If you go to a certain Sega-themed arcade in Osaka you’ll see an unusual sight. Inside, fans of the anime series Love Live! School Idol Project get on their knees and offer gifts to the show’s high-school girls (thanks Rocket News).
The girls themselves appear on wall-sized posters, underneath which are laid signs that instruct you to bow down before them, and contain messages such as “My Goddess.” Next to these signs are mats, which are placed in front of the posters to ease your legs against the floor as you prostrate.
The discovery of this ceremonious shrine can be attributed to Twitter user @S1Amk, who took pictures of one guy offering a cake to Minami Kotori from Love Live! Another photo from later on the same day showed that gifts had been laid out for all nine of the girls from the anime.
With the devotion of Love Live! fans reaching this level already it wouldn’t be too surprising to find out that it became an official religion before long. Hey, if Jedi can be a religion then, hell, why not anime?
Published: Aug 6, 2015 12:00 pm