Board Thread:New on Aikatsu Stars! Wikia/@comment-3237624-20160425113936/@comment-8220091-20160425130236

That was a cool review! Love the details you really put into, and the shipping was a nice touch.(Personally I think Yubasa is a better ship name) Now I hope you don't mind if I put some of my thoughts into it :)

I totally agree with everything Chrismh said; Yume's developing, and she's developing a lot like how Ichigo and Akari developed in their respective series. Aside from Yume's development I'd like everyone to appreciate the fact that the anime shed a little light on our S4's Tsubasa, because that made me like her all the more. Tsubasa was my favorite S4 member from the moment I saw the PV for Aikatsu Stars. To know more about her made me (sort of) realize the potential plot that this anime had. (Because let's admit that Aikatsu was kind of too safe.) (Aikatsu Stars episode 2 guys! There is plot in this anime)

(Let me be honest, the first time I saw S4 I thought they were all a bunch of snobs, I'm sorry, it's just that anime has really given me this 'don't trust anyone' vibe, and given how S4 was the "best idol" unit, I was really shady about them at first.)

Personally, I don't mind that they repeated Aikatsu Step for the third time, but Chrismh does have a point. Eventually the fans are going to get tired of it, and will be demanding new songs. But hey, Aikatsu is all about music, I don't think that they'll be hitting that replay button for long.

Now the one thing I wanna point out for this series is (and this episode in particular); 'the boys. 'On my tumblr dash, a lot of the fans are liking them. But I do hear from some sources that some fans aren't excited for the boys' division idea. (Not because of love interests,I could really care less about that, although I don't mind it). I was super super thrilled when I saw that we would have boy idols in aikatsu like FINALLY all my fantasies are coming alive. I mean; come on! We all know how good male-music-related animes are (Uta-no-pri and Star-myu if you don't get what I'm saying.) and we get to see that beautiful thing (hopefully) merge with 3d animation, something that neither male-music series mentioned above ever had! (I am praying to the aikatsu gods that we get to see M4 dance.) In fact I wouldn't mind if they created an aikatsu spin-off...for boys.

And my favorite moment through this whole episode was when Yume said she didn't know what M4 was, she just didn't care. And I think that's gonna create a lot of really cool (maybe, not necessarily) romantic moments. But if they don't end up together, that's fine with me, I don't really care. I'm just so happy that we have boys in this series now. (Oh, but wait, Idols have a no-dating policy...Well that solves everything....Oh wait, the characters dated in Pretty Rhythm...So maybe not?)

Don't get mad, I'm just stating my opinion. I love Aikatsu. It's the only music-related anime that I sing all the songs to. I don' t sing the songs of other music-related animes, just Aikatsu. (I've seen Pretty Rhythm, Love Live, heck even Mermaid Melody, I haven't seen PriPra [First Episode, and I was like; No. You are not doing an Aikatsu x Pretty Rhythm crossover. I will punch you in the face. Pretty Rhythm is about Ice Skating, and that's why I watch it. I don't care if it's popular af, I'm just really pissed off that they completely changed what I believed was a good show]).

So overall, Chrismh's review summarized everything good about this episode. I was just here stating my own opinion (and possibly the opinion of someone who agrees with me), and wasting your time :)

Aikatsu Stars really does have a lot to offer, because we're in a completely universe from the original series. We have a new system which made my brain explode. (Damn I don't get the "dress item" system at all; So basically we just customize a given coord is that it?), and we have a whole bunch of new characters that I know we will all love and cherish, and fangirl over. It does have a lot of expectations to live up to though, and hopefully they'll have a solid plot. Maybe the plot flow will be like Pretty Rhythm, where half of it is exposition, and then the actual plot comes in :) Who knows?

Here's to more Passionate Idol Activities! Have a great time guys!