Oh hello!! Call me Hirabiki, (or TwoLeaf ...if you really don't want non-English name) I truly started Bandori on English version... on the day English version is out "worldwide", for the sole purpose of evaluating the entire game of Bandori now that there is zero language barrier. I knew ZERO things about the anime or the seiyuu ...other than that the game exists. I am what we all call a textbook definition of "New players". Turns out I genuinely love it! I did touch Bandori JP on June 2017 buuut it didn't interest me at all after I finished tutorial and I just treated it as part of the background noise of dozens of idol games. What about today? Tough luck but I have NO PLANS to play Bandori JP, because without relying on English for everything the girls say, JP is not worth playing for me.
If you want to know my personality, just refer to Michelle/Misaki. That pretty much me! Nothing else beyond that!
Ready to meet a player with a completely different background? Brace yourselves...
This fact might hit you a bit but... I am NOT a fan of Love Live ...well not before I quit LLSIF since July 2016 after playing for almost 1 year and couldn't bear the burn of not getting a single real UR ever.
Yes, your eyes aren't getting fooled here. Why do I openly brag about not being a LL fan? Because, I just want to see people like me. Don't get the wrong idea, being a LL fan is great! I can just look elsewhere you know? But to be real, I simply does not know you girls and guys in Bandori well at all. It's bad to assume that almost every single one of you in Bandori Party are fans of Love Live (and maybe have Sukutomo and still plays LLSIF), but without knowing who are and who aren't, there's no choice.
In reality, I am A BIG FAN of iDOLM@STER and its two mobile rhythm games Mirishita and Deresute... And because of that, once English version of Bandori is out and I can actually understand everything the girls say, Pastel＊Palettes turns out to be exactly what I never thought I needed to make me in love with this game and to keep going! Going through their band story as a big fan (a Producer) of a game that is all about managing talent agency (765 Productions), just like one for Pastel＊Palettes gave me amazing insights on the alternative perspective of non-utopian talent agency and I had real fun critiquing the staff of the talent agency for their decisions.
Are you in my same boat? A fan of iDOLM@STER who plays MLTD or CGSS, Bandori (duh), BUT NOT Love Live? If so make yourself heard by me!!!!
Pastel＊Palettes and the members Aya and Eve is the sole reason I initially got attached to Bandori and is one of the main things that keep me going with the game! (I will be REALLY delighted if either Aya or Eve is your best girl. Though if not then what about Michelle?) And with that, everything else outside the Idol Band makes me genuinely invested, including the member conversations in various Areas with the depth of content SO DEEP that IT BLOWS iM@S MLTD idol room conversion RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER!!
I also really like the other bands, especially Hello Happy World! They're so pure and HAPPY!! Though Kokoro is not my standout. That belongs to Michelle. Even though I love Pastel＊Palettes and their members and story, I have to agree that Roselia have THE BEST SONGS in Bandori which means my no.1 favorite band for their MUSIC alone is Roselia. I just find the girls and their story behind Roselia to not be that much engaging for me... But really though, to all Roselia fans who love the GIRLS and their story, not just their songs, what make you appreciate them as individual girls?
I am well aware that this community is fragile and might look like it could undergo episodes of unrest at any moment, but I want this introduction to be an opportunity for discovering people with same background as me. (which is RARE!)
So if only that turns out to be the case, now it's YOUR chance to shine!
