The Story of Friendship (BONUS EPISODE)

This is a bonus episode of PriPara: The Story of Friendship. It features the Sweetie Angels, Jake and a new idol named Akira Ogata.

Plot
The Sweetie Angels return to PriPara for an upcoming concert. However, a rival appears and Rimi has to deal with it. How will she do so?

Summary
Rimi is set to go to PriPara until a girl named Akira runs up to her and begins teasing her for still being so shy at school. Rimi runs away crying until she bumps into Miki. She is grateful to see her and explains her problem. Miki suggests they go to PriPara and try to forget the problem for now since she states that "keeping on thinking about it will make things worse." As they enter PriPara, they find Ruby talking to Jake. Ruby sees her teammates and tells them she has a concert prepared for them already. Vanilla also appears and starts to clap her hands squealing with joy that the Sweetie Angels are returning. Meanwhile, a girl with an orange bun on her hair wearing white rabbit ears appears stating that she could do better than anyone else. She drops her rabbit and starts to cry. Rimi picks the rabbit up and gives it to the little girl. She thanks her and runs off to the stage debuting her song. This leaves the girls to clap for the little girl and they leave PriPara together with her and Jake. It turns out the little girl was Akira…the student who bullied Rimi earlier. Shocked to see each other, Akira brags about beating Rimi sometime. However, Miki and Jake stand up for her and confront Akira. Akira later realizes her mistake and apologizes to Rimi for being so jealous of her talent. Rimi forgives Akira and they agree to become partners in an upcoming project during a class soon. Miki smiles at the two girls and Jake pats Rimi's head saying he is proud of her. Ruby later contacts everyone using the PriPass telling them they ranked up.

Characters

 * Rimi Ayase
 * Akira Ogata (debut)
 * Miki Shibuki
 * Jake
 * Ruby Bokerdole
 * Vanilla (cameo)

Major events

 * The Sweetie Angels return with their song and rank up.
 * Akira makes her debut at PriPara.

Trivia

 * This is the only episode so far that Akira has appeared in The Story of Friendship.
 * This is the first time Jake and Ruby interacted since Jake entered PriPara.
 * Despite being selfish, Akira had a soft side, which never showed until she confessed about bullying Rimi and apologizes. She kept it a secret for a short time until the girls discovered her true self.