#the angst that could also come from mizuki going on a journey to find toya / saki / rui but also feeling like she doesn't belong on it

[shiningstages]

Getting White Day Tsukasa first try, and seeing the newer cards on JP, really makes me wanna write fanfic again..........

[ramblingsekai]

Guys I’m hollering. SO MUCH AN STUFF IS GOING TO COME OUT SOON. Like did you see the next event??!! AN MODELING ! She’s in a wedding dress! I saw a fanart of Ken crying seeing An in a wedding dress and I feel you Ken.

Here’s the picture of a translation of the event description.

I guess An is like a poster child of Vivid Street and it’s so heartwarming seeing how much An loves her hometown. Plus plus, Shizuku and An interaction?! Let’s get our YYJ interaction a reality!

AND AN’S SONG IS COMING OUT SOON TOO!

I’m also still waiting for the Power of Unity event translations somewhere.

So much VBS stuff coming out and I’m so happy for them. Good for them. I think the new song that came out is alright. I think I like other VBS original songs more, but I still like this one too.

I’m here to call for more An appreciation, bc I feel like An isn’t appreciated enough by people. Like with VBS, I feel like I normally see ppl talk about Toya or Akito, which is fair. They’re both interesting characters, but An also has a pretty interesting  backstory too.

The daughter of a local retired musical legend who wants to create an event that will surpass her dad’s peak event. She greatly admires her father, her uncle Taiga, and Nagi (is Nagi like an aunt, a mentor?, we don’t know yet). She wants to help revive her hometown’s music culture by surpassing Rad Weekend, but she needs a partner. She’s lonely though. She doesn’t see her old childhood friend Haruka much ever since she became an idol, and even after she retired from being an idol, Haruka goes to another school. Her friend Mizuki also doesn’t show up to school often. She is acquaintances with Akito and his partner Toya. She knows they have the same dream as her, but even then, she’s not that close to them. Still, she doesn’t give up and keeps singing. She helps out with her dad’s cafe and maintains a friendly relationship with the locals. On the outside, An is a social butterfly who always has a smile on her face and is positive. She doesn’t mind helping out others (she did join the discipline committee bc her friend asked her), but she also wants to be doted on too (she has a thing for older sister types so I mean).

But then one day, she finds her partner. A cute, meek girl walks into her dad’s cafe lost. She runs out, but then she comes back and how could An forget someone like her (who sticks out so much compared to the usual patrons). She hears Kohane sing and knows that she’s the one, the one who can help her surpass Rad Weekend. It’s then a typical shounen story, but you get the idea. An has more depth to her than what most people originally think. It just gets buried sometimes or the fans pay more attention to the other member’s stories. Bc An’s journey keeps evolving as her partnership with Kohane grows. She realizes that Kohane is amazingly talented and goes from someone who had to guide Kohane to someone who might be left behind by Kohane. And that terrifies her. She doesn’t want to be alone again. Like she talks about it with Kohane, but her doubts are never completely cleared up, so we still have more to see in regards to her relationship with Kohane, Akito, and Toya.

So I guess when people pass up on An, I get kinda sad bc An is actually pretty interesting. I sorta HC that An is actually just burying all of her angst deep inside of herself so she can maintain her upbeat, peppy persona around people. But with Kohane, she sometimes can’t just avert her eyes from her doubts, bc Kohane’s growth only strengthens her fear of abandonment. Akito and Toya also see Kohane’s absurd growth, but are also motivated by it. So I hope that those two can help encourage her more in the future. I’d also like to see Bad Dogs struggle against Kohane’s growth too. Bc Akito would probably get intimidated by Kohane’s talent compared to his own and we know that Toya is insecure about his own life experience in comparison to the others. I’d also wonder how conflict between Akito and An as well as between Toya and An would look like. Would it be in the form of family (Akito and/or Toya being jealous of An’s supportive father), experience (An has been exposed to street music much longer than Akito and Toya), or something else we have yet to see. Bc I always kinda felt like they made it seem like ‘oh Akito has so many connections’ and ‘oh Toya is such a musical expert’ that I feel like they end up forgetting that An probably has a lot of connections too as well as music experience. Bc An knows the Weekend Garage patrons/Vivid Street folks really well (they all probably watched her grow up) as well as being a fan of her dad’s music (sure RW inspired her dream, but she still probably listened to her dad and his group practice/perform).

So yeah, TLDR, I really adore An and feel like a proud parent seeing all the stuff coming out for her lately. So let’s give her some more love too. (i’m still crying over not getting her in the SBD event).