History Heartwarming / TheIdolMaster

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[[caption-width-right:349:Thank you for love.]]

** [[https://youtu.be/Xcx_ulopz84 There's also the 9th Anniversary performance of Yakusoku]] - the closest a live performance had gotten to Episode 20 of the anime, [[UpToEleven and then some.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xcx_ulopz84 There's also the 9th Anniversary performance of Yakusoku]] - the closest a live performance had gotten to Episode 20 of the anime, [[UpToEleven and then some.]]

** Just go see for yourself, Chihaya overcoming the trauma that tormented her for years, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYDhZ66iy8 the help of her friends.]] [[labelnote:To wit]]After refusing Haruka after the umpteenth time, they send her an original lyric for her to sing. Gathering her courage, she returned to the concert just in time to sing, but then she realized that her voice still won't come out due to still not overcoming that past. Just before Ritsuko pulled the plug, the whole 765 Pro idols come in and sing the first part of the song, until Chihaya gathers enough courage to get over her past and her voice is restored[[/labelnote]]. There's a reason why people claim that ManlyTears were shed aplenty during that episode.

* Cinderella Girls 10th live tour finale:
** Much like the main series' 10th anniversary, this pulled together as many callbacks from across the series history as they could. Even the two manga sideseries get nods, capped by the announcemnt of a U149 anime!

** Right before the encore of 346 Castle, an official AMV was shown to the audience of the entire anime...with "GOIN!" being played ''in karaoke'', which means the audience sung along instead of just doing calls.

** The other sideseries in the franchise were given a nod -- ''Manga/PetitIdolmaster'' was responsible for the safety guideline video before day 1, while ''Dearly Stars'' and ''[=SideM=]'' had select songs ("HELLO!" and "DRIVE A LIVE") played during day 2's break. The SideM nod in particular was received very well compared to Jupiter's reception in the past.

** Following that was Meshiya and Fuurin singing "Kokoro Moyou" as a duet, far more effective at referencing the scene it plays in than it would have been with all three members of New Gen.

** Just go see for yourself, Chihaya overcoming the trauma that tormented her for years, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYDhZ66iy8 the help of her friends.]] [[labelnote:To wit]]After refusing Haruka after the umpteenth time, they send her an original lyric for her to sing. Gathering her courage, she returned to the concert just in time to sing, but then she realized that her voice still won't come out due to still not overcoming that past. Just before Ritsuko pulled the plug, the whole 765 Pro idols come in and sing the first part of the song, until Chihaya gathers enough courage to get over her past and her voice is restored[[/labelnote]]. There's a reason why people claim that ManlyTears were aplenty during that episode.

* Producer's relationship with the idols in general. He shows that he cares for their happiness and safety rather than profits.

* The ending of episode 20, [[spoiler: where everyone at 765 Pro sings along with Chihaya, followed by an emotional thank you. [[TearJerker You even get to see her little brother and her happy young self at the end.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Chihaya deciding to mend her relationship with her mother and offering her a ticket to 765 Pro's first arena concert]].
** [[spoiler: Haruka doing everything in her power in trying to convince Kana not to quit her dream of being an idol.]]
** [[spoiler: Iori defending Haruka when Shiho goes too far in insulting Haruka's decision in waiting for Kana to rejoin them in training for the arena concert. And this was after earlier saying at the training camp that despite 750 Pro being friends, they were still rivals]].

** Matsueri visibly tried not to tear up after rainbow glowsticks pop up before the bridge. She slightly changed the last lyric to reflect this -- "DAISUKI NANO!"

** Megumi Tokoro's Yukiyo Fujii, during the final MC on the 2nd day, kicked off the section with an energetic, "Everyone, did you have fun?!" And again, "DID YOU HAVE FUN!?!" And for the live viewing audience, "DID ~YOU~ HAVE FUN?!?!" - but started falling apart, squeezing in a "...I had so much fun." She was able to finish everything else she had to say, but it kicked off the waterworks for everyone else - Emily Stewart's Yuu Kahara was able to keep it together (she already cried in the middle of Hohoemi Biyori), but Arisa Matsuda's Rie Murakawa, ball of energy that she usually is, struggled getting her words out at first.

** Megumi Tokoro's Yukiyo Fujii, during the final MC on the 2nd day, kicked off the section with an energetic, "Everyone, did you have fun?!" And again, "DID YOU HAVE FUN!?!" And for the live viewing audience, "DID ~YOU~ HAVE FUN?!?!" - but started falling apart, squeezing in a "I had so much fun" before having to pause. She pretty much kicked off the waterworks for the rest of the seiyuu.

** Shizuka Mogami's Tadokoro Azusa, for example, because of health reasons, wasn't able to make it to the concerts until the second half of the second day. Some of the other girls, like Machico and Mocho, were worried for her, and in her part for the last MC, she thanked everyone for accepting her though she was late.

** Yabuki Kana's Ibuki Kido. Though the ML girls already had their first live previously, this was their first live mixed in with the 765PRO ALLSTAR girls and Cinderella girls. She might've felt nervous or worried about how the fans, possibly more familiar with the other groups, may react to her. Alternatively, being the kind of kid who later on cried putting too much feeling into her second image song, "Omajinai", she identified strongly with "Original Goe ni Natte," the song she performed at the concert, which is about Kana knowing singing and dancing aren't her strong points, but loving doing both, and doing her best - something that Kidochan's mentioned about herself. As a result, she cried on stage, the audience being [[https://hpt.moe/2015/04/03/the-idolmster-million-live-2nd-live-enjoy-hrmony-seiyuu-profile-part-2/ "very warm and accepting of her during her appearance."]]

** The other sideseries in the franchise were given a nod -- ''Anime/{{Puchimas}}'' was responsible for the safety guideline video before day 1, while ''Dearly Stars'' and ''[=SideM=]'' had select songs ("HELLO!" and "DRIVE A LIVE") played during day 2's break. The SideM nod in particular was received very well compared to Jupiter's reception in the past.

** [[spoiler: Iori defending Haruka when Shiho goes too far in insulting Haruka's decision in waiting for Kana to rejoin them in training for the arena concert. And this was after earlier saying at the training camp that despite 750 Pro being friends, they were still rivals]].

** Just go see for yourself, Chihaya overcoming the trauma that tormented her for years, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNYDhZ66iy8&index=12&list=WL the help of her friends.]] [[labelnote:To wit]]After refusing Haruka after the umpteenth time, they send her an original lyric for her to sing. Gathering her courage, she returned to the concert just in time to sing, but then she realized that her voice still won't come out due to still not overcoming that past. Just before Ritsuko pulled the plug, the whole 765 Pro idols come in and sing the first part of the song, until Chihaya gathers enough courage to get over her past and her voice is restored[[/labelnote]]. There's a reason why people claim that ManlyTears were aplenty during that episode.