Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-24187738-20151214152123/@comment-25689453-20151220133548

I know I've probably told this to a lot of people in here a lot of times already, but I'm going to write this story again here. While I don't really intend to win any of the prizes, I figured this would be the perfect stage for me to let out all these feelings. This is my story with Love Live!.

My story started around March of last year, or was it February? I forgot. Around that time, I am coping with the heartbreaking fact that my childhood friend was gone. Like Forever. He got into a traffic accident, and did not survive. The fact that I’ve just spent a good night playing with him the night before the accident, was just so beyond my ability to not cry. It was such a sad moment in my life, that I, being an upholder of the Christian law, have thought of killing myself, though I ultimately refrained of course.

Months passed quickly, and I felt nothing but emptiness in my life as he was not there to fill it anymore. One might thought that I'm overreacting, and I don't blame you if you're thinking that, but being quite the Drama King I am, it's hard to not overreact lol Jokes aside, at around late July, I have just returned from my study tour to Singapore and Malaysia, when I found my sister playing this game called 'Love Live! School Idol Festival'. Despite my still depressed state, being an avid fan of musics, it quickly took my interest.

In just two days of 'demo-playing' it on my sister's EN account, I decided to create my own on JP. On the character selection screen, I closed my eyes and chanted, "Thou who answered my call from the void and pulled me out of this darkness, I shalt be loyal to thee for the eternity to come." I saw a blue-colored, long-haired girl, and was like, "Oh cool, I'll pick her". And that was how everything began.

Facing the many hardships in not just the game, but also my life, I braved through it all with Love Live! by my side. For me, their songs hold emotions indecipherable by human languages, and they gave me both strength and courage to get back up again. The game, albeit simple and not grand, taught me to be happy and grateful with what I have now, rather than being butthurt about it. The characters and story, slapped me in the face, telling me that life is not something so insignificant that you can throw it away with a stab or a fall. Love Live! as a whole taught me that dreams are something worth giving your best effort at, no matter how insignificant it is, or how high it feels to you now. That all is possible if you put all of your feelings to make it a reality. Thanks to them, I'm now chasing my dreams in a major I'm fully interested in~

I took every single drop of u's essence into my life and they filled it with colours that were never there before. They helped me do things I couldn’t have done before. They helped me overcame my sadness of losing my best friend, and encouraged me to express my feelings for a woman I liked (Although, I did fail to get her lol). Ever since that fated day, u's was in every paragraph of my life's story, and I'm pretty sure they'll still be for the rest of my life.

Love Live! has changed me in a lot of ways. For example, I used to be so paranoid of myself, but now I've learnt that it's okay to be yourself. They were so 'present' in my life, that it almost felt like a common thing. That's why when I heard of u's disbanding next April, I almost felt like I'm going back to that dark void of my heart again. But now I know I won't. How should I say this? 'I'm too bathed in light now, to be able to return to that dark area.' XD <- This, serves as a reminder to all of you reading this and are unable to cope with the fact that u's is leaving ;)

All in all, I wanted to thank you u's and Love Live! as a whole for making me what I am now. It was fun while it lasted. Even if you leave me now, I will still be okay, thanks to all the memories and lessons you've carved in my life. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you Love Live!~ Looking forward to Aqours OuO

And this is not the whole story tbh :P Too long, and people wouldn’t be reading lol. If you’re interested, there’s always PM ;)