitter.com/bangdreamgbp_EN/status/981380027106451456

I've been playing the game since near the JP release, and what really drew me in at first was all the covers that the game has. You can see them all here:

http://bandori.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Cover_Songs

Incidentally, they just released the Milky Holmes OP cover with Mimorin singing in it to celebrate the worldwide release.

What's nice is that the game is very casual-friendly. Event cards are not tied to tiering events, and you really only need to be moderately efficient just to get it.

Of course the first event is like in 5 hours because lol Bushiroad.

And even though there's energy in the game, you can still play if you're empty, which I guess is good for practicing. Though I never play without energy.

Theres also multiplayer at anytime, and if you lose all of your health during it, you still play as long as theres at least one person left whos still alive. You just take a big point gain reduction.

At the very least it's double the Bushimo!
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My friend made me get it. So I'll post friend code stuff when I can.

My initial thought is the animation and movement makes SIF look awful in comparison.
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Thats probably why All Stars is being made.

SIF is pretty old for a mobile game and is built on an old engine if I recall right.

So All Stars is to bring in more modern stuff.

SIF JP just got updated to 6.0, but I think the updates to SIF lately have been pretty minor. Mostly QoL stuff.

Anyways, its not you need to be familiar with BanG Dream prior to playing the game. 4 of the bands were made just for the game anyways, and theres already a new band about to be revealed.

Even I havent seen the anime yet, and I heard it wasnt very good anyways.

I got a 4* Rimi from my first multipull, which Im really happy about. Unless youre aiming for a specific girl, shes the best one to get out of the starting gacha.

I should say that Im really glad that the 4* rate is already at 3%. It was at 1.5% originally on JP, and it took me a really long time to get my first 4*.
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WhiteLens posted...

SIF JP just got updated to 6.0

Alright so basically they added this Performance Graph to songs, which displays your Perfect Count for a song.




They also added an option where you can disable skill activation completely, which I guess it's for players to see how well they can do with just the raw power of their teams.

Like I said, it was a really minor update, but I suppose they could just be preparing for 5th Anniversary and future content.
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Full MV of Happy Party Train has been officially uploaded.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwdeIDjXeM" data-time="
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Some words about the upcoming stream with Soramaru, Aikyan, and Tomori

https://twitter.com/lovelive_SIF/status/982634105396441088
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https://twitter.com/tokui_sorangley/status/982985914468130816

Other people: "Soramaru and Emitsun look so cute in these photos"

Me: "Is that an N64 I'm seeing? ....I can't tell what game is inside it"
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Is that Paper Mario?
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It looks like jp sm64
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Oh actually, its jp super smash bros
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Yeah, I think so too.

Kasumi, Shizuku, and Rina have their SRs added to JP





While this Shizuku SR is voiced, none of her N cards nor side-stories are voiced.
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Does it really only take 10 exp to level up SR skills or is that some JP difference?
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they're promo SRs so they take less

you can see by the one skill slot while normal SRs have four
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No luck on the new Kanan :(
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https://twitter.com/kachagain/status/984265985648660480

Looks like You is getting step-ups for her birthday. On JP anyways.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFAOPazMngg" data-time="

Reminder that the SIF 5th Anniversary Stream with Soramaru, Aikyan, and Tomori is happening in about 11 hours.

Which is 4am for me, so I'm not waking up for that.
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Summary of the 5th Anniversary Stuff:

https://twitter.com/LL_Wikia/status/985127439549349889

Basically:

- Free daily 10+1 pull each for both 's and Aqours for 5 days!

- Free Promo SSRs for Yoshiko, Nico, and Setsuna
https://twitter.com/lovelive_SIF/status/985126273482620928

- Special Illustrations for the Ns
https://lovelive-sif.bushimo.jp/5thproject/kiraten/

- Special Side-Stories for the 5th Anniversary

These might be it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB94LM30TeA" data-time="

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzVEuMm63vo" data-time="

Doubt we'll be getting this until next year, but we should still get something for our Global 4th Anniversary.

Now watch as I'll be that poor sap who doesn't even get a UR from those 10 free 10+1 pulls.
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Preview of the Mari and Kanan solos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EKACRpqOJc" data-time="

1st Day Free Pulls




Not exactly the best start to it.

And You Birthday step-up pull



I noticed that she only has step-ups. No regular solo box.
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Happy Birthday, You!

https://twitter.com/Saito_Shuka/status/985901329330585601

So no step-ups nor titles for Dia, Kanan, and Hanamaru this year. Azalea got completely robbed!

2nd Day Free Pulls:




Well, there's my UR from the free pulls!
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Well I'm sorta glad we didn't get You step-up with Maki step-up right after!

Do all of the available URs cycle through the shop? Need a Cool Maki to even out my Bibi team. Also can't believe I'm gonna sacrifice three URs for this. But I have 10 SSRs and 80 SRs seals to do some upgrading.
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They should. Cant remember what should be the best Cool Maki UR though.

Yesterdays pulls:




Maki Birthday:



Todays pulls:



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Pertty sure it's Maki's Animal V2.
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BK_Sheikah00 posted...

Pertty sure it's Maki's Animal V2.

Yep. I have that one.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/234091322498088961/432390129991286784/Screenshot_2018-04-08-00-02-47.png
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Cool, think that's my favorite too.
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5th and Final Day for the Free Pulls




That's it for those free pulls.

At least I got 1 UR out of them.
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I should say that new Saint Snow SRs got added on JP



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Looks like that Puchiguru game has came out in Japan.

https://twitter.com/llupdates/status/988601558504898560
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So I'm reading Aqours will be performing at Anime Expo this year despite having another live just days later.

Is this going to be impossible to go to due to the demand?
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Nah, I dont think the concerts at AX ever sell out.

As popular as Love Live seems, its not THAT popular in the west.

That said, its pretty damn concerning that its happening so close to one of their 3rd Live concerts.

This sums it up nicely:
https://twitter.com/ll_wikia/status/989136832255295489

They only have like a day or so of rest in between.

I mean, I don't doubt that they can manage it, but yeesh...
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Though I'm still not sure if I'll even go. It's more because I really didn't have any intention of going to AX this year, and I can't rule out having possible schedule conflicts if I end up working over the summer.

I also realized that I haven't mentioned that there are delayed viewings for the Hakodate Live.

http://www.lovelive-anime.jp/uranohoshi/worldwide/uc2.php

It's during finals week for me....yeah, that's not happening.
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Wow, really? I see this as my once in a lifetime opportunity to see them.

I've always tried to think what my $ limit would be if I had the chance to see 's live... and it was pretty damn high. Aqours would be right up there too, so I can see myself flying down for just a day or two to see them and do a day of AX.
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I did see them last year, so it's not like I've never seen them perform before. I'm still considering it because it's a solo concert. If I go, I'd probably still go to all 4 days of AX and odds are, I'd attend the other 2 concerts as well.

As an aside, I do like how Leah's VA tweet her call-and-response in English.

https://twitter.com/satohina1223/status/989325295164379136
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So as we're approaching the end of this topic, I've been considering making it the last one.

If it wasn't for Sunshine Season 2, I probably would have ended it with the previous topic with how slow it's been going.

Hate to spring this on you Menji, but a lot of the discussion is actually on the Board 8 Discord, where we have a private Love Live channel over there. Basically, all of the people who would post here are in that channel.

Of course, I could always replace this topic with something else and I can't stop anyone from making another topic.

I would just rather not have this topic be a Dillos-like topic where it's only around for the sake of having it around.
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guess it's time for me to move to discord!
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Well, here's the link to the Discord server if you ever want to join.

https://discord.me/board8

It's also always posted in the Fate/Grand Order topic.

The Love Live channel is private, as in most people don't even see it, but if you let me or arti know, either of us can let you in.
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I think I've been invited before? It shows up on my list and I can see the posts.
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Are you already in the Board 8 server?

I don't see your name in the Love Live channel permissions list. Do you go by a different username?
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I have no clue how to Discord.

But I'm under Menji and when I logged in it went straight to B8 and I can see all of the channels. What do I need to do to get added?
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I think arti should have let you in.

The Love Live channel is somewhere in the Games section of the channel list.
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Happy Birthday, Pile!

https://twitter.com/pile_eric/status/991331601631010816
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Last set of PDP girls have been given SRs on JP.




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Totally gonna save for the 's BokuHika 3rd Year Limited URs after the 3rd Year Aqours Limited UR Box.
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Emitsun, Mimorin, and Rippi to appear in the upcoming Thanksgiving event as special guests.

https://twitter.com/LL_Wikia/status/993326107205095425

Also, ticket sales for the AX concert go live this week.

https://twitter.com/AnimeExpo/status/993575332601937920

Still not sure if I'll go.
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That said, there is a group trying to arrange something for during the concert.

https://twitter.com/AX_AquaRainbow
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