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“Aine joins idol Mio at Star Harmony Academy to make friends and become Diamond Friends.”
Aikatsu Friends!
アイカツフレンズ！
7.22
3,479 rank · 13,707 viewers · 75 favorites
Slice of Life
Idols (Female)
Music
School
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Synopsis
Aine joins idol Mio at Star Harmony Academy to make friends and become Diamond Friends.
Aine Yuuki, who is a regular student at Star Harmony Academy's normal division, meets Mio Minato from the idol division, who invites her to join Aikatsu to fulfill Aine's goal to make friends. She also befriends Maika Chōno and Ema Hinata who are also idols. Aine and Mio form a pair to become best friends to become the bright "Diamond Friends". Karen Kamishiro and Mirai Asuku are categorized as "Diamond Friends" and are in the Diamond Class! (Source: Wikipedia)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
8.6
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 10
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.40
Running avg · Jul 2018 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “It's more focus about Aine and Mio compared Original Aikatsu which sometimes I forgot Ichigo was Main Character(I thought it's Mizuki or Sera). Character :9 The best thing was Mio's Character...”
- 10 “My review of Aikatsu friends I first came across Aikatsu when 30 plus episodes had already aired and i caught up fairly quickly and i have been a fan of Aikatsu ever since. As a Aikatsu fan i may...”
- 9 “Just as a reminder, Aikatsu Friends, as the rest of Aikatsu entries, is stand-alone and you can start with this one without worries, which considering the length of the others can be a great idea...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
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- Format 50 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 20h 00m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2018 – Mar 2019 Spring 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-13706 catalog