Episode 04 - Feel It! The Passionate Wind

Feel It! The Passionate Wind (感じちゃお！アツい風) is the fourth episode of the Aikatsu on Parade! anime series. It aired on October 26th, 2019.

Summary
Raki, Aine and Mio have successfully made it back to Star Harmony Academy. This time, however, the idols, Hinaki Shinjō and Juri Kurebayashi appeared out of nowhere! Raki begins to suspect that the reason behind these unknown paths might be because of her sister, Sāya...?

Plot
Juri and Hinaki continue wandering around Star Harmony Academy trying to figure out what happened. They were just finishing a performance and suddenly they wound up here. As Hinaki remarks that its unfamiliar to her, Juri feels the breeze and comments on how it feels warm and friendly. Hinaki turns away to spot an advertisement nearby for an event featuring Honey Cat and curious to learn more, the duo decide to attend the program.

Meanwhile the girls attempt to inform Maika and Ema about what happened to them at Four Star Academy. Raki shows them the picture of Yume's Rainbow Sky coord she drew, and suddenly the girls recall that she's never met them. Raki quickly introduces herself, her aspirations, and how she lives with her sister, and the girls remark on how she's already gained a reputation after her performance at the midterm recital. Ema asks that she tell them more, and while Ema really wants to go to Four Star Academy now, Maika asks how they even got there. The girls confess to not knowing and Ema asks Coco about the school's location- but she comes back with no results, instead she thinks they are talking about "Four Sour Academy". This confuses the girls until Maika gets a call suddenly, and she sets her phone down to reveal to everyone it's a message from Sakuya and Kaguya. Raki instantly recognizes them as being from Reflect Moon, and Mio informs her that right now Kaguya is away studying at Karen's school in New York, and Sakuya was visiting her right now.

Maika asks for a divination to learn about Four Star Academy, but neither girl have heard of it and after Kaguya fails, thinking its something else, Sakuya uses her own skill to determine these worlds are connected, and that they must have patience and keep searching to find their answer, but this leaves them confused until Tamaki locates the five to inform them of their event. The twins go and Maika and Ema take off to get to their event for Honey Cat. They inform the girls that afterwards they will be heading to Florida for some further training and the trio wish them luck. Raki asks if they will be able to return to Four Star Academy sometime and they recall what led them there, with Mio pointing out the Aikatsu System might be involved. Raki reveals her sister is an engineer for them and suggests they visit her lab for answers.

Honey Cat's event begins, and Hinaki and Juri observe the crowd that showed up to see them. While they are popular Juri believes its strange that she's never heard of them before now, and she finds it more strange a veteran like Hinaki has no idea who they are. Maika and Ema inform everyone of their plans to put on solo performances, with Maika changing first and performing "Girls be ambitious!". The girls compliment her hot coord and performance skill, and with that Ema changes and takes her turn to perform "Okay —period—", with Hinaki comment on how Ema's coord was both cute and cool, while Juri admits it cheered her up.

Seeing them perform inspires the duo as Maika and Ema thank everyone for watching them. But just then they see rose petals floating through the air, and the girls are surprised to find Juri and Hinaki standing on stage, whose daring nature to challenge the duo amaze the crowd witnessing this display. They reveal their cards and ask to borrow the stage, then they introduce themselves to the girls who quickly agree to let them take a turn. They change into their unit coords and perform "Poppin' Bubbles".

Afterwards, the delighted Maika and Ema reunite with Juri and Hinaki and the four girls share some donuts. They quickly become fast-friends as they compliment each other and ask to see their coords, with Ema and Maika amazed by Hinaki's cute and vibrant coord collection and the heat behind Juri's, and observing Vivid Kiss and Sangria Rosa, they happily note the new brands they never heard of. They assume their are "Friends" and ask, but the girls claim they a unit, and introduce themselves as Passion Jalapeno; which the duo approve of due to their hot image. The girls also bond over donuts and Ema's sporty interests and coords, and Maika suggests they gather for a picture together.

Meanwhile, Raki is disappointed that she can't locate her sister or get in touch with her. The trio believe this is strange as Mio recalls getting in touch with the other engineers to reveal she got an extended break from work. Just then Aine gets a message from Maika and Ema to see their group picture, and they are shocked discovering they also met "some of them".

Together, the seven girls meet up at Aine's family shop and Hinaki and Juri explain that their school is Starlight Academy. The girls are surprised they aren't from Four Star Academy, but while uJuri hasn't heard of it, Hinaki remarks that it sounds familiar. Raki and Aine happily think about how they can make all sorts of new friends now, and Mio asks how they got there. As the girls explain finding the door corridor, the trio note that was what happened to them and how it led them to find Four Star Academy. Maika confirms that her suspicions were why she brought them back to meet them, as the story sounded familiar- it even happened around the same time they vanished. Mio notes that these seem to be happening after performances, but once Juri and Hinaki claim they just had one and nothing happened, she says that the Aikatsu System might not be at fault after all. It's then they mention seeing Raki's pass glow each time it occurred, the group instantly get an idea and they rush straight to the nearest performance hall.

There, Raki inserts her card and as they suspected it starts glowing and the large door appears again, much to their surprise. Raki opens it as Aine wonders why only her pass does it, and she becomes frustrated realizing its her sisters fault and informs them that she treats her like a "lab rat" and often tests things on her. Raki then apologizes to Juri and Hinaki about this, but they claim its not her fault since she couldn't help it. Maika and Ema then asks her that she sees them off due to the flight they need to catch now, much to their disappointment. The four exchange hands and discuss how much fun they had, and they thank them for their help and hope they can meet again soon.

In the door corridor, Hinaki and Juri approach the door they believe to be theirs, and they happily head inside after saying goodbye to Aine, Mio, and Raki. Just then, Raki sees her sister inside and she runs forward, and before the door closes Mio and Aine quickly chase after her.

By now Hinaki and Juri have reunited with Sumire and Akari, who wish they could have seen Star Harmoney for themselves. They ask about it and Juri explains how they made amazing new friends, and Akari expresses hope that they can see them again. Juri and Hinaki agrees, and just then they see the large, glowing door appear before them. Raki runs forward and falls flat on her face, and they are joined by Mio and Aine as Akari offers a hand to Raki to help her up. She asks if they are the ones from Star Harmony and warmly smiles.

Characters

 * Raki Kiseki
 * Aine Yūki
 * Mio Minato
 * Maika Chōno
 * Ema Hinata
 * Sakuya Shirayuri
 * Kaguya Shirayuri
 * Akari Ōzora
 * Sumire Hikami
 * Hinaki Shinjō
 * Juri Kurebayashi
 * Tamaki Enjōji
 * Coco