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The story
On September 8, a gap in “like” counts between new social-media posts from different Love Live! sub-series became a hot topic on 5ch. A new live-announcement post from “Liella!” (Superstar!!) stayed stuck in the 4,000s for likes, while posts tied to “Hasunosora” pulled in anywhere from roughly 4,000 to over 9,000 — and posters were quick to flag the gap. The thread also dragged in CD sales figures, streaming listener counts, and Sports Festival attendance as evidence, with opinions split between “people are watching, they just don’t actually like it” and others chalking the gap up to differences in supply versus demand.
What people said
People already care less about it than Hangyasaki now, don't they?
What about Hasunosora?
Here's Hasunosora's new-info post.
And for the record, this isn't even their pinned post.
Hangyasaki actually runs on days that are multiples of 5, so that comparison doesn't really hold up…
Isn't this basically over?
Isn't that basically the current pecking order? Ikizu Live 2nd alone drew more people than all four Sports Festival shows combined.
Going by this year's sales:
Hoshi >>>>>>>>> (the 20K wall) >>>>>>>>>> Hasu > (the under-10K wall) > Niji > Hoshi
Face reality, spin-off fanboy.
Wait, isn't Hoshi at the bottom too?
Hoshi's at the bottom too, lol.
It's just a hollow, buzz-chasing 4-panel comic like Ryouran.
Nijigasaki will probably be completely done by next year, but Liella! has grown into content solid enough that Tutorial Live and the Sports Festival can probably keep going for another 5 years — it's not even a contest.
All I saw were balding middle-aged guys…
2224 — A・ZU・NA
You can tell just from these numbers that it's a typo.
Not trying to defend Hoshi here, but Niji's in no position to get complacent either.
Gakuen Idolmaster: "Here's the next gacha update~"
57.8K
https://x.com/gkmas_official/status/2096527650382889023
MyGO!!!!! (nicknamed "Maigo," or "lost child"): "Cover song MV is up!"
13K
https://x.com/bang_dream_mygo/status/2096206716216185077
Don't run away from the fact that 20,000 fans actually paid real money for a mini-album in the first week, Niji fanboy.
That's exactly why Liella!'s actual in-person turnout is now below Ikizu Live's.
Because there was no send-off event or handshake session afterward.
If Niji is 100 demand / 100 supply,
then Hoshi is just 250 demand / 350 supply.
With no scarcity, the bugs all swarm in looking for scraps — as actual content momentum goes, you lose.
Superstar!! is oversupplying by a full 100 then.
That's exactly why the bromides go unsold and the cast ends up having to sign the leftovers.
Liella!
55,785 → 55,336 (-449)
A・ZU・NA
10,664 → 12,708 (+2,044)
Can someone explain this phenomenon?
A・ZU・NA's bump is just the new-song effect, plain and simple.
Liella! shrinking is nothing new at this point.
Actually, Liella!'s been steadily declining ever since that festival appearance a while back.
Every piece of circumstantial evidence points to exactly that…
And then seeing them blow all that money and turn around demanding an end to seat upgrades makes you wonder if they're not too bright.
Listen, hater —
there's no such thing as a "spin-off" in Love Live.
It's all main canon.
Background and Talking Points
The Love Live! franchise runs several sub-brands in parallel — “Nijigasaki High School Idol Club,” “Hasunosora Jogakuin School Idol Club,” and “Liella!” (Superstar!!, or “Supasuta”) among them — each with its own social media accounts, CD releases, and live tours. Fans regularly debate which sub-brand currently has the most momentum, citing metrics like “likes” and impressions on new-info posts, CD sales figures, and streaming listener counts. It’s worth noting, though, that “like” counts can shift depending on posting timing and how announcements are split up (for example, whether a YouTube announcement is posted separately), so a simple numbers comparison doesn’t necessarily reflect actual sales, attendance, or long-term prospects. Even within the thread, posters raised cases where the metrics don’t line up — such as a CD selling 20,000 copies while the Sports Festival had visibly empty seats — underscoring how hard it is to judge superiority from any single number.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “Superstar!! new info → 4K likes, Hangyasaki → 4K-9K likes.”
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