Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond

Haruka, Kanata, and Beyond (ハルカカナタ) is the seventh episode of the ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' anime series. It was aired on November 14, 2020.

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
 * Kaede Hondo as Haruka Konoe
 * Manaka Iwami as Christina
 * Sayaka Senbongi as Kasane Hasekura

Trivia

 * Callbacks to previous Love Live! series:
 * Like Honoka, Haruka Konoe plans to quit as a School Idol. Unlike the former, Haruka did this for the sake of her sister's health.
 * This episode marks the very first animated appearance of the Shinonome Academy school idols, including Haruka Konoe.
 * Only two of the characters, Christina and Kasane, are newly voiced.
 * Kaede Hondo reprised her role as Haruka from Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS.
 * Haruka's cup has a pair of Pocky sticks printed on it. This is also a nod to Pocky Day, an event celebrated at November 11 every year, which ironically is also Haruka's birthday.
 * If you look closely on Ayumu during Haruka and Yu's interaction, her expression slightly changes, showing signs of her clinginess.
 * The episode also downplays Kanata's drowsiness (which is one of her charm points during her very first introduction), as her sister Haruka points out that she will potentially die from karoshi (death by overwork).
 * The shopping mall at the beginning is named "SOROR", which translates as Sister in Latin.
 * Setsuna continues to use her original Nana Nakagawa identity even though she eventually accepted her new alter ego since Shout Out Your Love.
 * Haruka's inability to properly cook is a callback to the School Idol Festival game.
 * The Fluffy Blueberry Milk Bread Roll from the Kasumi's Bread Roll Campaign made an appearance.

Differences from the ALL-STARS game

 * Unlike in the game, where Rina has her board up all the time and uses only that to talk, she is able to pull her board up at will and seems fine to talk without it.

Changes in the BD/DVD release

 * Shizuku was added during training with Kanata and Ai whereas in the TV broadcast, she's not present in the training.