WHY THE HECK DOES TSUGUMI KEEP GETTING FOUR STARS.

This set is really nice though despite it not being Coolglow!

Soo were talking about d4dj faves huh?

My fave is Esora.

I dunno why.

I just like her looks and character.

We Tsugu fans have been SPOILED this year lmao

It’s official, Tsugumi got more 4 stars than Yukina did this year. Not sure what’s going on with that but I’m happy considering she only got 2 in 2019 ;v;

I've seen some other people do this trend, so I thought I would go through my favorite/least favorite sets that came to the EN and JP servers this year! This is mostly just based on the card art and how memorable I think the sets/costumes are.

Credit to akaoi, missa-chan, chomama, and kasei_, who I saw do this trend/a variation first !! Graphics were made by me

Popipa

Favorite: Poppin' Halloween Parade

Least Favorite: Message for You

I feel like Popipa had really solid sets this year in both servers, Message for You was just the most forgettable.

Afterglow

Favorite: Cycling Seasons, Fresh Skies

Least Favorite: The Repressed Flame which Burns the Sky

Personally, I don't like the posing of the cards from Repressed Flame and the costumes aren't my favorite by any means.

Pasupare

Favorite: Devotedly Towards my Dreams

Least Favorite: Brighter Brighter

There's just something about the more casual pasupare costumes (like winter sky marche eve/chisato) that really appeal to me.

I'm not a big fan of the costumes from brighter brighter and I feel like both Maya's untrained and trained card art just looks Off. Overall very forgettable.

Roselia

Favorite: Noble Rose (Bearing Flowers)

Least Favorite: Prelude Replay

The lighting of the Bearing Flowers set is so beautiful, genuinely one of my dream sets to finish.

It was actually really hard to decide on a Roselia set I didn't like this year. In the end I decided to be a bit nitpicky and the only reason I chose Prelude Replay is because Rinko's face in the trained art has always looked off to me.

Hello, Happy World!

Favorite: A Summer's Night, Poems Across the Water

Least Favorite: Hello, Happy World's Smiley Summer Vacation

Personally I just thought Smiley Summer Vacation was a forgettable HHW set and tbh I really only like Kanon's card :/ I definitely understand why a lot of people did like the set tho

Mixed Events (JP)

Favorite: Prismatic Duo

Least Favorite: Viva la Live!

Usually I'm not a fan of Christmas events but Prismatic Duo was absolutely beautiful. I think about the lighting on Hina's card and Rinko's untrained card every day. Beautiful costumes, beautiful card art.

Viva la Live! just had awkward posing and anatomy imo. Most of the untrained and trained art just looks slightly off to me, especially Yukina and Kasumi's trained cards. The costumes are also rather forgettable.

Mixed Events (EN)

Favorite: Shadow of Days Past Remain

Least Favorite: A Day off Downtown

I don't know why but I'm just obsessed with Musketeer Kaochisa. I also really like Himari's untrained card. Very good costumes overall

A Day off Downtown was just a forgettable set imo, I like Hagumi's costume but I'm not a fan of the others and Tomoe's card is genuinely one of my least favorites overall :/ She deserves better

I've been looking at sets and thought "what are my favourites and my least favourites?"

Here it is

Popipa

Favourite set: Ensemble of Cheers

I love this set! It's just so pretty and cute. It radiates Popipa and friendship energy, and I love that!

Least favourite set: Lucky Five Colors

There isn't anything particularly wrong with this set, it's just "meh".

Afterglow

Favourite set: Nostalgic Snow Globe

Do I really have to explain? This is just so pretty and seing child Afterglow is just amazing as well.

Least favourite set: Dreaming Sweet Princess

I just feel like this set kinda "missed" the Afterglow vibe... The worst one is definitely Tomoe. She normally has really energetic cards, but this one just seems so flat...

Pasupare

Favourite set: Hazy Samurai Heart

Bushido! This set is just really nice: the colours, the outfits, the background, everything is just amazing!

Least favourite set: Joining Lights: Road to Prism

It really hurts to say that, since it's band story, but this set is just so boring... It almost feels like the trained cards are untrained cards from backstage pass...

Roselia

Favourite set: Crash x Time

All the cards from this set are ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. Even the 3* and the Rinko 2*.

Least favourite set: Fantasy World Beginning

I have absolutely nothing against Re:Zero. Here again, nothing particularly wrong with it, it's just "meh".

Hello Happy World

Favourite set: Rainbow Tone Night Decorations

I don't even know why, but this set is just so pretty to me. The colours are really nice, the outfits are pretty and the background too. The Hagumi 3* for that is.. wow.

Least favourite set: Se-c-ret! Lucky Charm

Here again, I do not hate on the collab or anything like that. I think it's a really good match for Hello Happy, but I feel like the art doesn't match. It's like they tried to do two different art styles in one card and it feels kinda off. For example, Kokoro's face is made with the traditional bandori art style while they changed the outside to match the franchise more.

I did not include RAS or Morfonica since they didn't have a lot of sets. Tell me what you think in the comments, I'm curious about if some of my favourites are your less favourite or if some of my least favourites are your favourites.

First completed card set! I think it’s fitting that it ended up being the set from the first event I tiered in :)

A Tomoe edit to match with the Moca one!! I’ll probably edit the rest of this set too! And again, feel free to use this as icons/Twitter headers/etc, with credit!!

??????????? WHAT

[clears throat]

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!!

I love the new D4DJ Christmas set!!! The cards are all so cute and not fanservicey at all! Bye bye Muni gems-

Hello uhm....Moca edit!! Feel free to use as icons anywhere with credit back to this post/ my Twitter!! (Which is at the bottom of my profile)