Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-24187738-20180225155956/@comment-34832311-20180226205029

Hi i'm Izzy, my best girl is Ruby Kurosawa

Twitter - @Kusthegreat

'''I was originally a Muse fan and joined the LLSIF throngs in 2015, however Muse came and went and after a failed attempt of trying to see the final Live my hopes were dashed. I followed Aqours and immediately was drawn to Ruby, with her red hair, shy personality and the same name as a special needs child I had been assigned to the next week. She was my best girl. She overcame her nervousness and got on stage to perform with her friends. I suffer from extreme anxiety issues, self confidence issues and depression, so I saw alot of my traits in Ruby. However she got past them, so I could. She was scared of dogs and men!! she was a seamstress just like me. She was definitely my best girl '''

I decided to cosplay as her with my best friend as Yohane to japan expo in France, I had severe anxiety but I made it over there. We managed to make friends with lots of people who recognised our cosplays but we didnt speak the same language, so we communicated in callbacks, like GO GO AQOURS. I went to mor'e and more events as I loved talking about my girls and my best girl, I started getting out of the house more!!'''

''' Then in October I got the chance of a lifetime, my friend wanted to take me to Japan and to Numazu! But that ment going on a plane, I was terrified, this was the biggest thing I had done in my life, i'd never been that far away from home or away from my family for that long. I did it though, I got on a plane and took my Ruby plush with me. I needed to go and see where my girls that ment so much to me had come from. I needed to be brave like Ruby.  I visited the beautiful seaside town that Aqours came from, I looked out over the same sea as them. We got to speak to lots of people who live there who love what aqours have brought, the people, the tourism and the same love and optimism for their hometown as they have. I'm so glad that I got over my anxiety issues and was able to do this as now I see Aqours and their successes in lovelive but their failure to save the school as a reflection of where they come from, you have to be strong in the face of adversity and take the good with the bad. Everything is an opportunity.''' Ruby helped me to overcome alot of negative aspects of myself and helped me to practically change my life, I travelled the world because of what she taught me, I got on a plane, which was something I thought I could never do.

'''Thankyou Ruby for helping me to learn to believe in myself and thankyou anyone who is reading this, for reading my story and scratching the surface of what these girls mean to me. 1,500 words isn't enough to document the impact they have had for the positive in me. I only hope they continue to grow and florish and I can follow them in their sunshine path. My number 1 goal is to go to a Live before they split, to see the girls that mean so much to me in person and to sing along with people who love them as much as I do'''

   Me and my best friend on Chika's beach, Awashima island is in the background

Some more pictures