St. Snow is about to take the stage. Enjoy the show.
All right! This group is first up to bat...
St. Snow!
This next group has been getting really popular lately!
Say hello to the school idol group Aqours!
Chika-chan...
Oh... okay!
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
13 million people live in this city...
Really...
Even knowing that, I can't imagine it at all.
I guess it must be different, living in a place like that.
Buildings as far as the eye can see, zura.
Is that Mt. Fuji?
Zura...
Heh heh heh...
--Hey, what is that? --It's my final curse project: release Lucifer,
--Ssh! Don't look at her! --It's my final curse project: release Lucifer,
and summon the demonic power of two million little demons!
So cool!
Yoshiko-chan, you're having fun, huh?
I'm not Yoshiko! I'm Yohane!
The show is over, and she's still acting like Yohane, zura.
Look what I got!
Woah, check it out! It's sparkling!
Chika-chan...
And it's super tasty! You want some?
Oh, okay...
Here you go Ruby! You guys, too!
Th--Thanks...
We really did our best.
I feel like today's show was the best out of all the shows
we've done so far.
Our voices were strong, and we had the fewest mistakes yet.
But...
Plus all the groups there were probably in Love Live, too.
It's no wonder we didn't win!
But if we want to get into the Love Live championships,
it means we've got to be as good as those groups were today.
Well, yeah...
I realized it when I saw St. Snow.
That's what top level school idols are like.
We have to be that good, too.
But they didn't even win.
Even at their level, it's not good enough.
I kind of thought so, too.
Me too...
Wh--What are you talking about? That was just a coincidence!
The heavens released an evil power, and then...
A coincidence?
An evil power?
Huh? Ah, uh, well...
You're pretty bad at cheering us up, zura.
C--Come on! I was just trying to be nice!
That's right!
Focusing on that stuff won't help right now.
We came all the way to Tokyo, let's have some fun!
This is Chika.
Huh? Yes, we're still nearby...
Sorry we had to call you back here!
I forgot to give this to you.
What is it?
Could it be... our paychecks?
Show some class...
So, the winners were picked based on audience voting, right?
These are the results.
Oh, thank you!
To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to do.
But we decided to hand them out to groups that participated, too.
Oh...
Seeya!
--Are you going to look? --Yeah...
This shows the votes for the top winners' groups,
and all the other groups, too.
Where's Aqours, zura?
Let's see... Oh, it's St. Snow!
Ninth place. They almost made it into the winners group.
What about Aqours?
Hmm...
30th place...
30th out of 30 groups...
We're in last?
You didn't have to go and say it, zura!
How many votes did we get?
Umm...
Zero.
No way...
That means that not even one person voted for us?
Chika-chan...
Hi there.
St. Snow...
I thought you guys had a lovely song, and performed really well.
But if you're trying to get into Love Live, like μ's,
you might be better off giving up.
Don't take Love Live lightly.
It's not a game!
She was crying. It must have been
really frustrating for her, not getting into the winners group.
Zura...
Still, she didn't have to tell us to not take it lightly.
But we might have looked like we were.
I thought it was good though.
Chika-chan...
We did our best.
We worked hard at it, and got invited to Tokyo.
Even that is pretty amazing, don't you think?
Well...
So we can be proud. We did the best that we could.
Chika-chan...
Hmm?
Doesn't it frustrate you?
Huh?
Isn't it frustrating?
We--well... A little. But I'm satisfied.
We got to stand up there together...
And that made me happy.
Oh...
We're back!
I can finally say zura again, zura!
It's not like you ever stopped.
Zura!
Hey!
You guys...
Welcome back!
How was it? How was Tokyo?
Oh, uh... it was amazing. The stage was all sparkly...
--Did you guys sing well? --Did you get nervous and mess up?
No, we made it through somehow... Right?
Yeah. We didn't mess up the dance either.
That's right. We were just saying how it was our best performance yet.
Oh man, I got all worried for nothing!
So does that mean you're really going to try to win Love Live?
Huh?
Totally! They did get invited to an event in Tokyo, after all!
--Uh huh, uh huh. --Oh, yeah, I guess... That'd be good.
Welcome back.
Dia...
You did you best.
How long has it been since you called me out here?
I heard from Dia. About Chika and the others.
What are you going to do?
Love Live! Sunshine!!
So, you got zero votes...
Yeah.
I thought this might happen,
given how school idols are these days.
I just want to say this first:
It doesn't mean that you guys failed.
As school idols, you practiced quite a lot,
and gave a performance that was enough to please the audience.
But that alone is not enough.
These days, it's not enough.
What do you mean?
7,236. Do you know what that number means?
--It's Yohane's lit-- --No, zura.
You didn't let me finish!
That was the final number of entrants for Love Live last year.
More than ten times the first competition.
That many...
School idols have always been popular.
But ever since Love Live started,
its popularity has skyrocketed.
And with μ's and A-Rise, it's sure to stay that way.
Now they're even holding the championships in Akiba Dome.
And that means people are taking it more seriously.
--So... --That's right.
You weren't supported, and we couldn't sing.
That's just how it is.
Couldn't sing?
What do you mean?
Two years ago...
There was already a rumor about Uranohoshi being combined.
School idol?
That's right!
It's the only way we can save the school from being shut down!
You've got great style Mari!
If you join us, you'll be super popular for sure!
Sorry, I'm not interested in that!
Hug!
What are you doing?!
I'm going to hug you until you say yes!
Let me go!
Nope!
--Come on, quit it Kanan! --I don't think so!
So what was wrong?
People from town, and from school, they all supported us.
And the show went well.
But...
Tokyo?
Yeah! We've been invited!
Dia, you're practically losing your breath.
Whatever, this is our chance! If we get popular there,
we'll practically be in Love Live!
But we couldn't sing.
The other groups were amazing,
the atmosphere of the big stage overwhelmed us,
and we couldn't sing.
It is great that you were even able to sing.
So that's why you were against it...
I thought this would happen eventually.
This was a success because of previous school idols' hard work
and the goodwill of the townspeople.
Make no mistake.
Trying to have other people see us,
or saving the school by winning Love Live...
That's totally impossible!
So it's better to give up?
I think so.
Kanan...
Before someone gets hurt.
I'm not giving up. I'm going to get it back!
Get back the feeling I lost with you and Dia!
That feeling... it was so precious to me.
The bath is waiting for you!
Okay.
You take it easy too, Riko.
I will, thanks.
Chika-chan...
You okay?
Yeah. I'll think things over.
If I don't get my act together, it'll be hard on everyone else.
Zura...
That's all for today.
And then this part's like this...
Yes, I gave it to her straight.
Okay...
This is what you wanted, right?
This is what you wanted...
Chika-chan.
Are we giving up?
Are we giving up on being school idols?
You're going to catch cold.
All right.
Chika-chan.
Chika-chan! Chika-chan!
Huh? Riko-chan...
What in the world are you doing?!
Huh? Oh, uh... I thought I might see something.
Remember, Riko-chan? You dove in looking for the sound of the ocean.
I thought I might see something, too.
So...
Uh huh?
So, did you see anything?
Nope. Nothing.
Nothing?
Nope. I didn't see anything.
But that's it. That's why I have to keep going.
I can't see anything, so I don't know what's up ahead.
If I keep going, it might be a zero, but it might be a one,
or it might be a ten.
But if I give up now, I'll never find out.
Chika-chan...
That's why I'm going to stay a school idol.
After all, it's still zero now.
Still zero...
It's zero.
We practiced that hard together,
made songs together, made costumes together,
made the video together, we really tried our best,
we just wanted to sing well for everyone...
To shine, as school idols...
But it was still zero! It's so frustrating!
I don't care if there's a big difference,
or that it's not like it used to be!
It's frustrating!
It really is frustrating...
I'm so glad.
You're finally letting it out.
If I cry, it'll make everyone feel down, right?
They tried so hard, they joined me as school idols...
They'll be sad, right?
That's why... That's why...
You dummy! They didn't decide to become school idols for you!
They all made that decision on their own!
I did...
...You did, Ruby did, Hanamaru did, and of course,
--Hey! --Yoshiko did, too.
But...
So don't worry about it.
Whatever you're feeling, just let it all out!
Chika-chan!
Zura!
We'll all walk together. Together.
I don't think we'll be able to go from zero to 100 right away.
But we might be able to get to one.
I want to see if we can do it, too.
Okay...
Okay!
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: "Young Dreamer!"