Talk:Episode 42 - The Miracle of Friends' Power/@comment-34942882-20190131101542/@comment-24848025-20190131102721

PP has always relied on their friends - that is not new. The end of the last episode shows that LMT while they have a lot of fans, they're not particularly as close to them as PP are to their fans.

That said, it's not surprising that the winner is ALWAYS the one who performs last, and it'll always be that way because the end of the major cups have to have the biggest as possible high for the main characters. (Who usually perform last.)

And in this case, that is especially true with 2nd season coming with a 2-year timeskip. On top of that, we'll really not see LMT all that much anymore since their VA's will be probably super busy with Idolmaster & Bang Dream on top of their solo Anisong activities doing OP/EDs for other shows.

As for the performances - honestly that is all down to the songs really. PP's song is just not as good as LMT's song - so the blame for that could go to Lantis.

That said, the ending did feel kinda flat -- as if it was rushed a bit. I wish they slowed the pace at the end and pushed the stuff like Aine's Twitter account and Mio getting Business Cards to the next episode and had dialed up more drama during the results.

Alas, this is a kids show. /shrug