Aim for Victory

Aim for Victory (優勝をめざして) is the second episode of the Love Live! School idol project Season 2 anime series. It was aired on April 13, 2014.

Summary
A new rule in which contestants in the preliminary rounds must perform songs that have not yet debuted is introduced to Love Live!, so μ's decide to hold another training camp at one of Maki's villas in the mountains in order to come up with a new song. As Maki, Umi, and Kotori find themselves in a creative slump because of the pressure, the rest of the girls form camp groups of three to help them come up with music, lyrics, and costumes, but they still have trouble keeping focused. However, after hearing some encouragement from their friends, Maki, Umi, and Kotori gain the drive to come up with a new song overnight.

Cast

 * Japanese
 * Emi Nitta as Honoka Kosaka
 * Yoshino Nanjo as Eli Ayase
 * Aya Uchida as Kotori Minami
 * Suzuko Mimori as Umi Sonoda
 * Riho Iida as Rin Hoshizora
 * Pile as Maki Nishikino
 * Aina Kusuda as Nozomi Tojo
 * Yurika Kubo as Hanayo Koizumi
 * Sora Tokui as Nico Yazawa


 * English
 * Marieve Herington as Honoka Kosaka
 * Erica Lindbeck as Eli Ayase
 * Cristina Vee as Kotori Minami
 * Kira Buckland as Umi Sonoda
 * Faye Mata as Rin Hoshizora
 * Caitlin Glass as Maki Nishikino
 * Laura Post as Nozomi Tojo
 * Xanthe Huynh as Hanayo Koizumi
 * Erica Mendez as Nico Yazawa

Members of μ's

 * 1) Honoka Kosaka
 * 2) Eli Ayase
 * 3) Kotori Minami
 * 4) Umi Sonoda
 * 5) Rin Hoshizora
 * 6) Maki Nishikino
 * 7) Hanayo Koizumi
 * 8) Nozomi Tojo
 * 9) Nico Yazawa

Trivia

 * Ending Credits character appearance: Honoka Kosaka
 * Each of the teams that were divided by Eli are the same groupings of the μ’s sub-units (Printemps on costume design, lily white on lyrics, and BiBi on music composition).
 * Although not appearing physically, Maki's father is mentioned in the Anime since his debut in Maki's chapter in School Idol Diary.