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alright heya everyone it is 4:22am and I suddenly felt the intense need to do this so here's my favourite cards from 2020! I'm gonna limit it only to my absolute favs, but this is still gonna be a long post so strap in.
shoutouts also to the Saaya/Moca set, the baseball & DoReMi HaroHapi sets, and the gemstone (?? whatever it's called) Monika set, all of which I wanted to include but decided against it cause a) I couldn't decide on a fav card and b) this post is already long enough

PoPiPa toy set is incredibly underrated and I'll fight for this, I love all the trained and the untrained are also super beautiful! but this Kasumi is def my fav, and I have her hehe

the colours of this Hina are just. to die for. and I love the little touch of the heart in her eyes! this is a card I wanna eat. prob tastes like those sweets she's holding

this is probably my favourite 2* in the game??? the frame, the colours, the expression, the pose ... it's all perfect ...... also look at her bow hair

this card's atmosphere is so ghdkfhgjdgj BEAUTIFUL AND WARM ... I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT ... especially the subtle reflection of the city as the train passes by since we see her through the window ... gorgeous I adore this card

I love all the Monika initials, 3*s included, but trained 4* Mashiro is my favourite! I love the way the eyes are drawn in particular hh

the DreamFes cards (& the art in general) has been taking a more "official art" looking approach rather than "just another card" and nobody shows this better than this Tae I think. look at her. you could / should print this on a poster.

goth wedding Roselia is a thing that exists and I'm still not quite over. all of them are gorgeous. but Rin-Rin is the most gorgeous. sobs

man I love the untrained of this card as well as the Eve from this set so much, but in the end I have to go with this trained Saaya as my fav from the rain set ... everything about her is perfect. 2020 really did treat Saaya well.

THE AESTHETIC OF DF2 AKO IS TO DIE FOR. NEXT

Mermaid sets are a personal attack, this one is no exception, I'm still sad I didn't get Hina or Tae but my favourite is probably this Maya anyway ... she could pass as a 4*

this whole set is drop-dead gorgeous. it was between Yukina or Rinko for this one, but we've already had Rinko rep. so Yukina it is. something about the way the girls are drawn in this set, esp in terms of lighting, I just rly vibe with

I'M SO SAD I DIDN'T GET THIS ROKKA ... LOOK AT HER ... WHY DID HER FIRST NON-BAND STORY 4* HAVE TO BE LIM

Saaya really did win 2020 huh ... shoutout to Arisa too though

I love this Mashiro so much I drew her. she didn't come home though. sighs

this Sayo stands in for the whole damn set because WOW if this isn't the most beautiful Christmas set I've ever seen. untrained as well. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I'm probably in the minority with this one, but I actually really like the washed out colour palette they've been going with on some cards lately. and this Tsugu makes perfect use of it hhhh Tomoe is beautiful too but Tsugu just speaks to me more aaaaa
and. that's it. I know a bunch of people weren't as happy with this year's cards, but I personally loved most of them! (and I have a bunch of thoughts on BS2 but I will keep them to myself for now cause they're irrelevant to this post gdkgh,,,) let's see what next year brings!!