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.

Cast

 * 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

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.