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The story
The first chapter of the new Love Live! series manga “Ikizu Live” has been published on KADOKAWA’s manga site “Comic Walker.” The work portrays the relationships between girls each struggling with life in their own way, and its departure from the franchise’s usual “school idol” formula has become a hot topic. On 5ch’s Love Live! board, posts have been buzzing about the words and actions of lead character “Polka,” along with jokes comparing other past characters with lines like “isn’t this one an Ikizu Live case too?” Reactions were split between fans who welcomed the new direction and those questioning the heavy expository dialogue and the artwork.
It’s out now
Source: comic-walker.com / Original article here
What people said
Rina: grew up half-neglected, can't communicate properly, can't even manage a smile. Zero friends.
Himeme: both parents passed away. Her computer is her only friend.
These guys are basically Ikizu Live material too.
This is Ikizu Live too, isn't it.
It's gonna turn into a sparkly feel-good story in the end anyway, so the whole setup is pointless.
This looks like it'll be a story about accepting your true self, approached from the opposite direction of Chika in Sunshine!!
Unlike that bunch who suddenly went around calling themselves "superstars," this one plays it straight.
I'm not asking for a full anime, but at least give us a voice comic.
#AguPonPonPon
https://x.com/iris_official_/status/2103064403130364315
Way too much expository dialogue, so naggy it got "ugh, enough already."
Or is that on the artist's shoulders for not trimming it down when adapting the script?
There's also the Project Sekai 6th anniversary program going on.
The Liella! sports day livestream had more than half the cast looking like they weren't even into it.
Not as bad as the "Hoshi" one last time, but still rough.
Viewer numbers aren't gonna climb much with content like this.
https://x.com/aguponponpon/status/2103105618781630603
They've probably already accepted this can only survive as a closed fandom for existing fans now (a "closed content" scene with no new fans coming in).
Even if they try something new, it's not like new fans are going to show up because of it.
And it's not just the livestreams — even the radio shows just plow through their segments flatly, with zero personal talk about what's actually going on inside the group.
Background and Talking Points
“Ikizu Live” appears to be a title conceived with existing Love Live! characters in mind. In the thread, posters brought up characters who already carry “hard to live” traits within the main series — like Yoshiko, who let her chuunibyou phase spiral out of control and ended up friendless, or Rina, who struggles with communication — framing this new work as an attempt to tackle those elements head-on. Some posts guessed the script was written by Kimino Sakurako, but that was one poster’s speculation, not an officially confirmed credit within the thread. Opinions split over the artwork and the amount of expository dialogue, and a handful of posts also mocked characters’ behavior by linking it to mental illness or developmental disorders — since that risks veering into discriminatory territory, those remarks have been left out of this article.
*This article is an excerpt and summary compiled from the 5ch (Love Live!) thread “Ikizu Live Finally Begins.”
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