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gildedstageI started drafting this post last week, but I was too focused on Deltarune to finish it.
There’s now less than a week until the first seiyuu stream. It feels like that will be when the project’s activities start in earnest, so I am looking forward to seeing what’ll be announced and how things will change in the next few months.
Last Week
Within the span of a week, Shion went from making fun of Ikizuraibu for trying to save a failing online school to wanting to transfer there herself to teach them a lesson about school idols. Shion seems to be fixated on Ikizuraibu approaching the legendary number of 9 members. Considering that this week they’ve set up potential ways for the Fukui branch to meet the others (Miracle’s sweets are popular as far as Tokyo and MiraNori uploaded a karaoke cover together), it’s possible Shion might end up being the 10th member instead.
I don’t think that would be a problem for most people, but since Shion fixates on random things to distract herself from her bigger problems, I could see her reacting negatively to say the least. It also seems like Shion might also be doing solo activities? I wonder if she’ll compose music for the other branches.
It was surprisingly confusing. From what I understand, on May 28th Aurora mentioned wanting to hunt down Yukuri the next day. Then on the 2nd, Midori and Aurora met Yukuri and were accepted into Ikizuraibu without much fanfare. The other Ikizuraibu girls (Akira, Hanabi, and Mai) only mentioned them joining offhand. I hope next week we’ll be able to see more of their dynamic in Ikizuraibu as a whole before the other girls join.
This Week
I saw a post wondering when Noriko and Miracle are going to do something that’s actually relevant to the plot and it still makes me laugh whenever I think about them. They have posted more than some of the girls that are already in the group and yet it’s mostly things like Miracle offering to keep Noriko’s belly warm with her hands or wanting to stuff Noriko’s face with sweets. They live on their own yuribait island. They’re also in my top 5.
Yet, I do think how they joined was also underwhelming and slightly confusing. On the 5th, Noriko and Miracle tried to record her karaoke singing, but Noriko was so nervous that Miracle decided to sing with her. On the 9th, they uploaded the video where Noriko joined but they didn’t explain how that happened outside of a vague post from Miracle, let alone build up to it. It sound like from Hanabi’s post on the 10th that Polka scouted Noriko (from the karaoke?) and Noriko just accepted it. It’s funny how Miracle folded only 2 days after she rejected Noriko’s invitation to join.
I am hoping we’ll learn more about the branches outside of Tokyo and how they will function before the 17th. Maybe we’ll learn more once they aren’t constricted by the June 17th stream.
Since we’ve barely seen any interactions between Hanabi and other characters so far, I ended up drawing her with Akira and Yukuri for her birthday. I was surprised to see the group interactions with Polka and Mai. She even mentioned Noriko Chofu, even if only in a generic message.
I completely missed the significance of this yesterday but Hanabi turned 16, so that likely makes Ikizuraibu a real time project. In other words, that means graduations. Maybe the fact that only two out of ten characters are older than a first year should have been more suspicious. At the same time, that means 8 characters would graduate at once which seems unlikely. It would make more sense to replace a few members at a time so that the group can maintain their identity.
Assuming it’s true for a moment, I feel conflicted about it. I know about Hasunosora, but I am very used to Love Live groups remaining the same age from start to finish and all members retiring at the same time. I really want to take the chance with Ikizuraibu to follow a group from beginning to end as an active participant instead of passively consuming so it’s a bit sad to think that I might have to say goodbye to the characters or seiyuu so soon compared to the other main groups of LL.
However, I do think this could work well with Ikizuraibu’s concept. A central part of this project is the girls fulfilling their ambitions, such as Mai’s dream to become the president of an IT company. It would make sense for them to take what they learned from being an idol and go off into the world since this is not all they want. I wonder if we’ll get to see them post-graduation somehow. It’s too early to make any conclusions.
There’s now less than a week until the first seiyuu stream. It feels like that will be when the project’s activities start in earnest, so I am looking forward to seeing what’ll be announced and how things will change in the next few months.
Last Week
Shion’s Continued Ikizuraibu Crashout
Within the span of a week, Shion went from making fun of Ikizuraibu for trying to save a failing online school to wanting to transfer there herself to teach them a lesson about school idols. Shion seems to be fixated on Ikizuraibu approaching the legendary number of 9 members. Considering that this week they’ve set up potential ways for the Fukui branch to meet the others (Miracle’s sweets are popular as far as Tokyo and MiraNori uploaded a karaoke cover together), it’s possible Shion might end up being the 10th member instead.
I don’t think that would be a problem for most people, but since Shion fixates on random things to distract herself from her bigger problems, I could see her reacting negatively to say the least. It also seems like Shion might also be doing solo activities? I wonder if she’ll compose music for the other branches.
Aurora and Midori Join Ikizuraibu (alternatively, why is the timeline so unclear???)
It was surprisingly confusing. From what I understand, on May 28th Aurora mentioned wanting to hunt down Yukuri the next day. Then on the 2nd, Midori and Aurora met Yukuri and were accepted into Ikizuraibu without much fanfare. The other Ikizuraibu girls (Akira, Hanabi, and Mai) only mentioned them joining offhand. I hope next week we’ll be able to see more of their dynamic in Ikizuraibu as a whole before the other girls join.
This Week
Noriko and Miracle Join Ikizuraibu
I saw a post wondering when Noriko and Miracle are going to do something that’s actually relevant to the plot and it still makes me laugh whenever I think about them. They have posted more than some of the girls that are already in the group and yet it’s mostly things like Miracle offering to keep Noriko’s belly warm with her hands or wanting to stuff Noriko’s face with sweets. They live on their own yuribait island. They’re also in my top 5.
Yet, I do think how they joined was also underwhelming and slightly confusing. On the 5th, Noriko and Miracle tried to record her karaoke singing, but Noriko was so nervous that Miracle decided to sing with her. On the 9th, they uploaded the video where Noriko joined but they didn’t explain how that happened outside of a vague post from Miracle, let alone build up to it. It sound like from Hanabi’s post on the 10th that Polka scouted Noriko (from the karaoke?) and Noriko just accepted it. It’s funny how Miracle folded only 2 days after she rejected Noriko’s invitation to join.
I am hoping we’ll learn more about the branches outside of Tokyo and how they will function before the 17th. Maybe we’ll learn more once they aren’t constricted by the June 17th stream.
Hanabi’s Birthday
Since we’ve barely seen any interactions between Hanabi and other characters so far, I ended up drawing her with Akira and Yukuri for her birthday. I was surprised to see the group interactions with Polka and Mai. She even mentioned Noriko Chofu, even if only in a generic message.
Hanabi Turned 16
I completely missed the significance of this yesterday but Hanabi turned 16, so that likely makes Ikizuraibu a real time project. In other words, that means graduations. Maybe the fact that only two out of ten characters are older than a first year should have been more suspicious. At the same time, that means 8 characters would graduate at once which seems unlikely. It would make more sense to replace a few members at a time so that the group can maintain their identity.
Assuming it’s true for a moment, I feel conflicted about it. I know about Hasunosora, but I am very used to Love Live groups remaining the same age from start to finish and all members retiring at the same time. I really want to take the chance with Ikizuraibu to follow a group from beginning to end as an active participant instead of passively consuming so it’s a bit sad to think that I might have to say goodbye to the characters or seiyuu so soon compared to the other main groups of LL.
However, I do think this could work well with Ikizuraibu’s concept. A central part of this project is the girls fulfilling their ambitions, such as Mai’s dream to become the president of an IT company. It would make sense for them to take what they learned from being an idol and go off into the world since this is not all they want. I wonder if we’ll get to see them post-graduation somehow. It’s too early to make any conclusions.
