The Memory of Dreams

The Memory of Dreams (夢の記憶) is the seventh episode of ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club's'' second season. It aired on May 14, 2022.

Summary
The episode begins with a flashback. Kaoruko Mifune sobs that she will be leaving the club. We see young Shioriko Mifune in tears at this declaration. Back in the present, Nijigasaki is meeting up with the Shion High School idols. They show them photos of idols from years ago. Kaoruko is one of those idols. Kaoruko comes up and explains that they disbanded, and that Shioriko wanted to be a school idol before that. They run up to Shioriko, and ask her if she wants to be a school idol. Shioriko politely declines, saying that she doesn't want regrets. They take her to the stage where her sister preformed, and she still doesn't wish to be one. Kaoruko appeared, and said that even though she'd failed, she still had no regrets. Shioriko decided to move forward, and preformed EMOTION.

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

 * This episode...
 * Marks the first animated appearance of Shioriko and Kaoruko's younger selves.

Callbacks to previous Love Live! Series

 * During Shioriko's performance, a feather appears with the key Shioriko finds. This is a callback to Love Live!, where the feather appears various times. It also appears in Sunshine!! and Superstar!!.

Differences from the ALL STARS game

 * In the game, Kaoruko was a founder of the School Idol Festival, much like Yu Takasaki being a founder of the reformed School Idol Club. In the anime, Kaoruko was a student of Shion Girls Academy, and a member of an unnamed school idol group prior to their disbandment.

Errors & Goofs

 * 07:58 In the Japanese dub, Sakuya's voice was suddenly omitted.