Cheer!

Cheer! (エール！) is the twelfth episode of the ''Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 2'' anime series. It aired on June 18, 2022.

Cast

 * Japanese
 * 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
 * Moeka Koizumi as Shioriko Mifune
 * Shu Uchida as Mia Taylor
 * Akina Homoto as Lanzhu Zhong
 * English
 * Madeline Dorroh as Yu Takasaki
 * Suzie Yeung as Ayumu Uehara
 * Kayli Mills as Kasumi Nakasu
 * Jill Harris as Shizuku Osaka
 * Shara Kirby as Karin Asaka
 * Daisy Guevara as Ai Miyashita
 * Lindsay Seidel as Kanata Konoe
 * Laura Stahl as Setsuna Yuki
 * Lisa Reimold as Emma Verde
 * Hayden Daviau as Rina Tennoji
 * Caitlin Myers as Shioriko Mifune
 * Lindsay Sheppard as Mia Taylor
 * Courtney Lin as Lanzhu Zhong

Trivia

 * Haruka's ringtone is Butterfly.

Callbacks to previous Love Live! Series

 * In the previous episode, it was revealed that Nijigasaki was going to hold a concert instead of entering Love Live!, and the title of that concert holds the same title of Nijigasaki's first live.
 * Ayumu reading an email from her fan to come in her place, similar to Kotori reading her mail to study abroad in Friends.

Differences from the ALL STARS game

 * In the game, Yu decide to study abroad in an unnamed country, but in this episode, Ayumu wants to go abroad in London for a short-term exchange student and to help a fellow school idol.

Continuity Notes

 * Ayumu's character development has dramatically improved.