User blog:Lucy554/Aikatsu and Rushed Storytelling!

All right, so, excluding my RolePlay blog series, which is still waiting on more responses to the last post before we continue, I've been covering some stuff that *I* find a tad controversial. Last time, I blogged about wether Bandai was listening to the fans, and there were lots of mixed responses. Before that, the other most controversial blog I've done is the one about why Kiara and FuwaFuwa Dream should be cute-typed. And today we're continuing that controversy! Because it's fun!

So, today we're talking about how the storytelling in Aikatsu seems rushed. Now, I'm not speaking about Season 1 and the original series in this blog, only Season 2 of Stars, because that's where I feel this is coming from. In the original and Season 1 of Stars, I think that the pacing was a little bit rushed in terms of things like introducing new characters, but Aikatsu has always done 1 episode introductions of characters, so that wasn't a big deal to me. Sure, I might have loved to see an episode about Miki and Saya met or something along those lines, but it isn't something that I was super upset we didn't get.

However, now that Season 2 is getting along, I'm begining to get worried. The first few episodes were nicely paced. The only thing that was a little fishy is that Lilie recieved Star Wings so early, but Lilie also studied design, so once again, I wasn't too upset. However, I started to become worried when Kiara got her wings early as well.

Sure, Kiara might be from Venus Ark and is way above the Four Star girls, but it was still early! Heck, this is was the first time we had seen her perform! While we can infer that Kiara is extremely talented to be so close to Elza, it still seemed very rushed, and the whole thing didn't seem as special.

All right, at this point I just thought that maybe these back-to-back Star Wings episodes were just a coincidence. I wasn't that worried until Wish Upon a Star, Venus Wave, and Treasure Hunt were announced. At this point, Star and Wave have aired, and Mahiru and Laura have Star Wings. Treasure Hunt will air in a few weeks, and I'm becoming worried. Mahiru's Wings were something we all saw coming, but they just happened... There wasn't anything special preceeding it. We hadn't even had a Mahiru episode in a while... They just appeared. Laura's Wings had a bit more build up, but it still seemed just as rushed with the Premium Dress Creation, especially because Laura isn't a trained designer like Lilie.

And now Yuzu's Wings episode is coming, one episode later. This came out of nowhere. Sure, I wa bored when new PRs were being held back in the anime like with the Premiere Berry Coord, but those had large story arks. Now, there are just PRs left and right, with no warning. The episode that everyone wanted to be Rei's debut performance was just Mahiru's Star Wings Episode. And now, Mahiru is overseas in the back seat. Laura's without-a-brand ark is gone, and Yuzu, the character who hasn't been featured in an episode for a VERY long time now, is getting an episode with no buildup. It's just rushed.

Now, Venus Ark is leaving, apparently, and there is no warning. As a matter of fact, there had many instances when Elza had said she was planning on staying in Japan for some while! And now they're leaving!? Unless there is a LONG time in between these episodes... Everything is being rushed.

So, what do you guys think? Is Season 2 too rushed, or is the pacing all right? After all, we aren't even halfway through yet... Yeah, thinking of it like that, it seems rushed to me unless that is supposed to be a short Season like Season 4 of the original, and that would mean the end of Stars...Wait... Is there a theory there?

See you next time!