User blog:Shiorre/Progression Aura

In the Aikatsu Stars! series, one of the most mysterious things seems to be the progression aura of an idol. Currently, we know a few things: With that being said, I'd like to speculate on the mechanics of a progression aura.
 * Progression Aura is activated upon an idol feeling focused/determined during a performance.
 * Overuse or over-reliance on a progression aura can cause the loss of one's singing voice and a weakened body
 * To overcome the above crutch, an idol must increase her own strength and 'bloom'
 * The source of the power associated with a progression aura is unknown
 * The first (recorded) account of an idol with a progression progression aura is from Yukino(Moroboshi) Hotaru
 * The light from a Progression Aura can cause normal Idol Auras to disappear

In Episodes 1-36, Yume's eyes would light up with a rainbow glow everytime she activated her rainbow progression aura. This stopped happening in Episode 43 when her progression aura changes. I assume that her eyes were indicative of the power activating instead of her using her own strength.



In Episode 35, Yume's body is surrounded by a rainbow glow, possibly indicative of her progression aura. Upon Hime activating her own progression aura, it seems that Hime and Yume are both sharing Hime's progression aura, the middle of the arch encompassing both of them, and the pink light on the ground being in the middle of both of them, with Hime's silver butterflies flying and flowers blooming around Yume too.

This generated most of my questions about an idol's progression aura, because this never happened when Yume's progression aura caused Laura's normal aura to disappear. I theorize that Hime and Yume sharing the progression aura is because they both have the same power, and that the progression aura being shared during the performance is Hime taking away the crutch from Yume/holding Yume's hand.

In Episode 36, when Yume stops her rainbow progression aura, we can see a version of her new progression aura grow out from her body before quickly disappearing. I assume that this is Yume overcoming her power and by extension 'blooming', but this leaves me with questions about Hime's progression aura. I know that she's overcome the strange power, but I wonder if she has 'bloomed' in the same way that Yume does in Episode 36?

Also, I've noticed that Yume's progression aura has significant resemblance to the Idol Aura of the characters in the original Aikatsu! franchise, losing the signature arches that Aikatsu Stars! has been using, and favoring objects that dance around the body in a circling/spiraling motion. This makes me speculate about the relationship between the Aikatsu! and Aikatsu Stars! series; because it's extremely clear that they don't take place in the same location as per the revealing of the latest Starlight Movie around the same time as the Aikatsu Stars! Movie.

This also causes me to generate questions about Idol Aura in the Aikatsu Stars! universe in general; in the original Aikatsu! franchise, it's said that an idol's aura is something that can't be seen, but more of a feeling/scent that the idol exudes from her being. But in Episode 2 of Aikatsu Stars! Koharu and Laura ask Yume about her aura during her performance in episode one, and even show us video evidence of Yume's progression aura activating.

I don't know, I might just be talking crazy. I just hoped that I wasn't the only person to notice these things and that other people will speculate about them with me :D