Days of Bang Dream

In the books and movies, it's normally a person that reaches out to you during your lowest point. But for me, the star in the sea of darkness was definitely all the characters in Bandori and their stories. It can be easy to pass Bandori off as just sparkles and smiles, but what I love the most about Bandori and each of the girls is that behind each smile and laugh, there was also struggle and conflict that they had to overcome.

(I'll try to refrain from this getting too long ;-; but here goes) The me two years ago let my social anxiety dwarf over every other part of me 'til the point where I absolutely despised myself. I was like Mashiro in a way- my parents sacrificed so much to give me the opportunity to go to a good school, yet it was also this school that made me feel like trash compared to the rest of the students there. The worst part was that I had no sense of who I really was, after trying so hard to "fit in" and make everyone happy.

Then Bandori came into play.

• The stoic and quiet girl I used to be became someone who silently suppresses shrieks of admiration while watching Roselia concerts- having someone that you can say you love and look up to is super important (I guess it's a bit sad to say I had no one like this in my life before, but now it's Yukina and a lot of other characters), because hey- that's someone that you wish you could be one day. And that's a starting point that you can improve yourself from.
• I think it was called comfort characters/songs? Yup, that was it. The lyrics for most bandori songs (especially Popipa and Roselia's!!) are really touching (I highly recommend to read them on the wiki!) and they've helped me a lot. Music is a powerful thing (the amount of times I've cried while listening to Hidamari Rhodonite and Neo Aspect is... embarrassing, to say the least :p)
• Each character is so inspiring- and this is where Bandori truly shines. Yes, their music is boppin', the anime is fantastic, and the game is super fun (not to mention the amazing seiyuu & live concerts), but their character development and writing is the most stunning of all. From Yukina to Aya, they all have their own struggles, they're not perfect, yet they try to become better versions of themselves. And that was what I had been foolishly doing wrong, just wallowing in self-hatred instead of picking myself up and trying to become better. I also found myself saying things like "Don't beat yourself up over that, Aya! So what if you can't ad-lib or stumble over your words? We all do that sometimes" and just pause and think- how come you don't talk to yourself that way?
• There's so much more but it's getting late and I haven't finished my science homework yet :( Bandori has taught me a lot about facing your fears, owning up to your mistakes, accepting what makes you different, and so much more. But I think the biggest change is that now, I'm no longer scared of hugs or the word "love". And it's become much easier for me to say love instead of hate, especially when it comes to my friends and myself.
• AAAAAAAAA I JUST LOVE BANDORI SO MUCH SERIOUSLY IT'S HELPED ME IN SO MANY WAYS. It would be no exaggeration to say that Bandori has changed my life. Without it, I really wonder where I would be standing now, socially, academically, and as a person. I went from that one awkward girl who is always gloomy and probably hates herself to that one awkward girl who's really nice (I hope ;w;) and is constantly trying to become the best version of herself that she can be.

(Format of the post is based off/inspired by Momoyukiis because I have no idea how to organize/format lengthy word-posts to make them less chunky and more readable ;-;)

Tomoerrow I'm expecting

To see the most beautiful 4* in existence for Tomoe's birthday: ✓

To not study for an unimportant test that won't change our grades at all and we still have to do it, and instead

make a Tomuseum and finish her birthday drawing: ....✓

Hoping I'm able to finish the drawing, might make it with simple shading since I've been busy with unimportant tests this week!!!

Happy Birthday Tomoe! Her Birthday artwork!

Source.

Happy birthday BEST GIRL!!!

Ran

this needed to be done ( I didnt put much effort into this but okay)

PLEASE PELASE PELASE I LOVE HER

OMFNGID,SJSIWKSJJSMSMSJSJSJSMSMKDODLSOWPPAOAPQLSIOSKSMS IM DEAD BARKBARK GRRRRRREDEWONOOFFF BARKBARKIOWOOF

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD LOOK AT HER I LOVE HER SO MUCH OH MY GOD

I remember Mrrp asking these questions in one of their posts a while ago, so I wanted to re-ask them here in case anything's changed :) (plus I've been wanting to start a discussion in the comments lately lol)

• 1. What was your first event that you played? On what version was it? Do you consistently play or skip events?
• 2. How many 4*s do you have?
• 3. If you had any 4* dupes, around how many were they?
• 4. Have you spent money? If so, around how much did you spend?
• 5. Out of the 4*s you have, how many were you pulling from their featured banner, and how many did you pull from that banner?
• 6. Out of the 4*s you have, how many are you happy with having?
• 7. Have you sparked a card? (I.E. using the gacha stickers to exchange for a card)
• 8. Do you remember the most number of pulls you've done for one banner?

I've put in my own answer as well, so I'll try compiling the responses if we get enough!

at this point everyone should know I hate doing lyric translation but this one I really couldn't help. every time I look at the translation for 1000-kai Urunda Sora on the Wikia I die a little inside ... the source has since been deleted, so I'm pretty sure the OP of that is aware of it as well.

I'm not blaming OP, translating is hard & translating lyrics is harder, but as someone who wrote English lyrics for this song a while ago I couldn't help but notice and it's been driving me nuts ever since

in the comments is my own translation, I won't say it's 100% accurate because when is it ever but it's definitely closer than what's on the Wikia right now. I love this song and its message a lot so I hope I got it across decently well,,

https://youtu.be/0YaCJaPBLRg

so the wonderful Tsubame and I got together and collabed on a piano cover of Song I am and AAAAAA I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO SING THISSSS

her piano instrumental turned out beautiful and then I also asked her to do the background stuff since just singing by myself felt pretty awkward and I love how this turned out okay. that is all. thank you. please enjoy I only agonised over the volume mix a little bit--