Um. I'm sorry

I'm not ready for this

I have drawn Kokoro exactly three times and two of those are of her being sad . . . remember this . . . At least I can say I improved kdsklfd

edit: tweaked a few things

I usually avoid details but I DID IT FOR HER OK. ARE YOU PROUD OF ME ARISA

I was planning on drawing something completely different but the new card said nO you WILL succumb to hair down Arisa so I did and I am heckin tired. I love you baby girl happy birthday <333

Also while I am at it, here is this essay I wrote?? back when Double Rainbow was on EN. I didn't agree with people on other platforms saying Arisa not yelling at Tae in Season 2 was character development bc of DR so I typed up an analysis of my bestest girl, as you do . . . and never posted it until like two days ago but since people read it alfkdsf I'm putting it here too in case anyone else is into that

miamiatzo’s 30 Day Bandori Challenge!

Day 16: Your favourite GARUPA PICO episode

Seeing our suffering acknowledged like this is weirdly comforting . . . and also satisfies my gacha urges somehow

The Tetris ep is so cute tho the interactions . . .

Day 17: Your favourite instrument

Look at this thing it’s so pretty the butterflies . . . The violin is actually my fav instrument tho, sometimes I wish I’d learned it instead of the piano (I like the piano don’t get me wrong)

miamiatzo’s 30 Day Bandori Challenge!

Day 14: Your favourite 1-frame comic

I have nothing to say about this just look at it . . . a work of art

Day 15: Your favourite Motto! Garupa Life comic

It was either gonna be this or Yukina’s bday comic . . . or Arisa’s bday comic . . . or the Re:ZERO one . . . but Rimi’s face in the last panel sends me

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Day 10: Your favourite map

I played this right after FCing it on Hard, which was excruciating bc I have the attention span of a flea, and then EX was so much fun that it didn’t feel like five and a half minutes at all? Also it’s just nice to listen to the solos while tap tapping

Day 11: Your favourite out of band dynamic

Does this count they’re a band but y’know, the only content of them is an illustration . . . Anyway I know they won bc of sheer meme power and I’m thankful but while the election was happening everyone was like “We wanna see Arisa suffer” as if Sparkle! Summer Dive wasn’t a whole event where Arisa hung out with Kokoro and Hagu and had so much fun . . . and that’s how this group would be too! I especially love the idea of an AU where this band was actually formed and Arisa and Hina were closer, I just think their banter would be epic . . . like imagine KasuAri but it’s AriHina instead

miamiatzo’s 30 Day Bandori Challenge!

Day 8: Your favourite 4★ card

It’s so hard to choose but I really love the shading and the pixel-y background here, it’s all super cute and different from other cards

Day 9: Your favourite 3★ card

Her HAIR. That alone is reason enough to have this as a fav. Who gave her the right to be so pretty I can’t

Also idk why she’s crying it has nothing to do with the story but I will assume the artists were making up for not drawing her with this expression in her Double Rainbow card so all is forgiven

miamiatzo’s 30 day song challenge but I attempt to play random sections of the songs on the piano: day um, 22

OK WAIT LET ME EXPLAIN. I’m probably gonna put this challenge on hold for the time being to work on something else Bandori music-related but look. I just wanted to do Day 22 bc it’s the song with the best high note and 1) I love this song, 2) you can’t fully appreciate how high (and long) this note is on a piano so I wanted to try singing it and 3) my parents were out so what do you expect me to do

Here you go . . . you’ve heard Nija do it, you know the one. I apologise for overloading the mic but I’m not doing it again . . . I hope your ears are still intact after this

Seriously tho I know FIRE BIRD exists but the way AiAi holds this note over the key change is just chef’s kiss

On another note I realised all the piano recordings sounded weirdly buzzy bc I’d left the mic plugged in to the piano even tho it wasn’t on djdjfjd I’m so dumb

WAIT WAIT WAIT

Noble Rose pt 3 what the heck

First of all who thought that flute and piano version of LOUDER was a good idea?? (It was a very good idea . . . just not good for my heart holy heck)

Roselia performing LOUDER for the last time makes me so sad even tho I know it’s super important for Yukina’s character arc bc her tendency to cling to the past/what she already knew when she didn’t have the answers caused problems for all of them and now she’s ok with facing the unknown just as she is hhh I’m so proud but so sad . . . AND THE FACT THAT ROSELIA REALLY DIDN’T PERFORM LOUDER AT 8TH LIVE WHEN THEY’D PLAYED IT AT ALL THEIR OTHER LIVES I’M NOT OK

Also Miss “I’ll never respect someone who takes pride in second best” Yukina calling Ako the second coolest drummer in the world . . . I SHED TEARS OK

miamiatzo’s 30 day song challenge but I attempt to play random sections of the songs on the piano: day 7

Fav Morfonica song! The verse kinda gives me Roselia vibes . . . I’m hopeless. Yeah that’s all I have to say. That and I can’t play repeated notes when I’m recording, I tense up so much GOD

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Day 7: Your favourite ship

I still love RinAri I really do!!! But I talked about them last time and I’m hopelessly obsessed with these two rn. I can’t believe I didn’t realise how compatible they were until the NY event slapped me in the face but ok here goes

As I said yesterday, Arisa is detail-oriented to the point of spending her time stressing over the little things and losing sight of the bigger picture. Yukina is the exact opposite. She might be meticulous when it comes to technicalities in music but with everything else she’s a lot more goal-oriented. She’s good at grasping ideas, which makes her an excellent leader but also leaves her vulnerable to completely falling apart when her plans fail and she has no backup (see both of Roselia’s band stories). The NY event is about AriYuki learning to work together by compensating for each other’s weaknesses and I’m such a sucker for this kinda dynamic

Yukina is also really heckin confident, even when she has no idea what she’s doing, while Arisa has to be thoroughly prepared or she’ll panic. Even when she’s prepared she panics. So during their stint as shrine maidens Arisa memorises the manual they’re given and steps in when Yukina forgets things, and Yukina covers for Arisa when she’s confronted with situations not in the manual. Impeccable content

Naturally their personalities would complement each other in other situations too. Arisa who has a tendency to hesitate and worry instead of act would benefit from being around someone who acts despite her lack of skill at a lot of things. It’d be inspiring, not to mention Yukina is so calm that some of it would rub off on anyone near her. And it’s not like Yukina would be dismissive of Arisa’s worries just bc she doesn’t empathise with them, Yukina is actually really good at listening and connecting to people when she’s not busy being unhealthily fixated on music (like have you seen how patient and respectful she was with Rinko in Prelude Replay). I think she could also show Arisa that it's ok to make mistakes, as someone who’s made plenty but is always able to face them head-on, apologise and try to do better bc her sense of self-worth, unlike Arisa’s, isn’t dependent on her achievements

Meanwhile Arisa would be running around like “Yukina-senpai please don’t touch that there’s a DO NOT TOUCH sign in front of it” and “Yukina-senpai you forgot to pack your lunch so here, I may or may not have done it for you” and eventually it’d become “Yeah she’s a dumbass but a really cool one and more importantly she’s my dumbass.” I-It’s not like she’d say that aloud tho!

miamiatzo’s 30 day song challenge but I attempt to play random sections of the songs on the piano: day 4

Fav Roselia song! Or one of them at least. Do you understand how much I love this song and this part specifically. DO YOU?? I have so many things to say about it but I’ll save those for another post. For now just know I am holding it gently in my hands and sobbing

Also I accidentally played this in the wrong key at first . . . and yesterday I tried to do Luminous from memory as if I wouldn’t get the harmonies horrendously wrong haha. Don’t be like me