Love Live! Sunshine!! (ラブライブ！サンシャイン!!)

Sometimes I wonder...

..what exactly makes someone shine?

I can almost reach it!

Just a little more!

Chika! Why aren't you dressed yet?!

You're gonna be late!

Buon giorno, everybody!

I hope all of you are ready,

because the second season starts today!

The second season...?

She means the second term.

Well, more importantly, where the heck is Chika?

She's late of course, but that's what happens

when she tries to get herself up in the morning.

Mari! Didn't I tell you to speak more like a proper director?!

You were supposed to say, "Please behave in a way

that is befitting of an Uranohoshi student

and study hard!" Any of that ringing a bell?

In a befouling way?

I said "befitting"!

Heh...

Still, it's hard to believe how close we were.

I know, a little more and we would have made it to Nationals.

Don't let it get you down,

there's no point in dwellin' in the past, zura!

Wait!

Why is the prize for participating a two-color pen?

I wonder if the prize for making it to Nationals

is a three-color pen?

It's the future, zura!

It's just a pen!

Shut up!

Now then, I think we were all a little depresso

about not making Nationals.

But still, we managed to change a zero into a one.

We couldn't have done that without all of your help.

And...

There's more!

We surpassed our goal, and turned one into ten!

You got that right!

On top of that, we have more news.

Earlier today they made an announcement--

it was about the next Love Live!

Love Live?

Really?!

Yes.

Like the previous ones,

the next competition will be at Akiba Dome!

You're late!

But better late than never!

About Love Live...

You made it!

What do should we do?

I think this one is pretty obvious, ladies!

But Yoshiko is dying to know, zura!

Mm-hm!

Yohane!

I say... we enter!

We enter Love Live!

And this time we'll go further!

Transform that ten, and make it a hundred!

Yeah, and then--

And then?

I believe... that we'll all finally be able to shine

in our own way. I know!

We will all shine!

1... 2... 3... 4...

Wow, your body is super stiff, Yoshiko.

Are you stretching like I told you?

It's Yohane!

Still not good enough.

Here, I'll push you.

You're not helping!

Besides this meat vessel is only temporary!

The fallen angel's true form is--

[YOSHIKO[ Ow, ow, ow, ow!

Wow, Hanamaru!

You've become really flexible!

That's because I stretch at home

every single day! I'm also doing push-ups!

Really?

Check it out, zura!

One!

See? Perfect form.

That was amazing! I'm so proud of you!

Fantastico!

In what way?!

So we know where the next Love Live is, but what about when?

I could be wrong, but I think sometime in the spring.

Boop, boop! Wrong again.

There's something else we need to focus our attention on first.

Huh?

I can't believe you forgot.

We need to increase the number of prospective students.

Right, the school's open house.

Oh yeah.

Si ! I've already made an announcement.

This is the perfect opportunity to put on a concert

for any participants of the open house,

and then we'll show them all

exactly how wonderful our school is!

-- Great idea! -- Uh...?

I think that plan is super awesome! Heh!

Did you get lost in the bathroom?

We had to go ahead and start practice without you.

Says the girl who should be stretching!

Ow, ow, ow, ow!

Aw man, I forgot the bus service

stops running earlier in the fall.

That's right, it does.

The sun starts setting earlier, too.

Is it possible our practices might get shorter?

On top of that, the school's open house

is right around the corner.

I know, so what do we do?

We need maintain our practice schedule somehow.

Why don't we just start

two hours earlier in the morning?

Perfect, you agree!

No, we were groaning!

Hold on a sec, Yoshiko.

Didn't I hear that you have an earlier curfew these days?

But how the heck do you know?

Oh, actually, I heard it from my mom

who was talking to your mom at the last Love Live competition.

And so, in the name of the fallen angel--

Yoshiko?

It's Yohane, Mom!

Wasn't it because you locked her out of your room?

Uh, that's because I, Yohane, am a fallen angel!

That makes my parental unit merely a temporary housemate.

Anyway, what do you think her mom is like?

I heard she's a school teacher,

and I also heard that all the way up to kindergarten,

widdle Yoshiko wouldn't let go of her ba-ba.

Hey wait.

I wonder if the buses that head this way from Numazu run later.

Probably, because people are coming back from work.

Uh! What if we actually practiced in Numazu?

With the later buses, we'd have more time to practice.

What a great idea!

That settles it. Right, Mari?

Nessun problema !

Yay! Then it's decided!

We could check out potential locations tomorrow.

Maybe after school?

It'll be the perfect opportunity

to recruit more demons.

But Yoshiko, we have bigger fish to fry, zura!

It's Yohane!

See ya!

Pretty.

Yeah, it is.

Hey, Riko?

Maybe it's silly, but for a brief moment,

and I mean really brief.

I think singing together with everyone at the prelims

helped me understand what it means to shine.

Is that so?

Yep! And now...

-- --

Even if it's just a little--

I think we can shine.

And with hard work, we definitely can!

I believe in us.

Right, it may be tough, but...

But it's all worth it, yeah?

But Papa!

You promised me that you'd wait! This is too sudden!

I'm begging you... please!

But... I...

Thanks for waiting, bella !

So, what happened?

Oops, I'm so sorry!

Non parlo la tua lingua .

You know what I said!

Uh. Okay, hug attack!

Stop messing around.