IDOLiSH7 Second BEAT!

Did you see Aya?

Tamaki-kun, there's a reason for this.

Why didn't you tell me?!

Nii-chan!

Aya!

The inaugural concert is soon.

I need to stay focused.

Are you all right?

Are you hurt?

Please, take me to the TV station!

Please.

Otherwise, Tamaki-niichan will...

#14 Trigger

Nii-chan!

Nii-chan!

Aya!

That's Tamaki-kun's little sister.

I'm happy for you, Tamaki-kun.

His sister?

I finally got to see you.

I'm so glad you're alive.

Nii-chan, how are you feeling?

They said a keychain made you sick.

That was So-chan's strategy to—

I brought this.

Eating these when you had a cold always made you feel better.

Aya...

Mom said they worked better for you than medicine from a doctor.

So...

So, feel better.

Don't die. Don't die!

You dummy, I'm not going to die.

From now on, we'll always be together, Aya.

Nii-chan.

I'm so happy for Tamaki-san.

Yeah.

You guys cry so easily.

Amazing. What a beautiful sight.

From now on, the two of us can live together.

I'm working as an idol now.

I've got money, so you don't need to worry.

What's wrong?

I'm sorry. I can't live with you.

What?

What are you talking about?

I wanted to see for myself how you were doing.

I don't need anything else.

You don't need to be shy about this.

From now on, I'll take care of—

I have someone who takes care of me!

My new dad.

I'm living with him now.

But I'm your real family.

I know that! But I want to stay with my dad.

I want to repay his kindness!

No! No one's gonna separate us again.

Come with me, Aya!

Let go of her.

Tenn-oniichan.

"Tenn-oniichan"?

What's going on here?

Tenn Tenn, you're Rikkun's brother.

Aya is my—

That's in the past.

Now she's legally my younger sister.

Don't get violent.

You asshole!

You're not making any—

No! Don't hurt Tenn-oniichan!

Aya, why?

I love you.

I missed you.

But I have a new family now.

He took care of my last foster father's debt.

He took care of me.

He gave me pretty clothes to wear.

He let me attend singing and dance lessons overseas.

Singing and dance lessons?

I'm going to become an idol.

One better than Zero.

An idol?

Better than Zero?

I may not be able to do it,

but if training an idol who can surpass Zero is his dream,

then I want to try to meet his expectations.

Aya.

What does that even mean?

Who is—

A man who dreamed the same dream as Zero long ago.

You're...

Kujo.

Kujo-san!

You?

It's good to see you again, Miss.

I was Zero's manager and stage director.

Zero's manager?

Haw9-san?

Me, Zero, and Haruki.

Back then, we believed that together we could make any dream come true.

You know Haruki?

Zero's songs shone,

he soared beyond rainbows,

twinkling like stars in the night sky...

But Zero betrayed me.

He left me in the middle of our dream and fled.

He didn't flee. Zero—

So I decided to create a legend greater than Zero's.

Those were very difficult and sad days.

I traveled around the world in search of unpolished stars,

but no one could meet my expectations.

Osaka Satoshi and Re:vale's Yuki refused to take the hand I extended to them.

They wasted the opportunity and failed to become first rate.

But I finally found children who would make my dream come true.

Talent to surpass Zero!

Tenn.

Yes.

Aya.

Yes.

These children are my last hope.

Tenn will surpass Zero?

That's why you were raised by Kujo?

That's right.

Ever since I became his foster child at 13.

No way.

Why didn't you tell us before?

Let's go home, Kujo-san and Aya.

Okay, Onii-chan.

I'm sorry for leaving the house without your permission, Kujo-san.

It's all right. You're such a vivacious girl.

Wait!

You're going with him?

Aya!

Kujo!

Riku.

It's been a while, Kujo.

You're...

Ah, you're that boy who could only hold Tenn's hand and cry.

I'm different now!

Tenn-nii, don't go with him!

He may have hurt Yuki-san's old partner in order to get his hands on him!

I had high hopes for Yuki and Re:vale.

I wouldn't pull any sinister tricks on them.

I'm simply disappointed.

If they had listened to me, Re:vale could have achieved perfection.

Perfection?

You mean a Re:vale that suits you.

The Re:vale Momo and I have built together is perfect.

Don't push your ideals on us!

Yuki.

You're different, but the boy standing beside you is second rate.

Standing next to a second-rate idol dulls the shine of a star.

What a shame. You could've shone brighter, Yuki.

I...

I applaud your desire to take on Zero.

However, you won't be the ones to create a new legend.

I shall create it with my own two hands!

You're wrong.

There's no place for you in the new era.

You're nothing more than a ghost of the past.

The legend that will surpass Zero will be created by myself and our manager.

I-Iori-san?

She and I will turn IDOLiSH7 into idols greater than Zero.

Iori.

Right, Manager?

Yes. The group who will surpass Zero and become a new legend is my IDOLiSH7.

What an interesting girl.

What's your name?

Takanashi Productions' manager for IDOLiSH7, Takanashi Tsumugi.

I'll remember you.

Tenn. Aya. Let's go.

Okay, Kujo-san!

Wait!

Move! Do you want to get knocked on your ass?

If you're going to hit me, try to avoid my face.

I don't give a—

Wait!

Stop!

He's our center.

Whatever the reason, I won't let you hurt him.

Sorry. Could you let this go for now?

Tenn, let's talk once things have settled down.

See you later, IDOLiSH7's manager.

Damn it!

Tenn-nii...

Aya's being tricked by him.

I'll get her back.

It sounded like Kujo-san knew my uncle.

He said my uncle "failed to become first-rate."

Either way, you and I have a common enemy now.

Seems that way.

I'm not sure he's really our enemy, though.

Of course he is!

If not for him, we could've lived together.

Yuki-san's partner wouldn't have gone missing,

and Aya-chan would've gone home to Tamaki.

His dream to create another Zero and surpass him

is tearing people away from each other.

You're right. His dream frightens me a little.

It's okay! Don't worry.

I'll defeat him.