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FluffyCow Jul 15, 2024 8:58PM

I remember seeing this for the first time and being surprised by the number of bite marks. Dalia is being eaten alive lmao

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17hunter00 Jul 15, 2024 9:20PM

So there's an official couple in d4dj too?

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FluffyCow Jul 15, 2024 9:26PM

^Yeah, these two https://dynasty-scans.com/pairings/hayate_x_kokoa/images

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17hunter00 Jul 15, 2024 9:56PM

So there's 2 official couples in d4dj? I thought hayakoko were from bang dream (I don't really follow any franchise)

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FluffyCow Jul 15, 2024 10:22PM

^I haven't kept up with D4DJ closely in a little bit, but to my knowledge Haya and Koko are the only canon couple.

I don't think Bang Dream has a canon couple

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juanelric Jul 15, 2024 10:24PM

Meanwhile I don't even think Love Live can have a canon couple given how possessive the male Japanese fans are (they didn't want the girls to even interact with guys in the Granblue Fantasy collabs)

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FluffyCow Jul 15, 2024 10:28PM

^Love Live gets close sometimes, and it's made by the creator of Strawberry Panic. So maybe one day? I'm not holding out my hopes but you never know lol

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Perlen297 Jul 16, 2024 2:45AM

^^ We did get a canon couple though, Rin x Hanayo from the School idol diary novel/manga. Makes even sense that it's written by Sakurako Kimino herself.

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eromancer Jul 16, 2024 1:01PM

^ Well, yeah ... that's if you accept the manga as canon.

The problem is that the manga contradicts the anime and other elements of "canon" in a lot of ways. For instance, in the manga, Nico's actually "nice". I mean, she's kind of crafty and scheming, but she doesn't have that abrasive personality they gave her in the anime. She's constantly smiling, which jibes much better with her original character design as the consummate idol.

But even more glaring is the fact that in the manga, it's Rin who still believes in Santa Claus, not Maki! Which actually makes a lot more sense if you think about it. Maki's a freakin' genius. No matter how sheltered she might be in her rich girl life, it strains credibility that a girl on a glide path to becoming a doctor still believes in Santa. Rin, on the other hand, is ... well, kinda dumb.

And there are other inconsistencies, too; in the original manga, at least, Eli and Nozomi's personalities are quite different than in the anime. Eli is much less serious, more fun-loving, and less inhibited, while Nozomi comes off at first as a kind of earnest, out of town Kansai hick taken aback by Eli's forwardness. Get this -- when they meet, it's actually Eli who grabs Nozomi's tits!

Unfortunately, the original manga stopped mid-story and looks like it's now a dead letter. A shame.