Talk:Episode 67 - From Mirai, to the Future!/@comment-24848025-20190727075747

I still think at this point that Wakaba will be the new Protagonist replacing Aine & Mio next season. This is like - the early preview of Wakaba in much the same way we got the early previews of Akari during the original Aikatsu.

The biggest tell I still see why I think this way is because we haven't seen Wakaba's friend partner yet. While Kozue is a cutie, BNP has pretty much turned her into a background character - and remember that Wakaba has to be some number of years (likely 3 years) younger then Aine/Mio since she was a little girl during Season 1. Her grade would likely be a first year in Middle School - so her taking over Protagonist role next year would line up to being the same age as Mio at the start of Season 1 if she were to enter Star Harmony next year. Heck, her partner could possibly be Momone. BNP is building up the storylines for next year already, so it's exciting times right now.