The opening episodes feel like a standard idol show grinding through the motions, then somewhere around episode ten it stops pretending and actually breaks your heart. Aira and Rizumu's friendship survives real fractures, not TV drama, the kind where nobody's wrong and both of them bleed for it. By the final stretch the OST carries scenes that would fail without it, and that's not a weakness, that's proof the show knows exactly what it's built to do.
Aira Harune is a clumsy but cheerful girl who gets pulled into Prism Shows, a popular form of idol performance built on figure skating. Its performers, called Prism Stars, wear outfits set with Prism Stones and pull off flashy Prism Jumps. Dazzled by the fashion and the jumps, Aira decides to become a Prism Star herself. She meets the hot-tempered Rizumu Amamiya, who wants to land the legendary jump Aurora Rising, and the proud Mion Takamine, who wants to outshine every other star. The girls aim for the top title of Prism Queen, but the path there is far from smooth. Adapted from a Takara Tomy rhythm arcade game, the series mixes music, sports drama and romance with a story of friendship and growth.