#hey siri i mean coco i mean hello si--no wait hello coco---

[millepara]

aikatsu friends episode 2 spoilers (a fair amount of translation notes but also a lot of sleep-deprived rambling. take your chances i guess)

double fufuhi in the intro... nice

really love that ‘aine running with vegetables��� shot too

aine’s penguin makes human man gulp sounds when eating that fish.... at least I only noticed the second time around ;;

Aine’s smallest sister is named Momone. cute

ok usually I do my very best to pretend like all the drama/confessions/other pointless stuff in the aikatsu tags doesn’t exist, bc it’s usually from someone 10+ years younger than me and also who cares how other people enjoy things BUT.......... I have seen multiple posts in the tag that actual people thought about and then went through with publishing about how aine’s older brother is hot. guys...... are you ok? he looks like a anthropomorphic salmon fillet, at best

the OP version of Arigatou Daijoubu is sung by Aine and Mio. is it gonna be used as a duet song more than an Aine solo in the anime, I wonder? anyway it’s too bad the music for it sounds like that bc I finally figured out that I really like the singing/tune. just that instrument?? synth?? sound it has overpowers the vocals a lot and it makes it sound like a baby song for babies (obv I don’t know anything about music or instruments beyond ‘I like it’ or ‘I don’t like it” I’m sorry....  . .)

Aine: “It’s okay! We can still see each other anytime!” we’ll never see those gen ed students again. their uniform sure does have better color coordination, though. too bad

?? in the last ep I swear Aine said the idol students and gen ed students are in different buildings, but right here she def says they’re in the same one. which Aine is correct

throughout this ep I kept wondering what the gen ed half of the school looks like. like this fancy, gold-inlaid door... I bet the gen ed one is just plain old wood. and from Aine’s reaction on the other side they must not have gardens and fountains and an outdoor hallway either?

a pun that doesn’t translate to english: Maika: “Who was that? Well, whatever (Maa, iika).” 

ooh, I hope they make a real version of that pass holder. I didn’t buy the aistars one bc it was kind of cheap, and I’m sure this one will be too, but now it’s cute enough that I don’t care

stylist Chiharu was absolutely designed with Koharu in mind. same candy, same glasses, same way of speaking

Love Me Tear eyecatch!! here they come...

Corniyu... Koniyu? Cornille?? Corniyu is really cute. looking forward to buying every Corniyu thing that’s ever made

Centaurids, Perseids, Lyrids, January Leonids, Herculeids, October Centaurids: these are some of Love Me Tear’s past albums, and also the names of various meteor showers. is that significant, or did someone just hit the ‘Random’ button on english wikipedia?

haha the bouquet with an english message is from “Black Pitt” (in japanese this is one letter different from brad pitt.)

it’s cute how even top idol Mio is a superfan of Love Me Tear. and Aine thinks so too

hello, Coco-chan!! my biggest takeaway from this ep other than how perfectly in love Love Me Tear are is that Coco is not Meganee, but instead Siri.

while I’m responding to dumb things in the tags, Mirai’s eyes are cute as heck and you guys are just jealous with your single-color, dotless eyes

this pink-and-gold finned limousine is a fucking statement though. god (also I just googled fin limousine to see if it was possible for The World’s Richest Aikatsu Fan to recreate this, and the answer is not only yes, but here is that exact limo

in case The World’s Richest Aikatsu Fan is reading this, it’s a 1959 Cadillac Fleetwood.)

just realized Corniyu has the same face as 1970s anime Moomin

there’s like 4+ places where Love Me Tear could have died doing their Love Me Lesson.....

the little song they sing to the tune of Believe it has different, spring-themed lyrics... to go with the fact that this is the Love Me Tear Spring Tour, as it says on the led scroll outside the arena? or is from the real second verse of the song?

Aine, you idiot, you absolute fool.. you can’t just TALK to Love Me Tear.... Mio introducing her as a “new idol from my school” confirms that they aren’t in like the high school division of Star Harmony (assuming that exists) or something, though. I wonder if Love Me Tear goes to school

can’t wait to see what Ema’s star-covered pop-type brand is gonna be like!!

the thing that the card scan/coord change scene reminds me of other than Magic Knights Rayearth is the movie Atlantis.

hmm... I feel like the colors in the ED version of Believe it are more vivid? maybe it’s because it’s pre-aura rn though. ohh yeah I think that was it and also their gear-and-constellation or possibly chemical diagram teamwork aura is super cool... the stream gave up in the middle of their performance yesterday so I didn’t get a chance to see it well until just now

another v good ep. AIne’s still cute and I still love Love Me Tear the most. well, not more than they love each other though ���� aikatsu friends is a wonderful anime.

looking forward to Mio’s PR next week!!