>>2506And I can relate right back at you. This is where my post turns overly self-centered, which is saying a lot when the thread is already a blog post about how love live touched me on a deep emotional level.
I've been trying to search for true, real friends ever since I remember. Sometimes I delude myself into thinking I found the closest thing reality can match to my standards (which are most likely unrealistic considering my lack of success so far). They always end up letting me down in some fashion and I have grown to be the kind of person who can easily talk with other people but is always aware of the boundaries so as to never be seen as a friend. Watching love live did strike a chord when it came to these themes and I, too, felt that sadness and wondered the same things.
But it's a matter of perspective, really. Should I feel sad because I never connected with anyone the same way the μ's do (if that's at all possible) or should I be happy to watch my kind of ideal play out (if only in anime and with all the conditionals it comes attached to, like the uncertainty that befalls the group with Nozomi, Eri and Nico's graduation)?
It's like the ideal of the first love. A lot of people on the internet are bitter they never got to experience teenage love, but should they really? They still hold all the hopes and dreams while those who experienced teenage love were dealt a dose of reality. People who never experienced that kind of romance can still talk about it with a sense of wonder while the vast majority of those who did can do nothing but be bitter about having their hopes and dreams shattered, leaving the cracks on the floor and calling it "maturity".
Strong, nigh unbreakable bonds of friendship are like that too, except you never lose the ideal and will always look forward to when you do create such a great friendship.
In short, I'm happy for μ's getting together and I'm sad that they disband and won't get to continue their antics, as well as sad their story ended. But they're good girls who I have faith can remain best friends without needing a high-school backdrop and, even if they're no longer the focus of the anime, there's a whole community churning out great material involving them that thinks as I do. I really hope they stick around for a while longer.
I tried really hard to not sound pretentious and betray the expectations of
>>2464 who finds my mostly incoherent ramblings beautiful… Thank you!