Love Live! School Idol Project

In Tokyo's Chiyoda-ku is the traditional school Otonokizaka High.Second year student Kosaka Honoka discovers the school will be closed in three years. In order to avoid being closed, the school must increase its number of prospective students.

Honoka and her friends decide to form a school idol group to increase the number of their school's prospective students. Despite meeting resistance from student council president Ayase Eli, the girls succeed in obtaining permission to use the auditorium for their first concert. They decided to accept submissions for group names, and Kotori takes over designing their outfits while Umi writes l...

"μ's" is chosen as the group's name, and Honoka and her friends complete their debut song. Their recognition grows at school, and when their hard work is rewarded by a slight increase in their idol ranking, the three are overjoyed. The day of the concert arrives. Honoka and her friends get ready for the event with the help of their classmates. Thinking back on their days of practice, Honoka a...

μ's completes their first concert in an empty auditorium. However, the three members promise to someday sing in front of a massive crowd. In order to do this, they must increase their number of members to five and be recognized by the student council as a club. Honoka immediately attempts to recruit first year student Hanayo, who runs away from her. However, Hanayo actually wishes to become a...

The additions of Hanayo, Rin, and Maki bring μ's up to 6 members. However, the rain has not let up since the rainy season started, and the girls find themselves unable to practice. If only they were a proper club, they could use a classroom... Then Honoka finally realizes μ's has more than the 5 members necessary to establish a club. The girls immediately head to the student council to submit...

With the addition of Yazaka Nico, μ’s begins operating as a proper club. Student council vice president Nozomi films the girls for a video introducing the school's clubs. After finishing filming, Nozomi asks Honoka a question. Umi writes the lyrics and Kotori comes up with choreography, so why is Honoka the leader when she has no actual responsibilities? Upon hearing Nozomi's observation, the...

When the girls learn the idol festival "Love Live!" is going to be held, they immediately set their sights on performing. The girls force their way into a meeting with the director to receive permission to enter, who agrees to grant them permission if none of them fail their final exams. Meanwhile, Umi runs into a girl watching a video of a μ’s concert in front of the school. It was her older...

The school is going to be closed?! Apparently that all depends on the results of the open campus event in two weeks. In order to protect Otonokizaka High, her own grandmother's high school, Eli searches for ways to make the open campus a success. Meanwhile, the girls begin practicing in preparation for the open campus, but having realized Eli's true abilities, Umi begins worrying about her ow...

With the addition of Eli and Nozomi, μ's grows to nine members. Because the new group's open campus concert was a success, the decision to close the school is postponed. Meanwhile, though the group's School Idol ranking rises to 50th. Reaching 20th place is necessary to participate in the Love Live and it seems impossible, so Eli decides μ's must take drastic measures. When the girls go to A...

With less than a month left before the participants of the Love Live are chosen, Honoka suggests the girls borrow Maki's family's summer home for an overnight trip. Meanwhile, believing senior and junior relationships to be an obstacle, Eli suggests forbidding the use of the word "Senpai" within μ's. The first and second years struggle with conversations they are unaccustomed to. The girls ar...

With summer vacation over and the new semester beginning, the group's ranking rises to 19th, high enough to be considered for the Love Live, with two weeks remaining. Knowing School Idols across the country are preparing for their last spurt, the members of μ's brace themselves. Their next event is a concert at the school festival, but when they lose the lottery, the girls are forced to perfo...

After Honoka collapses, μ's cancels its school festival concert. A few days later as she is recovering, Honoka learns from Eli that μ's has revoked its entry into the Love Live. Honoka returns to school, but with her goal of working toward the Love Live lost, she is out of sorts. Meanwhile, due to the girls' actions the number of prospective students for Otonokizaka High skyrockets, and the s...

Honoka blames herself for not realizing that Kotori was suffering, and quits being a School Idol. Because of that, μ’s goes on hiatus and Honoka, who has no goal anymore, doesn't even see Umi anymore. Despite all that happening, Honoka sees that Nico is continuing her training as a School Idol and after she gets an unexpected confession from Eli, Honoka makes a decision. The next morning, Umi...