Talk:Episode 146 - The Three of Us Once Again/@comment-24848025-20150810024740/@comment-24848025-20150813165942

Well, they really shook up the lineup this time, didn't they?

As I slightly predicted, they completely added in Soleil for the sempai factor, and they took out Mikuru (we also find out she's still not back from dominating the Gardening world yet) for Sumire. I'm a bit disappointed they dropped Kokone, but for storyline it did make sense to change her out for Sakura. Overall a complete Starlight Academy dominated lineup (technically, you can or can't include Mizuki as a former Starlight student.)

Also interesting is the trivia note on the Aikatsu8 page for this year, that each member of STAR☆ANIS voices a character represented in this year's Aikatsu8 (Ruka - Akari, Mona - Sumire, Waka - Ichigo, Yuna - Ran, Fuuri - Aoi, Eri - Sakura, Remi - Yurika, Risuko - Mizuki). I predicted that'll be the case this year and it ended up happening. I think that's Lantis/DearStage stepping in to make sure there isn't any character overlap so if they do a Aikatsu8 song for this year, there won't be a singer/s having to change voice registers on the fly in live performances for STAR☆ANIS.