User blog:Dorayaki/Aikatsu Stars! 2018 predictions?

I assume this has been posted somewhere else, but this one seems not be posted in any blog here, so I just begin a new one.

The news/leak come from deleted Amazon item page: there will be two new "wallet-type" 4-pocket binders released in April 30th, 2018.

'''Aikatsu! Binder Set ~Cute Type~  '''www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B078DF9SGC

'''Aikatsu! Binder Set ~Cool Type~ '''www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B077Z6LFFZ

Well this could be a relief to those who worried that Aikastu's five year anniversary would end up being the end of the series, since usually this ensures the sixth year of the general franchise as well as Aikatsu Stars' third year.

(NOTE: Allow me to note to new fans who just enter this series and didn't follow the DCD game or the original series: the silhouettes of characters on the pics use existed hair parts in the DCD game (such as Mei), so neither one hints on future character designs.)



There's a new brand cardset announce like we had before. However, we're getting a "new" school bag as well. Since it's unlikely that it's just Four Star renew its student goods, we may safely assume that the new main characters are going to attend a new school instead of Four Star or Venus Ark.

These leaks can mean several things. First, the binders are represented by two new main characters, one is Cute type and one is Cool type. Second, the two sets of card from the binders are possibly two new brands of the next season (well unless BANDAI surprise(dissapoint) us with brandless cards.....)

As for anime story line prediction, I think most are curious about whether Yume's generation going to "retire" just like Ichigo from the original series?

My personal prediction about these is: "yes". Based on that the leaks are totally covered and have no words hint on Four Star Academy, I think the chance for new characters going to FS is not too big.

Secondly, the new type binders show that BANDAI wants to promote the new characters very eagerly, so that raises the possibility for the new characters be a new generation insted of just be new characters that appear around Yume and her friends.

Well I know this could be wrong since I'm also a fan of Yume's generation and still expect them to have more stories to tell, but it's hard to know what BANDAI really think. So what do you guys think about the 2018 news?

Trivia:

1) The leaks show that IC cards are going to return(?) but there no exactly news about how they're going to work.

2) The "Wallet Binder" idea seems not too original since Pripara series also introduced it in its first year. However, hopefully the two binders are going to be featured by new brands since we've not yet seen any brand-featured binder products in Stars series so far.