UR Ren Hazuki

UR Ren Hazuki (UR 葉月恋) is the seventh episode for the 2nd season of the ''Love Live! Superstar!!'' anime series. It aired on August 28, 2022.

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
 * Nozomi Suzuhara as Kinako Sakurakoji
 * Akane Yabushima as Mei Yoneme
 * Wakana Ookuma as Shiki Wakana
 * Aya Emori as Natsumi Onitsuka

Members of Liella!

 * 1) Keke Tang
 * 2) Kanon Shibuya
 * 3) Sumire Heanna
 * 4) Chisato Arashi
 * 5) Ren Hazuki
 * 6) Kinako Sakurakoji
 * 7) Mei Yoneme
 * 8) Shiki Wakana
 * 9) Natsumi Onitsuka

Notes & Trivia

 * NHK-E broadcast exclusive End Card: Ren Hazuki
 * This episode...
 * Is the first to feature a cold opening, with the "Previously on Love Live! Superstar!!" quick recap being played after the opening intro.
 * Also reveals that Ren's father is sending various game consoles to her daughter, implying that he works at a shop that sells them.
 * The "UR" in the episode name refers to the UR rarity in the mobile game, Love Live! School idol festival.
 * Ironically, the card title for the episode name has the UR icon from the mobile game.

Callbacks to previous Love Live! series

 * Ren continues the tradition of being a rather dorky student council president.
 * Kanon's encounter with Ren is very similar to how Nana Nakagawa did to Yu Takasaki in Shout Out Your Love.

Continuity Notes

 * Ren continues to adapt technology by playing various game consoles.
 * After Ren's father had donated the money to keep Yuigaoka going, the Hazuki household's poverty status might have been averted, given that he keeps sending video game consoles to his daughter.

Errors & Goofs

 * Continuity Errors: Despite being mentioned as one of the major issues by Ren herself, the household's financial stability seems to be returned to status quo, as it was shown that her father kept sending video game consoles to her.
 * The mobile game that Ren is playing has selection promt pointing at "Continue" despite the phone has no buttons at all (though it is believed that Ren is playing an emulator).

Changes in the BD/DVD release
TBA