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One week away until the 6th anniversary of the ZetaPro project! ✨

Despite ZetaPro gaining so many new idols in Season 5, times were particularly hard for Zeta. He lost his day job which funded ZetaPro's efforts and is struggling to find a new one. He was completely burned out with both his current situation and with a lot of events that he had no control over and lost a lot of his motivation as a producer as a result. While he still loved supporting idols by buying their merch and commenting on their YouTube videos, he had plenty of projects he wanted to finish, but never got around to working on them because his mind just felt too numb. He lost commission opportunities to Ougon Pro. He and ZetaPro lost performance opportunities to Ougon Pro. And furthermore, Toshio Koganei and Ougon Pro were picking on Zeta every chance they got, looking down on him for being unemployed to the point they even tried to brand him online as a NEET, calling him dull, talentless, a poor bum, gloomy, and creepy (the latter especially triggered him), spreading falsehoods about him, and claiming he is too old to be involved in the idol community. While Zeta was able to move to a brand new house and establish a new base of operations, he still felt weighed down by depression and all the negatives.

But Ai, Asuka, Lilith, Areana, Musubi, Melody, Sakura, Shiki, and all their friends among ZetaPro, Park Records and the rest of the community never gave up on him. Kanon and Ayumi reached out to him one bleak fall day and Zeta felt absolutely touched by their messages. Even though Zeta wasn't as talented a composer as some others in the community, the ZetaPro idols felt the love and compassion in all his works. The bonds ZetaPro all made felt very genuine. And Zeta was grateful for all the love and support he received over the years. Seeing the happiness of the idols he and all his friends left an impact on, through the music he wrote or all the cheering during their concerts...that kept him going. He never wanted to give up on his dreams even though he almost thought about doing it. And those dreams include fulfilling the dreams of other idols! Zeta is slowly recovering and getting back on his feet as a producer and content creator while the other ZetaPro idols work on their own content. No matter what happens, Zeta wants to make his dreams, and others' dreams, into reality! ✨

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Obligatory Mer-May drawing! 🐟

Took me a while to work on it due to my online classes and volunteering, but I drew Shizuka as a mermaid! Certain anime/manga mermaid princesses from her childhood inspired her mermaid idol image (yeah, it's Mermaid Melody). 🦪

Over time, Shizuka learned about ASMR. Whenever Tsubomi schedules an ASMR stream as part of her Vtuber escapades, she invites Shizuka to her mic where she speaks to her viewers with her gentle and soft voice accompanied by a relaxing sound of the ocean. Eventually, she got a png model from Azuki for all her hard work.

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IKIZULIVE / LOVE LIVE! BLUEBIRD master post

I'll be compiling what we know about Ikizulive so far to try and bring info about the project over to people who don't use twitter and are interested in getting into it. This post will be edited as more information is released so check back for updates.

About Ikizulive

Ikizulive or Love Live! Bluebird is a new project under the Love Live! franchise. While little information is known so far, their activities will primarily be held on YouTube and Twitter. It's speculated that this will be a Vtuber project possibly similar to Bandori's Yumemita spinoff, but that hasn't been confirmed yet. The official youtube channel can be found here, and the official twitter account here. Each character also has their own personal Twitter account, which will be linked in character bios below.

The project officially launched on May 12th with the release of character designs and their debut song, What is my LIFE?. More information will be revealed in the first cast stream on June 17th.

Story information

Not much about the story is known so far, but you can piece some information together from the tweets made by the girls. The girls attend an online high school called Love High School (Love学院高等学校, Love Gakuin Koutou Gakkou), which they shorten as L High (L高, Lkou). The academy has satellites schools in Asakusa, Tokyo (near Otonokizaka) in a multi-tennant building, Fukui (Fukui prefecture), and Umeda (Osaka prefecture). The facilities at the schools are poor, and they don't have a uniform. There are rumours that they may have to close due to a lack of funding and decreasing enrolment. Four of the girls at the Tokyo branch have started a school idol club called (roughly) Hard Life Club (いきづらい部, Ikizurai Bu), named such because they claimed an unused club channel on their school server which used that name.

The story is set at some point in the future after the Hasunosora story. On the character page of the official website, there is a heading that says "What are school idols". The description reads:

Idol groups that once existed across the country. Winning Love Live, a school idol competition, attracted a lot of attention at the time.

Interestingly, the group/project color is orange. Honoka is also quoted on the website. Though I might be thinking too hard about it...

Polka Takahashi (高橋ポルカ)

Self-intro

Twitter: @/polka_lion CV: Honon Ayasaki Image colour: Yellow Birthday: August 18th

A first year at L high's Tokyo branch. She enroled in online school after to failing her high school entrance exams due to being really bad at maths. She lives with her grandmother in Tokyo while her parents live overseas in Argentina. She doesn't like tight clothes and prefers skirts and shorts that are easy to move in, as she likes to dance, so she's happy about not needing to wear a uniform. She's not very good at using a computer, and Mai had to help her with learning how to use it and signing into lessons. She learnt about school idols not long after starting high school and decides to find some friends to start a school idol club with. She officially started IkizuraiBu with Mai, Hanabi, and Akira not long after.

Additional info:

She is 157cm tall (the same as Chika and Honoka, etc)

She doesn't know her blood type

Her hobby is taking naps

Her skills are the ability to nap everywhere, getting approached for street interviews often, and winning lucky draws

Her favourite foods are noodles (especially udon) and chocolate

She also likes cola, McDonalds, and ham cutlets and croquettes from the shop over the Sumida River

She claims she can understand cats

She uses a lot of emojis in her tweets

She speaks in third person

Mai Azabu (麻布麻衣)

Self-intro

Twitter: @/My_Mai_Eld CV: Rina Endo Image color: Blue Birthday: February 13th

Another first year at the Tokyo branch. She enrolled in online school so she could focus on her hobby/'job' as a programmer. Her parents made her attend in-person classes, and she reckons this is because she missed a lot of classes in middle school due to staying up all night and sleeping during the day. She values simplicity and doesn't like wasting time on school because it takes away from programming time, so she plans on watching her online lessons at 2x speed. She finds Polka a bit annoying at first and thinks she is the type of person who could easily fall for a scam. Mai also seems to be interested in making money, and wants her name to be known around the world. She is vice-president of IkizuraiBu.

Additional info:

She is 154cm tall (same as Nico, Ruby, etc)

Her blood type is B

Her hobbies are programming, datamining, and playing Minecraft

Her special skills are using a soldering iron and DIY

Her favourite foods are fruit (melon and grapes) and hamburgers

She likes the TRON Project

Has a younger sister who auditioned to be an idol and passed without telling her

She uses the nickname Maimai (My Mai?)

She likes ice cream, and would like an ice cream machine at school

She mentions using an avatar for her idol activities, suggesting she may know about vtubers

Akira Goto (五桐 玲)

Self-intro

Twitter: @/G_Akky304250 CV: Seri Miyano Image color: Light green Birthday: July 9th

A first year who moved to Tokyo from Numazu to attend L High. She's aiming to be a professional wall climber and has a strict training regimen and diet, and trains every afternoon after school. She's amazed at Polka's ability to make friends so quickly. She meets and befriends Polka by the river after school one day, and at some point decides to join IkizuraiBu.

Additional info:

She is 164cm tall (in-between Mari and Lanzhu)

Her blood type is O

Her hobbies are climbing, cycling, and strength training

Her special skills are handstands, Athlete Food Meister qualification, gift wrapping, and making things by hand

Her favourite foods are kale and nut salad, dried fruits, granola bars, and milk

She has heard of both Muse and Aqours

She lives with her aunt

She uses the ocean wave emoji in a lot of her tweets

She also enjoys cycling, and sometimes sings on her bike rides

Hanabi Komagata (駒形花火)

Self-intro

Twitter: @/hanabistarmine CV: Kokoro Fujino Image color: Red Birthday: June 11th

A first year at L High's Tokyo branch. She enroled in online school so she could balance school with working at her parents' kimono shop, and so she didn't have to join a club. She loves kimonos and wears them all the time, even wearing one to school. People often stare at her because of this, but she wants to normalise kimono-wearing in everyday life. She is stalked and abducted by Polka after school one day, but they hit it off as friends and she joined IkizuraiBu. She wants to be a modern-day Yamato Nadeshiko and kimono idol.

Additional info:

She is 160cm tall (the same as Riko, Shioriko, etc)

Her blood type is A

Her hobbies are kimonos and reading

Her special skills are fitting kimonos, calligraphy, and cooking food in the microwave

Her favourite foods are matcha sweets, mochi, and pasta

She's the only daughter in her family (she could have brothers, it's not specified)

She's good at hanafuda

She knows some English from helping tourists at the shop

She mostly tweets about kimono, and about what kimonos she thinks would suit others

Miracle Kanazawa (金澤奇跡)

Self-intro

Twitter: @/MiracleGoldSP CV: Aiha Sakano Image color: Pink Birthday: TBA

A second year student at L High's satellite school in Fukui. She's a pastry chef and runs an online bakery called MiraMiraMiracle Patisserie. She enroled in online school so she had more time to practice baking on her own after not liking the methods taught at confectionary school. She meets Noriko at school and offers her a muffin, but Noriko is incredibly shy around her. She finds this cute, and keeps bringing her more cakes. According to her self-intro, Polka convinced her to join IkizuraiBu so she could promote her bakery, but this has yet to happen in the story.

Additional info:

She is 152cm tall (the same as Hanamaru, Natsumi, etc)

Her blood type is AB

Her hobby is baking

Her special skills are baking, cooking, and pulling all-nighters

Her favourite foods are sushi (especially urchin and salmon roe), karasumi, and monkfish liver

She refers to herself as Mii (ミィ) instead of a traditional first person pronoun

Although her name would normally be read as Kiseki, it is officially read with the English translation. She also often writes her name in katakana (ミラクル).

She's only following Noriko

Seems to like coming up with nicknames, considering she uses three different names for Noriko

She offers a discount to classmates who order from her bakery

Noriko Chofu (調布のりこ)

Self-intro

Twitter: @/Noricco_U CV: Ria Seko Image color: Purple Birthday: April 4th

A first year student at L High's Fukui satellite school. She wants to be a voice actress, and is part of an agency, but she failed her recent audition. She thinks she's a boring person, and is extremely shy and struggles with interacting with others (social anxiety?). She wants to go to voice actor lessons in Tokyo but says her mum won't allow it, so she's looking for a part-time job to pay for it.

Additional info:

She is 153cm tall (the same as Leah and Ceras)

Her blood type is B

Her hobbies are watching anime, and reading manga and light novels

Her special skills are singing (she has perfect pitch), cleaning, and playing setter position in volleyball

Her favourite foods are sweet things, including baked goods. She liked puddings, cream puffs, and things with custard

She likes VTubers

She's only following Miracle

Miracle calls her Norichan or Norinori

She likes SpyxFamily

Yukuri Harumiya (春宮ゆくり)

Self-intro

Twitter: @/Yukuri_talk CV: Yuki Okumura Image color: Light blue Birthday: September 22nd

A first year student at L High's Umeda branch who enrolled so she could prioritise her ballet and theatre lessons. Her dream is to be an otokoyaku (woman who plays male roles) in Takarazuka Revue, although whether this dream will be possible is uncertain. She has an unspecified illness that is affecting her ability to perform. According to her bio, she joins IkizuraiBu to help Polka, though this hasn't happened in the story yet.

Additional info:

She is 165 cm tall (the same as Lanzhu)

Her blood type is B

Her hobby is theatre

Her special skill is ballet

Her favourite foods are somen noodles, jelly, gratin, hambuger steak, baumkuchen, and pickled foods

She isn't following any of the other girls

Aurora Konohana (此花輝夜) / Rollie

Self-intro

Twitter: @/rollie_twinkle (lmao) CV: Akane Amasawa Image color: Hot pink Birthday: January 3rd

A second year student at L High School's Umeda branch who has transferred from America. She's originally from Japan, but moved around abroad a lot due to her parents' jobs, with them currently being in LA. She thinks taking care of your hair and appearance is very important. She also makes videos talking about cosmetics and describes herself as an influencer.

Additional info:

She is 162cm tall (the same as Eli, Dia, etc)

Her blood type is O

Her hobbies are fashion and beauty

Her special skills are makeup, making coffee, playing soccer and matchmaking couples

Her favourite foods are coffee, baked beans, fried egg, and crispy toast (english breakfast...)

Like Miracle, despite her name being written in Japanese as Kaguya, it's pronounced like the english translation

She calls herself Rora (ローラ) in some tweets, and Midori calls her this too.

She talks in a lot of English, similar to Mari

She brought back souvenirs from LA, including a local team baseball cap, Anastasia cosmetics products and Trader Joe's eco bags

She's only following Midori

Despite her profile saying otherwise, her character description says that her motto is "love is justice"

Based on the "born this way" motto in her profile, she might be a fan of Lady Gaga

Midori Yamada (山田真緑) / Little green

Self-intro

Twitter: @/LittlegreenCom CV: Honoka Kotomori Image color: Green Birthday: May 7th

A first year student at L High School's Umeda branch. She's an environmentalist, and is always thinking about ways that she and others can help the environment. She spreads awareness about climate change and ways that people can combat it on her twitter account and by putting up posters at school.

Additional info:

She is 155cm tall (the same as Rin, Kasumi, etc)

Her blood type is A

Her hobby is camping

Her special skills are puzzles, identifying plant specimens, bug catching, fishing, stargazing, and kendama

Her favourite foods are smores, waffles, cream stew, and strawberries

She's only following Rollie

She recently worked a Earth Fes event and she donated her wage to the WWF

She met Rollie while working at the Earth Fes

She hates dodgeball

She liked reading a lot as a child

Shion Sasaki (佐々木翔音)

Self-intro (No profile card, her intro is different to the others)

Twitter: @/ShaunTheBunny CV: Aoi Suzunose Image color: Grey Birthday: November 11th

A first year-aged girl. She doesn't seem to like school very much and often skips classes. She also has a difficult home life, and mentions feeling a constant weight of parental pressure, and gets into arguments with them sometimes. From many of her tweets, it's apparent that she has depression. She mentions in one tweet that people online probably know her better than anyone who knows her in real life. She also releases videos/streams on another platform, including a video of her new school uniform.

She does not have a school profile card on the website, and it does not mention what branch she attends. It's possible she has not enroled yet

Her height and blood type are not listed in her bio

Her hobbies are social media, puzzles, reading, and model kits

Her special skills are violin and piano

Her favourite foods are meal shakes, french fries, ramen, and spicy foods

We do not know where she is from or where she lives

She's not following any of the other girls

She uses the pronoun boku (ボク), the third main girl to do so after Mia and Tsuzuri

She likes her new noise cancelling headphones

She also likes nighttime/midnight, since it's time that she can have to herself, and sometimes wishes morning wouldn't come

She likes coordinating uniforms

Seiyuu information

Here is a list of the seiyuu and their known twitter accounts/birthdays:

Polka: Honon Ayasaki (b. December 31st)

Mai: Rina Endo (b. October 4th, 2005)

Akira: Seri Miyano (b. January 5th, 2007)

Hanabi: Kokoro Fujino (b. March 31st)

Miracle: Aiha Sakano (b. May 31st)

Noriko: Ria Seko (b. September 19th)

Yukuri: Yuki Okumura (b. October 13th)

Aurora: Akane Amasawa (b. January 19th, 2003)

Midori: Honoka Kotomori (b. January 23rd)

Shion: Aoi Suzunose

(Yuki Okumura does not have a twitter account, and no information about Aoi Suzunose has been found online)

The seiyuu will do live activities such as streams and concerts just like the other generations. Their first stream will be on June 17th!

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Cotton candy… EI EI OHHHHHHHH

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💗 Happy Birthday Shimamu!! 💗

Much like myself, Ai absolutely loves Uzuki, seeing a bit of herself in Cinderella Girls' main cute representative...seemingly ordinary and doesn't really stand out at all, but has something very special that draws people towards her.

S(mile)ING is one of Ai's favorite songs to cover, dating back to her high school days and the indie idol club she formed with Takuto and all her friends. That moment in Episode 24 when Uzuki performs it in her school uniform brought tears to both of our eyes!

So I drew Ai dressed as Uzuki in a slight cosplay! Happy birthday to this absolutely wonderful idol! We must protect her precious smile!

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I literally cant get AiScReam out of my head so I had to draw them today. My first ever facebook profile picture around 10 years ago was of nico yazawa and LLSIF got me into rhythm games lol so this was super nostalgic

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Happy birthday Megumi!! 🖤

Megumi is just so adorable and she easily rose to best girl status (along with Tsubasa, Roco and Kana) in iDOLM@STER Million Live for me! Her gyaru looks are so presh, but I was especially drawn in by how selfless she is, almost paralleling my levels, putting others way above herself. Plus she's involved in a lot of really awesome bangers from her solo songs to group songs like Blue Symphony, Kirari Heart, Fairy tale, and Big Bang's Volleyball to name a few.

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New piano cover! 🎹

This time I covered a long-time favorite classic Miku song that I discovered through Project Diva and NND utaites. Hope you enjoy my cover of SPiCa by Toku-P! ⭐

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🎪 New silly fanart! 🎪

I drew our favorite silly boi @/circus.partyy ! He covers a lot of fun songs, including some childhood classics! He's got a way with puppets too and is a really good ventriloquist, so I had to give him a Kermit puppet! 🐸 Clown always brightens up any idol lineup! Stay silly!

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Shine Post: Be Your Idol! launches June 5 in Japan for Switch 2 - Gematsu

Idol and management simulation game Shine Post: Be Your Idol! will launch for Switch 2 on June 5 in Japan for 8,800 yen, Konami announced. A Digital Deluxe Edition will also be available for 11,000 yen.

Here is an overview of the game, via its official website:

About

If dreams won’t come true with pretty words alone… “I want to perform at the Budokan one day!” Idols whose eyes sparkle with dazzling dreams. As their manager and president of their agency, every decision you make—your management capabilities—will shape their future. Unpredictable situations will constantly force your hand. And every choice you make will always put you on the brink of bankruptcy. Take risks, hold off on live performances when necessary, and sometimes, win them over with a tasty treat… “A job making idols’ dreams come true”—isn’t exactly as expected!?

Story

You are stunned after watching the performance of the popular idol Hotaru. Having never had any dreams of your own, you think, “If I can’t become an idol myself, I can at least support the dreams of idols.” And with that, you set out to become a manager at a talent agency. Several years later, by chance, you come into the capital needed to formally establish your own talent agency. With Koyume Izumino as your consultant, you hold auditions to choose five idols and begin your journey as both agency head and their manager. Will you be able to make their dreams come true…?

-Main Mode

Agency Management and Idol Raising – Auditions are held once a year. Choose members from aspiring idols and form a group. Manage the agency and train idols every day!

Book Venues, Create Setlists, and Produce Concerts – Gather sponsors and earn funds through radio programs, magazine photo shoots, and other activities. Book venues and create setlists to produce concerts! Investing the funds you raise into the company’s growth is key!

Hold Concerts and Aim for the Budokan! – Concerts are where your hard work pays off. By performing on stage, the idol group’s “CLASS” will increase. Many real-world venues are included, such as Yoani LIVE Station and Nakano Sun Plaza. Aim for a concert at the Budokan!

-Heroine Stories – A mode where you can experience scenarios from the Shine Post anime and novel.

-Viewer

Member Viewer – The Member Viewer lets you browse details on all 23 idols you can train.

Live Viewer – The Live Viewer lets you freely produce concerts by mixing and matching songs, costumes, and idols you’ve trained.

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.

Switch 2 Announce Trailer

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🎨 Hi-hi! It's Ema!! 🎨

Hey, guess what?

ZetaPro has relocated to Mobius!

We've all been hedgehog-ified!

That's me! I'm Ema the color hog! My paintbrush brings my creations to life! And I'm a Pokémon trainer!

We'll save our animal friends from Dr. Koganei, bring happiness to our friends with our songs, collect lots of shiny rings, and roll around at the speed of sound!

Really, really excited to share my new project with all of you! Gotta go fast!

(unlocks a special Ema SR and an Ema solo cover of Escape from the City)

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New piano cover! 🎹

This time I learned one of my all-time favorite Vocaloid songs! Hope you enjoy Happy Synthesizer!

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Inspired by all the AiScReam videos going around (including a cute animation featuring an artist's OCs I saw on YouTube), I did my own take on it with drawings of Say The Nova's main four!

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It's my 2 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

I almost completely forgot I created a Tumblr page on my birthday! 🎈 And I get to celebrate today with idols!! I'll be going to Los Angeles today for Milkyway Marketplace. Today is going to be a fantastic celebration!

I really want to use Tumblr more, especially to show off my idol fandom as well as my drawings

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New drawing! ✏️

I drew someone more local to where I'm based, the lovely and talented Freyja (fufureia)! 💖 Freyja is such a joy to watch on stage!

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Melody wishes you a happy Vernal Equinox! 🌸

Spring is my favorite season! So many flowers and the weather is a happy medium. Well, except in SoCal when it still feels like summer. And the pollen. But other than that, I find it aesthetically pleasing!