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Every 19yo idol in a room together. Who is killing Riamu first
Sora and Fuyu both trying their absolute fucking best to hold back and not kill her, Ritsuko would be lecturing her endlessly, Matsuri is trying her absolute best to keep up the princess persona and not snap, Ayumu and Kanna are the only ones here trying to mediate. Kazuki and Kuro don't even know the meanings of half the shit she's saying (queue Kuro asking Kirio and Shouma later what "kys" means). Eventually Sora snaps and kills her not with his hands but his words, he delivers a devastating haiku about how she needs to get her shit together and she just explodes on impact. Fuyu was 2 seconds away from snapping and breaking her cutesy fuyu facade so she's kinda glad that Sora got there first.
I don't know how long it'd take for him to kill her but I just know in my heart of hearts as a RiamuP that she would threaten to kill herself at least 19 times before Sora's words finally do her in.
do you have any cross-branch ships or friendships you are/would be interested in?
I JUST REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT YAYOI/SHOUTA/DAIGO INTERACTIONS...DANCE14 REAL...My main popmas binguses....no cuz I wanna see if Yayoi and Shouta's interactions would be any different in the post-961Pro era...+ Yayoi/Daigo interactions would just be so cute and filled with joy and sunshine and rainbows and positivity I'm just...uuuu-uuuu...they're all from big families, are the same age and specialise in dance so I just feel like it'd be cool to see them interact and showcase their parallels because IT'S SO BLATANTLY CLEAR THAT SHOUTA WAS MADE TO PARALLEL YAYOI AND THEN DAIGY WAS MADE TO PARALLEL SHOUTA SO...AND YET BARELY ANY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THESE THREE PARTIES I'M SICK...LET THEM TAAAAAAAAALK
Also GIVE ME SHIKIWAN AND ROCO INTERACTIONS...THEY WOULD BE SUCH BESTIES LIKE THEY'RE BOTH INCOMPREHENSIBLE HYPERACTIVE ADHD TEENS WHO JUST NATURALLY COLOUR EVERYTHING AROUND THEM THEY WOULD BE SOOOOOOOOO AMAZING TO SEE HANGING OUT TOGETHER...In my heart of my hearts Roco starts attending Jyonani High School once she's in high school and she and Shiki meet and become such besties...I know it...I just know it...
Also also there's some other examples but I won't paragraph them all or else it'd take forever...like CG!Noriko/SM!Haruna (thank you popmas for the 4koma), Subaru/Hayato (thank you popmas for the 4koma), THE GUITARISTS...HAYATO/JULIA/DOUBLE NATSUKI (FUCK YOU POPMAS FOR THE LACK OF 4KOMA)...I want Touma and Iori to beef again UOXGDGPIOGDIPSGIPDIG Also I once saw fanart of Rinze and Emily together with Emily just being in awe with Rinze's yamato nadeshiko levels so that'd be so cute to see made canon...OH and ofc Mamimi and Mirei my purple-haired punk queens!!! I want to see them go shopping together...OH AND OFC ALL THE GYARUS TOGETHER FOR THE MAXIMUM JOINT SLAY SERVE...Bookgumi together...oh which reminds me of a hc of mine which is that Fumika and Yuriko would both be such big write for someone fans like they're both attending wfscon in full-on cosplay and everything...also ML!Mizuki would be such a HUGE besuge fan you cannot change my mind on this...I was gonna write a fic at one point of HxJ + LMG fes duo doing a joint live I should really get back on it. Also just thinking and I'd love to see Yume and Roco talk about their art together...Roco would give Yume such a huge boost of confidence in her art fr!!! Oh also give me canon Arisu/Momoko interactions (THANK YOU POPMAS FOR THE 4KOMA I CRIED) like they'd get along both just chatting shit on their producers and both being like "finally another responsible person" (<- they are both too young to go on rollercoasters btw) like!! It'd be cute to see!!
Also I really wanna see Miss Fuka Toyokawa and Miss Shin Sugar Heart Satou interact but that's mostly because I'm gay UZGXOFHHOCZHZFOHOHFZZFHO
Those were all friendships (I know I said I wouldn't paragraph but uhhh. Whoops) but I do actually have like. A couple silly cross-branch ships and one absolutely serious crossbranch ship but I ain't sharing how cringe of a ship it is UDGHDUGOSGOUSUGSOHSOUOSG
Do you ever play Granblue Fantasy that has collab with Im@s? And do you remember about GBF collab with LL Aq0urs incident 5 years ago? (such as LL fans were mad about GBF's male cast interacting with girl idols, etc.)
sakaki natsuki
So true bestie! My favourite cat lover with a sixth sense, social anxiety and a crush on his childhood bff...just thinking about Natsuki is making me wanna get back on with ch4 of Love Dumb but also some other NatsuJun stuff but also just some general HxJ stuff but also also also also also also I'm gonna pipeb/mb scamco for not voicing hxj ep0 ch4 fr fr we deserved to have Hirohiro narrate everything we deserved it we DESERVED it on god fr fr AND we deserved moba voiced. just like the entirety of it. I mean All of it. fuck. I love Sakaki Natsuki btw thank you for enabling my ADHD stream of consciousness rambling btw <3
sideM
If you were to make your own SideM unit (NOT with pre existing characters) what kind of concept would you make it?
Ok admittedly Years ago (I'm talking first getting into SideM level of years ago) I came up with the idea of an ex-cosplayer idol so I'd really like something like that...admittedly I have a kind of. not Quite an oc but something adjacent in my head (more like a chara concept more than anything I guess?) for what an ex-cosplayer idol would be like based on both the general concept and this dream I had once jkgrkpogtfrpkghmgtfglb
Essentially this one time I had a dream that saisuta (rip) added a 17th Unit and I remembered they had like. white and purple-y-lilac outfits and a sort of "dream" type theme and the youngest member of the unit had a vaguely royal sort of theme to him (he honestly kinda felt like Pierre a lil bit?) so. basically I took that dream I had and ran with it and made a proper unit concept for it that I then never ended up developing further JFRKOEPRGKTTRPOE[FKGJHGORPFKGHKGRPOTKGHJGKORG
The other members were an ex-host idol (which would unironically kinda serve tbh) and an ex-therapist idol (because 315pro desperately needs one (this addition to the unit was kinda a half joke tbh)) so. yeah. I kinda did a F-Lags with them and made their ex-jobs unrelated to one another and instead went with the theme of "it'd be cool to see SideM explore this"
But if we're talking a more coherent unit theme I think a unit based around the animation/other aspects of the entertainment industry could be fun...like maybe ex-cosplayer, ex-storyboarder, maybe an ex-indie animator??? I think that could be a fun trio unit or maybe even a quintet unit who form their own lil mini animation team? Like add an ex-seiyuu idol and maybe like. an ex-doujin artist or something. Maybe the doujin artist would be like Sora in that his ex-job isn't really that indicative of his personality and his true interests are more central to his character (like. Sora's main thing is poetry and his connection to nature yet he's not the ex-poet idol.) Maybe there could be an idol who works in like a bowling alley or a cinema or some shit and during his free time he's selling out comiket or something JFKPLFGKHGJOFRPEROGTKHBLGFR[PFGKH)
Idk I think it'd be cool...alternatively maybe the ex-host idol concept could be used for a jazzy unit or something based on jobs that are usually seen as "luxurious" or something? like maybe an ex-actor idol...ex-jeweller idol for a bit of Flair...which is now making me think of Pave Etoiles grjofieripgtjhktorpitgjh
Maybe also an ex-model idol though Hokuto kinda has that one locked down...idk I kinda like the idea of a jazzy cool otona unit but at the same time I feel like something like that wouldn't really feel SideM idk. Unless they were all absolute fucking disasters who are all just good at projecting an air of coolness to em or something. idk I'm rambling but those are my ideas 👍
what thing will kaoru do on chibigurumi teru?
ugh idk tries not to cuss bamco can u go wild on the new 49ele previews what do u think of them (sorry if u alrd tweeted about it i have been touching grass the whole day !!)
THE NEW 4ELE PREVIEWS FUCK.......LIKE...FUCK...I've tweeted like one or two things about them but god fuck I fucking love them...Sai is just. refusing to miss as per usual...nah cuz like Aishouka being a blend of Shukusai's and Irodori no Uta's styles when they're two of the best Sai songs...a cultural reset I'm afraid. All the solo songs are SO SO SO FUCKING GOOD JUST...GJEROIJTHBEKGJBOKRF GJKBM GRFGOBKM JIROJHUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
LIKE...KURO'S SOLO IN PARTICULAR IS EVERYTHING I WANTED FOR HIM LIKE. FUCK!?!?!??!!?!?!?!? THE RADIO EFFECTS THE ENTIRE ASS FUNKY BEAT AND EVERYTHING LIKE. FUCK...ALSO KIRIO'S JUST. BEING. KIRIO THROUGH AND THROUGHKRF KROGT HKROKGBHKGROFKGBHKGFROFGK...SHOUMA FUCKING SERVED MAN IDK...IRODORI NO UTA BUT WITH A MORE IDK HOW TO SAY IT "TWILIGHT" SORTA FEEL IGUESS??? LIKE IT SHOULD BE PERFORMED IN THE MOONLIGHT...FRGJTOIRPKGBJRMGBKGRLFGMKB MGKFLRGKMB BMGKBM
Sai...more like. Sairve. Get it. cuz. serve. Anyways-
DRASTARS...I don't know how to phrase this but the DraStars 49Ele songs feel Comfy...and Cozy like...idk they all have such Familiar vibes despite being completely new songs like. they all just have this nostalgic quality to them that I can't quite place (there's this one particular bit in star/ting that I SWEAR reminds me of something uber specific but I cannot quite recognise what it is and it's driving me insane /pos)...Beginning Tomorrow feels very strong and it just. Feels like Teru. Shuugon fucking ate with all those high notes holy shit...I love how everyone is just agreeing that Kaoru's song is cute JGOIRJGOIPHWRJPIRJPO But I love softraba...ironically TeruKao just ended up getting song styles that I thought each other would get HIGROHIPOTWJOPRJHOIPRJTR I was expecting soft Teru and that sorta soft yet powerful feeling of moving forward with Kaoru...Tsubasa got something unexpected but honestly a banger. Like I already can imagine what these songs' MVs would be...and I'm sorry but I gotta talk about star/ting again it's such a banger and it feels like they honestly somehow managed to combine the vibes of Every drastars song at once into it?? which is by no means an easy feat considering how varied DraStars' discography is...but goddamn this song did it...bangers all around methinks
I literally like. need these full songs in my blood now. absolutely strong as fuck ending to a strong as fuck CD line, absolutely deserved
Fav song from each unit? Need to know if I can really call you an oomf 🧐
Oh ok oof this is gonna be hard cuz there's a lot of units where I honestly have a tie for fave so uhh...yeah I may give multiple answers for certain units I'm (not) so sorry JFOREIJGWRPOEHJPORI
Jupiter - Inner Dignity, Radiant Letter is a close close close second though...but honestly 0 misses discography man like. Have you heard Planet Scape and Spacy Paradise and Unmei Kounen on god fr...
DraStars - RAINY MEMORIES...Though I'm ngl star/ting is looking like it could start fighting for that top spot; we'll just have to see when the full comes out...
Altessimo - I literally cannot choose cuz like. asking me to choose between both their signal songs and symphonic daylight (top 3 easy) is like asking someone to pick between the father the son and the holy spirit like. literally impossible tbh they just slayed every song they ever did
Beit - Platinum Mask. Smile Engage was my fave Beit song for like. 6 years and then Platinum Mask happened JGOTRHOIPTRJHPOIWRJPOIJRJOPRJPO
Wuh - I literally don't know they keep coming out with bangers...Great Sympathy and Watchword are easily my top 2 but I do not know how to rank one above the other JIOGRJTIHPOJWRPOR
Frame - Plus 1 Good Day literally 0 competition. Used to be three brace but P1GD...Saisuta popped off with that being one of the first few event songs fr fr
Sai - IRODORI NO UTA LITERALLY 0 COMPETITION...Though again thanks to 49Ele Aishouka looks like it could be threatening that spot...it's literally like Shukusai and Irodori no Uta combined and those are two of my fave Sai songs, so, like, fuck?!?!?!??!
HxJ- GOD FUCK...Joyful Heart Maker is the best fucking song ever made I cried watching it live during 7th Live...but also High Jump No Limit is so fucking iconic there's literally no beating it...but also also you cannot ignore SEASON IN THE FIVE's impact on them as a unit and their dynamic...but also goddamn Toward Pole Star is so good it's like. easily the top 4 but. who wins. cuz I cannot tell you who tbh
Shinsoku Ikkon - yeah this one is just. 0 competition Tasogare Doki Bluesy
CafePara - TEATIME CLICHE HANDS DOWN I WILL BROOK NO DISSENT ON THIS ONE
Mofumofuen - Handmade Kimi Heart I will hear no objections on this. Though Wonder x Marching and Harukaze Baton are really good and easily in the top ranks...but also Mofu Cute Days is so good...hhhhhhhhhhhhhhh they just make bangers tbh
S.E.M - Roots Evolution like. literally never changing my mind on this one tbh
The Kogadou - I. Do not know tbh? Proof Of Oneself probably...but also their signal songs are so good but also Reflection Breakers...idk Puruwan it is probably I admittedly need to give their songs a relisten but Puruwan is defo a top fave of theirs for me
F-Lags - Casually! like. literally hands down it's this one objectively the best flags song ever
Legs - FOCUS ON YOUR LIFE...NAH IT'S ACTUALLY CRIMINAL HOW I DON'T SEE ANYBODY HYPING THIS SONG UP IT FUCKING BODIED ME WHEN I FIRST LISTENED TO IT...Though I also absolutely have to give shout-outs to String of Fate and Permafrost too where would I be without them
C.First - Uhhhhhhh idk...they literally only have 3 songs yet I'm still hmmmmmm because Not Alone and Trust Me Now both bang equally as hard for different reasons...I'm not sure tbh they're probably tied
what do you want the concept to be for hxj’s next cd!!
if we're being 100% self-indulgent here viskei is my answer. joyful heart maker is literally one of sidem's best songs like. Ever in general we need MORE hard rock hxj so why not just take it all the way with viskei!!! or maybe even metal!!!! let em rebel!!!!
If we're talking what's a bit more realistic though than. maybe something jazzy...idk I really think sidem needs to start playing up hxj's playing card theme more cuz their music tends to focus more on the season theme but the playing card theme is SO SO SO good but it's mostly just tied to their aesthetic so like...a whole song based on the playing card theme!!! like with a symbolic title and lyrics and everything (and also a cool af set of outfits based on the cards would be nice) idk I just hope that the next cd series does something like signal and lets the units all do something a lil different...please...I need to see HxJ do as many genres as possible!!!
I just want them to get more hard rock music tbh JIOFPERJGPOIWRJHPOIJRTOJRPTHOIJTPO
OR If we're being SUPER duper self-indulgent. kimidori from ml music. give me hxj versions of Both retale and pan to film NOW bandai namco it's the least you can do for me after everything
Do you like any non-imas idol series, and if so which is your fave?
Uhhhhhh my first anidol series was Love Live, which I got into around when Aqours were first being introduced (KoiAqua was recently either announced or released iirc). Muse and Nijigaku are both my absolute beloveds, though I sorta drifted away from Love Live during SIFAS main story arc 2 though I never paid much attention to the SIFAS story anyways, so I still don't know much about Shioriko/Mia/Lanzhu as charas jlkbflgjgfphosjboipsrjhtjrhpt...I haven't watched s2 of nijigaku's anime, though I do really wanna do so at some point!! (Also re: muse and nijigaku: Nico/Nozomi/Hanayo/Rin/Honoka/Maki and Ai/Kanata/Rina/Karin/Yuu/Kasumi/Setsuna my beloved, Shizuku also gets a mention for dropping the banger of the century Audrey <3 (also I do love Yohane/Hanamaru/Ruby/Dia/Mari/Riko even if I don't really touch much Aqours stuff!!)
More recently I've gotten into pole princess though!! I love seeing the inventive ways the MVs are done, and Mio Tousaka I love you sm...same with Miss Sana Murafuji she is just the definition of queen shit with that choreography in Avaricious Heroine!! And her character design and main costume are both so pretty...and also pole princess is nothing but banger after banger with its music!! I guess polpri doesn't really emphasize the idol aspect that much and is more focused on the pole dancing but it's still good!!
I do wanna watch Idoly Pride and Zombie Land Saga at some point, I've been wanting to expand my music taste a bit so hopefully getting into more series can help so jgrlk;sejgljhfg
So basically just Love Live and Pole Princess jfoeirjgioprjhosrjthsipo and idk which one I'd call my fave tbh...I still have somewhat of a soft spot for Love Live but I really hate the Love Live staff's practices with overworking the seiyuu (I never got into Superstar and I'm kinda glad I didn't cuz I feel so bad for how horrendously overworked the seiyuu are atm it's insane how much has been put on their shoulders), I wanna say maybe PolPri would be my fave...? No clue tbh JOGPTRHJOPIWRJTPTRJIHPO but I hope PolPri will do some cool stuff in the future cuz it really has the potential to be one of my fave series!! Again Miss Mio Tousaka ily
Also not directly an anidol series but has an idol character with an image song and everything: Magia Record thank you for Sayuki Fumino and Kokuho High End (stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KI1u6pC4MY&pp=ygUcbWFnaWEgcmVjb3JkIGtva3VobyBoaWdoIGVuZA%3D%3D)
which event would you want for prs?
I'm ngl I'm not huge on the whole prs concept anyways so...but if I had to pick something I'd pick the 315Cinema trilogy from SideMoba (Shadow9/Rampage/Underedge), I really wanted it to get a conclusion arc a la Cybernetic Wars, it was kinda whack how there was a recurring storyline about Phantom and their conspiracy in the first two events and then Underedge suddenly went "anyways. Aliens" and completely threw the storyline out so uhhhhhh...SideM I need to see that storyline wrapped up please FGOREPGHPOIRJHPOIRTJPOIRTJPOITRJPOIRJPORR
I know it'd be difficult to incorporate the characters who got murked but maybe the story could start off with a recap of the trilogy? Kinda like how promi would have the sequel events + their prior event's stories live read by the seiyuu so...methinks that that would work...plus with how much hype they gave 315Cinema throughout its run I'm honestly surprised that they never voiced the events so this could work imo ̶c̶o̶u̶g̶h̶̶ ̶A̶N̶D̶ ̶T̶H̶E̶Y̶ ̶N̶E̶E̶D̶ ̶T̶O̶ ̶H̶A̶V̶E̶ ̶H̶O̶R̶I̶E̶R̶U̶ ̶S̶A̶Y̶ ̶H̶O̶L̶Y̶ ̶S̶H̶I̶T̶.̶ ̶W̶E̶ ̶A̶S̶ ̶A̶ ̶S̶O̶C̶I̶E̶T̶Y̶ ̶H̶A̶V̶E̶ ̶P̶R̶O̶G̶R̶E̶S̶S̶E̶D̶ ̶P̶A̶S̶T̶ ̶T̶H̶E̶ ̶P̶O̶I̶N̶T̶ ̶O̶F̶ ̶O̶H̶ ̶M̶Y̶ ̶G̶O̶D̶ ̶P̶I̶E̶R̶R̶E̶.̶ ̶A̶N̶D̶ ̶F̶R̶A̶N̶K̶L̶Y̶ ̶W̶E̶ ̶W̶E̶N̶T̶ ̶P̶A̶S̶T̶ ̶T̶H̶A̶T̶ ̶P̶O̶I̶N̶T̶ ̶T̶H̶E̶ ̶M̶O̶M̶E̶N̶T̶ ̶T̶H̶E̶Y̶ ̶C̶H̶A̶N̶G̶E̶D̶ ̶T̶H̶E̶ ̶L̶I̶N̶E̶ ̶̶c̶o̶u̶g̶h̶̶
I know wfs is a popular choice that people want for PRS but I honestly think that wfs's storyline worked really well as a one-off...I could see a sequel with Akahoshi and maybe Chuck working but I kinda like how the ending of the og wfs was vague about whether Sam/Momochi could be brought back so...idk I feel like continuing it via PRS would sorta force the og wfs cast to become the main charas again and I just don't know how well that would work? idk. I liked the tone of the og with how the characters' end fates were set up. And yes it really is that serious JORES[JHORWRORTHJOWOR[JHO[RPORROTPJRRO
I would still be down for a wfs sequel with a new cast though. I just feel that Mitsumasa and Sam's story wrapped up nicely. Though it would've been cool if moba had done a wfs sequel where maybe Mitsumasa could've been a cameo appearance...maybe Sam could make a surprise appearance at the end? Idk I like how his potential revival was left ambiguous but I feel like it could work if Sam was revived but only had a small appearance rather than being brought back as a main character...yes it really really really IS that serious JIOREJHIOPRWTJOPEJWOIPHJRPOIHRO
yuuharu
so true bestie
https://archiveofourown.org/works/45061621
Best polpri mv so far
I haven't watched Subaru's cuz my hearing is fucked but uhhhh...songwise it's Mio's MV, choreography wise it's either Sana's or Lilia's cuz GIRL my skeleton hurt just watching that
anyways go watch mio's mv the stage design outfit song choreography and everything is perfect and the combined baton-twirling and pole-dancing like!!! yes!!!!!!!!! Mio Tousaka I love you and I love magical identifier 3 2 1 no mahou both my beloveds
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