Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-24187738-20180225155956/@comment-34848083-20180228084556

Best Girl: the one and only student council president Kurosawa Dia

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So let me start this essay by saying that, before I really have no interest whatsoever on asian music. I know I'm Asian and all but the only music I ever listen to are western ones.

I however do watch kdrama and animes but you know I was not at all interested in listening to songs I couldn't understand the language. Unlike my sister who is very much into Kpop idols, I just stick into listening western/english songs.

I wasn't even close to 1 year on being a fan of Love Live since I just discovered Love Live October last year. It started with me just wanting to watch some anime to pass time but I however do know that Love Live songs were catchy. Love Live School Idol Project was the first Love Live anime I have watched but it didn't get me into idol hell. It was Love Live Sunshine that got me deep into this idol hell. Probably because Aqours is still active and I could keep track with them and support them.

I remember watching Love Live and thinking wow their songs are good huh. And then upon searching Love Live or more specifically Aqours on youtube, I stumbled upon a subbed video of their Christmas mini live, and boy did it made me hook into them. Even if I couldn't understand their language, it was their feelings while performing that captured my heart. I was in awe watching the seiyuus dance and sing in tandem with the animated video and I was really now hooked to them. And so that was when I realized on why my sister and other people are really invested in kpop/jpop idols, because even though there is a language barrier, it was the feelings and hardwork put into the performance that captures a fan's heart. And it was this mini live that my heart was captured by Dia's seiyuu Arisa. Dia is already my favorite since we have almost the same personality. But seeing her seiyuu, it was truly love at first sight. Seeing Arisa sing and dance in the christmas and aozora outfit got me into her. And Aqours in general were sparkling to me at that time.

And so deeper I went into researching Aqours, there I found out about the niconamas, uraraji, magazines, concerts, sif game etc. I was really surprised that this anime have so many things like that. And in tandem with my researching, that was when I started to get to know other Japanese idols and artists.

My music on my phone before Aqours only have English songs but now it have all songs of Aqours and Muse, it also have songs of Garnidelia, Lisa, and other songs that were used in anime as the op and ed songs.

If someone is going to tell the me 1 yr ago that I would be this invested for a Japanese idol group, I probably wouldn't believe them. For me it was Aqours and Love Live that have opened my heart and mind to songs other than english ones. I am now listening to jpop songs that the old me would probably not listen and it was all thanks to Aqours :)

Thank you Aqours for opening my mind and heart to listen to jpop songs. And thank you for always shining, their shine helps light up my life. And thank you to Dia and Arisa for getting me hooked into this series. Here's to 3 yrs of Aqours shining, may you guys forever light up your fans' lives.