Episode 05 - Lucky☆Halloween

Lucky☆Halloween (ラッキー☆ハロウィン) is the fifth episode of the Aikatsu on Parade! anime series. It aired on November 2nd, 2019.

Summary
Raki and the others attend the Halloween Event at Starlight School. There, they find Akari Ōzora, Sumire Hikami, Hinaki Shinjō, not to mention, Karen Kamishiro and Mirai Asuka also ended up there. After seeing Sumire's stage performance, with Raki's emotions for dresses reaching an even higher point, she challenges to design a dress for the costume contest!

Plot
Raki, Aine, and Mio have been brought to the event hall, where Luminas appear on stage to reveal the exciting Halloween Party the Academy is holding. They announce that it will contain a lot of fun and games, and costume competitions; words exciting Raki even further. But first, they will put on a performance for them. They change coords and appear on stage to perform Lovely Party Collection.

The trio make their way through the Halloween stands and dressed up idol stands while discussing Luminas' performance. Just then, the girls are shocked when they discover Mirai and Karen are their handing out sweets and Akari joins them to inform the girls she requested Mirai's help in producing this event. She confesses that she didn't know they were friends though, and Aine and Mio explain how the duo were their idol mentors. Aine asks how they wound up there as Karen joins them, mentioning how they just found themselves there after a performance. Aine and Mio note this is like what happened to Juri and Hinaki and think about Raki's unusual Pass again. They claim its nothing, then Karen asks how they ended up there. They bring up Hinaki invited them and it was through her they met Sumire and Akari. Raki is very happy by the turn of events, because besides meeting them, she also got to meet Love Me Tear in person. Realizing she's yet to introduce herself, she takes a moment to do so.

Akari goes on to recall that she wanted to let Mirai know the Haunted House is about ready and she happily remarks on how quickly they handled it. With that the trio decide to return to work and they take off after telling the girls to enjoy themselves. Aine and Mio take a moment to discuss how well Mirai gets along with Akari when two girls -Madoka and Rin- realize the time and bring up Sumire's performance that is now being held. They run off and the trio decide to join them, where Sumire changes and performs Queen of Roses. The girls are taken by her beauty and talent, but hearing no impute from Raki they look to find Raki has gone missing.

As Sumire sits down to unwind, Raki knocks on her door and comes into the room to speak to her. She compliments her singing, but explains how she came to express her fondness for her dress and how its image fit the song and they momentarily bond over it until Raki notices she has tarot cards with her. She asks if she can use them and Sumire offers to do a reading for her. Raki chooses a card and Sumire reads it as her journey being as successful as her achievements towards her goals. Raki is happy, but she asks about the goal part, only to realize she came there to try to find her older sister; she got so distracted by Halloween. She gets up to thank Sumire, then she rushes out and runs through the Academy grounds to try locating her- unknowingly passing her by through a corridor.

It's then Raki overhears a guy nearby and spots Akari with him. Together she and Johnny announce the Costume Contest and how the top two idols to win it will be given a performance as a special unit. As applications are still open to everyone, Raki asks if she could enter and Akari agrees. Aine and Mio arrive and express relief having found her now, but when Raki tells them what she did the girls decide to join too.

In Starlight School they locate its sewing room and with all of the supplies nearby they get to work. Aine and Mio struggle to come up with an idea as Raki quickly begins drawing a design, which earns the approval of both girls when she shows them. She eagerly gets to work putting the unique and fun outfit together and inspired by this, Aine and Mio get to work.

That evening, Johnny announces the costume contest will be starting. Akari begins the show and unveils an adorable cat costume, and as this is going on Aine and Mio worriedly wonder what could be keeping Raki. They take their turn next, revealing their angel and devil costumes and introduce themselves as Pure Palette. The idols in the audience don't recognize them but they charmed by their cuteness and quickly take to them. With that, Johnny announces it is Raki's turn- but she isn't there. Luckily, she shows up just as he is about to announce her withdrawal from the Competition, and Raki runs on stage to reveal the luck-inspired costume she came up with. Initially the audience seems confused by her outfit, but her heartfelt feelings about spreading luck to them win the crowd over. It's then the final entrant is announced, the super idol who helped produce the Halloween Event, Mirai. She puts on a surprising display dressed up as a spider, and flies from the back of the room to the front giving candy to everyone. The crowd goes crazy for her cunique style as she wishes them a Happy Halloween.

With that it's time to announce the two idols have won the right to put on a special performance: Mirai, who won first place, and Akari, who came in second. Before they start their performance Mirai asks to have a word first to reveal the "You Showed Your Hard Work" award to one idol in particular. Her consideration for everyone and her ability to make them smile and enjoy themselves even more was great, and for her reward she would like for her to put on a solo performance. Raki is shocked but she eagerly accepts, but first Mirai and Akari will put on their performance. They exchange words of encouragement to one-another and change into their chosen coords, appearing on stage to perform Identity.

The performance amazes the audience, with Aine and Mio remarking how well they did for their first time performing together.

Meanwhile, Raki is preparing for her turn when her ID card begins glowing. A large door opens before her and before she can do anything, its glow overwhelms her.

Characters

 * Raki Kiseki
 * Aine Yūki
 * Mio Minato
 * Karen Kamishiro
 * Mirai Asuka
 * Akari Ōzora
 * Sumire Hikami
 * Hinaki Shinjō
 * Rin Kurosawa
 * Madoka Amahane
 * Sāya Kiseki
 * Johnny Bepp
 * Hikari Minowa (cameo)
 * Yū Hattori (cameo)

Trivia

 * The Kitty Tricky Coord makes its debut in this episode.
 * A beta-version of the Halloween Parade Coord makes a cameo appearance in this episode.
 * Despite being cards from the Aikatsu! realm, the back of the Blue Empress Coord's cards show the Aikatsu Stars! or Friends! design.