Talk:Episode 49 - The Last Chapter of the Legend/@comment-34942882-20190321103400/@comment-29742182-20190321135425

The thing with Mizuki being the Starlight Queen was that she was at the same time the Top Idol in the Aikatsu Ranking, so the title "Starlight Queen" became even more Glorified when in fact it only meant the winner was the top performing Idol at Starlight school. I don't think it had anything to do specifically with Otome, Sakura and Akari winning the title.

Had Ichigo still been qualified to enter the contest, I'm sure she would have won the Starlight Queen title and kept it for years like Mizuki. The Starlight Queen title wouldn't have lost its relevance.

But I do agree that it feels like LMT is still the Diamond Friends despite PP winning the cup. This is a shared problem with Aikatsu Stars- it felt weird having Yume defeat Hime and even Elza. I personally think it's the writers to blame for the weird timeline and progress. The original Aikatsu had Ichigo's character build up into an idol worthy of beating the OP Mizuki, most of the fans thought "Finally!" whilst with AiStars and AiFriends, it just felt rush.