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Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
I Want to Shine!
23 mins
Chika Takami tries to start her own School Idol Club. As Chika and her friend You Watanabe try to recruit members, she faces resistance from the student council president, Dia Kurosawa, who states she will not approve such a club.
Episode 2
Catch the Transfer Student!
23 mins
Chika keeps trying to get Riko to join the School Idol Club, only to get rejected every time. After listening to song "Yume no Tobira", Riko decides to take up Chika's offer and join her club.
Episode 3
First Step
23 mins
Mari Ohara states that if the girls can fill up the school gym with audience members, she will approve their School Idol Club. While Aqours performs, a power outage occurs while Dia secretly hooks up a backup generator.
Episode 4
Their Feelings
23 mins
With the School Idol Club approved, Chika and the others begin cleaning up their new clubroom. Afterwards, Hanamaru convinces Dia to listen to Ruby as she states her true wishes. Ruby joins the idol club.
Episode 5
Yohane Descends
23 mins
As Aqours try to figure out how to improve their idol ranking, Tsushima Yoshiko, who had been absent from school since the first day, struggled to put her chuunibyou habits of pretending she is a "fallen angel" behind her.
Episode 6
Let's Make a PV!
23 mins
Mari informs Dia about plans to close Uranohoshi and merge with another high school due to lack of applicants. When Ruby tells the other about it, Chika decides to follow u's' example and try to save their school. She decides to make a promotional video to attract applicants, but struggles to find some actual good things to say about their town. As Chika becomes determined to figure out an answer without relying on Mari, she learns that Dia used to love idols, but is stopped from inquiring further by Ruby. Later, as girls from all over town gather to clean up the beach, Riko inspires Chika to get their help in filming their promo video.
Episode 7
Tokyo
23 mins
With their video placing them in the top 100 school idol groups, Aqours are invited to perform at an event in Tokyo, prompting some concern from Dia. Upon arriving in Tokyo, the girls each check out the specialist shops before coming across the shrine that u's used to practice near, where they meet another pair of girls attending the event. Later that night, Riko tells Chika about her experiences at Otonokizaka and the expectations she was up against. The next morning, the girls hear about entries opening for the next Love Live before heading over to the event, where the two girls they met before, Seira and Ria Kazuno, are also competing as the unit Saint Snow.
Episode 8
Isn't It Frustrating?
23 mins
The girls are left stunned by St. Snow's performance, even though they failed to win, and the gap between them and the top school idols hits harder when they discover they ranked in last place with zero votes. After some harsh parting words from Seira and Ria, telling them not to treat Love Live like a game, the girls are greeted by Dia upon their return home. Dia explains that two years ago, she once formed a school idol unit alongside Mari and their friend Kanan Matsuura, but when they were invited to perform in Tokyo, the gap in talent left them unable to sing. The next morning, Chika lets out all her pent-up frustrations in front of Riko, with everyone remaining determined to continue being school idols and go beyond zero.
Episode 9
Young Dreamer
23 mins
Kanan wanted to give up being a School idol, however, because of motivation from Chika, she was able to reconcile with Mari and the two finally manage to make up with each other.
Episode 10
We've Got Stewshine
23 mins
With the arrival of summer vacation, the girls begin training at the beach in preparation for Love Live while also helping out at a run-down snack bar. Chika encourages Riko to follow her own feelings and go to the piano recital.
Episode 11
Aye-aye, My Friend
23 mins
After Riko heads off for Tokyo for her recital, the others ask You to take her place alongside Chika in their dance routine. Riko performs her recital while Aquors perform at the preliminaries, both managing to perform well.
Episode 12
It's Time to Fly
23 mins
The Aqours passed in the Love Live qualifying, but few students entered the Uranohoshi. The girls go to the Otonokizaka Academy, where the legendary group came.
Episode 13
Sunshine!!
23 mins
As the girls keep practicing for the regional qualifiers, some of Chika's friends, having seen everyone's efforts, decide they want to become idols and help the school.
