Aikatsu!

暑い季節にキャラクターたちが夏祭りのイベントに参加する。

8人の選ばれたアイドルが発表される前に、アカリとイチゴはソレイユのAikatsu8の目標について議論する。

With the Aikatsu8 Election results drawing hear, Akari speaks with Ichigo, who had just returned to Starlight Academy, hearing about her desire to get all of Soleil into Aikatsu8 this time around, whilst also stating those who don't get chosen still have a chance to shine on their own. The next day, the eight chosen idols are announced to be Ichigo, Mizuki, Ran, Aoi, Sakura, Yurika, Sumire, and Akari. Afterwards, Soleil announces the Great Starlight School Festival, a special event for three-person units. (Source: Wikipedia)

ヒナキがインスピリングな看板の展示に触発され、アカリとスミレと共にルミナスに加入

Hinaki decides to join Akari and Sumire for their three person unit, wanting to become more passionate after losing out on the Aikatsu8. After doing some model shoots for Kayoko, Hinaki is a bit concerned when she is asked to retake them, only to learn that Kayoko wants her to demonstrate a new Fine Drum Coord that she made just for her. The next day, the girls find Hinaki's photo used on a giant billboard and praise how bright she shines, inspiring Hinaki to name their unit Luminas. (Source: Wikipedia)

シオン、グレートスターライトスクールフェスティバルで映画とコンサートの両立を図る

As PowaPowa Puririn prepare for the Great Starlight School Festival, Shion learns that the recording schedule for the movie she is starring conflicts with their concert, but becomes determined to attend both. Hearing how hard Shion is working, Hinaki decides to show her support and goes to the mountains, where Shion is training for her role as a ninja. On the day of the festival's first round, Otome and Sakura place their faith in Shion and wait for her to arrive, allowing them to perform as a trio as planned. During their performance, they are joined by Seira and the other Dream Academy idols, who give a video performance. (Source: Wikipedia)

少女たちはユニットを結成し、Atsurou Muletaから統一感のあるデザインを求めた。

Madoka, Rin, and Juri all decide to form a unit together, but soon become concerned that their preferences and styles clash with each other. Looking for a way to feel united, the girl meet up with Encierro's disciple, Atsurou Muleta, who offers to make them unit dresses. However, Atsurou struggles to come up with a design that unifies the girls all together. While having different meals for their lunch, the girls realise that it is their differing personalities that make their unit special, also encouraging Atsurou to be more calm and cool rather than force himself to be passionate. Using this, Atsurou is able to make a design that unifies the girls while also highlighting their differences, while the girls name their new unit Vanilla Chilli Pepper. (Source: Wikipedia)

Luminasは完璧を追求し、Tristarはフェスティバルの演奏のために再結集する

As Luminas work to improve themselves before the festival, Kaede approaches Yurika about entering the festival as Tristar. While initially believing it to be impossible, Yurika eventually realises from spending time with Powa Powa Puririn that she wants to reform Tristar too. After being approached by Kaede and Yurika, Mizuki feels the same way and gets Orihime's okay to reform Tristar. Before Tristar's first performance following their reunion, Mizuki spends some time reminiscing with Ichigo before being greeted by Mikuru. Awed by their concert, Luminas becomes even more determined to perfect their unit appeal before their concert. (Source: Wikipedia)

ソレイユとルミナスが最終フェスティバルコンサートパフォーマンスで競い合う

Both Soleil and Luminas are lined up for the final day of the festival, with Akari and the others struggling to nail their unit appeal. Nonetheless, with Akari's optimistic outlook, the girls train until the last minute, finally managing to perfect their appeal. On the day of their concerts, Luminas manage to pull off their until appeal while Soleil once again stun with their performance. With the festival at its ends, Vanilla Chilli Pepper is ranked fifth, PowaPowa Puririn fourth, Tristar third, and Luminas second, with Soleil declared the overall winners. After the event, Akari, despite feeling frustrated over not winning, feels the experience was worth it and looks forward to what awaits her and the others. (Source: Wikipedia)

アカリ、スミレ、ヒナキはルミナスと共に全国ツアーに挑む

Wanting to challenge themselves, Akari, Sumire, and Hinaki decide to take Luminas on a nationwide tour. After they manage to get Orihime's approval, the girls receive help from their friends to decide on the theme of their tour; encounters. Getting permission to use the academy's private wagon van for their tour, the girls ask Vanilla Chilli Pepper to join them in a special concert to kick off their tour as thanks for all their help. Luminas soon sets off on their tour, setting their sights on becoming the next Starlight Queen. (Source: Wikipedia)

Luminasが北海道の農家を訪問し、新しいアイドルの夢を目撃する

Luminas begin their nationwide tour in Hokkaido, where they meet a pair of potato farmers named Nono Daichi and Risa Shirakaba, giving them a behind the scenes look at their upcoming performance. The next day, Akari and the others come across Nono and Risa again, hearing about their love of singing and becoming encouraged to do their best to make people smile in their concert. Becoming awed by everything she's seen, Risa states her determination to become an idol too. (Source: Wikipedia)

NonoとRisaがStarlight Academyでフラッシュカードを使ってオーディションを受ける

While Luminas continue their tour of Hokkaido, Nono and Risa look into applying for Starlight Academy, working hard in order to get their parents' approval to audition. Arriving at Starlight Academy, the girls are given a tour of the campus by Juri before spending the night at the dorms, where Luminas invite them to their room for some tea. Encouraged by hearing how much they've changed just from making the decision to audition, Nono and Risa use some Dolly Devil brand Aikatsu Cards that they previously deemed too flashy for them for their audition, which they pass with flying colors. (Source: Wikipedia)

ノノとリサがスターライト・アカデミーに入団し、ルミナスはユウの助けを借りてジュエリーコマーシャルのオーディションを受ける。

Nono and Risa begin their lives as Starlight Academy students, meeting all of their fellow idols. Meanwhile, Luminas prepares for an audition for a jewellery commercial, with Yuu lending a hand by showing the jewellery she's made herself. Nono and Risa are also encouraged to take the audition, managing to pass alongside Luminas. (Source: Wikipedia)

優が京都を案内し、アイドルとしての旅路を振り返る

Having overslept for a job in Kyoto, Yuu hitches a ride with Akari and the others as they head towards Okinawa, reminiscing about her time as Akari's roommate. Taking the girls on her recommended sights, Yuu explains how her experience with her exchange programs in Kyoto and Kobe led her to become a travel idol. Arriving in Kyoto, Yuu has Akari and the others join her in her Halloween special, along with Kokone and Miyabi. After the program, as Akari goes to sleep, Yuu tells the others that it was because of Akari that she chose to pursue so many exchange programs, having promised with her to both shine bright. (Source: Wikipedia)

ノノとリサはダリィ・デビルドレスを探し、デザイナーのルキ・キサラギと出会う

After getting a job offer to perform a concert for the Urban Girls Collection, Nono and Risa decide they need some Dolly Devil Premium Dresses for their performance. While making their way to Dolly Devil's HQ, Nono becomes separated from Risa and comes across a peculiar woman and accidentally gets her dress stained, helping her to wash it. After the two girls reunite and explain their goals to the woman, they later discover that she is in fact Dolly Devil's top designer, Lucy Kisaragi, who makes some Premium Dresses for them after being inspired by her encounter with them. (Source: Wikipedia)

Luminasが沖縄を訪問し、RinがMinamiと共にダンスフェスティバルに参加

Luminas arrive in Okinawa, where they meet Minami Hateruma, a student of Churaumi Beat Academy who is a strong admirer of Rin's dancing. As the girls hear about how Rin inspired Minami to become an idol, Sumire reveals she and Rin were invited as special guests at a dance festival in Okinawa, but Rin has a schedule conflict with a commercial shoot and might not be able to make it. The next day, Luminas spend the day training with Minami at Churami Beat Academy, while Rin, who is trying to get through her shoot in time, explains to Orihime and Johnny how her encounter with Minami helped her to enjoy dancing. Thanks to her effort, Rin makes it in time to join Minami for the dance festival, allowing them to dance together once more. (Source: Wikipedia)

Starlight AcademyのアイドルたちがJerseyschwarzと戦い、ドレスと銀河を救う

The Starlight Academy girls once again star in a special drama, this one being set in an idol school in space. As the idols of Galaxy Starlight train to bring music all across the galaxy, the evil Jerseyschwarz, led by Johnny, plots to turn all the dresses in the school into jerseys. Believing there is a spy hidden in the academy, Orihime tasks Akari with becoming a top idol and piloting the Oozorakkon mech in order to protect the academy. Meanwhile, Sumire discovers that Rin is the spy swapping people's dresses for jerseys, becoming transformed into a Jerseyschawrz herself. As Rin is confronted by Nao and Madoka, Rin reveals she was originally sent as a spy for Johnny but came to love dresses, deciding to join the side of good and help train Akari to pilot the mech. Joined by her fellow idols, Akari fights through the Jerseyschwarz army, transforming them into cute girls, managing to recover Sumire and defeat Johnny, who becomes a dance teacher at Galaxy Starlight. (Source: Wikipedia)

西園寺椿が翼のプレミアムドレスを追う傍ら、あかりを追跡する

Akari is stalked by a girl named Tsubaki Saionji, who wants to obtain a Premium Dress from Tsubasa but can't get a hold of him. Tsubaki decides to follow Akari during her work in the hope that Tsubasa will show up, but no avail. After being told by Johnny to cool down a little, Tsubaki thinks about her passion for Dream Crown dresses and joins Akari in her training. Following a performance by Akari, Tsubaki finally gets ahold of Tsubasa, deciding to hold off on asking for a Premium Dress until she proves herself as an idol. (Source: Wikipedia)

Luminasが大阪でパフォーマンス、Nina Doujimaはアイドルとしての歩みを振り返る

Luminas bring their tour to Osaka, where they attend a performance by the calculative comedy idol Nina Doujima. Afterwards, Nina meets up with girls, inviting them to Naniwa Grand Academy where she takes an idol course and trains her comedy routines. After watching Luminas' performance, Nina recalls the moment she became aware of her own smile and decided to become a comedy idol, deciding to throw away her usual calculations for her next performance and trust her own instincts. (Source: Wikipedia)

オリヒメとルミナスは多様な観客の前で苦戦するが、鋭い勘を持つ幼稚園児のケンタロウを味方につける

Orihime arranges for Luminas to have a collaboration with Nina, spending the day with her on a comedy tour. However, they have trouble getting their jokes across to their audiences of elderly people and teenage girls, who seem to be laughing for all the wrong reasons. Their final stop is at a kindergarten, where a boy named Kentarou proves to be a tough comedy critique who predicts how all their jokes will end. Wanting to make Kentarou laugh, Nina manages to pull off a joke that he wasn't expecting, managing to get a laugh out of him. (Source: Wikipedia)

アイカツドールズとアンジェリーベアーズでハッピーおもちゃをデザインする

The girls are all asked to help create designs for a line of "Happiness Toys" by popular toymaker Dandai. After the girls meet with some children representing their target audience, the project designer Nakaya decides to go with a line of Aikatsu Dolls that children can play dress up with. As the girls work to come up with ideas for the commercial, Nakaya works with the top designers to get some prototype dolls made, but struggles to get a hold Asuka to approve designs of Madoka's doll, which they soon discover is due to her dedication to get several Angely Bears ready for Christmas. After managing to get approval on Madoka's doll, Nakaya asks Asuka to allow Angely Bear to be included in the commercial, while Tsubasa makes his own adjustments to Akari's doll. (Source: Wikipedia)

NonoとRisaが新年の収録スケジュールをこなす中で、NinaとIchigoと出会う

Nono and Risa work through their busy schedule of New Year's programming, which is all recorded in advance, ranging from talk shows to drama appearances. After shooting a variety show with Luminas, they get to meet both Nina and Ichigo, observing their New Year's work too. Later, all the idols participate in a talent show together. (Source: Wikipedia)

クリスマスイブに星光学院でパフォーマンスを披露するルミナス、ファンから北海道の雪が届く

Luminas' final stop on their nationwide tour is set to take place at Starlight Academy on Christmas Eve, with everyone hoping for a White Christmas despite its being statistically unlikely to snow on the day. After running into Ichigo, Nono and Risa make a casual online post that soon spreads across the country, leading to them working with fans to try to deliver truckloads of snow all the way from Hokkaido, receiving additional snow from all the regions they pass by. With Luminas managing to perform on a snowladen stadium as a result, they are joined by Ichigo, Mizuki, and Juri for their final song, after which they are treated with a proper snowfall. (Source: Wikipedia)

スミレが覚悟を決め、スターライトクイーンカップのために新しいプレミアムドレスを受け取る

With the new year once again bringing excitement for the upcoming Starlight Queen Cup, Starlight Academy holds a Start Dash event with Sakura, Otome, and Mizuki as special guests. While Akari and the others are excited about competing, Sumire seems hesitant on registering, as she is unsure what kind of Queen she wants to be. However, after discussing with Akari and Hinaki about what drove them to become idols, Sumire soon finds her answer and puts in her registration with the others. Sumire is soon called upon by Maya, who creates a new Premium Dress for her to use in her performance. (Source: Wikipedia)

アカリが病気のツバサを看病し、スターライトクイーンカップ用のドレスデザインの秘密のスケッチブックを見つける

While making preparations for the Starlight Queen Cup, Akari discovers that Tsubasa has come down with a cold and goes over to help look after him. While Tsubasa rests, thinking about everything that's happened since meeting Akari, Akari comes across a sketchbook showing all the designs he had been drawing for her. After recovering from his cold, Tsubasa prepares to make his best dress yet. (Source: Wikipedia)

リサとノノがメイ・クイーン・カップのじゃがいもコンテストで対決

As Risa becomes worried about having to compete against Nono during the Starlight Queen Cup, the idols all end up entering a potato competition known as the May Queen Cup. With their experience working with potatoes, Risa and Nono make it to the final round, with Lucy offering a Premium Dress to the winner. Noticing Risa's worries over being apart from Nono, Lucy encourages her to be headstrong in facing new challenges. As such, both Risa and Nono have fun competing against each other in the final round, helping Risa realise that going down a different path isn't necessarily a lonely one, with the contest ending in a draw. (Source: Wikipedia)