Talk:Episode 177 - The Present Heading Towards the Future/@comment-27879115-20160306183848/@comment-24848025-20160307040442

Sadly as much as I want to say Kwan is wrong -- he's right. The fact that Aikatsu Stars is around the corner totally fortold that Akari was going to win to close out the series. There's still the small possibility that Sumire might win, but it will be because Akari stumbles during her performance, not because Sumire outright beats her with a superior performance.

Honestly, it was well known the likely result would be Akari winning, Sumire in 2nd, and Hinaki in 3rd ever since episode 125 -- and they spent all the episodes in 2015 making it feel like Sumire and Hinaki really had a chance to beat Akari. Then 2016 and Aikatsu Stars happened and it's just been downhill on that front.