Onegai AiPri

Third festival running on friendship speeches and I am still not tired of it. Gumi jumping with Pura-chan was the one moment the whole episode came alive

Nobue giving Gumi those two light sticks one for herself and one for Yasuko broke me. That little gesture says more than any big speech could

Gumi handing out those stickers all festival to patch things over between the teams says everything about her. She never once made it about her own spotlight and that is why she deserved the ending she got

That whole silent ghost kid following the girls around got me more than the actual plot did. The bow matching Chii's is too specific to be nothing. I'm not ready for whatever they're building there

Gumi's patchwork skirt coord is the only thing anyone should be talking about this week. Spooky but stylish. The skirt alone carried the fashion side of the episode

Megane-nee-san with pumpkin glasses is the dumbest thing this show has ever done and I laughed for a full minute. Keep the goofy AiPriverse nonsense coming

Meganee-san walking around with pumpkin glasses on and just carrying on like nothing happened is the funniest thing this show has done in weeks. I rewound it three times

Eru-pu was just a little guy who wanted to play. The whole curse panic and then the reveal that it was basically a toddler with magic powers made the missing cards search feel silly in a good way

That sunset talk near the end where Ema says she doesn't just like AiPri she loves it. Something about how quietly she said it after all the big performance energy made the whole episode land for me

The udon scene got me laughing way harder than it should have. Ema's little companion drawing out noodle types with that serious face was such a dumb detail and I loved every second of it. Also the reveal that Ema's udon love is the director's own thing makes the whole bit funnier

The irony of real voice actors playing characters who are bad at voice acting is not lost on me. Rinrin and Airi sounding stiff and unable to ad-lib made the Student Council actually feel human for once instead of untouchable rivals up on a pedestal

Sakura reading that picture book at the nursery like she was delivering a declaration of war had me on the floor. Kids probably too scared to blink. Her gap moe is out of control this week

The trio being the cautious ones is exactly why I love them. Three overthinkers tapping the stone together is peak comedy but also so real. Aoi blushing through the whole thing was my favorite part of the week

Inori's grandpa praying for her happiness then getting hospitalized in the same episode is just cruel timing. Himari crying on the bridge and Nana and Gumi showing up to apologize is the moment that got me

That Pop ni Ikoon song is stuck in my head already. Three flavors of popcorn is the perfect way to describe how their styles finally clicked on stage

that popcorn flavors bit during the Pop ni Ikoon stage was such a weird idea and it somehow worked perfectly. salty sweet spicy all popping at once. Nana being the spicy one is so accurate

Gumi and Olivia's stage together finally gave me what I wanted all season. The energy contrast between them works so well. Their costumes though. Whoever designed the pumpkin coordinates knew what they were doing

Chii admitting she wants to grow alongside them hit harder than I expected. The group expansion debate is fair but that scene alone sold me on her joining Secret Friends

Nobue giving Gumi those two light sticks at the end got me. One for her and one for Yasuko. Such a small gesture and it wrecked me more than any of the big stage numbers

Inori calling Ema oneechan by accident then the whole confession about being an only child was the moment this episode stopped being cute filler and actually made me feel something. She just kept listing things she likes about Ema and you can see Ema soften up in real time