The movie abandons the competition stress entirely and just lets idols be ridiculous together for ninety minutes. Ichigo directing means the whole thing is one long joke about Akari tearing through the Starlight Queen duties while everyone else causes chaos trying to find a single card. It knows exactly what it is: a victory lap for people who've already fallen in love with these characters, not a story that needs to justify itself.
Ichigo Hoshimiya takes the director's chair for this comedy event film, which centers on Akari Oozora, the idol who has just become the Starlight Queen. The story is a slapstick search for one particular Aikatsu! Card, and it builds to a final stage featuring 25 idols. The short was screened together with the Aikatsu Stars! movie, making it part of the franchise's first double feature in theaters. It is light, musical fun for fans of the idol series.