Last time on, Love Live! Sunshine!!
Chika-chan continued to scout out the transfer student from Tokyo.
I'm sorry!
Wait--ooph.
--Did you hear it? --Yeah.
Then, the three heard the sound of the ocean,
and that triggered the start of their song writing.
--Lyrics? --Lyrics?
While writing the song, I became drawn to the idea of being a school idol.
That's a wonderful thing!
New events now unfold.
One, two, three, four.
--Let's stop there. --One, two, three, four.
--Play. --One, two, three, four.
--How is it? --One, two, three, four.
I feel like we've gotten much better.
But, our kick here isn't sharp, and this move here...
Ah, you're right.
It's amazing that you noticed immediately.
I used to do high diving, so I'm good at analyzing form.
How's our rhythm?
It's pretty good, but Chika-chan is a little late.
It's me?!
What's that?
It's an Ohara family helicopter.
Ohara family?
They run a hotel in Awashima.
I heard our new director is from the Ohara family.
Really?
Is it getting closer?
You're imagining it.
But...
What's going on?!
Ciao!
Chasing down the path of a dream I've never seen
Shining Road
This feeling of being off to the races
I searched for you energetically, straight and true
No way we can wait one second, let's leap out there
The courage we have in us is clamoring
The everyday world takes new doors
(More) And hides them
(Let's go!) I want to open them all
Come on, let's do it together!
I want to start it! My story! (Here, now's the time)
Blue skies are waiting
Hug that dream tight, and Jumping Heart
Just with that, I can move on to tomorrow, youth full speed ahead?!
From when it began (Sunshine Story)
Cherish that thrill in our hearts always
We'll go out to catch our dreams
Not knowing what might happen is part of the fun
"Director's Office"
What?
"Director's Office" "#3 First Step"
Our new director?
"#3 First Step"
Yes! But relax, feel free to call me "Mari."
But...
Want some tea?
Excuse me, Ms. Director?
I said to call me "Mari."
M-Mari... that school uniform...
Does it look funny?
--I made sure to have a third years' ribbon.
--Aren't you the director? --I made sure to have a third years' ribbon.
Yes, but! I'm a third year at this school.
I'm a student and the director. Like a curry beef bowl!
I don't understand the comparison.
You don't get it?!
Of course she doesn't understand!
Student Council President?
Oh, Dia. It's been so long! You've grown.
Please don't touch me.
Your chest hasn't changed.
Stop your nonsense!
--Please. --It was a joke.
Goodness, I thought you were gone for good
when you left during our first year.
Why on earth are you back now?
Shiny!
I see you still don't listen when others are talking.
It was a joke.
Anyway, you don't expect us to believe that a
third year is our director, do you?
That part isn't a joke.
Huh?
"Letter of Appointment" "Uranohoshi Girls' High School Third Year" "Ms. Mari Ohara" "You are hereby appointed" "Director of Uranohoshi Girl's High School"
My home, the Ohara family, contributed a hefty amount to this school.
--No way! --What, why?!
I heard a rumor that Uranohoshi now has school idols.
That can't be. That's why?
Yup! It's sad if you're forever getting in their way,
so I came to support them.
Is that true?
Yes. Now that I'm here, you have nothing to worry about.
I've booked Akiba Dome for your debut concert.
Wh-What?! It's so sudden.
I-It's a miracle!
That was a joke!
Please don't put all that effort in for just a joke.
Actually...
Here?
Yes. If you can get a full house here,
I'll approve the formation of your club,
no matter how many members you have.
Really?
You'll have a club budget, too!
What if we don't have enough people?
Then, you'll have no choice but to disband.
What? But, that's...
If you dislike it, you can refuse.
--What will you do? --What do you think?
This place is pretty big.
Call it quits?
We have to do it!
We have no other choice!
You're right.
Okay. Then, our deal is on.
--Wait! --Hm?
How many students do we have here?
Let's see... uh-oh!
What is it?
Don't you see?
Even if we get all the students,
we won't fill this room.
No way.
Do you think Mari-san knew already?
What should we do?
I understand Mari-san's point.
If we can't do this, we won't make it down the road.
We finally made our song!
We still have to work on our dancing, though.
--You wanna call it quits? --I'm not quitting!
Why do you talk to her that way?
Chika-chan gets more fired up this way.
Next stop, Izumi and Sea Paradise.
"Stop"
Arrived at Izumi and Sea Paradise.
Oh, yeah!
Next up is the weather.
Please! You know other workers, right?
Tomorrow's weather in the Tokai region will be...
Yeah, I guess I do.
About how many?
About two hundred, counting the main branch.
Two hundred?!
You see, we're having a concert as school idols
"We're Having a Concert!!" "Uranohoshi Gym"
at the beginning of next month.
You? A school idol?!
And I was thinking that it'd be nice if you came, too.
And invited about two hundred of your co-workers.
We won't have approval for our club if we don't have a full house!
So, please!
"Stupid Chika"
That's strange. It was the perfect plan.
I get how your sister's feeling, though.
What? You're siding with my sister?!
Huh? Where's Riko-chan?
She said she was going to the bathroom...
Oh, what are you doing?
Anyway, we need to figure out how to get people to come.
Yeah. We need to think of something.
What if we advertise it on the town speakers?
We should be able to if we ask.
Then there's Numazu. There are a lot of high schools there,
so there should be students interested in school idols there.
"Morning Café" "Open 8 AM"
Not as many people as Tokyo, but it does feel more urban here.
People should be coming back from club activities soon.
All right! Let's do some flyering!
Excuse me, please come!
Huh?
It's harder than it sounds.
This is where enthusiasm and timing come in! Just watch.
We're having a concert! Please come!
"We're Having a Concert!!"
--A concert? --Yes!
You'll be performing?
Yes! Please come!
Sunday? You wanna go?
Yeah!
Thank you!
--Amazing! --All right! My turn!
We're having a concert. You better come.
Huh? U-Um...
You better.
O-Okay...
Victory!
Why is this a competition?
It's your turn next.
Me?
Of course! We only have three people.
--Please come! --Well, I know but...
--Please come! --I'm not good at these things.
Excuse me. We're having a concert.
"We're Having a Concert!!"
Come.
What are you doing?
I'm just practicing.
There's no time for practice. Go!
Chika-chan? Hey, wh--!
Oh, I'm sorry.
Uh, er...
Please come!
Uh...
I did it!
She looked kind of familiar...
"Special Regional Idols Edition"
You know what you want?
Yup!
I'm getting this!
You really like idols, don't you.
What are you getting?
I'm getting these.
S-So much.
--Please come! --Please come!
Oh, Hanamaru-chan!
Hanamaru-chan! Here!
A concert?
You should come, too!
You're having a concert?
Huh?
We really want to have a full house. So please come, Ruby-chan.
I'm off. I have to pass more flyers out.
Uh, er...!
Wh-What is your group's name?
Our group's... name?
"We're Having a Concert!!"
Love Live! Sunshine!!
I can't believe we didn't have a name yet.
You forgot about it, too.
Anyway, let's hurry and decide on one.
Yeah, we might as well put our school name into it.
Like, "Uranohoshi School Girls"?
Stating the obvious.
Then you come up with one, Riko-chan.
--Huh? --Yeah. Use hip words from Tokyo.
Yeah, go ahead!
Uh, hm...
...how about "Three Mermaids" since we met by the sea?
One, two, three, four,
--Wait! Forget I said that! --five, six, seven, eight.
Any ideas, You-chan?
Hm...
"School Uniform Girls' Squad." Well?
--I'll pass. --Yeah.
What?!
"Mikan" "Wave Girls"
"Seafood"
This kind of thing works best by going with the first thing somebody says.
Agreed!
Back to square one!
You're okay with "School Uniform Girls' Squad," then?
It's better than "Three Mermaids."
I told you to forget that one!
Well...
How do you pronounce this?
"A-q-ours"?
"A-cue-ah"?
Is it, "aqua"?
Like water?
Water?
Doesn't it sound like a pretty good name?
You want to use it, even though we don't know who wrote it?
That's why it's perfect.
We stumbled across it when we were trying to come up with a name.
Shouldn't we cherish it?
You're right.
We'll never come up with a name at this rate, anyway.
Then, that's set!
In our gratitude to this fateful meeting, our group will be named...
The school idols of Uranohoshi Girls' High School. We're Aqours!
Wait! We haven't been approved as a club by the school yet.
Then, okay. The unofficial idols of Uranohoshi Girls' High School. We're Aqours!
This Saturday at 2PM, we'll have a concert at Uranohoshi's gym--
I don't know how I feel about "unofficial."
Then, what do you want me to say?!
Please come.
"We're Having a Concert!!"
Please!
Thank you.
We're next!
Ready, go. Full speed ahead!
Aye aye!
You-chan's popular, as expected.
Help out?
Yeah!
--Sure. --Really?
Of course.
--Oh, how gorgeous! --Oh, how gorgeous!
Instead of stepping here, wouldn't it be better
to move like this so we can face the audience?
Then I'll go around here and go into the chorus?
Will you make it? Chika-chan, what do you think?
Let's call it a day.
Yeah.
Ah, look at the time! The buses aren't running anymore.
What?!
Yeah. Okay.
Are you okay?
Yes. They scolded me and said not to do it again.
You girls really are crazy about this.
I didn't think Chika-chan would be so absorbed.
Really?
She's like this now, but you know she tires of things easily.
It's not that she gets tired of things easily.
She just doesn't like doing things half-heartedly.
She's not satisfied until she does something with all she's got.
I see. You really understand her.
Do you think the concert will go smoothly?
Yeah, I hope so.
A full house, huh?
There aren't many people around these parts.
Don't worry.
Everybody here is warmhearted.
I'm not used to this.
Are you sure it's okay for it to be so short?
Don't worry. Even for μ's first concert... see, look!
"We're Having a Concert!!" "Uranohoshi Gym" "Please come!"
Huh. I shouldn't have become a school idol.
It's all good! Once you get on stage, you'll forget about it.
It's almost time. What do we do again?
Well, we pile our hands in the middle...
--Wanna hold hands? --Huh?
If we hold hands like this... see?
It is.
It's raining, huh.
I wonder if people will come.
If they don't come...
Then, we'll quit and it'll end here.
Come on, let's go! Let's shine with everything we've got!
Aqours! Sunshine!
We're school idols--ready go!
We're Aqours!
The brilliance,
the will to not give up,
and the power to believe are what we look up to.
That's why we became school idols.
Our goal is to be like the school idols, μ's!
Please listen!
Sparkle! I noticed the new thrill in my heart
Because of you, standing there in front of me
"I want to try!"
My heart's in motion now, but it's still uncertain
Maybe fate is what made it start up anyway
I think our feelings will connect!
This world is full of things I don't know
(What should I do?) Still, the excitement has me walking on air
(Jump!) Still, the excitement has me walking on air
I'll make sure we're equally pumped up someday
I'm feeling fine, gonna keep a good attitude
Ch-Chika...
What should we...
What should we do?
I think our feelings will connect!
This world is full of things I don't know
Still, the excitement has me walking on air
I'll make sure we're equally pumped up someday
I'm feeling fine... gonna keep a good attitude...
Stupid Chika!
You told me the wrong start time!
I really am Stupid Chika.
Sparkle!
Sparkle! When I noticed the new thrill in my heart
You were standing there (there you were) in front of me
Sparkle! I've discovered I can be passionate
This light (it's so beautiful) will sparkle brighter (brilliant hope)
As long as I've got love, I'll be okay!
They said...
...that school idols will become more widespread.
That they can go anywhere, and make any dream come true.
This was successful only because of the efforts of previous school idols
and the town's good will.
Make no mistake of that!
I know!
But... But, nothing will start by just sitting and watching.
I can't really explain it.
But, this is my only chance.
So...
We want to shine!
We steadily make our way outside, searching for something more
When you give things a try, you often find unexpected happiness
As we struggle, as we get laughed at
We won't give in or give up! Though we may cry a bit!
But that's fine, because our tomorrow's coming into view
Let's not tell our dreams in words; let's tell them in song
Because I think a song will convey how we feel right now
Putting dreams into words lets us put them into songs
This growing feeling is a series of favorite melodies
It's time to stop running away and move on to someplace new
Singing my song for my dream!
Next time, "Their Feelings."
"Their Feelings"