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My best girl is the one and only, You Watanabe, the shining light in this world of darkness. My twitter: @Llsifhell

I’m pretty new to this community - I joined only about a year and a half ago - but the connections I’ve made with the girls, the seiyuus and the fandom as a whole have changed me and my outlook on life. I often find myself laughing now at the thought of how I’ve come so far with the help of the series.

Before I discovered love live in general I was living a pretty miserable life. It wasn’t miserable regarding the conditions of living, but my attitude in life and my mood was horrid. I was constantly upset and grumpy. It wasn’t the fact that I hated life, but rather the fact that I had nothing to love; I couldn’t find anything that would spark something inside me. At least that’s what I thought.

Fast forward a month or two and I’m on youtube watching random anime crap and out comes something that relates to Love Live Sunshine. To this day I don’t remember what it exactly was but I’m so glad I stumbled across it. That video lead to me watching the first season, the 1st PV and downloading songs. When I listened to their songs, despite knowing only a few words in Japanese, I felt connected to them. As if this is the calling I’ve been waiting for.

A few days later I discovered the seiyuus and I swear I’ve never smiled so much up to that moment. Their energy, the amount of fun they seem to be having. They made their already great characters even greater and soon I’ve fallen in love with not 9, but 18 amazing people.

Ever since then my outlook on life has changed. I’m no longer upset, I face every day with a smile and I do my best to spread that happiness to others. Every time I hear someone complaining about how life sucks, I tell them that you just need to find that one thing that you really love, and that’s what’ll get you places. With Love Live I now pursue the things I’m passionate about. I don’t let anyone bring me down and on the off chance where unfortunate things do happen, I take it head on and emerge from the other side with a smile. The experiences in life are too short to waste your time being upset; live each day to the fullest and you will shine.

My best girl truly developed a few months after I found the series. But from the very beginning, there was a certain blue-eyed girl that had caught my attention. When I first saw her I told myself “she’ll end up being best girl.” Lo and behold she did, but not for the reasons I initially thought. It was actually through the stories in LLSIF where You became best girl. Something about You’s “genkiness” and personality that really drew me to her. She’s similar to Chika, but there’s an aspect that I really don’t quite understand myself. That supportive and loyal role that she plays really appealed to me. That bright energetic yet down to earth feel from her is something that I’ve always wanted to have, so in a way, I did look up to her. As I continued to watch more of the seiyuus, especially Shukashuu, I fell in love with both her character, her seiyuu and with how absolutely adorable they both are. Now I can proudly say that Watanabe You is my best girl and waifu and she has pushed my change even more.

I’ve also grown to be quite the fanboy, shrieking every time a seiyuu posts a picture or a new song is released. I started to get into the choreography of the songs which is, I admit, so much more fun than I would’ve ever imagined. Every now and then I would break into song and dance in my room. In public, you have no idea how tempting it is to just start dancing.

The community aspect of Love Live has also impacted me in a way that I did not expect. I was okay being the only anime lover in my family and at school. But once I started to get onto social media and saw that there are hundreds, if not thousands of other people like me, I was so happy. There’s nothing like the feeling of connecting with someone through a common interest. That feeling of belonging when you see something that you relate with, whether it be a post, a comment or when you send a confession and multiple other people relate with what you’ve said, it’s a great feeling.

Who says they’re just pixels? They can truly transform your life into something great. Sometimes they’re the only thing you need to achieve true happiness.

(P.S...) Doumo arigatou datte itsuka itsuka ne mata aeru hazu dakara kitto sono hi wo matteru

P.S.S. Thank you guys for creating this opportunity, I’ve wanted to share this for such a long time, I poured my soul into this so I’m sorry for making it so long and going off topic sometimes. Zensoku Zenshin! Yousoro!