Two years have passed since Sunshine Season 1. Everyone has gone with their daily lives, but since learning of Aqours and St. Snow, they have been eagerly waiting and observing for developments in the Love Live Competition.

Nozomi has moved to a new home again. She wants Muse to have another reunion and take a look at her new home. Just in time, Sunshine Season 2 is around the corner. Nozomi invites everyone to watch it together at her home instead. After a week, everyone approved it.

On the day of the reunion (and first episode rewatch), Eri is the first to come, as early as 8AM. Nozomi waits for the others...

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Nozomi's gate: (Someone pushes the button) WASHI WASHI!! (Chest grabbing puwa!!)
Nico: The fuck?!! This is Nozomi's doorbell ringtone?!!
Rin: Grrr....she never changes...
Maki: New home, same Nozomi....
Umi: So shameful!
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Nozomi: Oh!? Ericchi!! Honoka and everyone is here! Please open the gate!
Eri: (wears an earphone listening to music and singing)...omoi WO NOSETE!! HAPPY PARTY TRAIN TO GO!! HAJIMETE -
Nozomi: Errichi! ERRICHI!!!
Eri: AH!!? Oh, sorry!! What is it?!
Nozomi: The girls are here! Open the door, I am busy preparing lunch!

(Door is opened.)

Eri: Hello everybody!!
Umi: Eri-chan!
Maki: Hello...
Honoka: Hi guys!!!
Rin: Ahhhh!!! We miss you all, nyah!!
Hanayo: Nozomi, we're here!!
Nozomi: Hi there! Just in time, lunch is almost ready!
Hanayo: Oh yes! I am gonna get some rice and....uhh!!....Sorry!!! I am being rude...
Eri: Haha, glad to see you guys to still have your perks!!
Nozomi: It's been two years, huh....What have you guys been doing lately? I'll start! As usual, I had to move to another home, obviously. I no longer work as a shrine maiden, but I am thinking of becoming a [CENSORED INFORMATION]. Now, your turn guys!
Hanayo: Uhhh....daily life? I continue monitoring Love Live and school idols....eerrr...nothing really changed much on my part.
R

in: Nothing special on my part, nyah? Looking for a part-time job at a restaurant, I guess....
Eri: Come on, you guys are probably shy! I will tell you guys that I have been bonding with my family here and at my homeland! I just returned here from a vacation at Russia with my grandma! I am helping my sister, Arisha, get a good college and career. Finally, I have been trying to [CENSORED INFORMATION].
Maki: Nothing special on my part either. I did, however, try to [CENSORED INFORMATION] and reevalutate if being a doctor is really what I wanted to be...
Umi: I attended a [CENSORED INFORMATION], and I still pursue my archery skills.
Kotori: Ummmm....taking care of my mom, who is getting a tiny bit older now, set up a fashion shop, and [CENSORED INFORMATION]. I have a fun life so far!
Honoka: I did a lot of things! I work at [CENSORED INFORMATION]. The Kousaka shop is also still working well. By the way, I searched info about Uranohoshi Academy. I wanted to know as much of the school as I can. I was tempted to go there and check it out, but I decided not to, so all I did was checking for pictures of it's areas. I find it a very spacey place. Other than that, I have been working on some special projects.
Eri: Projects? Can you tell me about it?
Honoka: Ummm....sorry, I can't tell you guys since it's work and all. That's the law of professions - employees need to be confidential.
Eri: Hahaha! Honoka is smarter now than before, huh?!
Honoka: Hey!

Nozomi: By the way, like my doorbell's ringtone? I adjusted it just for you guys!!
Nico: Fuck you! I hope you go to jail for such a lewd ringtone!
Nozomi: My my...you're so harsh, Nicocchi. What happened to you all these years?
Nico: Well, I am having a great life!
Maki: Nico is still struggling as an idol.
Nico: Hey! Don't be so straightforward!!
Maki: And also....Nico has been [CENSORED INFORMATION]. That is why, she is recently salty.
Nico: CUT IT OUT!! Why are you telling them?!
Maki: Why not? That is what we do in reunions, right? Besides that...
Nico: Besides what?
Maki: Besides that, aren't we gonna watch Season 2 of Sunshine? I would rather watch it first before anything else.
Nozomi: Wow, you're impatient! We should have lunch first...
Honoka: MAKI-CHAN IS RIGHT! WATCH NOW, EAT LATER!!!
Umi: Will you actually live up to that? I doubt your stomach will take it.
Hanayo: Uhhhh...let me get a lot of rice before we start.
Eri: Haha...everybody is so enthusiastic for Season 2...
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Honoka: Before we begin, does anyone have any expectations for Season 2?!!
Maki: I expect we should be getting into the actual competition. You know, the conflict between Aqours and Saint Snow.
Nico: I expect Aqours to be following their own path AND be better than they are already so far. If they try to be like us again, I won't bother watching them with you guys anymore.
Umi: Last Season ended....uhhhh....somewhat confusing. And I dunno about people who look like us being there and all.....so this Season should clear things up...
Eri: I am expecting everyone to be back. The third years, in particular. I AM HYPED TO SEE THEM!
Honoka: Yosh!! Alright! SEASON 2 STARTO!!

(EPISODE 01 BEGINS! A vision by Chika?!!)

Honoka: I AM SO EXCITED!
Kotori: So the episode begins with a spotlight?!
Nozomi: "I wonder what makes people shine." is Chika's first remark, huh? The main theme perhaps?

(Chika chases a paper plane in the darkness. It keeps flying to the light, and Chika continues to try and catch it...)

Umi: I am getting a weird vibe from this vision.

(...then she falls...she even teared up in her sleep...)

Everyone: Whoa!!
Honoka: What? What happened?
Nico: Yo, are we gonna be expecting some failures?
Maki: Don't tell me Aqours will fail Love Live...
Honoka: OY! YOU TWO SHUT UP! DON'T JINX THINGS!!

(Chika wakes up...WITH SHITAKE RIGHT NEXT TO HER...)

Honoka: I definitely don't like that dream - WHOA!!!
Rin: NYAAAHHH!! That scared me!
Maki: Whoa! Jesus, that was surprising.
Umi: In the name of?!!! DOGS CANNOT BE ALLOWED IN YOUR BED!!

(...AND SHE IS LATE FOR SCHOOL!)

Honoka: Oh come on, this definitely reminds me of.....
Umi: YOU ARE JUST LIKE HONOKA?!! DAMN IT, CHIKA, GET UP ASAP!! LAZY RETARD!!
Maki: I don't understand why the group leaders and/or the most ethusiastic people in school idols ALWAYS GET UP LATE. Can someone please explain that? Do people like her have some allergy or health issue?
Nico: Stupid Chika. You won't win at all if you're that sloppy. Not like I actually have hopes for you yet...

(While Chika rushes to school, a certain someone speaks in the background saying "HELLO EVERYBODY!!", on a microphone...)

Nozomi: Ohhhhhh....does that sounds like...
Eri: AAAAAAAHHHHH!!! MARI!! ITS MARI!!! BEEEESSSTTT GIIIRRRLLL!! GODDAMN I MISS HER!! 😍😍😍😍😍
Nico: Well, well. If isn't one of the best girls out there...
Honoka: Yo! I am so hyped!
Umi: She still is irresponsible...shouting at the microphone...

(It was her, speaking in front of the students of Uranohoshi on stage where she declared "The second season starts now!!")

Everyone: Wait, what!!!?
Umi: MARI, GODDAMMIT!!?
Nico: Holy fuck?!!! Did she just break the fourth wall?!!
Eri: OMG, MARI IS SELF-AWARE SHE'S ON TV AND ITS SEASON 2! HAHAHA, I LOVE HER!
Honoka: Yo! She figured it out!
Hanayo: This is unprecedented!
Rin: Haha!

(Riko and You appear, wondering where Chika is and what Mari meant when she said "Second Season". Riko remarks it meant second term of the school...)

Kotori: YOUSORO!!
Umi: Welcome back....uhhh....I hope Riko is still sane....
Honoka: Whoa! I miss you guys!!
Eri: Ha, Riko don't deny it. You and everyone else are self-aware that you are being watched on TV!!

(Dia appears whispering from the backstage at Mari telling her to speak properly like a director...)

Eri: DIA, I MISS YOU AND YOUR LUCKY MOLE!!! 😍😍 HAHA, SORRY BUT MARI IS TOO FABULOUS TO LISTEN!
Umi: THIS IS WHY STUDENTS CANNOT BE DIRECTORS!! ACTUALLY, THEY SHOULDN'T BE! RIDICULOUS! Hey guys, remind me something! Did they gave a justified AND LOGICAL reason why a third year student is director back in Season 1?!!
Eri: They didn't Umi. Only that their parents are the real authority just that they are abroad and can't show it. Hahaha...
Umi: WHY THE HELL THEY DIDN'T GIVE IT TO ANOTHER TEACHER OR SENIOR MEMBER THEN?!! Goddamn Love Live (Sunshine) logic....
Kotori: Hey...the way you say it is so heretical...that logic is the same logic as to how we were brought together...
Umi: No it isn't, Kotori. Think again. If our logic was the same as theirs, WHY WERE YOU NOT OUR SCHOOL'S DIRECTOR THEN? You are essentially Director Minami's daughter, like Mari!!
Kotori: OH YEAH! WOW! Umi-chan so smart!!

(Mari just makes fun of her advice, while Kanan silently looks at them with an awkward face...)

Eri: KAAAAANNNAAAAAANNNN!!! BEEEEESSSSTTTT GIIRRRLLLLFFRRIIEEENNNDDD!!! AHHH!! I MISS YOU!! HUG!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😂
Umi: ERI-CHAN SHUT UP!!! URUSAI!!
Maki: Oy, Eri! Calm the fuck down! 😡😡
Eri: Gasp, I am just enjoying myself...
Maki: Way too much Eri. Way too much...
Umi: No manners...geez....
Nico: KANAN, YEEEESSS!! 😍😀😀😀 YOU AREN'T ABSENT THIS TIME! HUG!
Maki: You too? The fuck?!! BIBI CALM THE FUCK DOWN, DAMMIT!! 😬😬😬

(First years pop up!! Yoshiko and Ruby wonders how close they were at failing to reach the nationals, and Hanamaru replies they shouldn't dwell in the past...)

Kotori: THE KAWAII FIRST YEARS!! I MISS YOU!!!
Rin: YOHANE-CHAN!! ZURAMARU!! RUBESTY!! I miss them nyah!!
Hanayo: They are so adorable!
Nico: It's Maki-chan's best girl!
Maki: Oy, at least I ain't shouting like an idiot.

(YOSHIKO COMPAINS WHY THE PRIZE THEY GOT AT THE REGIONALS WAS A TWO-COLOR BALLPOINT PEN!!?)

Nozomi: Hahaha, really?
Honoka: There's a prize like that? COME ON, WHY DID WE NOT GET ONE BACK AT OUR LOVE LIVE GUYS!
Umi: Shut up! Is that even necessary?
Honoka: Yes! To write songs and autographs!
Umi: (facepalm)
Maki: Hmph! Is Love Live actually poor after all the competition? Or just corrupt?

(Ruby guesses they might get a THREE-COLOR BALLPOINT PEN at the nationals. And Hanamaru thinks "IT'S THE FUTURE, ZURA!")

Hanayo: How cute!
Rin: How funny, haha! ZURAMARU, YOU'RE AMAZING!!
Umi: The hell with all these logics?!!
Nico: Get the fuck out of here, Ruby! SO YOU MEAN YOU WILL GET AN ENTIRE COLLECTION OF PENS WHEN YOU WIN LOVE LIVE?!! Come on, be smart! Hanamaru, you are no better!
Maki: Goddamit, Hanamaru!! LEARN SOME TECHNOLOGY OR SHIT!!
Nozomi: Guys, be gentle! They are first years! Let the little girls think for themselves!

(MARI SAYS "SHUUUUTTTT UUUPPPP!!!")

Honoka: Ahhhh!!! So loud!!
Eri: I LOVE HER ENGRISH!!!
Umi: SOMEONE FIRE MARI AT ONCE!! IMPROPER!! CHILDISH!! SSSHHAAAAAMMEEELLEEESSS!!!
Maki: No restraint!! Kanan, why you ain't stopping her!
Nico: Dia is so ineffective as a student council president...

(Soon, Mari, Dia, and everyone else discuss how they were able to turn a Zero into One, despite not making into the nationals. And also, the next Love Live has been announced today and will have it's finals set at Akiba Dome.)

Hanayo: Yeah.....Akiba Dome....
Honoka: Where we ended it all at the movie...
Nico: A living reminder for school idols everywhere...

(Chika finally makes it, obviously late, and with reactions amongst everyone.)

Eri: TOO LATE!! Ha, I just love how it sounds.
Nico: Sloppy orangehead!
Kotori: She made it! Yay!
Umi: Chika be more responsible...

(Chika answers what they will do: enter Love Live! Make Zero into Ten and a Hundred! AND SHINE!)

Nozomi: And so it begins....
Honoka: Definitely!
Eri: This will be a wild 3-month ride, guys! Prepare yourselves!

(AND EVERYONE FORMS UP TO FORM A HUMAN LOVE LIVE LOGO!)

Honoka: WHOA!
Umi: So patriotic!
Maki: Cool!
Eri: Very creative!

(NEW OPENING!!)

Honoka: Yooo!!! New OP song!! I need to hear it!
Kotori: THOSE COSTUMES ARE MARVELOUS!! I will need a sample ASAP!
Umi: Quiet! I wanna hear this!!
Nozomi: I have a weird vibe about this one. Why is it giving me goosebumps.
Nico: Hmmm...so good so far...the visuals seem to show a different theme...
Honoka: They are featuring the school's areas...

(Opening concludes as the first episode begins!)

Honoka: The opening is great! Better than First Season! But...why do I feel something odd about it...
Hanayo: I prefer the first one...
Maki: This opening seems very much like a music video?
Nico: This OP feels weird....is it indicating what might happen?

(First scene. Almost everyone in Aqours are practicing.)

Honoka: Here we go!
Kotori: The usual!

(Kanan is picking on Yoshiko by stretching her body to the limit...)

Rin: Hahaha, what is she doing to her!!
Nico: Ha! This looks fun. Yoshiko needs to work out!
Maki: Sigh, poor fallen angel...
Nozomi: Kanan seems so heavy, like, that butt of hers is...
Eri: (covers Nozomi's mouth)

(Hanamaru fails: does only one push up before giving up. Ruby and Mari are the only ones who cheer her "success".)

Eri: IT'S A MIRACLE!! God, Mari you're the best!
Rin: Come on, Zuramaru!! You can do it!! I didn't wait for two years just to see you flop, nyah!!
Hanayo: Uhhhh...is she eating too much rice?
Maki: She is probably eating too much cholesterol. Her arms are probably still weak which is perhaps why she can't pull that off.
Nico: Oh yeah, Ms. Slanted Eyes is healthy enough to be doing push ups without a sweat before she met Honoka and everyone.
Maki: You still calling me that?
Nico: How about Ms. Tomato Girl?
Maki: Fuck off!
Nico: Hehe...then...how about...
Maki: Crimson Angel? Red Tomato? Naggy Red? Give me a break...
Nico: nah....how about...(blush)...Mrs. Yazawa? Can I call you that?
Maki: Gasp! Eh?!! (blushes)
Everyone: (looks at NicoMaki)
Eri: Seriously, you two still courting?
Nozomi: I wonder why you two haven't been married already? You can marry abroad now in places like the US. I am sure Maki is rich enough to afford both the trip and the marriage. Or at the very least get a same-sex "marriage" certificate? It's now legal in this country. The Japanese government is now recognising relationships of lesbians and ga -
NicoMaki: SHUT THE FUCK UP!! DON'T DECIDE OUR FUTURE!! LEAVE US BE!! (blushing and silent)
Umi: NOZOMI, DON'T DISCUSS SUCH INAPPROPRIATE TOPICS RIGHT NOW! Geez, we have an episode to watch...
Kotori: I am so surprised how one push-up somehow led to a marriage discussion, hehe...
Honoka: Uhhh...I still don't get what you guys are on about...wait, I think Tsubasa asked me about that weeks ago -
Umi: (covers Honoka's mouth) URUSAI!! Shut up! Don't start another discussion! Save it later! FOCUS ON THE SHOW!

(DIA MAKES A BUU BUU DESU WA as RikoYou discuss when Love Live will be.)

Nico: Meme lord, ha! Courtesy of my Nico Nico Nii!!!
Eri: Harasho! Definitely required in Aqours!
Umi: Dia, can you please stop that....
Honoka: What does it mean anyway?

(Dia discusses how they could increase the number of students before Love Live by holding out a concert at the School Open House. It is underway after all! Chika appears to show support.)

Eri: I see...
Honoka: They need to do that. School has to be saved!

(As everyone smiles at Chika and the upcoming plans, Mari's phone rings with an incoming message...)

Eri: Oh?
Kotori: Who's calling?
Nozomi: Why do I feel like something's wrong?
Nico: Huh?

(After practice, there has been a minor setback. At the bus stop, the girl's notice the bus they take daily hasn't been recently coming at earlier times as scheduled. Which means Aqours will need to deal with shorter days and times to practice. They decided at Kanan's insistence that they shall practice two hours earlier instead. Amidst all this, Mari stares down on the lake by herself, seperated by the rest. She clearly looked sad.)

Hanayo: Bus problems?
Eri: OH NO! WHAT DID THAT PHONE CALL DO TO MY BELOVED MARI!!!?
Nico: Wait...bus stops? A phone call? Something is very wrong here....

(The two hour change is not well received by all though. Yoshiko doesn't like it, then Riko mentions she needs to go home earlier. Yoshiko is shocked how she knew that.)

Honoka: Okey....
Umi: Is something up?
Maki: What's with Yoshiko being so secretive?
Nico: How did Riko know?

(Riko learned about it from her mom actually, who was actually talking with Yoshiko's mom a lot after the first Love Live. Then we got unexpected info about Yoshiko.)

Kotori: Ahh...the moms...
Nozomi: Whoa, new info?
Nico: Are we getting into something here?

(YOSHIKO AND HER MOM ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER! Her mom wanting her to come out of her occult room and calls her Yoshiko much to Yoshiko's dismay.)

Everyone: (shocked)
Nico: THE FUCK?!!!
Umi: DISRESPECTFUL AS EVER!! AND WHAT IS WITH THAT DIAMOND MOUTH?!!
Rin: So funny nyah! Moms these days look like their daughters!! Haha!
Maki: That diamond mouth, Yoshiko is really screwed up....

(Yoshiko talks it all off, calling her mom a temporary housemate of the fallen angel. Riko reveals her mom is a school teacher. This new info interests the first years...)

Nozomi: So interesting!
Umi: DISRESPECTFUL SHUT IN! I wish Yoshiko dies..
Maki: Hey, when did Riko learn to gossip?
Honoka: Is it me or is Riko doing diamond mouths too?

(Back to resolving the issues of the buses not appearing and their practice time getting limited, Chika thinks that they should just practice at Numazu instead! Everyone prefers this idea more, but Mari agreed to it so easily and smiled. Kanan notices that Mari wasn't listening to everyone at all - looks like there's trouble...)

Maki: You know there's trouble when someone is seperating herself from the group....
Nico: Meanwhile, while everyone is planning shit, the blonde foreigner is paying attention to something we don't know and not to the group. Don't tell me she is gonna keep this secret....
Eri: OKEY, MARI WHAT IS UP? START TALKING! KANAN AIN'T LOOKIN AT YA LIKE THAT IF NOTHING IS WRONG!!

(Back at the beach, a classic ChikaRiko moment. Chika learned what it means to shine when they performed at the prelims...)

Eri: As usual....seriously, these two meant for each other? Can we not have an episode without this? It is just too much.
Kotori: I WANT CHIKAYOU! What happened!?

(CHIKA DASHES TO JUMP AND DIVE INTO THE SEA JUST LIKE HOW RIKO DID IN HER INTRO AT SEASON 1 EPISODE 1!!!)

Umi: THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!?
Nico: The hell is this?!!!
Honoka: Whoa!
Hanayo: Uhhhh....main characters love to copy Honoka recently....

(Riko catches her before she wet herself.)

Umi: Is everyone becoming retards? Did two years turn them into one?
Rin: Uhhh...hydrophiles perhaps?

(Chika and Riko just keep talking...)

Eri: Uhhhhh....the thought of something going on with Mari troubles me. Pick up the pace please!

(...meanwhile, there is a huge problem. At Mari's home, it looks like her dad will be breaking a promise...)

Kotori: Oh my! So soon?!!
Eri: WHAT IS HAPPENING?!!! BEST GIRL IN DESPAIR ALREADY!!?
Nico: GASP!! OMG, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!
Nozomi: Niccochi?
Nico: I think I just figured out what is going on....no, it can't be...yet....uhhh, I hope it isn't what I think it is....
Nozomi: Keep it to yourself then for a while, Niccochi. Let us see what happens...
Umi: Something bad is happening...
Honoka: Oh god, I am so worried...

(Mari definitely wasn't happy with what she heard. She notices Kanan calling her out with a flashlight across the beach.)

Eri: YOU ARE MAKING REMEMBER THAT AGAIN!! NO!!
Nozomi: Every flashlight scene truly feels nostalgic...
Umi: Please tell us what is up...

(Kanan knows something bad happened. Mari puts up a farce again, saying "SORRY, I CAN'T SPEAK JAPANESE!")

Eri: HAHAHA, THAT LINE!! MARI IS SO UNPREDICTABLE. But seriously, Mari stop it.
Nico: Oy! The hell you saying?!
Umi: MARI, YOU DISRESPECTFUL FUCK!! STOP PLAYING!!
Rin: Liar. Mari has been with everyone to know Japanese Nihonggo!

(Kanan isn't playing games. Mari continues to play up this farce and hugs her. Kanan threatens to sue her.)

Nico: Now it's the reverse?! I THOUGHT YOU TWO LEARNED YOUR LESSONS!!
Eri: MARI, OF ALL THE - TALK, DUMBASS!!
Maki: I suggest that Kanan should slap her! It will work -
Honoka: NO! MAKI-CHAN SHUT UP!!
Rin: Oy, Maki! Don't be a jinx!

(Mari confesses...a different truth. She is gaining weight and is worried about it. Kanan has had enough of her pretending...)

Nico: Motherfucker!
Honoka: Wait a minute, did she actually gain weight?
Kotori: Mari, stop lying!
Eri: The nerve of this girl! MARI, SPEAK THE TRUTH!!!
Umi: MARI!!! I WILL SHOOT MY ARROW IF YOU DON'T STOP!
Maki: Just slap her.

(KANANMARI BRIDAL CARRY!!! But not a joyful one. Kanan knows Mari is lying.)

Everyone: WHOA!!!
Nico: I am speechless....
Eri: YOOOOO!!! I WANNA SCREAM AND HYPE LIKE CRAZY WITH THIS CARRY BUT I KNOW SOMETHING IS UP SO I CAN'T CELEBRATE IT! FUCK!
Maki: OMG!
Nozomi: Kanan is as bold as ever!!!

(Mari finally confesses...and she is crying over it...)

Hanayo: Oh no...something serious did happen!
Kotori: Oh my god....
Eri: Finally! Girl, let it out. TELL IT NOW!!
Umi: Finally, now spit it out...oh dang...SOMEONE IS ALREADY CRYING?!!
Honoka: Noooo!!! Crying again!!? I thought this episode will be a happy one!!
Nico: ......shit....it must be it....

(Back at school, Aqours discuss where to practice. The third years leave them alone...)

Eri: Dammit, I wanna know what is up now!
Nico: OKEY. IT'S OFFICIAL! I KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON GUYS. But I'll let them speak it out.
Eri: Tell me now, Nico!
Nico: You sure?
Eri: Yes, whisper it to me....
Nico: .....okey, I won't give you the direct answer though. I will give you hints so you figure it out. (Whispers to Eri)

(Hanamaru makes a scary face when she proposes her temple can be their practice area...)

Rin: WHOA! I AM SHOCKED, ZURA!
Hanayo: Ehhhh!!!??? Zura?!!
Umi: Ummm....is Hanamaru insane?
Nozomi: I don't think a temple is a respectful place for practice....
Maki: Everyone is getting too quirky...

(Yoshiko's house is out of the question. It is messy, filled with her occult items, and has little space...)

Umi: PEOPLE LIKE YOU DON'T DESERVE TO SURVIVE IN SOCIETY!!
Nico: What a shame for school idols everywhere.
Maki: I feel bad for her...

(Now for the main issue, something is gonna happen because of her dad. Mari keeps trying to avert it via phone call but fails. Kanan asks if Dia knows about this.)

Eri: A phone call....the third years clearly making it a big deal.....not participating in Aqours' discussions....hold on, I think I am on to something....
Nozomi: !!!! Okey, I get it. I think I get what is up.
Honoka: I am really worried....

(Dia overhears it and learns they are hiding something. They are not good at keeping secrets.)

Eri: They are really not good at keeping secrets - OH NO!!!
Nico: You figured it out?
Eri: OMG, NO! Yes Nico, I think I figured it out. BUT I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE IT!!!
Hanayo: Eri, Nozomi, and Nico figuring out what is going on is making me scared....

(Aqours find a new practice area at a place called Plaza Verde. Courtesy of You's father, who's acquaintance rented the place. The area is spacious and has large mirrors. Most of Aqours enjoy the place. Yoshiko again did a chuuni move which Hanamaru cancels out....)

Kotori: You really has a trump card beneath her sleeves....
Umi: Hanamaru should be stricter when it comes to controlling Yoshiko.

(The third years , however, remain silent and unhappy...)

Eri: TALK NOW! NOW! ASAP!
Nico: Spit it out!!
Honoka: Say it! What is happening!!?

(Finally, the third years break the silence. Mari regretfully informs them what has happened....)

Nozomi: Great job Kanan for leading the confession.
Eri: Finally, but dang...I AM DEVASTATED ALREADY! IF IT ACTUALLY IS WHAT I THINK IT IS, OH MY GOD....
Nico: So hard to spit it out...
Umi: YOU THREE! TALK!! ENOUGH WITH THE FACES AND DEPRESSION! I DON'T CARE!! TALK!! IF YOU DON'T THIS WILL MAKE THINGS WORSE!!!
Honoka: No no no no, NOO!! I don't like this at all!

(OPEN HOUSE CLOSED. URANOHOSHI WILL STOP RECEIVING STUDENTS BY NEXT YEAR AND WILL BE MERGED WITH ANOTHER SCHOOL!!)

Nico: I knew it.
Eri: FUCK NO!!! NOOOOO!!!! I WISH I WASN'T RIGHT!!
Nozomi: (closes her eyes) A major tragedy has been set in motion...
Umi: I.....I don't know what to say....how could I not figure it out sooner...
Honoka: What? WHAT?!! CLOSE DOWN!!!? WHAT YOU MEAN CLOSE DOWN!!!? I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS OKAY!!!? I checked info about the school at it's website recently!! I never saw anything indicating that!
Kotori: OOOOHHHHH NNOOOOO!!!! NOT AGAIN!!!!
Hanayo: NOOOOO!!!
Maki: NO SHITTT?!!!
Rin: Eeehhhh???!! But...it is just the first episode......oh man....

(And it can't be averted - Mari managed to postphone this for two years but now her dad has had enough.)

Honoka: NOO!! HOW!!?
Nico: What a heroine.
Umi: OMG, MARI WHAT A HERO!! Okey, I take back what I said. I AM GLAD MARI IS THE DIRECTOR!!
Rin: This is mindblowing nyah! So if Mari wasn't the director, the school would have already been shut down long ago nyah!
Kotori: Oh my god. Wait, so you are saying that had Aqours continued before via Dia, Mari, and Kanan, they could have saved the school by performing in those past two years?!
Nico: Perhaps? Perhaps not? Who knows? I doubt they would have succeeded just the three of them regardless of the fact that they had a lot of time. What is assured though is that now, their time is really really short.
Hanayo: Unfortunately, I have also seen a lot of schools shut down too. I have seen throughout Love Live that many school idols tried the same thing and few succeeded....

(Everyone is definitely broken hearing about this. Chika in particular...)

Eri: NO! I DON'T WANNA CRY!
Hanayo: I am scared....
Honoka: SOMEONE DO SOMETHING!!!

(CHIKA IS GOING TO TALK TO MARI'S DAD TO CHANGE HIS MIND!!)

Nico: OY! WAIT!!
Honoka: Ehhh?!!! W-wait!!! Chika, hang on!!!
Umi: HOLD ON A SECOND!!
Eri: YO, THAT DETERMINATION! BUT WAIT, MARI'S DAD IS IN AMERICA! HOLD IT!!!

(Before Chika gets far, she is told that Mari's dad is in America. Chika actually insists she will still go! She'll ask her sisters and mom to get her there. She thinks it will work!)

Eri: Exactly - YOU STILL GOING?!!!
Umi: You're insane!
Nico: The fuck!! Your logic will bring you down!
Maki: Chika, now you are just being dumb. GOING ABROAD IS AN EXPENSIVE AND CAREFUL PROCESS!! What do you know?
Rin: Why go that far? Why don't she just talk to him on the phone or online?
Maki: Would any grown up listen to a young girl to stop an organised business? It ain't simple, Rin. I know much about it.

(Nobody believes Chika can pull it off at all. Yoshiko fails to cheer everyone up.)

Maki: I honestly admire how Yoshiko always try to make people happy or move on. As abnormal as it may be.
Eri: This is sad, but I ain't crying!
Nico: Face reality, Aqours...

(Kanan and Dia tells Chika how much Mari suffered, sacrificed, and threw away her future to save the school and beloved hometown. They tell Chika that if Mari says it can't be done, it can't be done.)

Kotori: I don't want this!!!
Nico: Mari is so heroic.....
Honoka: OH COME ON!!! Giving up isn't -

(Before Chika argues further, Mari pops out and with a sad smile says: "I am sorry, Chika-chi.")

Eri: (tears up) MARI, YOUR HONEST "SMILE" GAVE ME A TEAR! NO!!
Umi: I would have been as honest as she is...
Honoka: Mari.....
Nozomi: Mari really has decided to call her -chi. Probably because of me...

(Everyone goes home on the bus depressed. Here, Chika wonders: If they had won at the regionals back at Season 1 and advanced to the nationals, could they have changed the future and solved this sooner?)

Nico: Hell no! After all the copycat shit you pulled last Season? Definitely not!
Hanayo: I agree too because they didn't have the numbers. It was just them, the third years didn't take part. I am sure if they joined earlier, they would have had a chance!
Honoka: They did lack but.....damned dad!!!

(Chika returns home depressed while her sister brushes Shitake, who has been growing a winter fur...)

Umi: That dog is so weird...
Kotori: ....uhhhh....kawaii? I really prefer Alpacas more...
Nozomi: So much negative energy...
Eri: I won't cry guys! No! A tear is fine! But a cry won't happen!

(...discovering that the other students visited to deliver her a flower which has a ribbon written "Go for Love Live!". It only worsens her mood, for she is reminded by both her failure and the pressure of meeting their expectations. She even concealed it from her second sister with a false smile.)

Honoka: DAMN IT, NO! I am just like her when I got conflicted over making Muse continue because the fans wanted to after our return from America....(at the movie)...
Eri: Damn it. I am reminded by how pressured I was to save our school as president...
Nico: I am so surprised by the sudden mood swing of this episode....

(Mari sadly announces the news to everyone. The students are ordered to take down every poster about the open house.)

Honoka: Nooo.....nooo....this isn't funny....
Kotori: How would I have felt if this happened at our school...
Eri: Crap. Really hate this....
Nozomi: This is so dark...

(At the beach, Riko tries to cheer her up by smiling as she narrates how the town managed to help her fit in as well as all the hard work Aqours did. Chika, surprisingly, despised her for it.)

Rin: This is an all new level of darkness, guys! Chika would never say "despise" to someone! I am so worried!
Nico: Wow, Chika is super salty by now. Good! She feels how I felt when nobody wanted to join my school idol club!
Honoka: SSSSSSSHHHHHHH!!!

(RIKO ROARS!! DOES A RIKO BEAM TO MAKE CHIKA SMILE. IT WORKS!)

Eri: Whoa!
Umi: RIKO, I SALUTE YOU! These are the only times where I tolerate such stupidities.
Honoka: Umi...make me smile...I am feeling too bad inside right now...
Umi: Uhhh...Honoka...oh shit, what do I do....
Kotori: (whispers) Umi-chan...do a Love Arrow Shoot....
Umi: (whispers) Eh?! R-right now?! I don't think the time is right yet...
Kotori: (whispers)Later, Umi-chan...after the episode....
Honoka: Oy. I despise you guys for murmuring behind my back...
Hanayo: What is happening to Honoka!? I am worried....

(Riko still shows her true feelings though. Like her, she is very sad, very uncertain, about the incident and what can be done about it...)

Maki: Like Honoka, if Chika is down, everyone else is too....what the fuck....
Kotori: Stop sobbing, guys....
Eri: Very depressing, but I think I can hold my tears....they better recover soon!

(Chika, back at home, can't sleep, skips dinner much to her sisters' concern, keeps thinking about their previous performances and recent events, just to further show her dismay...)

Kotori: She is still wearing her school uniform. I dunno if I can still bear watching her sadness any longer...
Honoka: ........(slams her fist to the table)....
Umi: Whoa!
Eri: Honoka, calm down....
Honoka: SSSSSSSHHHH!!!!
Nozomi: Honoka is already filled with a lot of negative energy at first episode already. Guys, let's just leave her alone...
Nico: ......
Maki: (covers her face)...crap....I am sobbing?

(Awakened by a vision, Chika rans outside with Shitake following her...)

Hanayo: Oh no....what is going on?
Umi: What a good dog...
Eri: Chika, let out your stress!!!

(...goes to the school's track field AND ROARS!!!)

Everyone: Whoa!
Nozomi: ROAR PUWA!!!
Honoka: !!!?

(Starts screaming at the sky that she will make a miracle.....and until that happens...SHE WON'T CRY!!!)

Honoka: .......(inhales then exhales) FAAAAAIIITTTOOOO DAAAYOOOO!!! FIIIIGGGHHHHTTTTT OOOONNNN!!!
Everyone: Aaaaaahhhh!!!?
Honoka: YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! DON'T GIVE UP CHIKA! FAITO DAYO! DON'T LET DOWN! DON'T CRY! FIGHT! MAKE ME PROUD! MAKE SCHOOL IDOLS PROUD! MAKE AQOURS PROUD! SHINE! SHINE AND FLY LIKE THE PAPER PLANE! STAND UP AND RISE! FIGHT - (keeps talking almost endlessly)
Umi: THANK GOODNESS, HONOKA IS BACK TO NORMAL!!
Kotori: Honoka, hoooray!!
Eri: WOOOHOOO!!! WAY TO GO, CHIKA!
Nico: Okey then. Now get to work, mikanhead!

(Then You and everyone shows up to cheer up Chika and smile with her. That sure, they may be wasting time, but none of them plan to give up!)

Honoka: AQOURS! AQOURS! AQOURS! SMILE AND FIGHT! DON'T GIVE UP!
Kotori: You-chan! Way to go for leading the way!
Umi: Sigh, I am relieved I don't need to do a Love Arrow Shoot...and that Aqours will start positively anew!
Eri: I AM SO HAPPY EVERYONE IS BACK! I haven't cried until now either, so that is good!
Hanayo: Yes!

(Now, everyone agrees to struggle for a miracle. With a smile! And the entire island lighting up to the rising sunshine!)

Rin: Numazu and Uchiura are so wonderful places!
Hanayo: Definitely! I have a wallpaper of the place too!
Rin: Share it to me nyah!
Honoka: Now that's more like it!
Nico: Hey, you have any expectations what may happen - Maki?
Maki: Leave me alone....(covers her face)

(Lastly, Chika declares they will shine as she does a stunt which almost showed her pan$%# much to the hilarious surprise of Riko and You who cover their eyes.)

Umi: NO SENSE OF DECENCY!! CHIKA, FUCK YOU!!
Rin: Eeeekkk!! Chika, you are going too far!
Hanayo: Oh my!
Nozomi: Haha, is this part meant for the audience?!! Teehee, both Riko and You definitely want her pan@#$!!!
Eri: NOZOMI!!
Nozomi: Sorry.

(ENDING SONG!! First parts...)

Honoka: Whoa!!!
Umi: Okay! New ED....
Hanayo: Let's hear it!!!
Kotori: I am liking it...!
Honoka: Alright! So far so good!

(ED SONG: Reaches a scene where Chika looks up the sky with tears...)

Nozomi: This ending feels very dramatic....
Honoka: Huh, Chika is crying in one part? I feel very worried.
Maki: Crap. I love it.....and it's making me feel worse...

(ED SONG: The bus scene, with everyone waving...)

Kotori: Wow!
Eri: Legit touching. I am speechless. I am glad I haven't cried at this point too!
Honoka: (waves her hands as well)
Rin: My god, nyah.....so nice....

(ED SONG: Last part....Aqours holding hands at the beach while the word "Aqours" is written on the beach....)

Honoka: I am both happy and sad for this ED for some reason....I do like it though, definitely but...
Hanayo: I am getting goosebumps.....
Umi: Top notch!
Eri: I am so getting this song's full version and lyrics! 10 out of 10!
Nico: I AM GETTING THAT ENDING. Amazing work. It looks like Aqours will be keeping me busy....
Maki: I can't take this song anymore....(covers her weeping eyes)....

(EPISODE ENDS.)
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Maki: CURSE YOU GUYS!! MAKING ME CRY ALREADY!!?
Everyone: Whoa!??
Nico: Maki-chan!?
Nozomi: My my, I guess Maki teared up....
Maki: Seriously, guys. Is this episode trying to reveal to us this early on that Aqours will fail to save the school and that it will happen no matter what -
Honoka: The hell....MAKI, SHUT UP!! I WILL KICK YOU OUT OF HERE!
Kotori: Honoka....you're being a bit too brash all of a sudden...
Honoka: AQOURS WILL WIN!! THAT IS WHY WE HAVE SEASON 2 RIGHT?!! No way they will fail! I checked their school's website before and it is still on! Here! (points at her phone) I AM CONFIDENT THEY WILL WIN!!!
Nico: How long will it still remain online then? Honoka, I am just saying you should prepare yourself for the possibility.
Honoka: SHUT UP, NICO! I WILL KICK YOU OUT WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND TOO! NO JINXES ALLOWED!!
Umi: Honoka!! Calm -
Hanayo: I agree too, Honoka! I am super worried but I believe they can do it!
Rin: Rin also agrees, nyah! Aqours has sooo much talent! Zuramaru, Yohane, Ganbaruby, Mikan Chika, Riko Power, Yousoro, Mari Engrish, Kanan Power, and Dia Buu buu desu wa! It sets them apart from others! I believe they can!
Kotori: I believe in Aqours! No way will they allow themselves to fail, right?!
Eri: I AM THROWING MY LOT WITH HONOKA TOO! I AM GAMBLING FOR VICTORY!
Nozomi: I am uncertain, but I believe my prayers might still make a difference. I am in!
Nico: Geez....I dunno what you guys are gonna do if they fail....alright, I will put my faith then if Aqours can show something astonishing. IF.
Umi: I have my doubts. But I do feel that Aqours has that spirit of determination which will reward them. Furthermore, Honoka did make a miracle for us Muse and Otonokizaka years ago.....Ok, I am in!
Maki: I...(wipes her tears)....darn it...I guess I need to join in right? If we are all not believing in them, Aqours will fail right? All right, I am in.
Honoka: ALRIGHT!! GUYS, LETS GO TO A SHRINE AFTER LUNCH! LETS PRAY FOR THEIR SUCCESS!!! FOR THEIR SCHOOL!!
Everyone: YEEEESSSS!!!!

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A/N: Hello again! I hope you got here via the link I gave. You should know how much effort I made to pull this one out! My strategy for this reaction book this time is to add a plot. Make Muse feel exactly how you would feel at the moment. I dunno if there will be a difference or improvement between this and my previous book though.

So, stay updated for the next pages which believe I will be able to publish soon IF my relatives do fulfill my promise to bring me to a wifi station. As you know, Season 2 is A HELL OF A TEARJERKER so expect THIS ONE TO BE ONE AS WELL! See ya!