...so the volume extra implies that Rina and either Yu or Ayumu (maybe both!) have used Rina's concoction (no pun intended). Ayumu demanding an after-action report sure is something.

Yeah, Yu is some kind of hybrid in the "Angels and Demons" outfit scheme.

Oh dear.

Kasumi's already gotten Lanzhu's mother's approval, after all...

Verrry nice. (Reminder that Shioriko's entry in the Love Song Carnival was "Koufukuron", literally "Biting Theory".)

Oh, Shizuku isn't really chill, she's just acting.

Yeah, Yuu generally gets the butchest outfits in these collabs. Well, as butch as Love Live allows for, anyway.

TOKIMEKI Roadmap to Future true ending

This is lovely.

(Note that it's not strictly Yu, here, but the SIFAS protagonist — this all takes place during the lead up to the game's School Idol Festival, including her and Ayumu's fight while she was spiraling after they couldn't find enough volunteers to run the thing.)

I would argue that although "Anata" is the SIFAS protagonist, this isn't self-insert. It's clearly depicting her as a distinct character and not the kind of blank reader stand-in that a self-insert story has.

Aww, they're doing just fine.

Nah, there's a certain intrinsic value in impatience.

Well, a lot of these were reinforced by Nijiyon S2, and I suspect it's sort of the implication that she's the one writing it.

(Which raises questions about the episode with her and Lanzhu.)

Ayumu snapping was delightful.

Okay, that's just plain adorable.

Gorgeous. Myon does good work.

Oh my! Although it feels like the angel may be as much of a temptation as the devil.

Okay, from context this is going on the SIFAS timeline, just before the big joint training camp with μ's before Lanzhu was introduced.

Great look at Shioriko's crush on Ayumu, and Ayumu's attachment to Shioriko. I think the changes make the story stronger, particularly Ayumu's sleeptalking.

"Ayumu could also be the beast."

Yeah, the bit where she gets snuggled by DiverDiva is one of my favorite parts of Muteki-kyuu*Believer.

Such an interesting dynamic, and way of telling this story. Kaho is very straightforward, and Sayaka is all internally knotted up between her caring and desires, and I think she's half-convinced that Kaho and Kozue should be dating instead. Hmmm.

It is some of both. Mia's not particularly tall — at 156cm she's the same height as Yu or Yoshiko — but she is a year younger than Rina; meanwhile, Rina is the shortest girl in the franchise at 149cm, a full five centimeters shorter than Nico.

(The next ones up from Rina are Rurino at 151cm, Hanamaru and Natsumi at 152cm, and Leah at 153cm; Tsubasa, Ruby, and Setsuna are all the same height as Nico.)

To put her height in further perspective, if Rina were over in Idolmaster Cinderella Girls, she'd qualify for the spinoff that's all elementary school girls.

It's just me or all of Ayumu popular ship is with black haired girl?? I mean Yupomu, Setsupomu, and Shiopomu

Those are certainly the most popular, though I'd say there's still a following for LanPomu, KasuPomu, and RinaPomu.

I love the turn in this:

"No, Yu, you can't kiss Setsuna!" "Oh, thank god, someone reasonable." "Only I get to have a first kiss with Yu, so I'll kiss her instead!" "...or not."

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Yeah, LanKasu is pretty great.

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