User blog comment:Dorayaki/Your expectation for Aikatsu Friends?/@comment-32451909-20180210185905

I mostly agree with everything else said so far, but one thing that I would like to add on is that I'm hoping that a rival school will appear. Usually, rival schools introduce more skilled idols, which usually leads to more introduction of coords and brands. Also, it's interesting that the term "Friends" is given to any unit consists of two members. In past series, such titles didn't exist and there was just the unit names. This series might contain more unit performances than solo performances considering that you have to pair up with someone to become Diamond Friends. This is different from the past Aikatsu series because the Starlight Queen Cup could only have one winner, the Aikatsu Ranking Tournament also only can only one winner. Diamond Friends is a title for two idols, and not one, so teamwork must be very important for idols in this series.