User blog comment:Dinodeclan/Villains for the series/@comment-26426093-20170914072123

The thing about Aikatsu Star's original premise is was that it was initially made to seem more darker and edgier than the original series. Which the writers tried with Hikaru and Hime being shady for the first half of the series...right until they decided that "nah, let's make them the good guys", which led to the whole rainbow power arc being shuttled away with absolutely no explanation at all. So, I would not count on Bandai making the series anymore darker than it has to. Even with Elza being at her most vile and haughty, she does not hold a candle to genuinely scary villains who pose a huge threat to the main cast like Kintaro (DMF) or Jin (RL).