[WARNING: VERY VERY LONG AND EMOTIONAL] EDIT: 3/3- I GOT 2ND PLACE THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH!! im so glad you guys love seeing me spill all my feelings for birb :')))) im still shocked honestly

Dear Kotori,

I’ve actually tried to write this letter many times, but felt I couldn’t get my feelings across to you. Hopefully I get it right this time! I’ve loved you for a long time now; so long that I can’t remember when I started loving you! I know I loved you since the start of 2016 and the start of the anime, but beyond that I forgot (curse me and my bad memory). Like stated before, i loved you from the start of the anime. I don’t know what it was, seeing that we didn’t really know much about you, but I loved you anyways. I saw how much you cared about your friends, your cute voice and style, and your adorable outfit designs and drawings, and fell in love, and it's been the same ever since. Even after meeting and seeing the development of the other girls, I loved you. You were a lot of my firsts Kotori. You see, I wasn’t that into anime when I started. I only watched the anime because I didn’t exactly understand the game. I’m glad I did. Love Live was the first anime I truly got into, and loved. You were my first anime figure too, and I’m glad, because I had spent my own money on you, and took multiple photos of you, so much that my phone was full of you. Now I have three figures of you, and I'm so happy! You were many of my firsts on the game too. Actually, I remember getting my first rare of you and almost crying because I was so happy. I even max leveled the rare too, and saved it for a long time. And of course, I loved the rare’s outfit too; Your Yume no Tobira outfits were so beautiful to me, and looked amazing on the girls and seiyuus. You were my first ur too, and I think I cried when I saw your smile pop out of the envelope like a goddess. Fairytale Kotori. Although you might not be the strongest or best ur, I love you nonetheless, and will never sell you. Speaking of urs, you were my first 10+1 ur too. You came home on your birthday, after multiple scouts and lots of rares. You popped out of the box, on the last step of the step-up scouting, along with two srs, although at the time I didn’t really notice the srs because I was in too much shock and excitement. Yukata Kotori, one of my favorite urs, thank you for coming. You grace me with your smile each time I open the game, and I hope to someday idolize you, hopefully soon! And your voice, how could I forget your voice? Your voice is usually lower or the lowest on many people’s lists, but for mine, your near the top. I love your emotion, you really convey your feelings in your singing, and I love how you have a sweet higher voice, but also a smoother lower voice. You’ve also given me a lot of hope throughout these years. I remember looking at pictures of you, listening to your singing, or hearing you talk. It made me smile and always gave me determination to do my best! Especially before tests, like my first spanish speaking test, where I had to speak to my teacher, who I was scared of at the time. I did well on that test, partly because of me, but mostly because of the determination you gave me. My friends always tell me “Do it for Kotori!” because they know I’ll do anything for you. And it’s probably true! In gym class once, during the one thing american kids hate (the pacer), I kept whispering to myself “Do it for Kotori!” and did my best on that test. I think I did the most laps I ever did that time, even though my lungs were burning and my legs hurt, I did 50 laps! For you! You were the reason I made an instagram and joined the fandom. You were the reason I spent my own money on merch. You are part of the reason I live every day. You, Kotori, have become a part of my life from the day I saw you. I don’t think I completely showed all my emotions in this, as some I can’t even put into words, like the tears when you speak, or the warm feeling in my chest when I listen to your singing, or even the need to smile when I see your smile. I can try, but it won’t be close to what I feel. Thank you, truly, for everything so far. I hope you continue to be with me throughout my years, and never stop being you. Chun chun!

Love, Coolioreese, Birb, or bae.kotori ValentineLoveLetter2018 (yes im probably gonna copy and paste this when kotori's birthday givewaway comes around because i spent too long on this)