CATDOLL: AKB fans blast the Love Live! movie: There is no story at all

Speaking of various idol groups nowadays, we have to mention the three-dimensional AKB48 and the two-dimensional μ's group of "Love Live!". The movie version of "Love Live!" is now in theaters, with a box office of over 800 million yen. Although there seems to be no hatred between the fans in the past and the present, the fans across the dimensional wall have started a quarrel. Recently, an AKB48 fan wrote a long article saying that the movie version of "Love Live!" has no story at all, and even linked the story of Sashihara Rino to the plot of "Love Live!". It's really ridiculous. The following is a wonderful excerpt (including many spoilers of the movie version of "Love Live!"), let's enjoy it together.

In the middle of the movie "Love Live!", μ's faces a difficult decision: should they stop μ's activities after the third-year students (Nicole, Nozomi Tojo, and Eri) graduate, or should they let μ's continue to shine on the stage? After hesitating for a long time, Honoka decides that μ's is a school idol, so they will stop activities after the third-year students graduate. At this time, the "school idol" setting, which has never been very important to "Love Live!", becomes the key narrative clue of the movie.

In the movie, Guoguo did something domineering. For the sake of the "future of school idols", he gathered "school idols" from all over the country to hold a huge festival. This festival was μ's last stage, so various unknown school idol groups that appeared since the first season of the animation appeared in this festival in the movie. The movie version of "Love Live!" ended with the singing and dancing of the festival accompanied by dreams, hopes and tears.

But the problem lies in the final stage event of μ's, which is the finishing touch of the animation "Love Live!". In order to let everyone understand the specific problem, I will use an idol event held in the real world three years ago to illustrate. At the exclusive event "The First Pinky Festival ~ Idol Temporary General Meeting ~" held three years ago for AKB48 member Rino Sashihara, ten idol groups that are usually rivals but each with super high popularity gathered together and performed one after another. This event became a hot topic in the idol fan circle for a while that year. At that time, Rino Sashihara's popularity rose rapidly. She personally served as the general producer and organized this event. In the climax stage of the LL movie version, μ's invited other school idol groups that were its competitors to gather together for a festival. This is very similar to Rino Sashihara's event.

In fact, the touching event "Pink Finger Festival" condenses the life story of Sashihara Rino as an idol. Sashihara's hometown is Oita Prefecture, Japan. Sashihara Rino has been an avid idol fan since she was a child. When she was in elementary school, it was the heyday of Morning Musume. At that time, Sashihara was already an avid idol otaku who often appeared in various idol group live venues. She went to Tokyo because of her admiration for idols and worked hard to become an idol. She eventually became a member of AKB. Therefore, "Pink Finger Festival" is an expression of Sashihara Rino's love for the profession of idol. This event tells us the growth story of idol otaku, so it is a very touching event.

On the other hand, what is the connotation of the festival at the end of the Love Live! movie? The author believes that there is no story at all in that festival. The keyword of that festival is "school idols", but so far, the Love Live! project has never explained "what school idols should do" or "what the future of school idols is". Honoka's μ's has never considered school idols other than A-RISE, and suddenly all school idols are gathered at the end, and the question of where the school idols are going is too abrupt.

This time, the "Love Live!" movie version is indeed eye-catching, but there are occasional plots in the movie version that have no story.

In the first half of the movie, the story of μ's trip to New York is forced forward without a clear explanation, and μ's seems to have understood nothing in New York. The story in the second half has nothing to do with the trip to New York. If we look at the development of the story in the second half, the plot of the first half should be a hint about the "future of school idols" and the foreshadowing of μ's cessation of activities. However, the story of the first half is entirely about μ's street adventure in New York looking for a live venue and communicating with Americans in New York.

However, it is worth mentioning that when Honoka got lost on the streets of New York, she met a female singer who sent her back to the hotel. There were all kinds of incredible things about this kind-hearted female singer. It seemed that only Honoka could see her, while the other members of μ's could not see her. Therefore, many people on the Internet believed that this female singer was the future Honoka.

Oh my god, the movie version of "Love Live!" also involves time travel?

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