Is anyone else horribly disappointed by next week's preview? Ranka AND Sheryl's faces look funny - and I have to agree that Ranka doesn't look good in that Mihoshi Academy uniform. Sheryl in an EX Gear's interesting, but I have to wonder why she's wearing one. Or is she planning to drop Alto from a tall height due to what he did this episode?
This looked interesting, though - it appears Sheryl is jump-starting Ranka's career with that stage appearance. Mind you, their voices do mesh well together... so I wonder if this could be the start of either a rivalry, or perhaps coperformers? Probably the former... but the latter idea would mesh with the OP, even if that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the events of the series.
And hello, Brera Stern, the competition for the title of 'hime'.