Hmm mixed feelings about this one. I'm loving the designs of the characters, even the scenery is looking great. But I'm not fond of Honoka's singing voice... The show didn't really pull me in until A-RISE appeared, I watched that little sample of their song 10+ times already.
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I hope there won't be too much of a focus on Honoka's singing. I would like to see the other characters getting involved equally and singing their songs instead of Honoka being the 'leader' of their eventual idol group.
Would love to see more of A-RISE, I hope they're not just a one time appearance thing like how Lovely Idol showed the senior idols only in ep.1 singing.
Matsunaga Maho has a very pretty singing voice, I'm pretty sure she's the orange hair girl in the A-RISE group. I kinda feel like she has the same tone as Kurumi from "Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru!"
http://myanimelist.net/people/11789/Maho_Matsunaga
(Still awaiting ep.2 to be subbed)