Talk:Episode 01 - The Beginning of a Dream/@comment-24848025-20160407133016

I won't put it in the trivia because my understanding of Japanese is pretty rudimentary - but it seems like Yume is just like Ichigo in being a Aikatsu Genius and pulling off a Special Appeal in her very first performance. Everyone seemed to be pretty surprised to see Yume do a Special Appeal, after all. What is pretty curious though in comparing Yotsuboshi to Starlight is that it seems Yotsuboshi doesn't audition their new students until they're already accepted into the school.

Also, I think I may have a personal problem with Hime - when I hear Ruka's vocals, I hear Akari and imagine Akari instead of Hime.

I'm also not surprised at how similar Yume sounds to Hime singing wise - DearStage seems to like giving the cute idol vocals a certain unique voice type that tends to make it stand out from all the other vocals (it's like a whine in long notes.)



Lastly, hearing episode Solo for the first time - the song reminds me of a kz-livetune song, not your typical Aikatsu song.

That's a great thing, though I'm sure someone will disagree because they hate dubstep.

EDIT - Having rewatched it a few times now, the eyes lighting up sequence in Yume's performance is actually 2D. That makes her the first in the Aikatsu franchise to have a 2D sequence as part of her 3DCG performance.