iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia 06

Since she can’t pilot the Imber, Yukiho has adjusted very well to being Haruka’s logistical support. Little do either of them know that Chihaya is plotting to take back the Imber, which was originally hers. The two girls are in the hanger getting a lesson from Ritsuko when they overhear Iori arguing with Makoto about the Nebula’s maintenance. Makoto thinks of the Nebula as a tool, but Haruka butts in to say that iDOLs have hearts. Makoto responds by saying that if Haruka thinks that way, she’ll someday make a huge mistake, especially when something bigger comes. Just as Haruka says that she and Imber will be okay handling whatever that comes at them, the base’s alarms go off. Both the Imber and the Nebula are sent out to meet the threat with Haruka and Makoto as their respective pilots, but things start to go wrong with the base’s computer as Drops are appearing and disappearing erratically. Azusa and Joseph realize that the base’s systems are being hacked, and since Azusa suspects a Wizard-class cracker, she leaves the control room with a plan in mind.

To complicate things even further, the person behind all this - R.I.F.F.A - cuts off all communication between base and the two iDOLs. It is at this point that Haruka picks up a real Drop on her monitor and springs to action with the Imber to destroy it. She succeeds, but from behind the rubble appears the Nubilum with Chihaya piloting. It immediately punches the Imber and knocks it back down to the planet, though Haruka manages to stop the Imber in mid-air right before hitting the ground. She thinks she’s saved, but then the Nubilum comes charging down from the sky and smashes her into the ground anyway. After the Nubilum beats the Imber around, Chihaya demands back what’s hers, and Haruka can only think of Makoto’s warning about making a huge mistake. Regaining some of her resolve, Haruka charges the Imber towards the Nubilum, and the two iDOLs’ fists clash in a large explosion. Meanwhile, a cord breaks in R.I.F.F.A’s own room, and she soon overheats in the bath water, allowing communications to be restored. Azusa returns to the control room soon afterwards, and they find the battle between the Nubilum and the Imber over.

The Nubilum is now holding the Imber’s head section and crushes it as everyone watches from the monitor. Haruka isn’t responding to the calls from base, and since the Imber is heavily damaged, Azusa calls Makoto from space. However, Chihaya then decides to take the Imber up to space and throws it back down to Earth.

iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia 05

While Haruka is in space succeeding in taking out a Drop alone with the Imber, Yukiho can only watch from the ground as the fragments enter the atmosphere and burn up. Azusa later informs the girls that they have to take some supplementary exams: Haruka has to take a theory test and Yukiho has to take a skills test. Iori stresses the importance of these to the girls because they’re not allowed to make any mistakes or else terrible things would happen to the world. The pressure of all this reminds Yukiho of her own recent failures at just getting the Imber started up. Haruka and Yukiho decide to help each other with their respective tests, but even with Haruka’s help, Yukiho still has trouble in the simulators. Frustrated with Haruka’s teaching methods, Iori gets coerced into becoming Yukiho’s coach. Both Haruka and Yukiho work hard with less than two weeks until the exams, but Azusa still worries about Yukiho to Joseph. He, however, feels that they can only believe in the girls.

Despite a lot more training and practice, Yukiho still finds herself unable to pilot the Imber. When the day of the test comes, Haruka notices that Yukiho is out of it, so she takes Yukiho to a building she heard about on Yayoi’s radio broadcast the previous night where there is a small Inari who grants wishes. Unfortunately, they find that the stairs up to the rooftop are separated by a wide gap. Yukiho is ready to turn back, but Haruka simply jumps across. This surprises Yukiho and causes her to start talking about how Haruka is amazing because she works hard to find the answer. Yukiho reveals that she personally worries about failing and being hated, so her greatest wish won’t come true and she won’t be able to be with the people important to her. Hearing Yukiho talk about always being alone, Haruka recounts that she was like that too because she didn’t have a mother or father - they just disappeared one day. Haruka had been afraid of everything and had felt the same way Yukiho does now, but Yayoi and everyone supported her. They taught her that her greatest wish won’t come true if she’s afraid. She just needed a little courage and some strong feelings, and Yukiho has those too since she works so hard.

Touched by Haruka’s story, Yukiho takes her hand and the two head up to the rooftop where they find a small shrine. They then go to school to take their respective exams with Yukiho feeling that she can’t be afraid. Haruka finds out afterwards from Azusa that Yukiho still wasn’t able to start up the Imber, but Yukiho personally reveals later that she’ll be Haruka’s back-up - her logistical support. It seems that Joseph had felt that Haruka has the talent, but also that she’s still shaky, so he wanted Yukiho to support her. Yukiho then tells Haruka that she didn’t give up her greatest wish - it just changed shape. When she holds out her hand, Haruka responds by hugging her and saying that they should work hard together forever. With this, everyone living at the dorm once again seems to be happy. That night, Yukiho finds a message on her cell phone that makes her smile, and a sleepy Haruka hears someone leave

Sola (Matsuri-chan) Pictures

Thanks to moe imouto, akhirnya dpt gambar Matsuri-chan dan yang lain dalam Highres. Matsuri-chan kawaiii >_<. Klik gambarnya untuk liat yang versi highres (1000px >)