pour one out for the full combos that got broken by one flip note

any other AyaHina fans on here? i thirst for comrades.

My journey to falling in love for the leader of HHW's dumb trio

alternately titled: A badly disguised Kokoro appreciation post

(Maybe she is the real Phantom Thief)

(This turned out longer than I meant it to, please forgive me. Kinda makes me wish this were the good old LiveJournal/Dreamwidth or tumblr where you could just hide part of the posts. I hope the images work, too.)

So, I actually have no idea why I feel this constant urge to mention it, but I figured that if there's any place to do so, it would be here. (That, and I don't see myself doing anything other than rambling in my own activities.) I also have actually no idea how (un)popular anyone is, and to be frank I don't care about it either, but an easy way to enjoy a character in a new light is to learn the reasons why someone likes them, at least for me. Therefore, like it or not, here we go.

In all truth, when I started with the global release of Bandori, Kokoro didn't do much for me. I liked her design - she's a damn cute girl - and I absolutely loved the whole "let's make people happy through music" thing, because I have a history with being saved through music in real life and if there is anything I can get behind and firmly believe in, it is the power of music. I liked Orchestra of Smiles well enough in how it was arranged, but didn't really like her voice. However, the title and something else I actually can not quite name reminded me of Mucc's Ame no Orchestra, in a roundabout way that had nothing to do with the themes or even the moods of the songs, and that was enough for me to enjoy the song from the start, even if the band's antics as a whole gave me headaches. Literally. As someone who is usually referred to as a "mind over heart" person, the question of "how would the dumb trio even function if this were not a game" actually bothered me enough to get distracted all the time. It certainly didn't help that what I read in the band story usually focused on how dumb they were. But I also think that Kokoro's VA does a real good job at making her sound like she's smiling while singing in all the songs (this occured to me first in Silhouette), which is something I can get behind on as well. It's hard to stay your broody old self when listening to Orchestra or Goka Gokai... So I took what I could get from HHW - the cute designs of Kokoro and Kaoru as well as the POWER OF HAPPINESS - and focused on the other bands for anything else.

This changed when I scouted Invincible Hero Kokoro. I'm not going to lie, when she did appear, I was disappointed - before that I had only gotten three other 3* cards, two of which were Hagumi (the only HHW member I still can't warm up to), and HHW was still the lowest in my list at that point. When you pine for your best girl or at least a member of her band, there's bound to be a bit of sadness when your least favorite band seems to stalk you. However, I was soothed by the fact that it was the HHW character I liked most for her looks, and that she was my first not-event Scorer. Then I trained her, and absolutely fell in love with her trained art. There's just something about the shading that I really, really like. It somehow reminds me of colored pencil, especially in her hair. Don't ask me why. So at this point, I wasn't exactly sad about scouting Kokoro anymore. If there is beauty around you, you damn better appreciate it.

But what made me care, actually, was the initial card episode. I make it a habit to at least skim them instead of outright skipping, and this one caught me completely off-guard. At that point, I was so stuck on the "moron" image they cultivate with the dumb trio, that witnessing Kokoro pinpointing the inner workings of her band members out of left field was like a slap in the face:

In all honesty, it felt like a fake mirror shattering and suddenly you realize there was something else behind it. Not only did this conversation make me appreciate Kokoro as a character much more in a couple heartbeats, it also made me aware that I hadn't tried to understand the other HHW members before, either. While most of them I still do not particularly care about, this card episode gave me some much needed easier access to them. Kaoru in particular.

In a more dramatically put sense, it also served as a reminder that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I thought I'm not so bad at that, but Bandori gave me reason to re-evaluate that habit again, and it is another reason why I love the game in general and Kokoro in particular. She's still a bit too crazy for me in some regards, especially when combined with the other 2/3 of the trio, but she's also much smarter in an emotional sense than I gave her credit for. It's totally cool if people do not agree with that, but I guess I get a bit tired of her getting reduced to Moron Mode sometimes for the memes.

Anyway, she climbed the Favorites list at high speed since then and is now very comfortable at the top together with Aya. Certainly didn't expect that when I started playing.

This rambling ends now, have a good day (or night) and maybe go look for something that makes you smile before it ends.

you know what would be awesome? if pastel palettes did a cover of connect, aka the madoka magica op. i need it so bad it would fit their band SO well (also aya has the same eye/hair color and hair style as madoka sooooo).

This is a combination KaoChisa appreciation post and an appreciation post for this Japanese BanG Dream fan-artist, SAD! I really love this pairing for a lot of reasons and it is by far my favorite Bandori ship. I'm also a big fan of this artist's style.

Source is here!

I'm a little curious and I want to know what are your 2 tops of each band, here are my favorites

new editions !!

eva wakamiya>aya maruyama

someone: hey, is there something on your mind?

me: nah, nothing much..

my mind: sayo had an inferiority complex over hina for a fucking while, which led her to basically stop playing the guitar for enjoyment, but rather for skill, so that she wouldn't lose to hina on the guitar. because of that, sayo's sound became less and less sayo-like, and she relied on accuracy more than anything to make her music sound good. however, after joining roselia, hina seems to notice that she can hear sayo in sayo's sound, rather than the sound of someone who's playing from a textbook, as though she had become a little kinder. but in the 21st event story, sayo herself seems to realize her sound has become boring, and that she's only been trying to become more skilled, and begins to get in a slump. after seeing hina come to give her an umbrella in the rain, sayo asks herself why hina still comes to her side no matter how many times she pushes her away, and realizes that despite that, she still blames her for everything. and begins to cry and say sorry, and she finally realizes she should talk to hina honestly. the hikawa sisters finally come to like each other again, and i have to say that i think that sayo is truly a good girl and is blessed to have such a good younger sister and band pals an-

me: ..nothing at all :)

Please Bandori, give the other bands their well deserved solo songs!

(this is my second yurishii post shhh)

imo, these are my favourite pics of yurishii. they've been circulating bc she's finally stepping down - as surreal and heartbreaking as it is - and i really feel that these two pics encapsulate her. she has such a dazzling smile, and i'll always love her for that.

thank you for everything, yurishii ♥ wishing you all the best ahead, and (most importantly) good health! and we're looking forward to lisa's new seiyuu to continue your hard work~

ありがとうゆりしぃ ‏☆

appreciation post ok? ok

-im not a big fan of the kaoru/chisato ship but i do appreciate how their friendship is written

-misakis ability to put up with kokoro, kaoru and hagumi thinking michelle is a actual bear.

-yukinas love for cats

-mocas love for point cards

-tsugu may be a "normal girl" but shes special in my heart

-tomoe and ako's relationship. theyre such loving sisters its great.

-the hikawa twins having basically opposite personalities

-urgrgggg girls

anyways my point is all the girls have something that makes them special and no list can ever say them all. thank u for coming to my ted talk