Dreamland Is Now Open!↑↑（＊'▽'）

Dreamland Is Now Open!↑↑（＊'▽'） (開幕!ドリームランド↑↑（＊'▽'）) is the fifth episode of the ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2'' anime series. It aired on April 30, 2022.

Summary
Yu wakes up, with Ayumu by her side. Yu decides to meet up with Shizuku. Ayumu gets confused, so she follows them. Setsuna joins in too. While the duo are on the bus, Shizuku explains that she's trying to make a play with her, Setsuna, and Ayumu but she doesn't know which way to go. They later go to a school idol showcase, where Ayumu and Setsuna show themselves. After a while, they see Lanzhu. Lanzhu goes up to them and talks to them.

Cast

 * Japanese
 * Hinaki Yano as Yu Takasaki
 * Aguri Onishi as Ayumu Uehara
 * Mayu Sagara as Kasumi Nakasu
 * Kaori Maeda as Shizuku Osaka
 * Miyu Kubota as Karin Asaka
 * Natsumi Murakami as Ai Miyashita
 * Akari Kito as Kanata Konoe
 * Tomori Kusunoki as Setsuna Yuki
 * Maria Sashide as Emma Verde
 * Chiemi Tanaka as Rina Tennoji
 * Moeka Koizumi as Shioriko Mifune
 * Shu Uchida as Mia Taylor
 * Akina Homoto as Lanzhu Zhong
 * English
 * Madeline Dorroh as Yu Takasaki
 * Suzie Yeung as Ayumu Uehara
 * Kayli Mills as Kasumi Nakasu
 * Jill Harris as Shizuku Osaka
 * Shara Kirby as Karin Asaka
 * Daisy Guevara as Ai Miyashita
 * Lindsay Seidel as Kanata Konoe
 * Laura Stahl as Setsuna Yuki
 * Lisa Reimold as Emma Verde
 * Hayden Daviau as Rina Tennoji
 * Caitlin Myers as Shioriko Mifune
 * Lindsay Sheppard as Mia Taylor
 * Courtney Lin as Lanzhu Zhong

Trivia

 * The episode serves as the anime's origin story for A・ZU・NA.
 * In the episode, a reference to DokiDoki PreCure! was shown, with a hero show.

Callbacks to previous Love Live! Series

 * Ayumu stalks Yu in the same way she stalks the player in the ALL STARS video game.
 * Continuing tradition, Shizuku is implied to have some Yuri-based fantasies when she's writing a script (a Beauty and a Beast-themed) for Ayumu and Setsuna.
 * One of the words for the "Galaxy Shojo Squad / Tokimeki Rainbow" title is a reference to "SHO☆JO", one of the submitted names for A・ZU・NA.
 * When Ayumu, Yu, Setsuna, and Shizuku were all together at the school idol exhibit:
 * The trophy that appeared in the first Love Live! anime series made an appearance.
 * The victory flag that appeared in the Love Live! and Love Live! Sunshine!! anime series made an appearance.

Continuity Notes

 * The magical girl show Setsuna mentioned in The Uncharted Path appears as "Galaxy Shojo Squad / Tokimeki Rainbow".
 * Ayumu shows her reaction to Yu clinging to Setsuna on the rollercoaster since her reaction to both of them in Summer Begins.
 * The rhodanthe flowers from Blossoming Feelings made a reappearance at the end of the episode.

Error & Goofs

 * 21:25 Ayumu's dark shades around her shoulder wasn't applied.