Episode 44 - More Than True Crisis!

More Than True Crisis! (モア・ザン・トゥルー クライシス！) is the 44th episode of Aikatsu! TV anime series and the 44th episode of its "1st Season". The episode aired on August 15, 2013.

Story
A musician named King from Nao's band More Than True appears at Starlight Academy's gates, telling Ichigo to pass on a message that he "will never approve of Nao's music". After the message is passed on, Nao simply states it is between them and reminds Ichigo not to tell anyone he's in a band. After stuffing her cheeks to keep herself from blabbing to Aoi and Ran, Ichigo follows Nao to a music studio, where she finds him arguing with his bandmates, Hiro and Shurato, over King quitting the band. Ichigo learns from Nao that, after More Than True became popular, King became frustrated with Nao only writing songs that would sell and decided to quit the band. As Nao laments his indecisiveness, King overheards their conversation and apologises, though he still stood by his feeling that their songs should be for their fans. With the direction of the band still in question, Ichigo suggests they attend one of Soleil's concerts to show them there is no such thing as 'a fan you can't see'. Inspired by this, More Than True resumes their activities.

Character Appearances

 * Ichigo Hoshimiya
 * Naoto Suzukawa


 * Hiro
 * Shurato
 * King


 * Aoi Kiriya
 * Ran Shibuki
 * Otome Arisugawa
 * Sakura Kitaōji

Trivia

 * This episode will be the reappearance of More Than True after their first and previous appearance in Episode 11.
 * This Episode reveals the King (Drummer) of More Than True who was last mentioned in Episode 11.
 * This episode's ending is Kiss of the Alice Blue.
 * In this episode, King clearly can be shown parodied the title "Aikatsu!"(from "Idol Activities") with "Bankatsu!"(for "Band Activities!").
 * In the ending, Naoto was credited with "Nao" (ナオ).