User blog comment:Dorayaki/Your expectation for Aikatsu Friends?/@comment-34297502-20180209220056

Here are my personal expectations for the new series:

1) More diverse brands: We always have the usual brands: Main cute brand, sideline cool brand, improved spicy ageha brand, some fruity tropical or 'something related' to pop brand then multiple brands that share brand types with those above. As for brands with international muses, they are always from some peaceful places like Finland, New Zealand, etc. What about an exotic Caribbean country? Doesn't Sangria Rose ring a bell? How about trying maybe Zimbabwe or even someplace we would never expect? Even brand concepts that don't have to do with a place like Futuring Girl or Royal Sword even Pripara had a sporty pop brand. The brands are so important to the series and I would like to see different aspects of the brand types.

2) Better progression auras (that's if it will be used in Friends!): Some of the Stars! charcters previous auras were better than their current auras. I really do not appreciate the fact that more effort is put in for some characters and not the rest. I know it's hard to focus on every single detail of all the characters, but at least make the auras feel like a progression and not a regression.

3) Less song repeats: I like what they did with using duos like Yume and Aria or Rei and Lily. Even songs with people of different brand types can be used in my opinion.

5) MC treatment: We usually know who will be the main character by the op introduction used before an episode starts. Now that I've seen that both Aine and Mio are in the op, it makes me feel nervous. Will there be equal involvement of both characters in the series or is it mostly going to be centered on Aine?

In the end, there will be issues with the new series I just hope they aren't the major ones.

Edit: 6) Song Contribution: Just thought of this and I know that most likely it won't happen but I would like to see the idols take part more in the writing of the songs themselves I guess like writing the songs or contributing ideas on what they want the songs to embody for their performances