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| Aikatsu Stars (movie) |
In Aikatsu Stars Season 2, Yume Nijino's role as one of the members of S4 has been tested when the brand she used to bear, My Little Heart, is now under the hands of her powerful new rival named Aria Futaba, and as Elza's dream to attain the powerful Sun dress draws near, how can Yume and her friends save the school's reputation while dealing with this new kind of crisis?
Anyway, while we wait for the outcome, now it's the ideal time to talk about the Venus students. Traveling around the world on the Venus Ark, they've collected the best and brightest students from across the globe to nurture them into elite students unleashing the full capabilities of their talents. For Yume and the others, this is a challenge because they've been to the belly of the beast during the long summer months while reuniting with Koharu. This season introduces the Star Premium Rare dress, a powerful kind of dress representing the planets of the solar system and once all nine SPRs have been unleashed, the legendary Sun dress will be unleashed, and whoever possesses it promises the ultimate power.
The Venus students are pretty much like the ones from the Dream Academy in the original Aikatsu series, putting the heat on the main characters' reputations with their pride, prestige, and some swagger. If you enjoyed getting to know the Venus students in the second season, now's your chance to be like them.
As Elza Forte: Elza is the Venus star student and the one in charge of the Venus Ark. Her ultimate plot is to witness every idol's Star Premium Rare outfits, including herself, in order to gain control of the legendary Sun dress. She bears the Perfect Queen name and the Venus Star Premium Dress. Eventually though, cosplaying Elza can be somewhat an intermediate feat. Well, there is a trick for that; her long hair has a grapefruit-themed color; red and pink. 80% of her hair is colored red while 20% is pink. In translation, get a long red hair and paint the front bits pink, which involved dipping it into a pink dye. With that sorted, you are free to recreate her outfits; either her Venus uniform or her Perfect Queen outfits, and ultimately her Star Premium Rare outfit.
As Kirara Hanazono: Kirara is the Venus student who bears the new Fuwa Fuwa Dream name and when Ako first encountered her, the two became fierce rivals. Later, Kirara finally made a 50-50 deal with Ako to share the Fuwa Fuwa Dream name and they finally buried the hatchet. Growing up in New Zealand, Kirara goes around with her sheep friend Caroline. Oh, and watch out for her facial expression because when Kirara gets on with her signature facial expression, keep your heads down. She can be a real battering ram. Kirara boasts the most technical hairstyle known to many because if you got the hair colored with a mixture of baby blue and baby pink, her trademark hairstyle will be essentially difficult for the first time. Happily, this problem can be sorted out with a pink ribbon as it requires you to make braided pigtails, apply ribbons to them, and the complicating bit; tying the braids to make it as round as Kirara's. If you get this one right, save it while working on the costumes, especially the Fuwa Fuwa Dream outfits and the Mercury Star Premium Rare dress.
As Rei Kizaki: Rei is Elza's right-hand ally and she's excellent at swordplay. She is the bearer of the Royal Sword name and the Uranus Star Premium Dress. Unlike the first two, recreating Rei is as simple as putting a short white wig on your head as long as it matches Rei's. Then, you're up for the outfits.
As Aria Futaba: When Yume Nijino finally became an S4 and established her own name and with Hime Shiratori graduated from Yotsuboshi Gakuin, the future of the My Little Heart name is set to stone until someone finally picked it up. Enter Aria Futaba. Angelic voice aside, Aria was recruited by Elza to become part of Venus because she bears the Jupiter Star Premium Rare dress. Anyway, since she's the newest addition to the cast, this is the first time you will attempt to dress as Aria to do that, find a long light green colored wig to work with and then make sure the twintails match Aria's. With that sorted, start deciding on the outfits to wear. Cue the Misty Terrain, ladies.
...and there we have it. Having covered up every single Aikatsu star from Ichigo, Akari, to Yume, every Aikatsu star is unique in each and every way, and when it comes to cosplay as your favorite Aikatsu stars, regardless of whatever outfit of your choosing, the results do vary from good to great, so feel free to decide whichever Aikatsu star you want to be as in your next anime convention. I'm sure you'll going to have a fantastic time in honor of the Aikatsu franchise's 5th anniversary.
Good luck!
