Always here for Kitaku and the Great Nijigasaki Polycule.

Eeeee! And also awwwww!

This is adorable. Just seriously adorable.

(The extra nod to how close Shioriko and the twin secretaries have become in SIFAS is just a lovely bonus.)

Wow. Gotta love the x Everyone tags.

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Beautiful. Also Evil!Guy!Rin is pretty darn great.

Ah, story that has me feeling all kinds of ways. Rina and Ai are such a sweet pair, and there's a lovely focus both on how it must feel for Rina to have her feelings recognized, to be known after so many years of isolation. Plus we see how Ai really enjoys Rina's company for her own sake, and that Rina also helps Ai. Mmmmm.

Hee! Beautiful.

Oh, wow, several kinds of adorable in one. Lanzhu/Kasumi is a great pairing.

There just hasn't been as much original Cinderella Girls content recently to drive fanwork. Even the last season of Gekijou is a couple of years old, and of course the Mobage game is shutting down. Meanwhile, Love Live has had two different anime per year for the last bit, between Superstar and Nijigasaki, and they've still got Aqours doing concerts. This year, they've got Nijiyon, another season of Superstar, the Nijigasaki OVA, and the Yohane spinoff — plus, Love Live has always been more invested in teasing their yuri fans.

Now, the U149 anime is hitting this summer, so I expect an uptick in Haru/Risa doujinshi, and possibly Arisu/Momoka; this may or may not be an improvement.

Gorgeous. And yeah, it's that great kind of mutual pining — and I loved the indication that they're each kind of jealous of Ayumu's childhood friend and the other one's (perceived) feelings for her.

Eeeeeeeee!

Ah, yes, Lanzhu and not understanding social context.

(Is there a Love Live character who is neurotypical?)

Myon does such gorgeous work! And the story is adorable on top of that.

They're so soft together. Awww.

Oh, beautiful. I just wish there was more.

Okay, Shiki and Mika but Shiki is doubling down on her ADHD. Nice.

Oh, this is wonderful! The back-and-forth, with Karin getting herself worked up while flirting to get Setsuna flustered — good stuff.

I had noticed the Niji first years in the backgrounds — as well as some other cameos (at least RinPana, KuuKaa, and ChiRen) — so it was a real delight to see that pay off. (Also gotta praise the number of cameos/gags/references in the gift shop.)

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So it's (from left to right) Shioriko, Nozomi, and Chika, huh.

Ooh, I like this.

The lead-up to them going to Karin's dorm room — the bit where Setsuna is wary of having a pass made at her — does feel like we're missing some context, though. Or maybe it's just meant to have her hyperaware of Karin's flirting, to emphasize her emotional state towards the payoff. Hmm.

Oh my!

(Ayumu and Rina isn't a very common ship at all, but they are awfully cute together.)

"Ayumu has two hands," after all. (Which just means Setsuna and Kasumi can still be jealous.)

Man, Yu makes us look good. (Certainly, Ayumu agrees.)

The crossover status of any given Love Live meeting is confusing, particularly when it comes to Nijigasaki and Liella. The three main-line anime installments — SIP, Sunshine, and Superstar — seem to take place around five years apart (explicitly stated for SIP and Sunrise, and conjectured in Superstar from the fact that Ren's mom, ten years before the present, seemed to be contemporary with A-Rise), but the Nijigasaki anime is completely unmoored from anything that would indicate where in the timeline it is.

Meanwhile, SIFAS takes place in an alternate universe where at least μ's, Aqours, and Nijigasaki are all operating simultaneously, and I think everyone is co-active in SIF and probably will be so in the upcoming SIF 2.
Tl;dr: A meeting between Superstar and Nijigasaki characters feels like it's a crossover right now, but one between SIP and Sunshine ones doesn't; this feeling is subject to change when new material comes out.

There's a real painful sting in the middle of this cute fluffiness.

Yeah. Just the tip.

The joke's probably already been made, but that kind of stream doesn't go on L-Tube, it goes on OniFans.