On the birthday of the third member of Aqours, the one who changed the destiny of Uchiura, I wanted to talk about Sakurauchi Riko, a girl who is very well liked in the Love Live fandom, but is also heavily misunderstood. Everyone seems to focus on her in ships and sometimes even malign her as stealing Chika from You, but I feel that people don’t understand who Riko is and what her relationships to Chika, You and even Datenshi Yohane mean for not just her personal journey, but for the entirety of Love Live! Sunshine’s story.
So let’s find out together why Riko is more important than you think!
μ’s is a legend in the world of school idols. In the anime and even in real life, they left a mark on the world that could never be replicated. At the lead of this amazing and radiant group of nine was a normal girl who ran into an open field in search of the light.
In Love Live! Sunshine!!, there are a lot of words that hold thematic weight throughout the series, but none hit more than those of “regret” and “normal”. These words that embody the goals and motivations of every girl that fills the cast, but the one who embodies them the most gave herself the title “normal monster”. That’s Takami Chika, the leader of Aqours, the girl who could only call herself normal and possibly the greatest protagonist in all of anime.
On the birthday of the Number 1 Idol in the Universe and the most popular Love Live character of all time, we take a look at Yazawa Nico, the mischievous gremlin and two-faced creator of the Nico Nico Nii and member of μ’s, often written off by many people in the community as being nothing more than a meme, being extremely rude or just barely scratching the surface of what she serves to the core of Love Live’s story. Because, make no mistake, there is a reason she is so prominent and why she’s so central to the story of Love Live, and I feel that I have no choice but to do her justice so that people can understand her and further understand the detail and meaning within School Idol Project.
This is Yazawa Nico, the Number 1 Idol in the Universe.
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