| Imo Aikatsu OG was a masterpiece and Stars was still pretty good, but Friends was an absolute trainwreck. If this is at least better than Friends I might give it a go, but if it isn't then it might be best to avoid it. If it's gone so far downhill that it's actually enjoyable because of its low quality I also might give it a shot. |
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| *me sitting in my corner enjoying friends more than stars* |
| Just an anime fan, doing what an anime fan does |
| Personally, i really like Friends, and really didnt wanted to see DreAca and Venus Ark again, so far i have mixed feelings toward this series. |
kamil88Mar 18, 2020 6:49 AM
Strikefreedom117 said: *me sitting in my corner enjoying friends more than stars* Me too. In my opinion, Friends is better than Stars. |
| Took me awhile to shake off Friends: KnJ and to warm up to On Parade, but especially after this latest Xmas episode I can say this series has really hit its stride. I know it won't have as compelling a narrative or progression that the original and Stars had, but it's just too damn awesome watching all these idols, teachers, and whomever interact and perform together! Even DreAca gets me super hyped and probably to levels I never thought possible. Oh, and if you like Johnny Bepp you need to watch this for sure! |
| It's a fanservice season, basically. There isn't much of a story, and a LOT of the live stages are just recycled from older seasons like a best hits playlist. There still are some new songs/new versions of songs, but overall the lack of effort being put into this series is kind of disappointing. |
Idol-Hakase said: Strikefreedom117 said: *me sitting in my corner enjoying friends more than stars* Me too. In my opinion, Friends is better than Stars. Friends blows Stars out of the water, unless you think massively unbalanced seasons where some characters are walking gods and others are living jokes are good. That said, anything is better than On Parade. Sad this amazing franchise will die not with a bang but with a whimper. I blame PreCure being too popular despite being garbage lately. Sad. |
ZettaiRyouiki said: Sad this amazing franchise will die not with a bang but with a whimper. I think what makes me really (irrationally) upset too is just all the stuff going on outside of the anime. Bandai is selling the entire first Aikatsu series on Blu-ray (Again...and for dirt cheap relative to the initial sales and Boxes), doing an Ichiban Kuji for the OG series, putting out new figures and merch (mainly for OG series). It isn't that I don't /want/ these things, but it feels so much like they are trying to squeeze every drop (of money) they can out of the fans before finally ending this. Also it is sad to see just how slanted all merch and promotions are toward the OG series (but I guess that is all that sells). |
| If you've been enjoying the series less and less, I doubt you'd enjoy On Parade. (Stars is better than Friends, fight me) |
| So far, i don't like this series at all, it feels like characters progression from last episode of each series was reveresed, Elza returned to be cold b.itch, we don't see Yume and others in their ultimate dresses. Somehow Mizuki is back to being ultimate boss, despite being beaten by Ichigo (I know she is suposed to be ultimate idol, but still). And Raki is worst MC so far, im so sad they didnt made Wakaba MC, i might drop this series, and hopefully. Next Aikatsu will be with all new cast. |
kamil88Feb 23, 2020 3:35 PM
| Well so far the Yuri have been pretty strong in friends!! So personally even if i only watched like 10 episode I enjoyed that a lot!! Watched a couple of episode of Parade and mew!! Friends have been stronger with the Yuri so i love it It even have what i call "The questionable lesbian kiss" =P You cant say for sure they are kissing!! BUT you cant say for sure they are not kissing either!! So I say they are kissing!!,,,YEES!! Awww my lesbians are in love!! So cute!!!!  |
Yuri-CrusaderJan 4, 2020 5:22 AM
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VanishingKira said: I'd say it's better than Kagayaki no Jewel atleast, tho that ain't say much considering KnJ is the worst Aikatsu season. It's about equal to Friends S1 which still makes it not as good as OGkatsu or Stars. Actually Kagayaki no Jewel was way better than the first 50 Ep of Aikatsu F. XD |
kamil88 said: So far, i don't like this series at all, it feels like characters progression from last episode of each series was reveresed, Elza returned to be cold b.itch, we don't see Yume and others in their ultimate dresses. Somehow Mizuki is back to being ultimate boss, despite being beaten by Ichigo (I know she is suposed to be ultimate idol, but still). And Raki is worst MC so far, im so sad they didnt made Wakaba MC, i might drop this series, and hopefully. Next Aikatsu will be with all new cast.p I don't get you. Raki is way better MC Then then Aine. Aine and Mio (Along with koharu) Probably the worst aikatsu character ever. And Yep Wakaba is maybe better choice for MC but Lucky is good too. |
Haou-JudaiFeb 23, 2020 10:01 AM
Sinnamons said: Someone please tell me Subaru is in this series because I miss him a lot... AND IF SO WHAT EPISODES?? I hated Friends a lot so I never finished it and have been hesitant to watch this because of that. He's in episode 19 and that's it so far. |
VanishingKira said: idk where to post this so I'll just post this here. An announcement for Aikatsu on March 8th, 2020 https://twitter.com/YukiAnilog/status/1231029398683340802 Franchise might not be ded yet after On Parade ends. Really wondering what this will be. The series profits have been on the downward slope pretty much nonstop since 2014. Also, fans on twitter are skeptical about the Aikatsu Bluray box set release getting pushed back 3 months (from March to June), with some users thinking it was due to small numbers of preorders. I would love another franchise entry, but idk if that would happen. Maybe a movie? Or maybe something not anime related at all - another concert announcement or a new CD single or a collaboration? [If it is a new season/franchise entry, it would be the latest they have ever made that sort of announcement. Also, I may be mistaken here, but isn't the timeslot Aikatsu airs in going to a different show from April?] |
Haou-Judai said: I don't get you. Raki is way better MC Then then Aine. Aine and Mio (Along with koharu) Probably the worst aikatsu character ever. And Yep Wakaba is maybe better choice for MC but Lucky is good too. Are you trolling? Raki is a piece of shit. Shoehorned all the time like the little Poochie she is, annoying as hell, has no personality beyond being fixated with dresses, gets handed a Pisces dress for no reason when she's actually a fucking Sagittaurius... She's the worst character in the franchise and that takes merit in a franchise that has winners like Kokone, Wakaba, and Aria. Aine, however, is awesome. Cute, likeable, fun, doesn't eclipse the other idols nor is supremely overpowered unlike a certain overrated strawberry, and her relationship with Mio is really charming and well done. She's like the best main from the franchise easily along with Akari. Are you from Bizarro World? Because that's the only way your statement makes any sense. |
ZettaiRyouiki said: Haou-Judai said: I don't get you. Raki is way better MC Then then Aine. Aine and Mio (Along with koharu) Probably the worst aikatsu character ever. And Yep Wakaba is maybe better choice for MC but Lucky is good too. Are you trolling? Raki is a piece of shit. Shoehorned all the time like the little Poochie she is, annoying as hell, has no personality beyond being fixated with dresses, gets handed a Pisces dress for no reason when she's actually a fucking Sagittaurius... She's the worst character in the franchise and that takes merit in a franchise that has winners like Kokone, Wakaba, and Aria. Aine, however, is awesome. Cute, likeable, fun, doesn't eclipse the other idols nor is supremely overpowered unlike a certain overrated strawberry, and her relationship with Mio is really charming and well done. She's like the best main from the franchise easily along with Akari. Are you from Bizarro World? Because that's the only way your statement makes any sense. Raki is cute and funny unlike Aine and her whole friend diary bullshit. Seriously just because you meet someone you don't became automatically friends. (Also that stupid diary is like a trophy collection for a man who sex with every woman he meet. Friends are not trophys. ) No mention both Mio and her are boring. I can't remember any good moment in friend that connects to Aine. Mio atleast have joke with Pen-sama. Aine is definitely the worst aikatsu MC after Overpowered Yume. Ichigo and Akari is the best. |
Haou-Judai said: Raki is cute and funny unlike Aine and her whole friend diary bullshit. Seriously just because you meet someone you don't became automatically friends. (Also that stupid diary is like a trophy collection for a man who sex with every woman he meet. Friends are not trophys. ) No mention both Mio and her are boring. I can't remember any good moment in friend that connects to Aine. Mio atleast have joke with Pen-sama. Aine is definitely the worst aikatsu MC after Overpowered Yume. Ichigo and Akari is the best. Raki is only funny if you think having three catchphrases spammed over and over is funny. Which is not. The Aine diary barely appears and the show makes a point she's friendly and showing her relationship with Mio develop. Also you say Yume is bad because she is overpowered, but praise Ichigo who is just as overpowered. Mmmkay. Totally not original season bias. |
ZettaiRyouiki said: Haou-Judai said: Raki is cute and funny unlike Aine and her whole friend diary bullshit. Seriously just because you meet someone you don't became automatically friends. (Also that stupid diary is like a trophy collection for a man who sex with every woman he meet. Friends are not trophys. ) No mention both Mio and her are boring. I can't remember any good moment in friend that connects to Aine. Mio atleast have joke with Pen-sama. Aine is definitely the worst aikatsu MC after Overpowered Yume. Ichigo and Akari is the best. Raki is only funny if you think having three catchphrases spammed over and over is funny. Which is not. The Aine diary barely appears and the show makes a point she's friendly and showing her relationship with Mio develop. Also you say Yume is bad because she is overpowered, but praise Ichigo who is just as overpowered. Mmmkay. Totally not original season bias. "the show makes a point she's friendly and showing her relationship with Mio develop" Another reason why the first half of the friends are horrible. Atleast we have Ema, Maika, Mirai , Karen and The twins. They are give me some reasonto watch friends. (Also i enjoyed KnJ because Alicia and Hibiki is good) Ichigo don't have special power. She born with talent but she also work very hard not like yume who just have a mystic power at the begining of the series.( I don't hate yume btw but i only like her in the 2nd half of the series). There is lot of reason why ichigo is the best. Forexemple Ichigo didin't win every fucking audition. She even lose against Aoi in the first season. Not mention she didin't became Starlight queen's unlike Akari. Also if Ichigo is not exited Akari never became idol. As for the series: Everyone know is the original is the best. |
Haou-Judai said: "the show makes a point she's friendly and showing her relationship with Mio develop" Another reason why the first half of the friends are horrible. Atleast we have Ema, Maika, Mirai , Karen and The twins. They are give me some reasonto watch friends. (Also i enjoyed KnJ because Alicia and Hibiki is good) Ichigo don't have special power. She born with talent but she also work very hard not like yume who just have a mystic power at the begining of the series.( I don't hate yume btw but i only like her in the 2nd half of the series). There is lot of reason why ichigo is the best. Forexemple Ichigo didin't win every fucking audition. She even lose against Aoi in the first season. Not mention she didin't became Starlight queen's unlike Akari. Also if Ichigo is not exited Akari never became idol. As for the series: Everyone know is the original is the best. That's, liike, your opinion, man. Aine and Mio are enjoyable. Actually I'd say that makes it even worse. Yume wins with bullshit hax powers, and that's bad, but at least the plot makes a point of this being bad. Ichigo didn't care for idols until the show started and yet became quickly so good at it and so skilled one episode was about her being busy with too many jobs. While Ran had jack squat. And the episode where Akari was Ichigo's manager was Ichigo doing everything and Akari watching her while twiddling her thumbs because Ichigo is just that good. Ichigo did win a lot of crap too anyway. There's an episode about Ran and Yurika learning to put their differences aside to win an audition together but Ichigo and Otome beat them at the last second because they did a dumb thing. That's robbery and far worse than anything Yume has ever done. Not that Yume hasn't done awful things either, aura steal anyone, but not to this level of bullshitting bias. And sure she wasn't Starlight Queen. She still achieved ridiculous things like popularizing tree-cutting and the word Aikatsu in-universe, spending one year in USA without speaking English, and getting a constellation dress right off the bat. Mind you, Yume beating Elza was bullshit too, but let's not pretend Ichigo never got favored either. As for the original being best... Nah. Too much Ichigo wank like said. I'd take Friends S1 any day, the only time things were properly balanced. |
ZettaiRyouiki said: Haou-Judai said: "the show makes a point she's friendly and showing her relationship with Mio develop" Another reason why the first half of the friends are horrible. Atleast we have Ema, Maika, Mirai , Karen and The twins. They are give me some reasonto watch friends. (Also i enjoyed KnJ because Alicia and Hibiki is good) Ichigo don't have special power. She born with talent but she also work very hard not like yume who just have a mystic power at the begining of the series.( I don't hate yume btw but i only like her in the 2nd half of the series). There is lot of reason why ichigo is the best. Forexemple Ichigo didin't win every fucking audition. She even lose against Aoi in the first season. Not mention she didin't became Starlight queen's unlike Akari. Also if Ichigo is not exited Akari never became idol. As for the series: Everyone know is the original is the best. That's, liike, your opinion, man. Aine and Mio are enjoyable. Actually I'd say that makes it even worse. Yume wins with bullshit hax powers, and that's bad, but at least the plot makes a point of this being bad. Ichigo didn't care for idols until the show started and yet became quickly so good at it and so skilled one episode was about her being busy with too many jobs. While Ran had jack squat. And the episode where Akari was Ichigo's manager was Ichigo doing everything and Akari watching her while twiddling her thumbs because Ichigo is just that good. Ichigo did win a lot of crap too anyway. There's an episode about Ran and Yurika learning to put their differences aside to win an audition together but Ichigo and Otome beat them at the last second because they did a dumb thing. That's robbery and far worse than anything Yume has ever done. Not that Yume hasn't done awful things either, aura steal anyone, but not to this level of bullshitting bias. And sure she wasn't Starlight Queen. She still achieved ridiculous things like popularizing tree-cutting and the word Aikatsu in-universe, spending one year in USA without speaking English, and getting a constellation dress right off the bat. Mind you, Yume beating Elza was bullshit too, but let's not pretend Ichigo never got favored either. As for the original being best... Nah. Too much Ichigo wank like said. I'd take Friends S1 any day, the only time things were properly balanced. Well probably we never can understand each other than if we tal about aikatsu. :'D (atleast we like the same precure series. ) For me: Main Characters: Ichigo > Akari > Raki > Yume > Aine Series: OG > Stars > Friends KnJ > on Parade > Friends Best Characters From OG: Ichigo generation: Yurika-sama, Otome, Ichigo, Seira, Mikuru Akari Generation: Rin, Madoka, Juri, Akari Best Character from Stars: Ako, Yuzu, Lilliene, Kirara, Rei, Haruka Ruka Best Chracter from Friends: Mirai, Hibiki, Maika , Wakaba and maybe the Twins. |
Haou-Judai said: Well probably we never can understand each other than if we tal about aikatsu. :'D (atleast we like the same precure series. ) For me: Main Characters: Ichigo > Akari > Raki > Yume > Aine Series: OG > Stars > Friends KnJ > on Parade > Friends Best Characters From OG: Ichigo generation: Yurika-sama, Otome, Ichigo, Seira, Mikuru Akari Generation: Rin, Madoka, Juri, Akari Best Character from Stars: Ako, Yuzu, Lilliene, Kirara, Rei, Haruka Ruka Best Chracter from Friends: Mirai, Hibiki, Maika , Wakaba and maybe the Twins. Yeah, think "agree to disagree" is the best way to solve this. And for my preferences: Friends>Original>Kagayaki no Jewel>Stars>On Parade Ran, Yurika, Sakura, Sora, Ringo Akari, Juri, Sumire, Miyabi, the potato idols Lily, Rola, Tsubasa, Ako, Yozora Kaguya and Sakuya, Mio, Maika, Hibiki, Alicia We actually have a few in common, that's good! |
| Another reason why I personally thing Aikatsu Friends! are better then the new one!! Transformations!!! I love to sit and watch those frame by frame!! Idol ass Mmmmmm so perfectly formed!! Love it!!! Parade or what the fuck the new one is named didn't even have transformations!! That makes me a sad panda!!! I like to drool over my lesbians and those transformations are very important for me!! Friends just kick it out the ball park with theirs!! Just look at that!!! Its so beautiful!!!  |
Yuri-CrusaderFeb 27, 2020 7:41 AM
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| Im surprised how much i dislike this season, Raki is annoying, we have DreAca and Venus Ark back..and all those interactions are just characters exchanging catchphrases most of time. Hopefully next series will be with completely new characters. |
| As someone who jumped in during AiFriends and hasnt seen the first 2 series (they have been on my plan2watch for an eternity by now), this is definatly the worst of the 3 seasons i have seen. Raki is still just annoying (though significantly better now than at the beginning) and not much has been happening outside of the "hey, do you remember this character?" every episode. |
| Damn, we got people in here taking this 30-minute animated children's commercial ten times more seriously than it takes itself. Your favorite idols wouldn't like to see y'all fighting like this. |
Idol-Hakase said: me too me too me tooStrikefreedom117 said: *me sitting in my corner enjoying friends more than stars* Me too. In my opinion, Friends is better than Stars. |
| that announcement ended up being a new season this Fall https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-08/aikatsu-idol-franchise-gets-new-project-airing-on-tv-this-fall/.157276 |
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RyanSaotome said: that announcement ended up being a new season this Fall https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-08/aikatsu-idol-franchise-gets-new-project-airing-on-tv-this-fall/.157276 + a continuing web-series of On Parade focused around Dream Academy and Noelle (and Raki). Noelle will get a singer as well. |
| I can't wait for the new season, but that web series of On Parade, I wonder if that revenue boost is the reason we're getting that ONA as well. |
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Hoppy said: I can't wait for the new season, but that web series of On Parade, I wonder if that revenue boost is the reason we're getting that ONA as well. Revenue boost? [filling in more space to hit min character limit] |
Gar_Logan said: Hoppy said: I can't wait for the new season, but that web series of On Parade, I wonder if that revenue boost is the reason we're getting that ONA as well. Revenue boost? [filling in more space to hit min character limit] 10% boost in quarterly sales. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-02-26/aikatsu-franchise-reports-10-percent-increase-in-quarterly-sales-after-aikatsu-on-parade-debut/.156843 |
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Hoppy said: 10% boost in quarterly sales. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-02-26/aikatsu-franchise-reports-10-percent-increase-in-quarterly-sales-after-aikatsu-on-parade-debut/.156843 Hoppy said: 10% boost in quarterly sales. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-02-26/aikatsu-franchise-reports-10-percent-increase-in-quarterly-sales-after-aikatsu-on-parade-debut/.156843 ohh interesting. I really hope that Aikatsu can make a franchise entry someday that reaches the popularity of the original series. |
| My favourite girl is Akari but I prefer Stars overall (except for the episodes with Elza as the main focus), Friends wasn't bad either, pretty good songs overalll. This worth it? I doubt it, maybe for the crossover but Raki doesn't really do more than being annoying. |
| I like to post in manga forum when I feel it is worth it, so people will think. "Shit, is her again" or something. People asked me where I read certain thing but the rules say no telling where did you read so maybe I am too boring for not saying? Or salty because you didn't check my profile that says don't ask because I hate people to ghost me after that. I love learning languages so maybe I did not read the manga in English. |
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