#pink stage coord

[pastel-tyranny]

OH WE ARE SO BACK!!!

(My thoughts on the new "Aikatsu Academy" Teaser Trailers and the future of Aikatsu)

First of all, YIPPEE!!!! THIS LOOKS AMAZING!!!

Just some quick thoughts on Planet before diving into Academy. Aikatsu Planet, while a great experiment did not keep me interested or invested. And no, it wasn't the fact it had live action acting a la the Girls x Heroine series. They had stripped what made the original Aikatsu so special, which was the focus of different types of idols journeying together. Idol Activities, the whole namesake of the series. In turn, they were trying so hard to beat and become their competition in the idol anime sphere, Pripara. They focused too hard on the "virtual idol secret", making it too difficult for themselves in trying to juggle the new Dressia system lore on top of Mao's idol journey.

Now this new Aikatsu series seems to be taking us back to our roots, idols going to school and training to become the top. They brought back the old idol types as seen from one scene in the trailer, the girls' idol school life, and the most interesting thing I've seen yet, no sign of the aikatsu card system. There was a scene where the girls were on a stage in, what I assume is their school dress coords, with cardboard sunflowers. If Aikatsu is a linear time-line, this is the start. On top of that we see the girls are setting up to be streamers in one scene, a great way to tie modern day virtual idol content rather making a magical vtuber excuse.

Now the girls themselves. Oh my gosh, this Bun is hopping up and down. While we do get an Aikatsu with our typical main Pink Cute type lead, we have a Gothic cool type and Pop Type as part of the main cast. It really takes me back to the Akari Gen set up in the original Aikatsu. Season 3 and 4 were some of my favorite seasons of the whole franchise. I don't know what's to come, but I am very hopeful.

There doesn't seem to be an Aikatsu arcade or app game on the horizon, I might be wrong and they could go 180 and surprise me. But as far as I'm concerned, this series seems to be targeting the people who grew up with Aikatsu. After all, Aikatsu is a decade old franchise as of writing this post. People really loved the Aikatsu 10th anniversary movie, so to me, I think Bandai Namco are listening to what their aikatsu consumers are wanting out of this franchise.

All in all, I have very high expectations on this new series. I'm ready to see what Aikatsu Acadmy has in store. 🩷♦️♣️🐇

[pretty-idol-hell]

At long last, Hanabi had finally found the portal to Idol Land in pursuit of Luna, who had seemingly disappeared from or forgotten all about PriChan... but Hanabi did not forget.

But even upon arriving in Idol Land, Hanabi looked here, there, and everywhere, but Luna was nowhere to be found. Exhausted, she collapsed in front of the Promise Counter when there she finally saw it: Luna's name! Up on the board! OF COURSE!

Hanabi entered the promise with glee. Finally, a chance to crash the stage and upstage her rival! And nothing would stand in her way this time!

Uh. Wait.

Hanabi quickly realized that not only was Luna still nowhere to be found, but here she was... center!? In Luna's place!? Surely, there had to be some mistake but well, she wasn't about to say anything.

As so, Hanabi had a wonderful time performing with two other very lovely-looking idols, @staruke and @millepara, all dressed in perfectly pink Valentines-looking coords!

As the crowd cheered for her, she nearly forgot... wait, what was she doing again?

[jong0jg]

Shibuki Ran Hoshimiya Ichigo

Aikatsu! Ep 05 - prism spiral

Purple stage coord. Pink stage coord

[yjyt85r98r]

Pretty Series song reviews: Sweetness×Darkness

It's certainly unique!

Song

The Pretty Series has done a few songs that are basically two songs being sung at once, but this one is a little different. Instead of having two solo performances that come together to make a duo, it's a duo from the start, and the chorus is made by combining the intro with the first verse. Lemon sings the melody from her solo part, and Miruki overlays it with her melody from the intro.

The song has a bit of a bluesy vibe that reminds me of old cartoons. The inclusion of spoken lines, and the juxtaposition of different musical and vocal styles, only adds to the cartoony feeling.

The fuzzy distorted guitar for Lemon's parts was expected, but I'm very intrigued by the, like... crunchy glockenspiel in Miruki's parts. Why does it sound CRUNCHY??? What IS that thing??? Is it two instruments synced to sound like one, or is it something else entirely? In any case, very unique.

Both Miruki and Lemon's music styles feel a little bit old school on their own, but when you put them together, they create a modern and fresh sound. The only thing I can say for sure is that I've never heard a song like this before, and I probably never will again.

Vocals

There's such an inexplicable feeling that comes with hearing Miruki do a cute idol call-and-response, immediately followed by Lemon launching into powerful rock vocals. I feel like Lemon's voice sounds even deeper in this song than in the other ones.

It was good to have the two characters take turns singing, with just a bit of overlap in the chorus. There have been too many instances of characters with very different voices completely overshadowing each other vocally, so in some cases, it's probably wise to not even try to get them to sing at the same time. It also works with the episode, seeing as they never practiced together before performing.

Also, is this the first time in the Pretty Series that the audience has been part of a song? There have been times where the audience cheers or chants during a performance, but that's just in the anime, not part of the actual song. This time, Miruki actually invites them to say a specific line as part of the song's intro.

Lyrics

Lemon has a dark image but is actually quite sweet, and Miruki has a sweet image but actually has hidden darkness in her. I initially felt let down when they lyrics didn't explore this, but Miruki keeps her private life separate from her public persona, so I think it works. It's common for idol characters to sing about their secrets and their life story, but they really don't have to if they don't want to. Plus, Miruki's lyrics clearly mention her self-love, which ends up being the most important thing in her character development. Also, Lemon's line about face-wearing holograms (that phrase goes SO hard) hints at the fact that there is more to these characters than meets the eye.

Choreography

The fact that it’s a duet between the two most physically unfit characters who never practiced together does not seem to have been overlooked by the choreographers. The movements are often unpolished and not perfectly matched. (I was thinking they might just look uneven because of the height difference, but Matsuri and Auru also have a height difference and their dance looked pretty synced.) There’s also not a strong sense of rhythm - the movements don’t really follow a beat or anything.

All that being said, it's not particularly bad choreography.

Visuals

Those coords are the best... I don't even know where to start, I just love them so much.

I like the stage design, but I can't help but feel like it's not suited for this particular performance. The pink and purple, and the lasers, both feel more suited to EDM pop. And the amount of pink means that Lemon stands out while Miruki practically fades into the background.

Good points: Unique song Bad points: The typical lack of catchiness and coherence

Rating: 6.5 Personal rating: 6.5

[peach-in-idol-land]

What do you think of my Ichigo cosplay?

I tried to make a mix coord that looked as close as possible to Ichigo’s pink stage coord.

[pissfizz]

The concert sucked but some of the highlights were when we were entering and there were these Christian guys outside protesting the concert and telling us not to give into sin, the girl in the pink angel themed lolita coord who got so excited to see me in my gothic lolita one and complimented me, and when moa came to the edge of the stage and made eye contact with one of the guys next to us and waved back at him

[kiaaraagarwal]

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[magicallydepresseddemian]

Hey there. Here is a little interesting project i had lying around for quite a time; i love dolls ever since i met Monster High, and i have gotten a couple of them through the years, but it has been a little difficult in the economic sense. As such, i decided to make them myself, which gives me a lot of creative liberties to work with. This is one of these dolls, based on Ichigo Hoshimiya and the Pink Stage Coord, from the Aikatsu! series. I designed her in a simplified “chibi”-like aesthetic, so that making them is both fast and appealing. Also, her head and body are separate pieces, so that, in case i make more, i will be able to mix and match outfits. I build her a couple of months ago, but, given how today’s her birthday, i thought it was time to share her in order to commemorate it.

Hope you like it, and have a good day. Happy birthday, Ichigo~

[lyralumina]

So it recently (like a week ago, I just watch Aikatsu planet late) occurred to me that Meisa returns to Aikatsu Planet as Rose and that is very interesting considering that she left Aikatsu Planet without much of a warning and left Mao to pick up Hana and basically commit identity fraud while most of the world has no idea what’s going on.

Also interesting because Rose is a flower type user and Meisa’s Hana used flower types as well and Meisa still has the Luxe Sunflower coord so I suspect that when Rose battles Hana she will be using her Luxe Sunflower coord or not considering I don’t think you can level up a final level (level 8) swing coord to another level 8 swing coord but I mean Rose does seem very endgame so the battle could be a restricted battle, it is all very interesting.

Episode 4s “You are you. Be yourself, don’t fit into someone else’s image of you because you are you and that’s already so lovely.” message can apply to Meisa being Rose because if Meisa left Aikatsu Planet so suddenly then perhaps Meisa was sick of being Hana, she didn’t want to be at the top like that, not when Hana aesthetically did not fit the flower type theme anymore and she just left. Rose fits the flower type and that is already enough for Meisa. She just wants to start anew perhaps but she will be talking to and battling against Mao/Hana because why wouldn’t she?

[perfectqueen]

[SR 747] "Märchen Santa" Yume Nijino

[SR+ 748] "The Present that's a Cake" Yume Nijino+

[ephemeral-lace]

In October 2021 I went to see the Swan Lake Ballet. I'd bought tickets for may 2019, but obviously that was significantly delayed. I wanted to make. My coord ballet inspired, and I didn't want to wear all white in case I looked like a bride, so I chose to theme my coord after Odile. I also wanted a low-profile headpiece so as not to obscure anyone's view of the stage.

Hair accesory: Antique BeasT cat ear headdress, with a feather corsage attached

Dress: AP Classical Garden JSK

Top: AP Lacy Frill blouse

Legwear: offbrand pink-ish lace tights

Shoes: AnTaiNa custom RHS

[meruli]

Aikatsu EPs 132-133

Just caught some of the local Aikatsu dub and TV and it’s so bad it literally makes the Planet voice acting sound god tier. Anyway now I have to listen to some of the real thing to cleanse my ears.

132

I don’t know why Aikatsu loves making newly formed units popular overnight. One of the idols I follow has over 30k twitter followers but the group she has been in for over a year only has 4.7k twitter followers. Just because the members are popular doesn’t mean the group is popular. Also Sumire can’t be THAT popular. If she is, then that’d lead to a giant popularity gap between her and Rin, which is another bad thing for idol units.

They just keep doing this. Do you know the highest an Aikatsu CD has ever ranked on the Oricon Weekly Chart is 3? That was back in ogkatsu.

They’re starting to lose it with Juri

It really depends. Some groups are really short lived and some are temporary.

They ship it

Too scared to be paired with a theater kid

Can you believe this is all happening in Juri’s head. She’s just like this

Rare instance of an Aikatsu unit’s name being written in Japanese. I like it

Not to be weird but like. Is it fine for them to float above the stage when so many people are watching them from below

133

They’re sharing custody over their children

Ngl I thought she’d be more worried about being accused of nepotism but I guess not

It’s still so baffling that they climb cliffs wearing their school uniforms AND high heels. Like at least get some sports shoes.

Angely Sugar coords worn by girls who don’t have pink hair: Pink Angely Sugar coords worn by the girl with pink hair: Purple

[jong0jg]

Hoshimiya Ichigo - Ep 01

Idol activity! GIF

Pink stage coord.

[hothotmiso]

Pink Stage Coord

[precure-stuff]

Aikatsu On Parade Rewrite Part 5

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

READ CHANGES TO CANON IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST ONE:

Raki acquires the Constellation PR by studying Amahane’s design method with Sena.

Magic Blood performs Ragtime of The Moonlit Night is performed

Reflect Moon perform in their Jeweling Dresses

Aoi, Shion and Ako act together·      

Raki and Sora are good friends(Designers)·      

The Christmas live is Hello Winter Love (Raki. Hinaki. Lily. Juri. Maika. Ichigo)

Mirai, Kaede and Hibiki are in a unit called Dynamo

Raki works on the Jeweling PR for a week before getting Alicia’s approval

Seira and Rola tie in a rock contest

Hime and Mizuki perform Start Line in episode 20

Episode 21- Lucky Arrival

After the duo stage the popularity of 4 Star and Starlight shoots up. Despite the fact that Mizuki and Hime aren’t in school anymore, people wanted to see the idol schools they went to. This leads to the two schools receiving an influx of applications. Madoka invites Raki to help her give the tour as Rin overslept and Raki rushes to Starlight. When she arrives, Madoka is nowhere to be found. Instead, Raki finds Nono and Risa. Raki goes up to them and says she can sense they’re great idols but she can’t recognize them. They smile and claim that they’ll introduce themselves the only way they know how.

Nono and Risa perform Promise Carat. Nono wears the Black Denim Dolly Coord and Risa wears the Romantic Bijoux Coord. The live gathers a small crowd who clap. Risa blushes and hides behind Nono who poses. Raki asks them why she’s never seen them and they mention that they live in Hokkaido and went back there for a while. “There’s actually another pair of idols we’re waiting for.” Cut to a gazebo with two figures sitting in it.

“The entire world revolves around…” Kokone rushes out of the gazebo to meet Nono and Risa. Miyabi stands gracefully and lets Raki know who they are. “When we heard about Starlight being famous we remembered we were students here too!” Raki says she’s never seen an idol like Miyabi before. Kokone spots group of girls on tour and rushes toward them.

“Kokone, wait!” Miyabi ran after her, “We were supposed to look for Sakura together. Kokone has the girls do her catchphrase and performs Love Like Caramelize. Nono, Risa and Raki find her at the end of her performance. Raki rushes up to Kokone and she takes her along to the next group of girls. Raki stops her and says that Miyabi needs her. Kokone apologizes and rushes back. Miyabi sighs and goes to the Starlight Queen Palace. They find Akari decorating it in preparation for that part of the tour. Akari greets them all and offers them cake which Kokone and Raki happily indulge in. Miyabi asks where they can find Sakura and is told to look at the track field.

Miyabi, Kokone and Raki walk toward the tracks and find Sakura meditating there. “I’ve been waiting for this.” She says as she stands up.  Miyabi walks to face her and the two pull out their cards as if they are about to duel. “Wait!” Raki cries. She asks if she can perform with them and Miyabi and Sakura ask if she’ll be able to keep up. Raki shows them her Red dress design (the one in her sketch not the promotional cards. See the image below for reference) The three perform Light Pink Day Tripper but only Sakura and Miyabi do the appeal. One the song is over, Sakura and Miyabi face each other with a smile but Raki seems sullen. Kokone asks her what’s wrong but Raki forces a smile. The episode ends with a shot of the clover in Raki’s sketchbook.

Episode 22- Going Our Way

4Star’s tour is underway and starts with all the aspiring applicants and fans watching an interview with the old S4 (Hime, Yozora, Yuzu, Tsubasa) This brings back the purple cloud mascot that interviewed them in Aistars season 1. Backstage, Yume, Rola, Koharu, Mahiru and Ako are sitting in a dressing room. They’re in a circle holding hands with their eyes closed as the music in the background fades out. The opening plays.

After the S4 interview we get a shot of the crowd where we spot Saya, Natsuna and Sumomo. Natsuna is in a bad mood and Saya and Sumomo brought her to see Rola but she hasn’t appeared yet. The crowd disperses and Natsuna runs up on stage toward Tsubasa. Tsubasa panics and pushes Natsuna away but Hime catches her. Yuzu reassures her with a smile and Yozora asks, “Are you lost?” She looks at Natsuna’s jacket and notices a Spice Chord accessory. Tsubasa walks up to her and squats.

“If you like Spice Chord then-” Tsubasa is cut short by Saya and Sumomo’s arrival.

They explain things to Tsubasa and she sighs, “I see, Rola is currently occupied but I promise you’ll meet her today. I’ll give you three a personal tour for now.” Tsubasa takes the girls around and stops once they get to the balcony. Natsuna hasn’t said a word and Tsubasa asks to be left alone with her. After a few seconds of silence, Natsuna says that she’s been chasing after Rola for the past year.

“I’ve never really seen idols like me but Rola was. She wore clothes like I did and sang songs I wanted to sing too,” Natsuna whispers. Tsubasa smiles and stares at the sky.

“When I was younger, I wanted to be the top of Song Class. When Akari was younger, she wanted to be just like Ichigo. Being inspired by others is a beautiful thing, but you should remember that you’re a star on your own. Even my Spice Chord and hers are different. So will yours.” Natsuna seems unconvinced. Tsubasa shows her the Girl’s Flag Coord. Natsuna’s eyes light up. She sashays off and beckons Natsuna to follow her. We get to see Dancing Days.

Natsuna finally understands and tells Tsubasa that she can take her back to Sumomo and Saya. Tsubasa takes her to the dressing room just as Yume and Rola walk out. Saya and Sumomo as Rola walks toward her. Natsuna stands shyly behind Tsubasa.

“Do you love Spice Chord?” Rola asks. Natsuna’s eyes meet hers. She nods shyly.

“Rola, we’re up on stage.” Yume reminds her.

“Just a minute Yume.” Rola rushes back into the dressing room and brings out her bag. She hugs Natsuna and gives her the Black Shadow Coord and rushes onto stage. Natsuna blushes as she holds the cards and Saya and Natsuna take her back to the crowd to watch the stage. The five Stars girls stand in the Dressing Room and make a star shape with their fingers before appearing on stage to perform We Are Stars in the event coords above

Episode 23- A Girl like Me

 This episode starts in Tamaki’s office. Tamaki is watching footage of one of Raki’s recent concerts. As Raki sings ‘Your Entrance’ when suddenly her aura disappears. Tamaki’s eyes widen as she watches Raki finish the performance. She turns to Sora and Koharu across the desk. “Is this the first time this has happened?”

“No, I’m afraid not,” Koharu says, “Recently, Raki hasn’t been herself.”

“Yes,” Sora adds, “She lost her way somehow and isn’t designing as she usually does.”

Tamaki places her head on her hands and sighs. “This is something much deeper than dresses. Whatever is going on is something Raki feels about herself.”

*Opening plays*

We cut to Raki’s room as she stares at a blank page of her sketchbook. Madoka and Rin sit outside with PP and Wakaba. Akari, Ichigo and Yume arrive in a car and join them at Star Harmony. Koharu lays out the situation for all of them. “We need to cheer Raki up. Whatever made her want to design clothes seems to have stopped and she can’t perform. She isn’t the same as she used to be.” Wakaba suggests that they show her their Aikatsu Cards as the rest remain silent. Yume and Akari turn to Ichigo who has a stern look on her face. Koharu follows Yume’s eyes to Ichigo as well.

“She needs to find her rice scoop.” Ichigo remarks, “Whatever made her an idol…she knows it herself.”

“In that case,” Koharu says, “We’re all going to help her remember that.” Rin and Madoka head off to Starlight looking for Juri. If anyone knew passion, it would be her. Koharu and Yume went to Venus Ark and Wakaba went to Raki’s room. Ichigo and Akari left last and no one knew where they went.

At Venus Ark, Yume and Koharu begged Elza to come see Raki. Yume stepped forward and clasped her hands “You inspired her very first PR. You let me surpass my own limits! Elza please!” Elza’s gaze remained cold and she stood up to face the sea.

“If she can’t get over a simple rut then she should reconsider being an idol.” Elza said.

Koharu huffed and straightened her shoulders, “If I hadn’t helped you as a designer would you be where you are now?” Elza turns in disgust. Koharu doesn’t flinch and pulls out her own sketchbooks. She lays it on Elza’s desk and flips through the designs she had for Perfect Queen. “Elza, even you needed help. Right now Raki needs you and you should be there.” The scene ends

Wakaba and Raki are sitting on her bed talking about their families. Wakaba mentions that she misses them as she’s been so busy as an idol but knows they understand. Raki smiles lightly as Juri bursts in with Rin and Madoka. Raki is shocked as Juri showers her with roses. “I’m told someone here is feeling down” (I’m not including the Spanish because I don’t speak it so I can’t do it well) Rin tells her to calm down. Madoka offers Raki a candy pop. She stares at it for a while and curls up. “You’re all such good idols and I’m glad I met you but-I’m not sure I can be that.”

We see a flashback of Raki and her sister. Raki first tried to dress like her sister and emulate her style. We see a small Raki in her sister’s labcoat. As Raki grows older she starts to dress more like herself and gets the idea for Maple Ribbon. Her sister supports this and we see Raki receiving her Aikatsu Pass. As this memory plays in Raki’s head we see her eyes light up a little.

In the Starlight Palace Akari nods as she chairs a Starlight Queen meeting. Otome, Sakura and Mizuki are in a circle as Ichigo watches. Mizuki stands. “I may not know her well but I can’t stand by and watch an idol lose her way.”

“Do you think we’re doing too much?” Ichigo asks, “I don’t want us to smother Raki.” Otome shakes her head furiously but Sakura stops her.

“Raki’s been this way for a while,” Sakura starts, “Ever since her stage with me and Miyabi…she wanted to see all sorts of idols but I’m not sure she knows what she wants to be herself. She’s shifted between all sorts of looks and has done a little of everything.”

“She can be whatever idol she needs to be. We just need to remind her.” Mizuki says and Akari decides to end the meeting.

Madoka receives a text message and asks Raki to go to the stage in Star Harmony. The message says that Raki should go alone and she does. Wakaba looks worried. As she enters the empty seats, she notices Ichigo standing in the spotlight. “Raki,” she says, “We know that something’s wrong but we don’t know what. We want you to know whatever idol you’ll be we’ll all support you.” Four more lights appear. “And so prepare to see four idols who came into their own just like you will.”

Sweet Sweet Girls Talk starts playing. The stage is a garden with a gazebo and tea cups. It’s very flowery and elegant. The Starlight Queens appear. Otome wears the Cotton Color Coord, Akari wears the Rose Party Coord, Mizuki wears the Moon French Coord and Sakura wears the Noble Coord.

As the stage ends, Ichigo invites Raki on stage. She takes the mic (It’s the same one from the Ichigo movie) “I’m grateful you all did this for me.” The other girls walk in, revealing they were listening to the performance, “I started designing to make clothes I wanted to wear. I want Maple Ribbon to be something girls like me can wear.” She takes a pause and looks around the room. “But I’m a girl who wants to wear whatever she likes. All sorts of clothes exist in my brand. Thank you for reminding me I don’t have to be anything to make it.”

The episode cuts to black but lights up as we get Idol Activity(All Stars Version) in the Shining Line Coords. During the performance we cut to scenes of Raki interacting with the other protagonists.

Episode 24- Lucky Time

The episode starts with Honey Cat decorating Star Harmony. We see Reflect Moon giving readings to the Star Harmony students. In a dressing room Raki and Wakaba are having their hair done by Sora and Mahiru. There’s an event going on named Lucky Time. Crowds begin to gather and Hariu checks the tickets. As the crowd comes on stage, we see that Pure Palette are the MCs. They thank the audience for coming and mention that Honey Cat will start the event.

You X I plays. They perform in their first Friends Dresses with their Miracle Aura. After that Maika and Ema mention that they’re here today to help two girls to form their own Friends. Wakaba and Raki walk on stage and the crowd begins to cheer. Raki and Wakaba reveal that their Friends unit is Clover Ring. Mirai blushes as she and Karen hold hands in the crowd. Raki gives a short speech about how far she’s come. She thanks Wakaba for being there for her and they run backstage to the Dressing Rooms. Raki wears the Pastel Purple Line Coord and Wakaba wears the Cherry Link Coord.  They sing Aikatsu Friends. The rest of the episode has Raki and Wakaba climb a mountain and sit together at the top as they watch the sunset together

Episode 25- Venus Dream

 The episode starts on Venus Ark. Aria and Carol Alice stand watching the sea as Rey walks out to meet them. “Elza wants to speak to you,” They walk into Elza’s office as Alice adjusts her bonnet.

“Alice! I placed my trust in you once and you failed me. Right now Venus Ark needs you more than ever. We must catch up to the other schools so all Venus Ark students simply must debut.” She pushes a letter forward. Alice picks it up and smiles. “Isn’t that the brand you admire?” Alice nods. “Very well. Aria, take her to the muse.” Rey sees them out of the room. The opening plays (This would be Twilight Etranger with scenes of everyone)

Aria rows the mini-boat Elza gave them but they’re making no progress. Carol admits she’s never rowed a boat and Aria said she did so with Hime as a child. Carol swirls her hand in the water. They drift vaguely along the sea as Aria places flowers in the water. “This way we won’t get lost.” Aria says. Carol sighs as the sun continues to burn intensely. Aria lets her hair down and starts humming her song. Carol joins her and they hum together to lighten the mood. As they sing and drift at sea, a third voice joins them. They turn in horror only to see Mirai in a floating tube. She waves at them and swims over. Karen stands over her own ship at the dock and has them brought in.

Alice and Aria sit by a white table in a small room with wide windows letting the sunlight in. After being refreshed Karen asks them why they were drifting at sea. Aria mentions that they were on their way to the ship. Mirai tells them it was a strange way to get there. Carol covers her face and stands before Karen.

“I- I’d like to wear… Classical Ange.” She stammers.

“Hmmm,” Karen holds her chin. “So this is what Raki’s Pass has brought about,” She steps forward and uncovers Carol Alice’s face. “You’re clearly a beautiful girl Alice. A graceful lady who should wear fitting clothes.” Karen takes her hand and rushes over to the desk. Aria smiles as well. Karen gives Alice the cards for the Mermaid Blue Coord. Carol takes the cards and places to them on her chest.

“Thank you, for believing in me.” Alice says. Karen takes them back to Star Harmony and announces that she will be sharing her brand with a Venus Ark student. News spreads back to Elza who is furious.

“Why couldn’t she bring her here? Rey, we can’t let ourselves be left behind.” Elza storms out and makes her way to Star Harmony.  Rey makes sure to alert the press that royalty was on the move. Elza steals the show and has her staff spread Venus Ark banners over the halls she walks through. Raki and Wakaba see this and mention that they’re not surprised. After walking around a bit, Elza demands that Alice be brought to her. In the meantime, she sits on a makeshift throne with Rey standing guard.

Alice walks towards Elza and meets her eyes. Elza is taken aback. Alice had never done that. She had a certain poise in her walk. Rey blushes and comments that it seems as though she’s gliding. Alice tells Elza that she wants to show her a performance worth seeing. Elza nods as she tries to hide how proud she is of her.

Aria and Alice rush to the Dressing Room. Aria wears the Nadeshiko New Year Coord and Alice wears the Mermaid Blue Coord(pictured on the left). Pirouette of the Forest Light starts playing as Aria sings the first line. Alice joins in and as the tune plays her aura appears. Six blue candles rotate around her with gold stands. Blue jewels and purple lilies float around her. The appeals are Angel Garden and Star Heartful World. As the show ends Elza congratulates Alice and gives her a hug. The episode ends

[gnawingaikatsugremlin]

AiParade Thoughts 1

Tl;dr LET ME ADOPT KISEKI RAKI.

I’m... shocked, honestly, that I find myself liking Raki so far. She has such a good natured newbie feel that isn’t super overpowering. She also has a little good natured gremlin to her, and maybe that’s why she’s so refreshing. 

Anyway, sister’s a mad scientist and I like her too. She’s the ridiculous asshole who got all this shit started. Nice going, onee-chan, you may have just saved the franchise.

The beginning just shows what a cute little mess Raki is. She gets up late, she runs around getting ready, she gets hopelessly lost and needs to be rescued. It’s kind of endearing, so much so I almost didn’t joke about her childhood dream thing. You’re 14, dear. You’re still a child. Ask the idiots who just popped up to save you.

Ah, Pure Palette... ya dun fucked up so bad they put you back in those ugly ass coords and taken away your all jeweling dress. Nice going, guys. They’re still doing their thing as they get Raki back on her feet, just in time for her first big stage!

I kind of wish we had seen her go through the system so I’d know what her image color is. I want to say she’s purple, and as that’s normally a sexy color I’m tickled pink she’s not, well, pink. If she’s pink I’ll be a little disappointed, but that’s ok. 

Her stage was cute and the first new song we’ve had in a while. The new appeal was a breath of fresh air, but I could’ve done without all the sparkly sound effects. Her dance is a lot more energetic than others I’ve seen - maybe I’m not off in calling her a bunny. Raki has a pop vibe about her, to the point I might call her a hybrid as she develops. Maybe a little exposure  to the legendary pop types like Otome and Ako (*Not biased*) will help push her.

But here’s Pure Palette... and here’s 4 Star. Boy, did I NOT miss Yume and Koharu. GIVE ME AKO DAMN IT. Gonna admit though, that x4 Yu-GI-Oh style I’ll show you yours if you show me mine is fucking hilarious. They’re like trainers in the wild, you lock eyes and you have to fight.

AIKATSU APHORISMS ARE BACK. HOORAY. AND LUCKY’S COORD IS PURPLE? SHE IS PURPLE. SHE IS PURPLE.

Anyway.

I gotta say, this was a big upswing from Friends. I’m actually excited to watch next week. And I know, I’m scaring you all with this I like it thing... but never forget I actually do like Aikatsu. I just hated Friends.

ANYWAY. I NEED TO GO ADOPT RAKI.