Talk:Episode 49 - To Become the Number One Star!/@comment-29268934-20170323163928/@comment-24848025-20170323185116

But the MC is ALWAYS going to be OP. Ichigo was OP as hell being able to Special Appeal in her school tryouts when no other student could. Then we find out she is the daughter of a legendary idol, that she's a super idol genius and never struggled talent-wise compared to Akari or Yume. I love Ichigo as a character, but I hate how OP BNP made her because every Aikatsu MC after her will ALWAYS be compared to her. I remember how much people hated Akari because she wasn't Ichigo - and now we're doing that with Yume because she's not either one. Yume had that power... and it almost took her voice and ended her career. She was also threatened with expulsion more then Akari.

And it's not like they didn't acknoledge how strong all the girls have gotten. When you look at the overall score lists, Mahiru practically blew everyone out of the water amongst the 1st years but no one is calling her OP (despite having far more idol training then probably any other 1st year before entering the school). Laura only lost by roughly 500 points (and neither broke 29k). Ako is in S4 with the lowest score amongst the main side characters. Every 3rd year S4 member scored past 29k. Yuzu scored 77 points under 29k, and probably could've scored higher if not for the rest of Dance Class being Non-Main Characters. The only character who probably should've done better then her actual score is Lily.

If anything, the one thing I hate is that now Hime will always be compared to Mizuki just like how Yume will always be compared to Ichigo & Akari - especially if we find out Hime ends up with Venus Ark. I really hope that Venus Ark doesn't become Dream Academy 2.0 and they move them in a different direction - otherwise why watch Aikatsu Stars when you can just rewatch Aikatsu Season 2?