>>2558851>her whole life she's wanted to be an idol but circumstances have made it pretty much impossible>her dad is the one who started the nico nico nii thing>he dies>mom has to work a lot so they don't starve>means nico has to take care of her siblings herself>they aren't exactly dirt poor, but if any of them want something, it requires a lot of budgeting>nico saves up cash herself to go to what is basically an idol camp>there's this scholarship style contest, but she places 2nd to some chick whose family is loaded anyway>can't go to UTX like A-Rise because it's expensive as all hell>does the best she can and starts an idol group>everyone quits>from that point onward until µ's shows up, she has 0 friends and seems to spend most of her time in the club room or at home>her siblings were stoked about her being an idol and so she didn't have the heart to tell them everyone quit>but she's gotta keep that smile on and nico nico niiPoint is, lack of friends for bare minimum of a year, and having to pretend you succeeded at the thing you want most, even though you failed, because you can't break it to your younger siblings (who wouldn't understand anyway) is pretty depressing. Like if this was a serious business anime then she'd probably be all sorts of fucked up.
But hey then µ's comes along and she still gets treated like the butt monkey of the group.
Even though she doesn't practice at all, she still scores as high as the other µ's members during their competition for who should be leader, so you have to give her props. But her whole backstory is pretty disheartening when you look into it, even more so with how sugar sweet she is in her SID. So it's not hard at all to see why she pulls shit in the anime like an egomaniac. She just wants some recognition; she's dying to succeed at this thing like no other and yet she's been held back from it at just about every turn.
