I Was Dreaming

I Was Dreaming (夢見ていた) is the sixth episode of the ''Love Live! Superstar!!'' anime series. It aired on September 5, 2021.

Summary
Chisato and Kanon were childhood friends and both were good friends even when they grew up. Chisato is a good dancer in the music program students. Her dancing tournament was not so far, so she needed to pracice everytime. While on the other side, Kanon and the others were in the island and getting ready for the show. After getting to their daily practice, they were about to eat. And Tang Keke cooked while she also messed with it. Then Sumire Heanna was a professional cooker. At night when they were having fun, Kanon thought to talk to Chisato. After talking they both had their desicions that they would continue without having each other. But just before some minutes before the tournament of Chisato, Kanon arrive in the school. Then Chisato said her, that she wants something to do that Kanon can't and would help her out with that. But, she went to the principal and showed up her the transfer certificate to general curriculum and it was accepted. So she continued being a school idol and both sang out together in the show.

Cast

 * Sayuri Date as Kanon Shibuya
 * Liyuu as Keke Tang
 * Nako Misaki as Chisato Arashi
 * Naomi Payton as Sumire Heanna
 * Nagisa Aoyama as Ren Hazuki

Notes & Trivia



 * NHK-E broadcast exclusive End Card: Chisato Arashi
 * The episode is delayed from airing due to NHK's Paralympics coverage.
 * One of the female bullies resembles Ren Hazuki. Whether the said character was her is unknown, as she is voiced by someone else instead of Nagisa Aoyama.
 * The episode also reveals that Sumire possesses culinary skills.

Callbacks to previous Love Live! Series

 * Like Setsuna Yuki, Lanzhu Zhong, and Mia Taylor; Keke is shown to lack cooking skills, as she failed to cook dumplings, roast pork, and a crab.
 * Kanon runs towards Chisato from afar in a similar vein to Honoka running towards Kotori in Muse's Music Start!.
 * Like "μ's Music Start!", "Aye-aye, My Friend", and "Everyone's Dream, My Dream", this episode features a moment between childhood friends, though the episode does it earlier than the usual.
 * Chisato's jumping pose on her poster is similar to Kanon's in the CD Cover for Mirai Yohou Hallelujah!.
 * Figures of Kanon, Chisato, Keke and Sumire were drawn along the shore similar to Love Live! Sunshine!!.

Continuity Notes

 * The episode continues from Passion Island.
 * Despite her previous training, Keke still lacks her stamina.

Errors & Goofs

 * 00:48 A young girl is raising her ties above her head, however in the next scene she only raised her hand above her shoulder.
 * 07:16 Chopping is not properly animated, part of the food overlapped Sumire's hand in one frame.
 * 07:29 Kanon's legs switched instantenous upon standing up.
 * 10:38, 11:16, 11:31 Kanon leans on the side of the wall from where she originally stood.
 * 10:55 Swing set appears too close to the ground.
 * 11:50, 11:51 Two frames had her left ear not shaded properly and another one was cut off.
 * 12:03 Some inconsistent animations as Ren walks off towards Chisato.
 * 12:15 Chisato paused for a moment as she turns around.
 * 12:41 A hinge on the back door disappered despite its presence in earlier scenes.
 * 12:52 Door latch appears not carved on the frame.
 * 15:58, 16:10 Lightning equipments weren't displayed and erroneously showed up upon lighting the stage.
 * 16:13 Keke's phone was placed behind Sumire instead on front.
 * 16:40 Left shoe is unfilled; the last frame was switched.
 * 16:45 Chisato's worried expressions is changed to smiling.
 * 17:42 Her relief is changed to deeply regret.
 * The preview of the next episode explicitly reveals that Chisato is already wearing her general curriculum uniform.

Changes in the BD/DVD Release
TBA