HELLO SIT, HAVE YOU HEARD THE GOOD WORD OF MY LORD & SAVIOUR HANAMARU KUNIKIDA?

Let me tell you some things about Hanamaru. She's the light of my life, a beacon for my heart who has helped me discover things about myself that I never knew despite being alive for 23 years (of the time meeting her). I thought I was done "learning" myself after college, but was I wrong. I started getting into Love Live back as the very first season of Sunshine was airing. I was immediately drawn to my bread loving country girl outcast, even though I still felt some kind of way towards Mari, I couldn't stop thinking about the zura! I started playing the game around October, and I really tried to get her first UR (I didn't and still do not, but it's ok! One day she will be mine!) and I just couldn't stop thinking about her.

When I rewatched the first season of Sunshine, I realised honestly how she felt, because at some point I also thought, and maybe still think, "I don't fit this image of the thing I want to do, should I even bother doing it?" With the help of Ruby, and Rin (one of my fave muse girls!) she finally decided to just DO IT. She also confronted someone who was older, wiser, but knew was wrong (Dia), and that alone took so much courage for the lil bookworm to do. She's so strong! I wanna cry writing this rn!!

Time went on and I snagged 2 copies of her Christmas UR. I was so happy, like I screamed at 8 am and confused my boyfriend because of it. Then Aqours announced they would come to America, and I managed to make it. I went by myself with the determination to see my girls (and get help from friends also making the pilgrimage) and I felt like this was something I could have never accomplished without the love I have for Aqours, and especially Maru and King.

I feel so blessed to be on this journey of self-discovery with Maruchan, and I hope it goes on and on until mirai, zura ! I hope Maru gets the time she deserves in the light with the movie, and more people will get into Love Live and appreciate my bread-eating country gal even more! I could go into why she helped me discover more of myself, but honestly, watching her character arcs are a real reflection of my own life and I hope she continues into the future and can do even better than I!

I also wanna take this time to show off some of my collection (there's much, much more and I have her Birthday Figure on the way to me currently!!) and a collage of it.

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