Talk:Episode 40 - Believe it/@comment-34942882-20190117101233/@comment-34942882-20190117205915

For those two figures, I came across some thoughts as to who they might be:

_Previous Diamond Friends: This is the most likely case. Those two were definitely strong, and LMT probably lost to them at least once. Maybe LMT was not able to beat those two at all. Those two are now either retired, or dead. In any case, that memory wasn't pleasant for Karen.

_Previous big rival: Well, this is more on the line that the last time LMT went all out, it caused their rival to quit Aikatsu altogether, which explains the mike on the floor. Karen was afraid of repeating history.

_LMT's predecessor: Maybe those two tried something similar to the Love Me Zone, and something terrible happened to them. This is another way to explain Karen's demeanor. Extremely unlikely though.

I think only the first thought has a small chance of being true.

On a related note, see the uniform of those two, maybe that is a glimpse of a possible new school in the second season.