Arc 3μ's Finds Its Way

Honoka Kosaka and her friends formed μ's, overcame their first performance jitters, and gradually welcomed Hanayo Koizumi, Rin Hoshizora, Maki Nishikino, and Yazawa Nico. As Senba Gari grew into Divine and joined forces with other Riders to defeat the ant Mlortha queen, μ's began preparing to practice without a single leader or center.

  • Senba Gari helped Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda train, while Honoka named their school idol group μ's and asked Maki Nishikino to compose for them.
  • Senba Gari survived Great Shocker's attack, received a mysterious ring, and helped the girls practice as Honoka, Umi, and Kotori prepared their first live.
  • Umi overcame her fear of handing out flyers and performing, and μ's performed “START:DASH!!” to an almost empty auditorium before Honoka declared she wanted to keep singing.
  • Senba Gari confronted his fear of failure, transformed into Divine Unicorn, and defeated Mlortha, while Hanayo Koizumi began considering her own dream of becoming an idol.
  • Hanayo joined μ's, and Rin Hoshizora and Maki Nishikino were invited to join as well, bringing the group to six members.
  • Yazawa Nico resisted μ's efforts to recruit her, but the members welcomed her as their club president, and she eventually joined and led their rooftop practice.
  • Senba Gari and Silver Phantom fought the ant Mlortha queen with help from Takai Geki and the other Kamen Riders, and Divine defeated the queen before Senba and Geki opened the ancient stone boxes.
  • After learning that Divine and Spirit were needed to destroy Yamata no Orochi, Honoka proposed that μ's perform without a fixed leader or center, and Nico accepted the plan as the members began practicing.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Love Live and Kamen Rider Chapter 51

Honoka Kosaka and her friends began training for their first school-idol live, struggled to find a composer, and chose the name μ's. Senba Gari left school to investigate the birdman, while Hanayo Koizumi remained hesitant about becoming a school idol.

  • Senba Gari accompanied Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda on a strenuous run, and Nozomi Tojo encouraged them to pray at Kanda Shrine.
  • Honoka Kosaka and her friends asked Maki Nishikino to compose music, but Maki refused, and Eli Ayase warned Honoka that a failed attempt could worsen the school's situation.
  • Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda worried about finding a song for their live, while Senba Gari rode Silver Phantom to investigate a birdman at an abandoned factory.
  • Honoka Kosaka found a group-name suggestion reading μ's and declared that the group would use that name.
  • Hanayo Koizumi overheard students discussing the school idols and struggled with her desire to join before Rin Hoshizora asked if she was going home.

Ch. 52Love Live and Kamen Rider

Honoka Kosaka persuaded Maki Nishikino to consider composing for μ's, while Kamen Rider Wizard rescued the badly injured Senba Gari from Great Shocker. Maki later secretly watched Honoka and the others train, where Nozomi Tojo startled and embarrassed her.

  • Honoka Kosaka learned from Rin Hoshizora and Hanayo Koizumi that Maki Nishikino often practiced in the music room, then found her there.
  • Honoka Kosaka explained to Maki Nishikino that idol performance took hard work, gave her Sonoda Umi's lyrics, and asked her to read them before deciding whether to compose for μ's.
  • Doctor Shinigami ordered Great Shocker combatants and the mutated eagle Mlortha to capture the gravely injured Senba Gari, but Kamen Rider Wizard arrived and fought them off.
  • Wizard transformed into Hurricane Style and battled Mlortha, but Great Shocker escaped, leaving Senba Gari unconscious beside Silver Phantom.
  • Maki Nishikino went to watch Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda train, then Nozomi Tojo sneaked up behind her and embarrassed her with teasing remarks.

Ch. 53Love Live and Kamen Rider

Senba Gari woke after a battle with a mutated Mlortha and found a mysterious ring, while Shinnosuke Tomari withheld two stone boxes from him. As μ's began practicing their first song, Senba struggled with feeling weak and lost but continued training Honoka, Umi, and Kotori.

  • Haruto Soma told Shinnosuke Tomari that Senba Gari had fallen into Great Shocker's trap, while Silver Phantom began repairing itself; Shinnosuke chose not to give Senba what was kept in two stone boxes.
  • Senba woke in the abandoned factory with his injuries healed and discovered a silver-and-orange ring on his right hand.
  • Honoka Kosaka, Umi Sonoda, and Minami Kotori played a CD labeled μ's, heard their song, received a congratulatory review, and began practicing.
  • Senba recalled that a mutated Mlortha had overwhelmed him and Silver Phantom before strange attackers and a mysterious Kamen Rider appeared.
  • Senba watched μ's practice and lamented his weakness, then led Honoka, Umi, and Kotori through stair runs and dance practice at Kanda Shrine.

Ch. 54Love Live and Kamen Rider

Honoka Kosaka and μ's continued preparing for their live concert, while Umi Sonoda’s stage fright threatened to keep her from performing. Honoka took Umi, Minami Kotori, and Senba Gari to Akihabara to hand out flyers and help Umi get used to being around an audience.

  • Honoka Kosaka played μ's song for Maki Nishikino and Senba Gari, and the group began listening together.
  • Hanayo Koizumi secretly took a flyer for μ's concert after two students dismissed the idea of becoming school idols.
  • Honoka Kosaka and Minami Kotori invited two students to the concert, but Umi Sonoda fled when they asked the group to dance in front of them.
  • Umi Sonoda admitted she was afraid and embarrassed to sing before people, so Honoka Kosaka decided to help her get used to performing around others.
  • Honoka Kosaka brought Umi Sonoda, Minami Kotori, and Senba Gari to Akihabara to hand out concert flyers, making Senba help as punishment for missing practice.

Ch. 55Lovelive and Kamen Rider

Honoka Kosaka, Umi Sonoda, Minami Kotori, and Senba Gari handed out flyers to promote μ's's first live, and Umi gradually overcame her fear of approaching people. That evening, Umi agreed to perform with Honoka and Kotori despite her objections to the short costume, and the three prepared for their live the next day.

  • Umi Sonoda panicked while trying to hand out flyers in a crowded area, so Honoka Kosaka brought her to the school gate instead.
  • Senba Gari encouraged Umi to work on what she found difficult, and Umi began confidently handing out flyers.
  • Hanayo Koizumi told Honoka she would attend the live, while Eli Ayase watched the group and left gloomily.
  • Honoka, Umi, and Kotori celebrated μ's's improved ranking and saw the finished costumes, but Umi objected to her skirt being too short.
  • Honoka explained how much performing together meant to her, and Umi agreed to stay and make the live succeed with Honoka and Kotori.
  • The three girls prayed at the shrine for their live and looked forward to performing the next day.

Ch. 56Love Live and Kamen Rider

Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda prepared for μ's's first live show, overcoming their nerves with help from their friends and Senba Gari. As the performance was about to begin, the three stood ready to present the result of their hard work to the audience.

  • Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, Umi Sonoda, and their friends promoted μ's's first live and prepared the auditorium.
  • Umi Sonoda hesitated to wear her performance outfit, but Honoka Kosaka and Minami Kotori reassured her and helped her feel more confident.
  • Rin Hoshizora startled Hanayo Koizumi and pulled her toward the track-and-field club, keeping her from heading to the live.
  • Senba Gari encouraged the nervous performers to smile, and Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda relaxed by counting off together.
  • Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda declared their resolve to make the first live their best concert as the warning bell rang.

Ch. 57Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda performed for an almost empty auditorium, then vowed to keep going and someday fill every seat. Eli Ayase reconsidered what the group was missing, while Nozomi Tojo left to pursue her own future.

  • Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Umi Sonoda found the auditorium empty, but Honoka insisted they perform after Hanayo Koizumi arrived.
  • Senba Gari and Mika set up the sound as Hanayo Koizumi, Rin Hoshizora, and other students listened to the performance of “START:DASH!!.”
  • After the performance, Eli Ayase asked Honoka Kosaka why she wanted to continue, and Honoka said she wanted to keep singing and someday fill every seat.
  • Senba Gari realized he had figured out what he was missing, while a card in his pocket flashed faintly green.
  • Nozomi Tojo left the auditorium, deciding to capture her own future with her eyes.

Ch. 58Love Live and Kamen Rider

Senba Gari backed Honoka Kosaka and her friends, then transformed into Divine Unicorn to defeat the berserk Mlortha at the pier, unknowingly absorbing its dark-red crystal shard. As Hodenig advanced his plans and Garuda and the flood dragon sensed danger, Gari was summoned to train on an ice island and complained that he could not rest.

  • Senba Gari promised to support Honoka Kosaka and the other school idols, challenged Eli Ayase to a bet, and watched Eli leave after she accepted.
  • Silver Phantom alerted Senba Gari that Mlortha had appeared at the pier, where the creature went berserk and attacked him with a black tornado.
  • Senba Gari confronted his fear of failure, changed into Divine Unicorn, and used Wind Bow with Silver Phantom's help to defeat Mlortha.
  • Senba Gari caught the unconscious middle-aged man who had been Mlortha, but a dark-red crystal shard entered his body before he canceled his transformation.
  • Medusa and Hodenig discussed the Seed of Original Sin experiment; Hodenig vowed revenge on Garuda, while Garuda and a flood dragon sensed the coming danger.
  • On an ice island, Senba Gari complained when the flood dragon appeared to demand something of him.

Ch. 59LoveLive and Kamen Rider

Senba Gari fought Flood Dragon in a gap between reality and illusion, but was overwhelmed and learned that his battles caused physical feedback in reality. At Otonokizaka, Hanayo Koizumi hesitated over μ's's recruitment flyer while Kotori, Honoka, Umi, and Senba visited the alpacas.

  • Flood Dragon transformed into an armored form and challenged Senba Gari to fight, explaining that their pact with Gaia involved wagering their souls.
  • Senba Gari manifested his Beast Soul Driver and fought Flood Dragon as Divine Garuda and Divine KingKong, but was thrown into the ice sea before escaping as Divine Unicorn.
  • Flood Dragon ended the fight, warned that Senba Gari had not unlocked Divine's true power, and explained that injuries in the gap still caused feedback in reality.
  • Senba Gari woke with aches and a cold, while Silver Phantom teased him about what he might have done the night before.
  • Hanayo Koizumi remembered her childhood dream of becoming an idol and, while looking at μ's's recruitment flyer, doubted she could pursue it.
  • Kotori lingered with the alpacas as Honoka and Umi urged her to hand out flyers, and Hanayo calmed the agitated brown alpaca by stroking it.

Ch. 60Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Senba Gari encouraged Hanayo Koizumi to believe in herself as she struggled with whether to become an idol. After finding Maki Nishikino’s student ID, Hanayo followed it to Maki’s home, while Eli Ayase and Nozomi Tojo watched a recording of μ’s concert during their dispute with the chairwoman.

  • Senba Gari wiped Minami Kotori’s face, and Honoka Kosaka recognized Hanayo Koizumi as the first audience member at μ’s concert and asked if she wanted to become an idol.
  • Hanayo Koizumi praised Maki Nishikino’s singing instead of saying she wanted to join, and Senba Gari urged her not to be too modest.
  • Rin Hoshizora realized Hanayo Koizumi wanted to become an idol, but said she was not suited for it and recalled being teased for wearing a skirt as a child.
  • Hanayo Koizumi saw Maki Nishikino take a flyer, found Maki’s dropped student ID, and went to her home to return it.
  • Eli Ayase argued that school idol activities were not helping Otonokizaka, but Chairwoman Kotori Minami showed her a recording of μ’s concert and refused to approve the student council’s independent efforts.
  • Maki Nishikino’s mother welcomed Hanayo Koizumi and explained that the family ran a hospital Maki was expected to inherit.

Ch. 61Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Hanayo Koizumi visited Maki Nishikino to return her student handbook and learned that Maki would support her dream of becoming an idol. At the Kosaka home, μ's invited Hanayo to try becoming a school idol, leaving her to consider their offer.

  • Hanayo Koizumi returned Maki Nishikino's student handbook, and Maki admitted she had noticed Hanayo's interest in becoming an idol.
  • Maki told Hanayo she planned to apply to medical school but encouraged Hanayo to pursue her own dream.
  • Hanayo visited Honoka Kosaka's pastry shop and accidentally caught Umi Sonoda and Yukiho Kosaka practicing poses.
  • Honoka Kosaka, Umi Sonoda, and Minami Kotori watched a recording of μ's's last performance with Hanayo.
  • The three μ's members described their own insecurities and invited Hanayo to try becoming a school idol, asking her to think it over.

Ch. 62Love Live! and Kamen Rider Chapter 62

Senba Gari learned that Divine’s power, Elemental Change, let him borrow surrounding elements through his forms, then returned home as strange dismemberment cases spread along the docks. Hanayo Koizumi considered Honoka Kosaka’s encouragement to pursue idol activities, and the chapter ended with her being called on in class.

  • Maki Nishikino, Rin Hoshizora, and Hanayo Koizumi each revisited memories of singing and wearing dresses.
  • Senba Gari adapted to the Flood Dragon’s attacks, used Fenrir’s shadow affinity and Unicorn’s wind powers to defeat it, and learned that Divine fought by borrowing surrounding elements.
  • After Senba Gari left, Garuda and the Flood Dragon argued, and their impending clash alarmed Unicorn, Fenrir, and Diamond.
  • Senba Gari woke feeling alternating heat and cold, learned from Silver Phantom about dismemberment cases near docks, and ordered it to investigate the next likely location.
  • Hanayo Koizumi recalled Honoka Kosaka’s encouragement to try becoming an idol, then was called on by her teacher to read aloud.

Ch. 63Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Hanayo Koizumi overcame her hesitation and joined μ's after Rin Hoshizora and Maki Nishikino encouraged her. Later, Senba Gari encountered a powerful fish at the dock and prepared to transform as a red dot approached on his radar.

  • Maki Nishikino coached Hanayo Koizumi through singing exercises, while Rin Hoshizora urged her to tell the upperclassmen she wanted to become an idol.
  • Rin Hoshizora and Maki Nishikino argued over who should take Hanayo Koizumi to meet μ's, delaying her application until dusk.
  • Encouraged by Rin Hoshizora and Maki Nishikino, Hanayo Koizumi introduced herself and asked to join μ's, and Honoka Kosaka welcomed her.
  • Umi Sonoda and Minami Kotori invited Rin Hoshizora and Maki Nishikino to join μ's as well.
  • At a dock, Senba Gari noticed a red dot approaching on Silver Phantom's radar and hooked a powerful fish.
  • Senba Gari used the Divine KingKong form card in the Beast Soul Driver and began manifesting vehicle armor.

Ch. 64Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Senba Gari defeated a crocodile Mlortha underwater using his Divine Flooddragon form, while new allies and enemies converged around him. The chapter ended with Senba joining the girls' early-morning shrine practice and watching Rin Hoshizora tease Maki Nishikino.

  • Senba Gari used his Divine KingKong form to haul a crocodile Mlortha from the water, but it escaped into the sea.
  • Senba Gari changed into Divine Flooddragon, crafted the Frost Dragon Staff, and defeated the crocodile Mlortha with Frost Dragon Wave Breaker.
  • Shotaro Hidari and Philip visited Shinnosuke Tomari, warning that another key was coming; a mysterious master learned Senba Gari had ties to a lost family and the Takai Family.
  • Takai Geki learned Senba Gari was Divine and planned to stay at his home when he arrived.
  • Senba Gari went to early-morning shrine practice and met Rin Hoshizora, Maki Nishikino, and Hanayo Koizumi, who was wearing contact lenses.
  • Rin Hoshizora playfully teased Maki Nishikino by repeatedly chanting her name, while Senba Gari watched and joked with Hanayo Koizumi.

Ch. 65Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Hanayo noticed the group’s affection levels rising, while a mysterious girl began targeting μ's and telling them to disband. After rain interrupted the group’s practice, the members postponed training and faced the problem of finding an indoor place to rehearse.

  • Hanayo smiled as μ's affection levels rose, and someone in a dim room typed a message saying the girls would not be ready to become idols for ten years.
  • A disguised girl ambushed Honoka during morning training, flicked her forehead, and ordered μ's to disband before running away.
  • After school, Honoka welcomed the group’s new six-member lineup, and the others discussed the girl who had confronted her.
  • Rain interrupted practice on the rooftop, and Senba persuaded the group to take the day off.
  • Umi explained that the gym and auditorium were occupied, while Maki worried about where μ's could practice next.

Ch. 66Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Yazawa Nico secretly watched μ's and criticized their idol efforts before Honoka Kosaka and the others tried to establish a club. The student council rejected their application because the Idol Research Club already existed, and the group discovered that Nico was its president.

  • Nozomi Tojo and Yazawa Nico watched Maki Nishikino leave, and Nico showed jealousy toward the girls who kept pursuing school idols.
  • Yazawa Nico eavesdropped on μ's at a fast-food restaurant, stole their fries and hamburger, then told them to disband because they lacked idol awareness.
  • Senba Gari explained that Nico admired school idols but did not yet acknowledge μ's, reminding Honoka Kosaka that she had met Nico at UTX.
  • The next day, Eli Ayase rejected μ's application because the school already had an Idol Research Club, while Nozomi Tojo suggested they speak with its members and see its clubroom.
  • Honoka Kosaka and the others found Yazawa Nico at the Idol Research Club and realized she was its president.

Ch. 67Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Yazawa Nico chased Honoka Kosaka and the others away from the Idol Research Club room before reluctantly letting them inside. She rejected μ's request to use the club name, insisting they first develop idol personas, then drove them out after demonstrating her own.

  • Yazawa Nico fled through a window, but Rin Hoshizora and Senba Gari chased her until she ran into the animal shed and fainted.
  • Yazawa Nico let Honoka Kosaka, Rin Hoshizora, Senba Gari, and the others into her idol-filled clubroom, where Hanayo Koizumi excitedly recognized a rare idol DVD collection.
  • Honoka Kosaka told Yazawa Nico that they were forming a school idol group and wanted to act as μ's, but Yazawa refused their request.
  • Yazawa Nico explained that idols needed well-crafted character personas and performed her exaggerated Nico Nico Ni routine as an example.
  • After the others reacted to her performance and Honoka Kosaka tried to create a persona, Yazawa Nico dragged everyone out and locked herself in the room.

Ch. 68Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Honoka Kosaka and the others welcomed Yazawa Nico into μ's by persuading her that the group would take idols seriously. With the rain clearing, Nico began leading the members in rooftop practice, while Senba Gari photographed their antics.

  • Nozomi Tojo told Honoka Kosaka, Umi Sonoda, and Minami Kotori that Nico had once led a school idol group that fell apart when its members could not keep up with her ambitions.
  • Honoka Kosaka spotted Nico watching them and devised a plan inspired by how she had once invited a timid Umi to play with her and Kotori.
  • μ's staged a welcome for Nico, treating her as their club president and asking for her advice until she agreed to join them.
  • The members submitted their applications to the student council, and the rain stopped as Eli and Nozomi watched the clouds part.
  • Nico ordered the six members to commit themselves to idol life and led them in rooftop practice while Senba Gari took pictures of Maki Nishikino.

Ch. 69Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Senba Gari filmed μ's members during practice, while Divine and Silver Phantom investigated a growing swarm of ant Mlortha and located the hidden ant queen. Later, Nozomi Tojo and Rin Hoshizora made a club promotional video that exposed embarrassing footage of Honoka Kosaka and Umi Sonoda, leaving the club to review the recordings for problems.

  • Senba Gari persuaded the μ's members to repeat their pose for his camera and captured Yazawa Nico wiping away tears before she rallied the group to perform again.
  • Divine and Silver Phantom fought ant Mlortha in Kanda and learned that the creatures were searching for an ant queen whose location their detection could not find.
  • Inside an abandoned industrial plant, the ant queen laid eggs that hatched into more ant Mlortha.
  • Rin Hoshizora and Nozomi Tojo filmed μ's for a student council promotional video, and Honoka Kosaka and Minami Kotori persuaded Umi Sonoda to write a new song for a PV.
  • Nozomi Tojo showed the Idol Research Club footage of Honoka Kosaka sleeping in class and Umi Sonoda practicing a smile, embarrassing both girls.
  • Honoka Kosaka opened Minami Kotori's schoolbag, but Minami Kotori hid it before she could see inside; Nozomi Tojo said the clubs would review the recordings for problems.

Ch. 70Love Live! and Kamen Rider

μ's filmed interviews and practiced their choreography as Senba Gari left to investigate a powerful Mlortha reaction. The chapter ended with Maki Nishikino asking Nozomi Tojo why the group’s leader was not directing practice.

  • Yazawa Nico showed the group her gentle, long-haired persona, then found that everyone had left while she was performing it.
  • Medusa injected a black crystal into the ant queen Mlortha, accelerating its egg-laying and making the nearby ants riot.
  • Nozomi Tojo and Rin Hoshizora filmed Hanayo Koizumi and Maki Nishikino, while Honoka Kosaka, Minami Kotori, and Senba Gari disrupted the interview with jokes.
  • Silver Phantom warned Senba Gari of a strong Mlortha reaction, so he left to investigate the ant queen.
  • Umi Sonoda led μ's through rooftop dance practice, correcting the members as Nozomi Tojo filmed them.
  • After the group took a break, Maki Nishikino asked Nozomi Tojo why the leader usually did not direct practice.

Ch. 71Love Live! and Kamen Rider Chapter 71

Divine and Silver Phantom battled a massive Mlortha swarm at the abandoned factory, but Divine exhausted himself before he could reach the queen. Takai Geki and other senior Riders arrived to help, leaving the fight poised to continue.

  • Senba Gari returned to the abandoned factory with Silver Phantom, transformed into Divine Flood Dragon, and summoned the Frost Dragon Staff.
  • Divine and Silver Phantom fought through the ant and flying-ant Mlortha, changing Divine into Fenrir and Unicorn forms as they attacked the swarm.
  • Divine targeted the egg-laying queen with the Wind Bow, but the Mlortha swarm shielded her and Divine collapsed from exhausting his spiritual power.
  • Divine changed into KingKong form and raised earthen walls to protect himself and Silver Phantom from the swarm's formic acid.
  • Takai Geki and the other Riders broke through the factory wall and arrived to aid Divine.
  • Takai Geki and Divine recognized each other, while Shotaro Hidari and Shinnosuke Tomari prepared to transform and join the fight.

Ch. 72Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Shotaro Hidari, Philip, Shinnosuke Tomari, Gentaro Kisaragi, and Haruto Soma transformed into Kamen Riders and joined the fight against the Mlortha swarm. Takai Geki also transformed into Spirit and replenished Divine’s spiritual power, allowing Divine to change into his Garuda armor as the battle resumed.

  • Shotaro Hidari and Philip transformed into Kamen Rider W, while Shinnosuke Tomari became Drive, Gentaro Kisaragi became Fourze, and Haruto Soma became Wizard.
  • Divine recognized the newcomers as Kamen Riders, and Takai Geki revealed that Spirit could fight alongside them before transforming into his White Tiger armor.
  • Divine accused Spirit of having harassed Alaya, and Spirit admitted that he had patted and hugged her until Alaya and Gaia beat him up.
  • Spirit transferred spiritual power to Divine, who changed into his Garuda armor and destroyed a flying Mlortha with a flaming kick.
  • Drive, W, Fourze, and Wizard attacked the Mlortha swarm using their weapons and alternate forms, while Wizard enlarged his hand to sweep through the enemies.

Ch. 73Love Live! and Kamen Rider

W, Fourze, Divine, and Spirit defeated the Mlortha swarm by combining their attacks against its queen, then Senba Gari and Takai Geki received ancient stone boxes containing Beast Soul Bracelets. A man in black secretly collected a dark crystal from the battlefield, while the heroes began explaining the bracelets to the two newcomers.

  • W and Fourze failed to reach the queen Mlortha with their finishers, so Divine and Spirit changed forms and coordinated their attacks to expose it.
  • Divine struck down the queen, ending the ant swarm and weakening Senba Gari; a man in black then sealed the dark crystal left behind and reported to his family head.
  • Senba Gari, Takai Geki, and the others went to Shinnosuke Tomari's home, where they met Haruto Soma and Gentaro Kisaragi.
  • Shinnosuke presented Senba Gari and Takai Geki with two ancient stone boxes that only they could open.
  • Senba Gari and Takai Geki opened the boxes and found a silver bracelet with golden patterns inside each one.

Ch. 74Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Senba Gari and Takai Geki learned that they were the only ones capable of destroying Yamata no Orochi, while Gari questioned whether they could succeed. The next day, Gari advised μ's to choose their own leader, and Nico proposed a karaoke contest to decide who would become leader and center.

  • Philip explained that the merged worlds and the conflict between the heroes had been caused by Yamata no Orochi, and said Divine and Spirit were the only ones who could destroy it.
  • At Gari's house, Gari worried that he and Geki could not defeat Yamata no Orochi, but Geki knocked him on the head to encourage him and asked to stay over.
  • At the Idol Research Club, Gari refused to name a leader for μ's and advised the members to decide for themselves.
  • Nico proposed Umi as leader, but Umi hesitated and Honoka readily accepted giving up the position.
  • After the members struggled to choose a leader, Nico took them to karaoke and proposed deciding the leader and center through a singing and dancing contest.

Ch. 75Love Live! and Kamen Rider

Yazawa Nico tried to prove she deserved to lead μ's by testing everyone’s singing, dancing, and ability to hand out flyers, but the members’ results stayed evenly matched. Honoka Kosaka proposed having no Leader or Center and creating a song where all seven members took turns singing; everyone agreed and headed to the rooftop to practice.

  • Yazawa Nico challenged the members to karaoke and dance contests, but Umi Sonoda scored 93 in singing and Rin Hoshizora earned the top dance rating with an AA.
  • Yazawa Nico organized a flyer-distribution contest to judge the members’ presence, but Minami Kotori handed out all her flyers while Nico was left with a large stack.
  • The members compared their results in the clubroom and found that their overall scores were about even, leaving them unable to choose a Leader.
  • Honoka Kosaka suggested the group could perform without a Leader or Center by taking turns singing, and Umi Sonoda, Maki Nishikino, and Minami Kotori agreed they could write the lyrics, compose the music, and choreograph it.
  • Yazawa Nico accepted the plan after insisting on a flashy part, and the members went to the rooftop to start practicing.
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