excuse me what happened

Popping back in for the first time in months to say that Chiyu is very rude for not coming home again and she will be the death of me 😔

Noticed a bit of frame drops in Multi-Live. I hope that's because I was in Low Battery Mode.

Bandori! 30 Day Challenge

Day 21/30: Most Relatable Character

Credit: okusawamiikun

THIS.

I have been waiting patiently to write about this ever since I realised who the character was. The more I thought, the more I realised I had in common. This is a long one, so:

Yes, this is a Sayo card but I'm talking about Hina here. I HAVE SO MUCH IN COMMON WITH HINA. So much that I'm splitting this into two parts.

1: Personality and Characteristics

I have two kinda distinct personalities and change between them so seamlessly that I'm not even sure which one I am when I'm by myself. I will be talking about me when most comfortable, mainly around true friends.

If you happened to be one of my close friends IRL, congrats. I will never leave you alone, I will never shut up and I will say what you may believe to be 'random' considering the situation (which it usually is). I don't care how my friends view me because we're 'close friends' which is why I will usually speak whatever's on my mind. I notice your eyebrows? I'll say something about them, on the spot. The entire room could be quiet and I would still just say it, provided everyone else in the room is someone I'm comfortable with. Pretty similar to Hina's honest speaking. If something isn't interesting or fun (and not important), I'll probably blank out. I usually speak my mind because it's fun to just talk whatever random things are in your mind. Fun is fun for a reason. If I'm not having fun, what's the point? If it's not interesting (and not important), what's the point?

While I wouldn't call myself a 'genius', I do understand things pretty quickly and usually faster than most people. Also, if something merits a spot in my long-term memory, good or bad, it won't leave, ever.

Astronomy Club. I like stars. End of.

Oh and I used to hate carrots as a kid.

2: Relationship with Sayo

And this is why I needed art of both Hina and Sayo. I have an older brother who's 4/5 years older than me. If you're reading this, hey you should have told me you liked Bandori.

Uh anyway, back when we were kids, whenever we'd get bored (whether out or in the house), we'd find things to do so that we weren't bored. Ton of fun. But as we got older, my brother wouldn't want to do those things with me like mess around or play games which made me super sad because it felt like he didn't want to asociate with me anymore. I was just a kid growing up who wanted to spend time with his brother and I couldn't do that anymore. Nowadays, I do understand why he did distance himself back then as when you grow up, you feel like you're too old to mess around. Not to mention the school work he probably had at the time. I think he's realised that you're never too old to have fun with people as present day, we do mess around at times during the few times when we go out. I'm much less of an annoying kid and respect his space if he doesn't want to play along but I would never be opposed to spend time with him. Hina is always picking up hobbies just to spend time with her sister, who was always trying to distance herself (until Garupa).

Actually, I have an interesting story to tell. Remember Episode 24 'Twin Rhythm' from Garupa PICO? The one where Hina and Sayo are telepathically connected to each other? (Well Sayo from Hina but-) A couple of years ago, I would watch an anime show to completion then take a 'break' (like a week maybe?) then start a new show. My brother, who also watches anime, told me about MyAnimeList and some stories about him and his friends regarding anime. He told me to get it and I said that I'd think about it. Fast forward to 2018, my username goes through some changes until I reached the name 'Kaiton' and I, along with some of my friends, make an MAL account. Some weeks later and I remember about my brother and ask him what his username is so that I could add him as a friend. He texts me back with his username and what's the first 3 letters I see? 'Ton'. The same 3 letters present at the end of MY username. I was thinking 'Woah we share a part of our usernames together!" and tell him about his. He dismissed it (I think) entirely but I still think it's really cool that we somehow share parts of our usernames. I never knew his username before and his other usernames for other stuff were always joke things. I never understood why I chose to put 'ton' in my username (which at the time was 'Kaiserton') so maybe this is why? Also cool that his 'Ton' is at the start while mine is at the end, like how Hina's and Sayo's names reference day and night (except ours is the wrong way around but it counts, okay?).

6 Days until EN Garupa Anniversary!

If you manage to find my brother online in any way, please respect his privacy and DO NOT CONTACT/INTERACT HIM AT ALL. I've already stated too much info about him without telling him and the last thing I want is for a stranger to start talking to him. If you find me, however, first just state that you know me from BanPa and that'd make my day instantly. Just not to my brother because I'm the one who's gonna get a lecture about it and this.

Dear Banpa and its community

It may be hard to believe but almost one year ago, March 7th 2019, I was afraid of making a post. There has always been and always will be a part of me that worries about every detail. I was scared of making myself known. The introverted side of me wanted to keep myself hidden. It was telling me that I couldn't make a first post, and it was right. I joined this site to express my love for BanG Dream! but I didn't know how I could do that. It was only because of a miracle 72 point loss on VS Live against someone who had the same PERFECT-GREAT count as me later that night that I did make a post, just a random person randomly posting a random screenshot out of nowhere. I remember closing the website tab on my browser as soon as I posted it. I didn't want to know what happened. The next day, I went onto Banpa and saw notifications. People had liked that post. They may have liked what they saw, found it funny or was just being kind, it didn't matter. It made me want to keep posting. It made me want to be me.

Megggles, Amarena, animebronie596, kaoruskitten, Can_I_join_Hello_Happy_World, Chi, UwUhera (and you as well LollyGurl), thank you for liking that post. Though some of you may have moved on from this site, you remain in my memories. You were a catalyst for the biggest change of my life.

From that point on, I would come onto the site every day, look at new posts every day and try to post every day. Whenever someone liked one of my posts, I would get encouraged to post more. If a post didn't do as well, I would tell myself not to be discouraged and keep going. Sometimes, other posts would make me want to do something myself. Slowly but surely, the posts were changing. They became more... me. I cared less about how posts did and more about what I showed. My own style of typing started to show itself, to represent how I would talk. I became more willing to post different things. It was only somewhat recently when I realised that it wasn't the post that was changing to show me, it was me changing to post the way I wanted to, as me. I had changed. When I look back at myself, one year ago, I wouldn't have me any other way, now or back then.

This isn't a letter addressed to me by me, it's a letter addressed by me to you all. This is the first community I've ever been a part of in my entire life. Being here has pushed the insecure side of me away. It may still exist, but it's a part of who I am. It's because of it that I'm able to write what I feel. It's all because of this site and the people who populate it.

Still, I can't put this past year into words properly. In reality, this 'love letter' would be best saved for March 7th, my anniversary of joining Banpa. But, this is the perfect time to look back on where I've been and how much Banpa means to me. To put it shortly, I've been so much happier ever since I joined this site. I've been more accepting of myself and it's thanks to this site and everyone on here, just like me. I love this site, I love this community and I look forward to the years to come.

"Thank you for making my memories what they are. For the times you've made me smile, laugh and cry. I will treasure this past year with you, on this site called Bandori Party!"

Alex 「Kaiton」☆

based on Scientific Research (read: my own personal experiences please don't take this too seriously), here's what people who like each band are usually like! or not. maybe I just know the wrong people.

PoPiPa fans

• nice!
• possibly too nice? WHAT ARE THEY HIDING
• cried watching the anime
• probably fans of Aimi in general
• tend to flock together
• have been here for a while

Afterglow fans

• really chill
• gacha doesn't treat them kindly
• the only ones who appreciate Tsugu as much as she deserves
• the most avid shippers
• very close with their friends

PasuPare fans

• love the aesthetic
• probably graphic/edit makers or at least appreciatiors
• would protect Maruyama Aya with their life
• already idol fans
• BUSHIDO

Roselia fans

• will whale for Roselia (*amendment after comments: WOULD whale if they can't)
• Yukina's voice is a godsend
• probably also Tomoe fans
• very serious about the game, especially in events
• secretly dorks

HaroHapi fans

• m e m e s
• gay, especially for Kaoru
• surprisingly artsy
• have no idea what they're doing but they're having fun
• either that or they're depressed
• avid defenders of Kokoro's voice

so, what are your experiences?

1 like = 1 vote for Circles (BanPa's creators) to make a D4DJ Party!

that would seriously be so cool omg. then i wouldn't spam everybody on here who doesn't play gurumiku with gurumiku posts

New video! BANDORI REZERO COLLAB - COVER VS ORIGINAL - Headphone comparison

The ReZero collab has finally come to en! Aren't the covers just amazing? In this video we will be comparing the bandori covers to the original versions of each of the songs! Make sure to use earphones or headphones when watching! Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEg5N-Yq5DQ

• eXcUsE mAH amZiNg LayEr

Hi I’m dum an I wanna know how u guys save up like 12k stars so fast like ??? If u could tell me how that would be dope also I’m considering learning an entire language just to play a game that might make half of my friend group stop talking to me because I’ll simp way to hard 💖

i realise i never see posts about raise a suilen on banpa and i want more people to know about and appreciate them so here's a (hopefully short) introductory post!

so what is raise a suilen? raise a suilen (RAS) is a 3D girls band comprising of raychell (centre) on vocals and bass, kohara riko (extreme right) on guitar, kurachi reo (extreme left) on keyboard, natsume (middle left) on the drums and tsumugi risa (middle right) as their dj! you may know them as their interim name the third, which was given as they were the third band to perform live!

the third was created to back ran, aya and kokoro's seiyuus during the garupa live in tokyo event in january this year as the bands' seiyuus are unable to play their respective instruments. since then, they've had their 1st and 2nd lives and were the opening act for popipa and roselia's 5th lives. it was in their 2nd live that tsumutsumu joined them and they were given their official name raise a suilen

in their lives, they usually cover the songs of the three non-performing bands! their keyboardist reo-chan also does vocals for songs like egao no orchestra and shuwa shuwa she's super cute (sorry i'm biased!) they also had saechi and amita (tae and aya's seiyuus) as guests at their lives!!! mikku (kokoro's seiyuu) will also be appearing as a guest in their performance on day 1 of the 6th live! but RAS also has original songs, and you can watch them on youtube they're so damn good! they recently uploaded 'unstoppable' on the bandori channel and like. it's so high energy i lost my shit.

here're some links to watch RAS: riot, unstoppable, their cover of that is how i roll! ft saechi & the third backing amita

thank you for reading this post! all five members of RAS will be at charaexpo usa so if you're going please don't forget to send them some love too! and a very important p.s. please watch unstoppable reo-chan literally does a KICK i screamed!!!!

AJKSDHA I love this collab event so much

Also is the only way to unlock all pin slots is to get a high score rating of 800?