Sun, Oct 3, 2021
Due to there being more Love Live applicants this year than ever before, the school idols have to perform a song based on a rap theme, with the groups who pass allowed to continue to the preliminary round. Sumire shows the other girls that she has a knack for rapping, allowing her to take the center position for their stage performance. However, after the girls upload a test video, the general opinion of their schoolmates is that Sumire should not be in the center position, upsetting her as a result.
Sun, Oct 10, 2021
Liella makes it through into the preliminary rounds for Love Live, and the girls agree to perform at the elementary school Kanon and Chisato attended. Chisato is concerned about Kanon's performance issues returning at the school where her stage fright had first manifested. Liella will have to perform a solo as the theme for the Tokyo preliminary round, and Kanon is unanimously elected to perform it for the competition. To help Kanon overcome her fears, the other girls conspire to have Kanon sing alone at the elementary school.