Love Live! Sunshine!! S2E1 — Next Step

7.3

Love Live! Sunshine!!•Season 2•Episode 1

Next Step

7.3/10 · 29 votesOct 7, 201724 min

Ranked #13 of 13 in Season 2•−0.6 vs season avg

The second term at Uranohoshi Girls' High School has started. The members of Aqours have renewed their determination to keep their school alive. However, some sudden bad news brings their spirits down.

Directed byKazuo Sakai

Written byJukki Hanada

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Next Step

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The Sound of Rain

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Rainbow

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Don't Call Me Dia-san

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Taking In a Dog

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Aqours WAVE

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The Time We Have Left

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HAKODATE

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Awaken the Power

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Finding a Way to Shine

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Uranohoshi Girls' High School

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Sea of Light

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Our Own Radiance

Cast9

Anju Inami

Anju Inami

Chika Takami (voice)

Rikako Aida

Rikako Aida

Riko Sakurauchi (voice)

Nanaka Suwa

Nanaka Suwa

Kanan Matsuura (voice)

Arisa Komiya

Arisa Komiya

Dia Kurosawa (voice)

Shuka Saito

Shuka Saito

You Watanabe (voice)

Aika Kobayashi

Aika Kobayashi

Yoshiko Tsushima (voice)

Kanako Takatsuki

Kanako Takatsuki

Hanamaru Kunikida (voice)

Aina Suzuki

Aina Suzuki

Mari Ohara (voice)

Ai Furihata

Ai Furihata

Ruby Kurosawa (voice)

Crew10

Kazuo Sakai

Kazuo Sakai

Storyboard Artist

J

Jukki Hanada

Writer

K

Keiichi Sano

Supervising Animation Director

M

Madoka Hirayama

Supervising Animation Director

T

Tomoyuki Fujii

Supervising Animation Director

Y

Yuhei Murota

Supervising Animation Director

Kazuo Sakai

Kazuo Sakai

Director

S

Shinya Ojiri

Animation Director

I

Isamu Suzuki

Animation Director

T

Tatsuya Mizuno

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Next Step" is episode 1 of Love Live! Sunshine!! season 2. It scored 7.3/10 from 29 votes, ranking #13 of 13 episodes this season (season average 7.9). Directed by Kazuo Sakai and written by Jukki Hanada, it aired on October 7, 2017.

Next: E2 · The Sound of Rain Best of Season 2