Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-24187738-20170416093415/@comment-31754802-20170416145121

I’d be lying if I said Kanan Matsuura was my best girl from the beginning of the Love Live! Sunshine!! Project. At first, I thought she had a nice character design, a likeable personality and a cute seiyuu too, although Ruby had been my best girl at that time, because I thought she was cute. I thought that Kanan’s character was practically perfect  waifu material, and everything about her seemed to be so perfect, therefore I couldn’t quite connect to her at the beginning of LLSS.







As the sunshine project progressed, and eventually the anime had begun airing, I started to see a side of Kanan which wasn’t portrayed through any other mediums yet, and I started becoming more curious of her character. Kanan had seemed to be keeping something to herself and I couldn’t help but wonder what the reason was for her to not be expressing her true feelings to her friends. After the Kanamari arc (that’s what I like to refer to it as) Kanan had risen to best girl for me, as I could connect with Kanan’s decisions and feelings throughout the arc. A lot of people use her rash decision as a reason to hate Kanan, but to me, it shows that sometimes what we may think is right might not actually be the case, and Kanan made her decisions with her friends’ well-being as the number one priority, yet failed to see what Mari really needed. This, to me, shows that Kanan is more than just a fanservice-y character, and that she truly cares for her friends above all else.







Kanan’s deep sense of care is not only limited to Dia and Mari, but also to the rest of Aqours as well, and gives her character a motherly feel. I especially love the relationship shown between Chika and Kanan through the school idol diaries. Bland, snake, rude, boring, and ugly are all words I’ve seen associated with Kanan, but to me, her design is simplistic yet sweet, her personality is developed (I won’t deny that her development was quite rushed and I do hope she gets more screentime in S2), she cares for others, and lastly her seiyuu gives her a beautiful, strong voice, and these are the factors that have allowed Kanan to have her current place as my ‘Best Girl’. I could write more, but I feel what I've currently written is a bit much as it is.... lol.





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