We’re here! The anime adaptation of Idolish7 is officially finished! At 17 episodes, we got spoiled for a one-cour series, despite the wait between Episodes 15 and 16. I’m already waiting patiently for the inevitable second season! Let’s take a look at the finale, shall we?
“I feel like I might accidentally cheer them on”
IDOLiSH7 have won best newcomer at JIMA! It’s a dream-come-true for our boys, and this will allow them to compete with friendly rivals TRIGGER at the year-end show, Black or White.
Tsumugi receives a congratulatory phone call from Gaku. He’s clearly very chuffed too (although I personally think he just wanted an excuse to call Tsumugi). Banri, of course, thinks it’s wonderful, and he lets slip to Tsumugi that he used to make music too (!!!!). The agency later gets a phone call in English. Poor Tsumugi has no idea how to communicate, so they call on Nagi for help. He tells them that it’s American superstar Douglas Rootbank! He wants the boys to perform with him at Christmas! Wow! A while later, the man himself is at the door! He sure is a strange and super positive man, but poor Iori and Tamaki mistake him for somebody else. This angers superfans Sogo and Otoharu, who apologize for their rudeness and then proceed to go into full fanboy mode. Douglas gives them a great speech on what it means to be an idol, and talks of his respect for Zero.
New Year’s Eve arrives and i7 and Trigger cross paths. Trigger tell us they are going to go all out against the newcomers, but it’s clear there is no animosity there. TRIGGER are well put-together, IDOLiSH7 are well put-together; we get a great show. The audience are loving it, the viewers are loving it, I’m loving it! However, we see a glimpse of a girl with blue-gray hair. Is that…Aya?
Soon it comes to the results of the audience vote and the winner is, of course, IDOLiSH7! We see an amazing moment with the twins on stage, TRIGGER are genuinely happy for them and Tsumugi bursts into tears. It’s very much a feel-good moment. However, this is just the beginning…
That’s it! It’s over! That was the anime adaptation of Idolish7! I had a lot of fun, and I hope you did too! I spent most of my time fangirling (I’m so sorry), but I’m sad that it’s over. I’m glad to see the setup for Season 2, which I’m certainly keeping my fingers crossed for. The final episode didn’t really out all that much emphasis on Black or White, and they definitely went for fun over drama. Despite that, there were some pretty great speeches in Episode 17, including Douglas’ take on Zero to make it a very well-rounded finale. It DOES feel a little unfinished, but that’s to be expected when there are many more parts to this story! I’ll see you soon for the series review!
The summer anime season is over. We had a few refreshing titles that kept us company through the hot months, but fall is bringing so many new titles and a few sequels we’ve been waiting for a long time.
