Dia Kurosawa, huh?

You simply cannot ask me to be short on this one, I have so much to say about Dia. So i apologize beforehand and I will start off by posting my birthday art I drew for her this year.

So let's start off with a silly story (feel free to skip this and read below about why Dia is my best girl), i always thought Dia was pretty of course, but once the anime started my attention fell towards other girls. Once season 1 ended i still hadn't been able to pick a best girl!! You see this was a disaster because that spring me and my family were going to japan and as most of you know love live is everywhere. So i travel to japan, aqours merch anywhere BUT I DONT HAVE A BEST GIRL what do i buy, what do i buy?!

Well it wasn't until the night of my last day in Japan it hit me, it's Dia, it's been Dia all along, ever since the characters were introduced i always payed attention to Dia. And until this day i still don't know what exactly made me come to this realization but it just felt so right. First thing the next morning i ask my parents to take me to the mall and after a long long time of convincing i finally managed to drag my dad with me, because please this is sooo important to me there's a figure i really need to get!! AND LET ME TELL YOU we went to EVERY SINGLE STORE in that mall, every single one at least 3 times. No Dia. They had Ruby they had Chika they had You they had Riko they had ALL THE OTHER GIRLS, SEVERAL OF THEM. and i thought how is this possible, what kind of cruel fate is this, she's not even that popular in japan!! so yes i did end up going back home without that figure but i tried to see it as a journey to find myself (my best girl) and when i look back at it i like to laugh at it rather than pity and I did en up buying some stuff online and getting gifts from a friend too which I am forever thankful for.

So now that I've told you the "when" and "how" it's finally time for the "why". Jokes aside for this one, this is the part where I open my heart up.

I always had my eye on Dia, at first i admired her for her respectful personality, i mean that girl is beautiful as idontknoewhat AND SHE KNOWS IT.

But as the anime went on i realized that Dia is not perfect. In fact, she's just like me. She acts confident because she has such high expectations but in reality she's insecure. She doesn't know how to protect her sister so she gets scared and resorts to being harsh. She has dreams of having a close relationship to people but doesn't know how to make herself approachable. I started to realize that maybe it wasn't just Dias pretty looks that attracted me to her, but the fact that she reminded me a lot of myself.

After seeing myself in her, Dias story started meaning a lot to me, i felt inspired by her, I felt inspired by seeing her joining aqours and slowly starting to open up, dare to show her soft side to her friends and especially to her sister, Ruby. Her love for her sister and for her friends is unconditional but it just has to break through. And it did. When Dia joined aqours she started to come out of her bossy shell, she said maybe it's okay after all. Dia has grown so much throughout the anime and she is a much healthier and happier person now.

This made me so happy, I have struggeled a lot with opening up to my friends and I have pushed them away a lot which resulted in me being very lonley. But watching Dia I thought maybe i can be like her too, maybe i can dare to open up to my friends maybe i can dare to let them know how much i appreciate them because how will they ever know if i hide behind this tough love?

Now when I look at her I don't only see a pretty face, I see inspiration and motivation to keep trying, and I can only hope Dia would be proud of me.

Last thing I have to say, I've started trying to cosplay Dia, this is my first cosplay and I'm really excited!! I don't have a costume for her yet sadly but while I'm at it, here are some pictures.

Whether you read this far or just decided to take a look at my art, thank you for your time!

EDIT: Ok guys i'm sorry this post is already long enough but i just have to tell you this??? so a while ago i ordered a cosplay of the angel Dia card and i've been waiting for it for a while now. today i was playing SIF and my mom knocks on my door and tells me i've got a package. it was my Dia cosplay and i was soooo excited you guys because this dress is GORGEOUS. i decide to play up all my LP before trying it on, i play one more event song, get a scouting ticket (hell yeah!!) i use it and... yes it's exactly what you think, I GET FCKING ANGEL DIA AND I- i didn't even have this card since before??? i'm like legitimately scared like how can this even be a coincidence um

also i'll try to take some pictures of the cosplay to upload here if anyone is interested (:

EDIT 2: as promised, here are the pics

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