Wonder Zone


 * This article is about the episode. For other uses, see Wonder zone (disambiguation).

Wonder Zone (ワンダーゾーン) is the ninth episode of the ''Love Live! School idol project'' anime series. It was aired on March 3, 2013. There is a new insert song, entitled "Wonder zone."

Summary
After μ's performance during the open day, the school faculty are currently reconsidering to not close the school as well as an expansion of μ's club room as a reward. Honoka is so happy that the plan works out and hope the plan will work out. Just as Umi announce the group to do practice, Kotori tells them that she has something to do while leaving the room. During their training, the girls discover that in order for them to enter the Love Live! tournament they need to be in 20th place or above and the μ's current ranking is 50th place. After school, Nico decides to make the group wear disguises, worrying that they would stand out too much, only for their outfit to be too suspicious. Just then Hanayo stumbles upon an Idol shop where they sell idol merchandise. But they are surprise to find out that people are now selling μ's merchandise after Rin finds a badge of Hanayo. Just then Honoka realize a picture of Kotori among the merchandise, only she's wearing a maid outfit.

Just then, Kotori in the very same maid outfit talks to the shopkeeper outside to remove the pictures of her in the maid out. Unfortunately Honoka and Umi confronts her, shocking Kotori of their presence. Kotori decides to lie her way through and make a run for it but was captured by Nozomi. Visiting Kotori's working place, it turns out that Kotori is actually the Legendary Maid 'Minalinsky'. What happen was is after Honoka and Umi have created μ's, she stumble upon a maid offering her a job to work in a maid café and she accepts as she secretly working part-time at a maid café. This also helps build her confidence even though she's still a part of μ's. Before they leave, Kotori ask them to keep it as a secret while Eli decides to visit Nozomi's shrine as she realize what song that μ's should be singing.

The following day, Eli decides that Akihabara would be the perfect place to hold a live performance, and assigns Kotori to write a song about Akiba culture since she's the only one who's familiar with Akihabara. However Kotori seems to end up having a writer's block, struggling to come up with the lyrics. In the past few days this causes an impact to her studies. Honoka decides to help Kotori by working in the maid café with Umi. It works well as Kotori seems to be more cheerful that in school as Honoka suggest to use her feelings on how she works in Akiba as part of the lyrics.

It works as a week later, μ's decides to hold a performance by singing Wonder zone while wearing the maid outfit. Soon, Honoka, Umi and Kotori are seen visiting a temple where Honoka makes a vow that they'll be together forever, which all three girls agree. The episode ends where and air mail letter arrives in Kotori's postbox with her name while Kotori is still asleep.

Appearance List

 * 1) Kousaka Honoka
 * 2) Sonoda Umi
 * 3) Minami Kotori
 * 4) Koizumi Hanayo
 * 5) Hoshizora Rin
 * 6) Nishikino Maki
 * 7) Yazawa Nico
 * 8) Ayase Eli
 * 9) Toujou Nozomi
 * 10) Hideko
 * 11) Fumiko
 * 12) Mika

Members of μ's

 * 1) Kousaka Honoka (Lead, Center)
 * 2) Minami Kotori (Costume Designer/Lyricist for this episode)
 * 3) Sonoda Umi (Lyricist)
 * 4) Koizumi Hanayo
 * 5) Hoshizora Rin
 * 6) Nishikino Maki (Composer)
 * 7) Yazawa Nico (President)
 * 8) Toujou Nozomi
 * 9) Ayase Eli (Choreographer)