i hope for the best for liella. i expect liella to do really well, perform in big stadiums and reach new fans. they’re a different concept with less members and a use a more normal range like the others are doing. it’s a nice change and is a really good decision they’ve made so far. the obvious thing is that i’ll expect episode 11/12 to get a fanservice scene.

as for muse, aqours and nijigasaki, muse making a comeback again is really low but still somewhat possible. aqours could possibly disband in the next year 2-4 years and who knows what we have in store for nijigasaki.

thank you for always being there.

[Eng] 
To my dear nico,
 You who helped me keep smiling, I wanted to say to you, thank you, thank you for all the good that you sent me for 4 years ... You were there in my worst moments as in my best ...  You are totally a part of me now and I will always choose you.  When I cosplay myself in you, I become nico, I live nico ... I could never forget you, you come from the bottom of my heart.
 In 2018, you were nico nocatli, "nico nico tali".  I move towards a competition prize, but also a friendship defeat.
 In 2019, thanks to you, I met the one with whom I share my life today, but also the people who are my friends. There was also a show that we did together.  And these are memories that do not disappear ...
 Every year I would find something that is ours and grow with you.
 My idol, the one I love ...

Thank you so much. For introducing me to the Love Live franchise, to an entire world of cute shining girls and of moving songs that has brought me so much. I feel like I wouldn’t be myself if not for my encounter with Love Live. In August 2018, while in a shop in Japan, I came across your figures. Mari's smile was so large, it literally pierced my heart. I froze there, looking back at her. I ended up leaving the store with two versions of her. I truly felt that I wanted to become her fan, I bonded with her immediately. Going back home, I watched the show. I watched Sunshine season 1 in a day even though I’m not the type to do that. I loved it, but it grew so much on me since then, it has gone beyond the simple world of « love ». I truly feel like Love Live is a part of me. The girls are so bright and so diverse. They carry pain, doubt, and dreams. They tell me that I can do my best. When I doubt, when I’m scared, they’re always there smiling at me. When I feel alone, I can turn to them, I can read the bond stories in SIF or look at the SIFAS cards. Gathering merch from the girls is so much fun. And particularly Mari, my love for her is never-ending. She just makes me happy every day. I’m currently studying in a prestigious university and there is so much work my mental strength is drained every semester. Having Mari and my other best girls’ merch with me makes it easier. Listening to the songs from the franchise gives me strength. 

I have also got to know the seiyuus, they are such amazing women, I love supporting them in their solo activities as well, particularly Suwawa whose style I adore and whose songs fill me with the most pleasant sugary vibes. Whenever Aqours has a concert, I cry. Their performances move me to the core. Love Live makes me cry almost non stop. Sometimes it’s from happiness, sometimes it’s because they make me realize life is worth living, sometimes it’s because I feel the hardships they went through and it reminds me of my own. Either way, I am glad for all these tears. They make me understand my emotions better. I write novels, and all the warmth Aqours has given me is an inspiration. It’s nearly impossible to become a novelist, and yet when I see Chika try her best, when I see every Love Live girl shout that she wants to keep working towards her dream, I gain strength. I am also very happy to have found such a long series that shows girls over and over without needing a random male protagonist, and with such wholesome friendships & - as I feel it – lesbian relationships. It makes me feel so happy. Sometimes I cry because I relate to Aqours’ lyrics on friendship – Over the Next Rainbow was how I felt parting with my two best friends as high school ended. Now, as the first step of university is ending, Brightest Melody gives me strength & even more tears. 

Love Live, thank you for the bottom of my heart. To everyone who has contributed to this franchise, I don’t think you can ever realize how much happiness you have brought – and keep bringing – so many people around the world. 

Thank you for the fun over the anime, for the excitement of playing the game, for the singing and tears in lives, for the streams that made me get so much better at Japanese and motivate me to keep learning, for the constant support, for the laughs I have over the memes, for all the times the girls have allowed me to escape reality, and for all the times when they’ve made it easier to face. 

I love every girl, but today in may 2021, my best girl list is Mari, followed by Emma, Shizuku, Chika, Ayumu, Riko, Rin, Kasumi, Nico and Ai. I’m very much looking forward to Liella as well, Keke is my beloved and I’m really excited for Chisato’s moves & takoyakis. 

– Lucie, the huge Mari & Aqours fan from France.

PS : Now, I would like to add a little note for Emma only. 

Emma, Emma, Emma. You said you want to become an idol who makes me people warm and fuzzy inside. This is exactly how you make me feel, which is why I always cry when you say that. The past semester was very rough for me. I had so much school work, it was already covid and I had to isolate even more because of all the work I had to do. At some point I would cry every day because my mental health couldn’t take it. That one evening, I started listening to your songs, with lyric videos. Every word pierced right through my heart and I cried even more, but this time because I felt so understood. « Times where you feel like you’ll hate yourself », « listen to your heart »… Your songs have brought me so much. Through your beautiful voice, I could feel your arms hug me when I was alone and needed it most. So thank you. 

Also, I am too living in a foreign country, so sometimes I feel like I’m not too sure where my place is. The beautiful nostalgia you evoke really speaks to me. I also love your interest for Japanese culture, as I’m too a foreigner who is a Japanese school idol fan. And finally, I love grass fields and nature more than anything. Listening to your solos while lying on the grass is one of my favorite things to do. (Oh, and I do love to eat as well!). 

Emma, I will forever be grateful. The memories I have of my love for you will never disappear, they are so important to me. It is May 2021, but I am quite positive that by May 2031, I will still be glad for how you have brought me extra happiness in life. 

PPS: Oh, and my biggest dream would be to see Aqours live!!! Or maybe Nijigasaki, or Suwawa and Agupon as soloists, or maybe Liella... ? I really hope I somehow managed to do that when I open this again :)

Lastly, I hope Liella’s journey is one I will never forget. It can’t be easy trying to follow the other installments in the series and I can’t imagine the kind of pressure they’re under to make this one a success. I hope they stay strong and enjoy the time they have together. I hope the fans are nice to them because I’ve seen far too much hate for a show that we have every little information about.

Congrats Liella! Cant wait to see where you guys and us will be in a year!!!

-SMW, a girl who loves Love Live