Episode 10 - Aikatsu! Top Gun!

Aikatsu! Top Gun! (アイカツ！トップガン！) is the tenth episode of the Aikatsu on Parade! anime series. It aired on December 7th, 2019.

Summary
Raki has heard of a party held by Love Me Tear, in which gathers all the legendary idols of the Aikatsu world. Once Raki had fitted into a stealthy outfit to infiltrate the venue, what gorgeous and infinite of a plan was being started....?

Plot
Mirai and Karen welcome Mizuki, Hime, and Elza to a party they are going to be holding. Before they begin they take a moment to introduce them to Hibiki and Alicia, who they also invited. As the girls exchange words, workers come out to put more food out; including Raki, who has decided to sneak in under the guise of one of them. As she happily thinks about how her plan has worked, she suddenly trips and nearly drops everything.

As Raki tiredly carries a tray of cakes to the table, the girls have been discussing the recent changes that have allowed their Aikatsu to come together. But before they can get to the heavier stuff -like the ramifications- Mirai decides that for now they should focus on getting to know each other. She introduces them to her "cunique" way of speaking and Raki arrives- just in time to be trampled by several little girls who surround the older idols and converse with them. Mirai, Alicia, and Hibiki explain that they are Aikatsu attendants of Karen's schools, which she has founded around the world in order to allow everyone to Aikatsu. As they ask if its alright for the little girls to join them, one girl resembling Mirai requests a performance. The other girls request them to perform -along with Raki- and Mirai agrees. She changes into a coord and gets on stage to perform "A nice "to meet you"!".

Raki takes notes of Mirai's dress as the girls discuss the performance, but she's unable to get very far when the staff returns to force her back to work. She feeds dolphins after they put on a performance for everyone, but when Raki slips and falls int othe water everyone is surprised to find her now riding one of them. As she is riding them, Elza recognizes Raki, leading Karen and Mirai to deduce she probably went behind their backs to get a helping position so that she could spy on them.

That evening Raki is rushing to her next destination when she spots Mizuki standing by herself by the gazebo. She hesitantly approaches her and explains her actions, saying that she gets really excited to see new dresses and she can't stand back to wait. She also reveals someone sent her a letter about the party, revealing it to Mizuki, who decides not to say it was her. Raki is very fortunate to have gotten this, but Mizuki warns her that she can't always get by on pure luck. She will need to pull herself further in the idol world one step at a time if she wants to reach greater heights. Raki takes her words into consideration and appears to understand, deciding that she may need to slow down a little, but she knows one day she will be able to make her own dress. Mizuki suggests they return, deciding to let Raki tag along with her since they now what she was doing now.

With that, Karen and Mirai decides that it is time to get down to business. They explain that with their world opening up to expose each of them to three more schools, its also revealed that there are many more idols out there, and they have come to the conclusion that it would be a lot of fun to do Aikatsu together. Elza deduces that they want a joint-event between all of them and after Mirai confirms she is right, the others quickly agree that its a great idea. Karen also expresses interest in being able to help other idols from different schools Aikatsu outside of their comfort zone, which will help to expand their horizon; this will set a good example for the children too. Elza considers, but before she agrees she asks Karen to perform for them so that she can see her skills as an idol. Karen agrees and changes to perform "Strong, Kind, Beautiful".

Raki fawns over Karen's dress and quickly takes notes on what she witnessed today. As the children compliment Karen, Elza suddenly welcomes her an Mirai to join her on Venus Ark, with Mizuki bringing up that she's also ran a joint-event before and has experience. The girls decide to call it the "Aikatsu! New World Fest!" and they call in everyone at their schools to lend a hand after explaining their idea.

Several days have passed and the girls are holding a meeting to discuss their press conference for the event. Karen suggests they have a performance to celebrate it and they decide that it must be special in order to convey their excitement and feelings to the fans. Mizuki believes she has the perfect song for them.

On the day of the announcement, the girls hold a live on AiTube to reveal their plans and the name of their event to everyone. They explain how it will be a composite event of idols from Starlight School, Dream Academy, Four Star Academy, Venus Ark, and Star Harmony. Anyone who can Aikatsu is welcome to join as they host several fun, unique combination performances, culminating in a special Christmas event. With that they reveal that there will be a performance featuring Mizuki, Hibiki, and Elza. They exchange a few words and change into their chosen coords before returning to stage to perform "Take Me Higher".

Everyone goes wild for the performance they witness, including Raki, who quickly takes down notes of their dresses and admires their shining radiance.

Karen returns to the stage to share some more words with the audience. Before ending the program, they reveal the theme of the fest "Opening a new door", and Raki determines this must be their way of saying to stop hesitating and dive straight forward. She happily remarks on how she will continue to fill her notebook with more and more dresses until she can one day make her perfect dress, one step at a time.

Characters

 * Raki Kiseki


 * Aine Yūki
 * Mio Minato
 * Ema Hinata
 * Maika Chōno
 * Sakuya Shirayuri
 * Kaguya Shirayuri
 * Karen Kamishiro
 * Mirai Asuka
 * Hibiki Tenshō
 * Alicia Charlotte


 * Yume Nijino
 * Mahiru Kasumi
 * Ako Saotome
 * Koharu Nanakura
 * Hime Shiratori
 * Yozora Kasumi
 * Tsubasa Kisaragi
 * Yuzu Nikaidō
 * Lily Shirogane
 * Elza Forte
 * Rei Kizaki
 * Kirara Hanazono
 * Aria Futaba


 * Ichigo Hoshimiya
 * Aoi Kiriya
 * Ran Shibuki
 * Mizuki Kanzaki
 * Otome Arisugawa
 * Sakura Kitaōji
 * Akari Ōzora
 * Hinaki Shinjō
 * Sumire Hikami
 * Juri Kurebayashi
 * Madoka Amahane
 * Rin Kurosawa


 * Haruka☆Ruka
 * Yuri Ashida
 * Juli Liszt
 * Tamaki Enjōji
 * Hikaru Moroboshi
 * Orihime Mitsuishi
 * Tiara Yumesaki

Trivia

 * This episode premiered on the birthday of Raki Kiseki.
 * The Sapphirus Chandelier Coord and the Queen of Venus Coord make their debut in this episode.
 * Kaguya Shirayuri returns to Star Harmony Academy after her time studying in Karen's international idol school.
 * The Aikatsu! New World Festival! officially begins.