Thread:Staraptor Kwan/@comment-25034020-20170426032339/@comment-26426093-20170427025546

Oh, glad to see you again, it's been far too long since our last chat on the old wiki!

Well, Season 1 of Aikatsu Stars more or less lived up to my expectations, and I did quite enjoy it very much. Overall, I’m really satisfied with how the entire season turned out. Despite having some really apparent flaws, Season 1 of Aikatsu Stars! did a solid job of regaining the confidence of the Aikatsu fandom who felt cheated by how the original series ended so quickly and in poor fashion. Yes, animation (especially CG scenes) was poor at first, some characters didn’t get the proper amount of character progression or had some negative attributes which caused certain parts of the fandom to rage at them, and the whole rainbow aura drama seemed like a cheap plot device to drag out the story, but the achievements of Stars! are worth their weight in gold.

The S4 Selection, as well the run-up to it, was hands down the most panic-inducing Aikatsu tournament to have been held since…well, the battle between WM and 2WingS. Everyone gave it their all during that arc, and credit must be given to the writers for successfully managing to tie up several loose ends in the final episode as well. Mahiru winning over Yozora was probably one of the biggest shocks in the history of the Aikatsu anime adaptation, and no amount of theories about how Yozora might have thrown the competition to her sister is going to dampen my satisfaction on how for the first time since 2WingS beat WM, a underdog has surpassed the superior one in a Aikatsu competition by relying on her skills and talent rather than because the plot and writers called for it.