Yeah, going back and seeing this with a pre-Yu version of Ayumu's childhood friend is a little vertiginous.

As I think of it, though, while anime!Ayumu is more extreme in her actions than SIFAS!Ayumu ever is, I think she hides her jealousy better? Like, you catch other characters — I think Ai and Karin, mostly — teasing her about acting jealous in the game, and nobody really picks up on her tells in the anime. Hmm.

Ai looks so pleased, and Hanpen looks so smug.

I mean, Nijigasaki has all the clubs, of course they have an oil massage club. (Though I wonder — are they a well-established club of many years, or did they have to fast-talk Nana or Shioriko to get a club room and funding, and if the latter, which?). That they're all Ayumu's fans, and apparently YuPomu shippers, is beautiful.

Oh, wow, this is gorgeous.

Yeah, of the three girls from Rina's class, Kyoko is the one who's Ayumu's particular fan; in Rina's episode, she fangirls at Ayumu briefly at the arcade, and then she's the one who's setting up Ayumu's stage for the School Idol Festival with Yu. It's nice seeing the side characters get some attention.

...wow. Yow.

(And of course Yu didn't figure it out even after writing a very direct love song.)

As much as I love the YuPomu here, I also love the way all the other girls also want to sleep with Yu. Tokimeki indeed.

EDIT: Oh, geez, I'd missed the author's note and didn't realize it was before Yu even got named? That it's technically AnaPomu is even better.

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Adorable!

The Washi Washi saga is, for my money, one of the top two funniest series of episodes from the SIFAS Daily Theatre. Mari tells Ayumu that "Washi Washi" is a really fun game, and she should ask Nozomi how to play; when Ayumu does, her bright-eyed innocence makes Nozomi panic, and she gives Ayumu head pats instead, calling it the "trial version". Things proceed from there, dragging in the other most innocent girl, Rina. The episodes are collected at http://sifasdt.waxwolf.com/?theme=Path+to+the+True+Washi+Washi

(The other funniest series is the way that A•ZU•NA become Yoshiko, er, Yohane-sama's bodyguards, prepared to repel attacks from marauding angels and/or invade Heaven to place Yohane on the Throne of God; that one's collected at http://sifasdt.waxwolf.com/?theme=Defend+Mistress+Yohane%21 .)

I dunno — in S2E10, when Kasumi volunteers Shizuku's house for the "training camp" and hangs out with Ophelia for late night plotting, it comes across as if she's over there all the time. I mean, it's no being tackled onto a sleep sofa, sure, but...

They're so cute.

Aww, ShioPomu goodness.

I get the feeling that Riko is aware that You's amnesia is mostly feigned — but how aware You is of Riko's knowledge is iffy. There's obviously something that is preventing them from admitting things, and it doesn't feel like just cowardice. Is one, or are both of them, cheating? Y'know, just to compound things.

Or it could just be that the first time, You genuinely forgot, or impulsively lied about forgetting, and Riko is genuinely unaware and keeping the pattern up out of warring lust and guilt, and You ditto. It at least doesn't feel like this is the first time You has remembered. Hrm. This is just the sort of story that keeps my mind poking at it.

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.