SO!! SO!! I asked if people would be interested in reading my rant about kaoru and since I had a positive response, I decided to really do it! I have A LOT of things I like about her, so I don't know how long this post will be, sorry!

first of all, I don't exactly remember when I discovered bandori, but I DO remember that I thought kaoru was absolutely going to be my best girl (tsugumi too, but I am not going to talk about her this time...). I already was weak towards princely girls in anime, since I usually love all of them, even if I don't exactly like how said anime treat their characters. a lot of ikemen girls... either don't want to be "masculine" and want to become ~~ real women ~~ or they have a trauma involving men that made them like this, or other awful reasons that I couldn't relate to, and made me feel angry and disappointed because I actually am a masculine girl who likes girls, so everytime I saw that a character similar to me was just ""confused"" and/or traumatized... I felt really bad. like there was something wrong with me. at the same time, in real life, people were telling me that I needed to grow up and start becoming more feminine and beautiful and other... not great things, and even fiction couldn't help me feel good about myself. eventually, I decided to just ignore other people's opinions and just live my life however I wanted, but I was and still am a bit hesitant. and that's! where kaoru comes into play. because she isn't like any of those characters. when I first saw her, I was like "!!!!!!!" and searched everywhere information about her (the EN version wasn't even announced, so I only could rely on fan translations) and I... absolutely loved her, even though she was an absolute dumbass. and there wasn't any single card or story I saw that made me think she would get the same treatment as other ikemen girls. she was confident in herself, none of the girls ever thought she was a man or treated her like one... it was like... a dream. and this made me become a little more confident in myself, too.

but that's not all! when EN came out and I started seriously playing bandori, it made me discover just how much of a great character kaoru is!! yes, she's dramatic, gay and, as I already said, an idiot, and I absolutely love her for that... but... she's also very kind and a good person in general. for example, I just read her phantom thief card's episode so I'm going to talk about it; in it, she apologizes to kanon for kidnapping her even if she didn't know who the thief was (she was suspecting it, though), and when kanon says she feels bad for accepting her apologies since the phantom thief thing wasn't her idea, kaoru still takes responsibility of her actions and says that it doesn't change what she did; at the same time, she acknowledges kanon's feelings and tells her to think of her gift not as an apology, but as kaoru thanking her since if she got to perform in such a great stage, it's also because kanon and everyone else perfectly played their roles. I mean... she's just!!! amazing!!! I didn't even think she would apologize for that, but she actually put into account kanon's feelings and...! just. she's GREAT ? ? ? ? ? ????

I would like to say a lot more, but I saw how much I already wrote and... no, I would clog up the entire feed, so I'm going to stop here. sorry for being annoying, and thanks to everyone who actually took the time to read this post!

So there was this guy that I was sort of into.... Just sort of. He plays gacha games and osu, so we started talking about Bandori. Since he’s never played a rhythm game with gacha, I explained to him how cards and scoring works. Then he proceeded to comment that the girls existing in the game is just for fanservice and moe elements. And when I tried to explain that the stories actually have good plots and character development, he just went like, “uh-huh, sure” in that really sarcastic way.

Needless to say, any feelings I had for him flew away. I’m not dating any guys who can’t respect my girls.

ok so yall ive gotten moca's initial 3 star like 3-4 times from scouts and im about to lose it PLEASE pray for me that it doesn't happen again. i love u moca but please stop cursing me with dupes

I got curious

I managed to clear a level 27 expert song for the first time! ^^

sons of beaches > gay horse

#neverforget

If the PoPiPa members were things I've done.

Kasumi- Got on a bus at 4 o'clock PM and said 'Good Morning.'

Tae- I completely spaced out during 'The Talk' and after we had 'The Talk', my friend was like "OmG i CaNt BeLiEvE wE wErE bOrN tHrOuGh SeX!1!1!1!1" and I was like "EWWWWWWWW OMG WTF SO STORKS DON"T EXIST?"

Rimi- Spent $20 on chocolate cornets, because they are THE BEST!

Arisa- Sassed a girl I disliked everyday for 2 years until I found out her family had financial issues. Sasses her a minimum of once a week, cause she's still a bitch.

Saaya- Volunteers to do children's liturgy once a week, and actually enjoys it. (being in the same room with 10 toddlers is better than being in the same school with a THOT)

these gorgeous new cards are to distract us from the next angst story. im onto you craftoeggu. they just want us to let our guards down! we cant let them keep getting away with this!

Kokoro is a literal goddess descended from heaven

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Picture this: You scout for your dream 4 star. You feel confident about your luck, and you say your lucky chant and press the scout button for 2500 stars. Out of the blue, you notice something. The penlights are rainbow colored... a 4 star, you think. You go through with the scout, crossing your fingers for the card you want, and what do you get? An initial Kasumi 4 star which you already have and 2 3 stars you have as well. The only new card is a Lisa 2 star and you're feeling despair. You then do a gacha ticket pull, refilled with hope. What do you get? Another 3 star you already have. Feeling the despair yet? Now you feel my p a i n.

Hello so... I know this is really meh but I want to thank Bandori for... bringing me joy in playing a rhythm game again! I've been a SIF player since a little after it went out on ENG (my current account started in november 2014 but I had another one like 2 months before, that I switched because I learned the game and that you needed to save up gems etc). It's been,,, nearly two years since I play SIF just because i /need/ to, but it overwhelms me, it doesnt bring me joy anymore and it's rare that I get happy with a scouting pull (and that feeling comes even from the beginning lol) But ever since Bandori, I've been feeling how much I love this game. I want to play the songs, save up for my fav girl (currently 15k for Lisa limited), play multilives, farm the pieces so i can upgrade the area items, etc etc. And about the pulls? Its a little disappointing when I only get a 3*, but seeing how beautiful they are makes it up for it. There is not a single 3* card that will disappoint me because the art on them is BEAUTIFUL and I even love most 2* too.

So, thank you bandori, because for once in a long time I feel like I'm enjoying the game I'm playing instead of just slaving myself because "youve played for so long dont drop it!!"