School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True)

School Idol Festival (The Place Where Everyone's Dreams Come True) (スクールアイドルフェスティバル　（みんなの夢を叶える場所）) is the thirteenth episode of the ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club'' anime series. It was aired on December 26, 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

Trivia

 * Interational streaming version End Card: The Idol Club
 * This episode marks the first animated appearance of...
 * Sasuke (who previously cameoed as one of Ayumu's plushies), Kasumi's pet mouse, and Aran (in its organic-ish form).
 * Fumi Shitara and her pet Chameleon Gyoro. Both of them appeared in School Idol Festival.
 * The artworks on the billboard where Karin stood by are the submissions sent by various fans.
 * Kasumi finally wears the moon-shaped hair pin that Shizuku had given her.
 * The Unicorn Gundam statue's changing forms over the episode also symbolizes the various moods of the events:
 * The statue reverted into Unicorn mode when it rains, eliminating the club's chance on starting the festival. The statue's particular form also symbolizes their vanished hopes on starting a miracle, as this mode seals the unit from its true potential.
 * Later, when the High School Idol Club hurried to the festival after the rain stops, the statue transforms into Destroy Mode with a glowing green frame. In the series' lore, the green frame also symbolizes willpower and human hope. It also fully awakened the girls' determination of starting the festival.
 * The children that stood beside Emma is a reference to the preschool dancers in the Koe Tsunagou yo live performance in "Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club First Live with You!".
 * In 21:00, the jade green-colored "ボランティア (Volunteer)" sign on the billboard may be considered as a teaser to Shioriko Mifune's appearance in the future season. This is also a nod to how she likes to volunteering in her spare time.

Callbacks to previous Love Live! series

 * Emma does a photobomb similar to Kotori Minami; This is the second photobomb in the season.

Continuity Notes

 * The Nagashi Somen (Flowing Bamboo Noodles) club reappears since their last appearance in The First Thrill.
 * All members of the idol club (excluding Yu) wore their own respective outfits from the first 9 episodes.
 * The Unicorn Gundam appears for the third time since The First Thrill and Everyone's Dream, My Dream, this time showing its full body.
 * The hairpin Shizuku gave to Kasumi may have been bought from the shop Shizuku visited in Blossoming Feelings.