The movie stops asking you to follow a plot and just lets the music carry you through a parade of every character who ever mattered in Pretty Rhythm. It's a victory lap that feels earned, a celebration of the entire series wrapped in costume changes and stage performances that never stop. The songs hit harder when you've watched the shows because they're not just setpieces, they're the characters saying goodbye.
Laala Manaka learns about the Saints and their journey to becoming top idols. Along with the PriPara stage performances, the film brings back characters from across the Pretty Rhythm series. At one point Laala and her friends face four doors, and the story splits into one of four routes chosen by the audience. Each route revisits a different part of the earlier Pretty Rhythm shows, reintroducing their characters and performances. Because only one door opens per screening, seeing every route means watching the film four times. The result is a music-driven idol movie released in Japanese theaters in March 2015.