I-It's not like I wanted to rank up or anything...!

day 16: favorite limited gacha

I DO NOT THINK DREAMFES COUNTS so its dancing within a flowery dream gacha!

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!!! MORE LIKE........HAPPY BRIDE MONTH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH flower june pride hahahaha lesbians

anyway even though i would actually die for one night magic , springtime sunrise , and grand scarlet stage, i think i just really adore this set because it oozes improvement in every aspect

compare it to the also gorgeous original wedding day gacha. the original one was simple yet refined, and was more of a classy-modern wedding event. it was also the very first limited gacha for bandori! however, this new one, you can really see the improvement. the lighting has been improved, the art style has been tweaked and refined beautifully, and the outfits are just stunning!! instead of classy-modern, they went classic-modern, and btw arikasu in a wedding outfit? BABEYS

eve is also crying which really emphasizes the whole wedding thing because its supposed to be emotional

anyway this set really is just gorgeous and is another example of bushimos improvement and im just dkfjskjfdSDKFJSD HAPPY PRIDE MONTH WEDDING GAYS

day fifteen: favorite origin story

as much as i love harohapi and the other bands, this would have to go the pasupare!!!

ok i know i skipped days 13 and 14 but thats because,,, i really cant yell about goya no machiawase and passionate anthem again

anyway although harohapi always holds a special place in my heart, i adore paspals origin story the most. imo it fit together really well and it just warms my heart when i think about it even more

they started off as a group of strangers not even knowing each other. aya was in her third (otherwise known as final) year of idol-in-training, desperate and hanging onto every thread she could grasp for just a chance at making her debut. pasupare was really the door to her dreams and she barely flew through. this was ayas life work, basically. then there was chisato, a childhood actress who held an excellent poker face and mask to emotions. friendship had never really registered for her, and her heart was left isolated because nobody valued her for chisato shirasagi, and people only saw her as the famous actress that appeared on tv. pastel palettes was not chisatos dream job per se, but it was a new gateway that she was willing to pursue albeit hesitantly. chisato wanted to find something that would really make her happy- and an idol band may welcome her to a new group of friends. theres eve, a model who did not truly belong to japan and hailed from finland. eve tried all she could to belong in her new country and immersed herself in japanese culture, striving to truly become japanese and thus her core was built: bushido, the way of a truthful warrior. pastel palettes was yet another path for eve, and she was ready to display herself as an idol for the rest of japan, and she dreamed of inspiring others in her new home. theres also hina, a part of a pair that was slowly separating and there was nothing she could do. hinas own twin sister started to drift away, becoming more hostile even, as she picked up new hobbies more and more until hinas sister settled on the guitar. with all her heart, hina wanted to make her sister proud, to be close with her sister again, so she picked up guitar and auditioned for really /anything/ so she could have another similarity with her sibling. pastel palettes was hinas chance to "prove" to her sister that she could be like her, and she was craving for another chance to make her sister see that hina was worthy of looking at. she was unaware of all the inferiority bubbling inside of her sister that hina almost destroyed their bond trying to impress her twin, and she just wanted another chance. finally theres maya, your everyday background character, as portrayed. she was nothing but a "support member", intended to be just a placeholder before the staff found a "real idol" to take her place. always criticized for her plain looks and 'nerdy' passion for technical equipment, maya has always been considered a backstage girl, but there she was in the spotlight, without her glasses, in a frilly idol costume. she considered herself a boring girl yet now she was surrounded by such supportive girls, one who even told maya that she was beautiful and was worthy of pasupare. pastel palettes was mayas first chance to show herself instead of being cooped away as the placeholder, and she was willing to let people see her, too. she was ready to become a part of pasupare, a soon-to-be popular idol band and wanted to show people what she could accomplish.

these five girls banded together through thick and thin, even when their 'secret' was discovered. aya and chisato stood in the pouring rain, despite their difference, to sell tickets and promote their now honest fame. together, they all did their best to learn their instruments so they could truly present themselves as pastel palettes. at each others sides, they realize being an idol was not as cutesy as they seemed, but they all persevered. because everything they worked for was for their dream, each of their individual goals. they could not throw it away. together, they all come to terms that they are idols in their own way, no matter how bumpy the road was or may be. pasupare's story is one of perseverance and friendship through technical difficulties and personal ones, and is really a deep story about accepting who they are and being proud of it, no matter how people reacted. they will always shine, once again, luminous.

WOW that was long but hi im love pastel palettes

What I wanted to see

I'M GETTING MARRIED TO EVE ON MY BIRTHDAY, GUYS.

What the Heck Lisa

Why are you avoiding me at all cost? Lmao I'm super happy about all the cards I got but this happens EVERY DAMN TIME I scout for Lisa. :( Please come home someday.

day twelve: favorite 'other' song

CHOMAMA CHOMAMAMA CHOTTO MATTE CHOTTO

i honestly really really love this song because its such a glimpse into arisas personality. not only is the song a bop, but the lyrics are so heartfelt and honest that you could practically call it the tsundere theme song, except you cant. because this song has plain arisa aspects, and it cant be anyone elses but arisas.

yall ready for song analyzation? too bad you get song analyzation

as we all know, arisa is a tsundere, but that doesnt mean we should just throw her into that category and leave it at that. shes had so much development over the series and sHE STARTED OFF ALONE AND SKIPPING SCHOOL AND LOOK HOW SHES DEVELOPED- okay im not gonna go that deep but

the lyrics "sore na no ni ne, kao ga chikai! sonna me de semararete mo!" (even so, your face is way too close! and you're pressuring me with those eyes!!) are a good start. usually, most tsunderes would probably slap the person in question, saying things like "HEY GET AWAY FROM ME!!! I DONT WANT YOUR STUPID FACE NEAR MINE!! B-BUT IT ISNT LIKE THAT OR ANYTHING LOL YOU COULD DO IT AGAIN, I GUESS....." but arisa is much different. she grew up without many friends, so shes scared of this type of interaction/uncomfortable with it because she isnt used to it. in this way, shes more "i'm not used to this, you're pressuring me into this!!! stop getting so close, you're making me nervous!" arisa isnt used to unpredictability, and although this attention is not unwanted, per se, she wants to hide that fact by highlighting the part that she doesnt appreciate all this random chaotic spurts of contact. but shes grown used to it , at least a little bit, so shes been tolerant of it

lets get onto my last point since im getting lazy: "why? baka na koto iwanaide yo. kirakira nante mou sutsugyou shitashi.." (why? dont say anything stupid.. "kira-kira"? we've already outgrown childish things like that!) is another lyric that really makes this song about arisa. for starters, arisa is a no-nonsense girl whos just trying to keep her life in order after popipa (ahem kasumi) threw it upside down and although she reprimands kasumi and tae for saying 'stupid' things, she knows that if they really did stop, she would be.. thrown off. shes questioning why theyd do it, but not necessarily /complaining/, because saying stupid things is what makes the popipa nibaka themselves. and the whole 'kirakira' thing is obviously talking about kasumi, which makes this even more endearing. arisa is so curious and torn about the fact that kasumi is just,,, 'immature' and is almost laughing at kasumis interjections about heartpounding and sparkling. then again, arisa is still not complaining, because that was the reason popipa was started in the first place.

TL:DR; I LOVE ARISA ICHIGAYA AND THIS SONG HAS SO MANY ASPECTS THAT REALLY LIMIT THIS TO ARISA INSTEAD OF THE GENERIC WIDESPREAD TSUNDERE STEREOTYPE AND THATS WHY I LOVE IT

day ten: favorite harohapi character

i feel like you guys can just guess by looking at my icon or by just smelling me.

I SMELL LIKE A KOKORO TSURUMAKI STAN

note that these cards are not my "favorite" kokoro cards, because i love all kokoro cards

AAAAAAAAAAAFHDSJGSIDJGHJKASFAOKFJAOKJ AAA AA AAAAAAAAA AAAAAA あああああああああああああ!!!

i love kokoro tsurumaki so much it isnt even funny like i would wholeheartedly eat my toes for her?? i would kill a man for her?? and quite possibly a woman??? there are no words in this dictionary that could possibly convey how much i love this girl but i can always try

do you want my tragic epic backstory? no? ok well you have it anyways

i joined the bandori fandom thanks to my dearest hellkawa twin natsundere (thanks aisu ur the hina to my stupid). thus, i joined endori in june of last year during the wedding event, and just the beginning of white beginnings paspal event. at that point i had no idea what to do (thus i had no idea what the frick a gacha was, so i missed out on my limlim tomoe rimi chance). also, note how that both events i just mentioned have nothing to do with kokoro tsurumaki in no way. how could i claim to have loved her from the beginning if my intro to endori had absolute zero to do with her? after all, the intro to the game is basically popipa-centric.

the thing was, i didnt love kokoro from the start.

i dont actually quite remember who my very first best girl was, but i remember doting heavily on afterglow and i believe lisa?..,, but either way, i was not associated with hello happy world even remotely and even then, my favorite from harohapi was kanon.

however, as i delved deeper into area conversations and band stories and rereading the happy phantom luxury cruise, i found out that my burning love for kokoro was much more vibrant than i had ever known.

generally, in real life, im more of a quiet, introverted girl when not spoken to. its hard for me to freely speak with new people because of my over self-consciousness and pure doubt of my own ability. but seeing kokoro in conversations and events, being able to speak like there was nobody else, being so vibrant and filled with life, it really just struck deep into me?? here was this bubbly, blonde, rich girl who basically was the embodiment of sparkles, smiley faces, and circus treats. topping it off, she was a genius (although not a sky-breaking genius like hina, but still a genius), which i was certainly not. in fact, i had often undergone terrible thoughts and times because i hated /not/ being a genius, i hated being so stupid and i hated just taking days or weeks to learn a concept that took others a few minutes. you could say that i had, or have, an inferiority complex, which is actually not that wrong.

this initially made me turn away, because i either am inclined to hate or love characters that are nearly stark opposite from i am. so in this case, i was prepared to hate this little baby with all my heart. i was prepared to loathe this baby girl who was FICTIONAL because she just had natural talents that i did not, which ive learned to accept is fine! but i couldnt bring myself to do it, not after delving even deeper.

kokoro is often found smiling, cheerful, and happy-go-lucky. its rare to make her frown or sad, and even in chapter2 band story shes generally happy and determined. this ended up intriguing me because usually characters like this end up having a deeper side to them behind the facade- and i know, trust me, i have written ocs who are generally like that. craftegg still refuses to give me kokoro development, so all we know is that kokoro is a rich girl who is practically a game show host and will eat your limbs if you make her friends sad and then end up apologizing and buying you prosthetics casually. ive seen many rich characters, and many were bitter in /some/ way, so why was kokoro an exception? no matter how talented you may be, you cant fake everything you have and manipulate it into happiness.

this was what brought me to love kokoro. she was so caring for all of her friends no matter what and was willing to go through crazy circumstances to make them happy. this unconditional kindness, no matter what her personality is like, is just so pure and sweet and i love it so much

ok ive run out of vocab so STAN KOKORO TSURUMAKI!!!!!!!!!!!! BEST GIRL!!!!!! kokohina

oh crap, kirby really called the police

Misaki found her stolen memes

I never liked the painting, but this post made it 10 times better! (credits to the owner of the mona lisa post, -Izayoi, for making such a beautiful post)