Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-24187738-20151214152123/@comment-27430058-20151221204050

Love Live!... I wouldn't say it has really changed my life. It's just that... you know.

Influenced it? Subtly changed my life's direction? Sent the balls of destiny careening into one another, resulting in all these fated encounters?.. If it wasn't for Love Live!, I know I might never have met all these people, let alone fraternize with their ilk.

Truly, no plan ever survives first contact with the enemy. And especially not with Chika-sa--- Chika-chan involved.

Music has always been an integral part of my life. I picked up Yamagoto lessons at the age of six, and due to my family's influence, have had the honour of performing for many renowned guests despite my average skills.

When Chika-chan first approached me with this insane and inane idea of becoming school idols, I had been nothing but dismissive. Pretending to be idols, with this trash they called music? What did they even know about appreciation of the arts?

But when I passed by one of their practice sessions, I saw it. Those bright sparkling smiles, the energy they exuded... the fact that they were slacking off instead of cleaning the pool.

And also the fact that they had Ruby with them.

Even till today, I'm still not sure why I joined them. On the surface, it is understood that Chika-chan both defeated me in a showdown (it was unfair from the start), as well as blackmailed me with Ruby as a hostage. But deep inside, I knew--- I knew that this was something I had always longed for, even before I knew what it was.

What does it mean, to be a school idol? I don't know. I still don't know.

But singing brings out a part of me that I didn't know existed. My heart, my entire soul reverberates with the songs that allow me to express my emotions in ways I hadn't thought possible.

As for the other members of Aqours--- Doing our best together, training hard, and even taking baths together at Chika-chan's family's hot springs... Perhaps it has gotten me to become slightly less judgemental. Though I still believe it should have been me who was the leader of this team♡

So thank you Love Live!, for both letting me discover this part of myself as well as meet all these wonderful people. No matter whether we win or lose, this has already been a... unique and worthwhile experience. It is my hopes that the future would only bring more of such to come.

PS: Ruby, if I find that you have been wasting your time on these idol sites instead of doing your homework again, you're in for another lecture.