English Dub Review: Heroines Run the Show: The Unpopular Girl and the Secret Task “Idols Are Amazin’!”

Overview

Hiyori’s manager-in-training contract is about to end. Luckily her dad is doing better, so she doesn’t need a new job. She’s free to focus on her track dream again. But has helped with Aizo and Yujiro’s dream changed her?

Our Take

As predicted, Hiyori’s last episode stint to get LIP×LIP’s small concert going smoothly, cost her ankle greatly on her dream to be a track-and-field athlete. Hiyori’s definitely pushing herself way too hard to bear her own burdens, much less juggling as both an idol manager and an athlete. If she hadn’t had that injury she probably would’ve been able to qualify for the nationals.

But in front of Yujiro and Aizo, Hiyori’s testing her patience that she cannot hide from both guys. And since after the Juliette concert that ends her contract as LIP×LIP’s manager-in-training, both guys add extra fervor to give it their all to perform at their very best.

Overall, this episode gave Hiyori some more character development. And the ‘send off’ track at the end was the right touch to accentuate the mood of the episode. You could make the argument that taking the job as an assistant manager to a 2-person singing band cost her this, but they’re not to blame, she took the job, worked, and injured herself. She indirectly compromised her own dreams. But at the end of the day, she’s reminded that she has to focus on her own goals, not others. I wonder where they’ll go from here?..