User blog comment:Popping Marshmallow/I just want to say something about S4 Selection/@comment-25616660-20170319200136

"I don't understand why you guys blame Yume for her talent winning Rola in ep 21 and 29. You guys are jealous about her talent? Or you expect fairness in competitions? Sorry, but like real life, only those who both have talents and skills and hardwork can win and be famous in entertainment industry. it is too silly to expect fairness. "

As an aspiring singer, let me tell you why your logic is flawed; Sure, talent is a part of it. But in order to use talent, you have to also put in a little thing called '''effort. '''Yume, from what we've seen, hasn't really had to use effort for the most part, instead relying on pure talent alone; Which, if you want to be successful in the real world, is not a good stratagey.

Laura and Lillie, however, have both given it their best in the effort department. With Laura, we've seen it episode after epsiode, with her spending hour after hour after classes in the practice room. With Lillie, it's implied, but it's still there; One can only imagine the training she had to put herself through to build her stamina enough so that she could rise to the top of the Song Class.

tl;dr Yume uses talent alone, which tries to be inspiring, but fails miserably. Laura and Lille use all their efforts but never succeed, which is still inspiring and, in my eyes, makes them better characters.