Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

μ's learned about the upcoming Love Live! school idol competition and discovered that their ranking had risen enough to place them on a list of strongly recommended idols. Maki Nishikino explained that the attention followed their new PV, and the group prepared to practice as someone arrived on the rooftop.

• Honoka Kosaka reached the rooftop room and called for everyone to begin, while Nozomi Tojo told Eli that μ's needed her guidance.
• Hanayo Koizumi rushed into the clubroom and announced that Love Live! was being held, then explained that the top twenty ranked groups could perform.
• Honoka Kosaka urged μ's to aim for the competition, and Umi Sonoda checked their ranking on the group's webpage.
• The members saw that μ's had risen onto the strongly recommended idols list and read excited comments about their new song and seven members.
• Maki Nishikino explained that students from another school had begun approaching her for photos after the PV was released.
• Rin Hoshizora teased Maki Nishikino about accepting a photo, and Maki struck Rin on the forehead before the rooftop door opened.

μ's sought permission to enter LoveLive, and Kotori Minami approved their application on the condition that every member pass her finals. The group began studying after Honoka Kosaka, Rin Hoshizora, and Yazawa Nico revealed their academic struggles.

• Yazawa Nico announced that the school idol festival would be held that summer, and μ's decided to apply for LoveLive.
• Maki Nishikino proposed asking chairwoman Kotori Minami directly after the group anticipated Eli Ayase would reject their request.
• Kotori Minami approved μ's participation in LoveLive, but required every member to pass their finals.
• Honoka Kosaka and Rin Hoshizora apologized to the group for their weak math and English skills.
• Maki Nishikino scolded Rin Hoshizora for dismissing English, while Senba Gari pointed out that Yazawa Nico was holding her math book upside down.

Senba Gari left μ's chaotic tutoring session and ran into Arisa Ayase, whose affectionate greeting made Eli Ayase mistake him for a threat to her sister. The chapter ended with Senba restraining an angry Eli in a compromising-looking position as Umi pointed out that others were watching.

• The μ's members assigned tutoring duties, and Nozomi Tojo took charge of Yazawa Nico while Senba Gari received a call from Takai Geki about a serious incident involving strange tracks and hair.
• During tutoring, Rin Hoshizora and Honoka Kosaka tried to evade their lessons, while Nozomi Tojo used her teasing methods to make Yazawa Nico study.
• Senba Gari left Otonokizaka and encountered Arisa Ayase, who ran over and hugged him excitedly.
• Eli Ayase saw Arisa hugging Senba Gari and accused him of harassing her sister, then attacked him.
• Senba Gari caught Eli's punch and pinned her arm behind her back, and Umi Sonoda warned them that their position looked suggestive to onlookers.

Senba Gari parted awkwardly from Arisa Ayase, then discovered that a black sedan was following him and evaded it. He met Takai Geki at a hotel to investigate a matter involving celebrity Wako Hirota, while the pursuers’ leader, Tsuchimikado Kan, plotted to seize their power.

• Senba Gari left Arisa Ayase without telling her his name, and a black sedan began tailing him.
• Umi Sonoda and Eli Ayase discussed μ's, but Eli rejected school idols and refused to approve of the group.
• Senba Gari confirmed the sedan was following him and escaped down a narrow road, while Tsuchimikado Kan ordered an investigation into Senba Gari and the Takai Family boy.
• Takai Geki brought Senba Gari to meet Wako Hirota and Mr. Sakamoto at a hotel about a case Senba Gari was expected to resolve.
• Takai Geki teased Senba Gari about smelling like a little loli, so Senba Gari knocked him unconscious before asking Wako Hirota where the crime scene was.

Senba Gari and Takai Geki guarded Wako Hirota, then followed Shadow Dog to a grove where they encountered the injured Mlortha and six Tsuchimikado Family fighters. Divine and Spirit fought Heavenly God Fang and the Yin-Yang Guards, while Mlortha remained trapped nearby.

• Senba Gari and Takai Geki agreed to stay at Wako Hirota’s residence and used Shadow Dog to guard the room with fur from the crime scene.
• Senba Gari explained the ancient writing on the Beast Soul Bracelet’s stone boxes, describing the balance between light and darkness and the powers of humans and beasts.
• Shadow Dog detected danger, and Senba Gari and Takai Geki transformed into Divine and Spirit before confronting the injured Mlortha in a grove.
• A talisman thrown by an unseen attacker exploded, and Heavenly God Fang arrived with five Yin-Yang Guards, revealing the Tsuchimikado Family’s interest in Divine and Spirit’s Beast Soul Drivers.
• Heavenly God Fang attacked Divine with a steel-enhanced fan while the Yin-Yang Guards surrounded Spirit, who fought back with his Vine Dragon Staffs.
• Heavenly God Fang ignited his fan and threw it at Divine, who deflected it toward the trapped Mlortha.