Shoes inside? What kind of Japanese girl is she?

And now for the continuation of Akari’s last episode. Couple things after the break.

Oh, and we’re doing the Aikatsu Music Awards. I don’t know when, but it’ll be done.

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ERRATUM: I dun goofed this line. Akari says “No, it’s not a seaweed bento, it’s a mega mega bento [from Hoshimiya’s place].”

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You know what they say about shooting for the moon

Delays brought to you by news SO IMPORTANT that every channel had to talk about it at different times with loud beeps. So this encode is part chimera. It also broke like three times in the making, so we missed Aoi’s birthday. I could’ve used my own miracle.

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Maybe being a country bumpkin isn’t so bad…

This whole setup for the Starlight Queen Cup is the most intense train we’ve had since it happened in season one. The huge thing to note in this episode is what “May Queen” means in this context. Rather than being a title for the girl during May Day celebrations, as it turns out there’s a breed of potatoes from the UK originally named Walker’s Seedling, which were then imported to Japan and became famous growing in Hokkaido. Hence the confusion many native English speakers like myself will feel considering this episode is still in January.

The other minor thing to note, though you must be aware by now after four years, is how different the same song can be in different performances. The timing of today’s song changed in relation to the camerawork. Usually one lyric is sung for one or two cuts, and it’s very clean to time. However, today they decided to alter it such that each lyric starts at the end of one cut and continues onto the next, making it feel much more dynamic than usual. This is actually story-related, as you’ll see for yourself.

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I almost wish I was sick

It’s the episode everyone’s been waiting for. Snuggle up and enjoy.

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Rare Sumire in winter uniform without coat

Buy the figurines! This episode made up for the week off. I won’t say much here and leave the enjoyment up to you, but they’re going full blast from the start. By the way “Start Dash” is wasei-eigo (that you can also hear in the OP) meaning basically the starting run when you’re in a race, like when track runners go off the blocks. You’ll get it.

Episode 166: Torrent | Magnet

>Forget release was on Nonocchi’s birthday
Wow I’m stupid. Happy birthday, Nono-chan! Now we managed to release for both potatoes.