BanG Dream!

With the success of Poppin'Party at SPACE, the girls head to the beach for some fun and time off! They enjoy their time in the sun while swimming, playing volleyball, and of course a performance for fellow beachgoers!

One day, as she’s still adjusting to her new high school, Kasumi Toyama discovers a trail of stars that leads her to an old thrift store. Inside, she makes a discovery.

Kasumi's heart is set on forming a band, but Arisa wants nothing do with it. In fact, Arisa is so determined to avoid her that she puts the star-shaped guitar up for auction.

Kasumi asks Rimi to join her band, but Rimi is reluctant. Meanwhile, Glitter*Green runs into an issue on the way to their show.

A new school year begins for Kasumi and the rest of Poppin’Party. But the music scene never rests, and neither do the other bands in town!

Rokka learns that Asuka’s sister is in the band she idolizes. Poppin’Party seizes the opportunity when the vocalist of Roselia offers them the chance to perform with them.

Poppin’Party reflects on Yukina’s blunt words and decide that improvements are in order. Later, Kasumi and Rokka get to know each other better.

Three months after Poppin’Party's self-sponsored live show, the local live house owners, including CiRCLE's Marina Tsukishima, organize the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge, a tournament with the final taking place at the Nippon Budokan. Poppin'Party and Afterglow express their interest in participating, and although Kasumi invites Rokka to join them, she declines as she is still searching for a band. Meanwhile, CHU2 struggles to find a new guitarist for RAISE A SUILEN until she watches Rokka's performance at the cultural festival. CHU2 invites Poppin'Party, Roselia, and Rokka to RAS' latest concert, where she proclaims the band's entry into the Girls Band Challenge and openly offers Rokka an audition, much to her dismay.

After not performing in RAS' encore, Rokka is chased by CHU2 and PAREO in school and around town the next day, wanting to scout her for RAS. In the meantime, CHU2 meets with Yukina, reiterating her challenge to Roselia. Seeing similarities in the bands' philosophies, Yukina decides to have Roselia enter in the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge competition. Later in the night, after seeing Rokka practice her guitar in the Galaxy live house, Masking takes Rokka to CHU2's studio, where she performs alongside RAS. Unimpressed with Rokka's lackluster performance, CHU2 decides not to include her in RAS, explaining she cannot accept those withholding their skills to satisfy her.

The preliminaries for the BanG Dream! Girls Band Challenge begin with the top two teams in vote count going to the finals at the Budokan. Roselia and RAS begin performing their live shows while a zoned-out Rokka comes to terms with her failed RAS audition. Meanwhile, Poppin'Party write a new song for their first live show in the preliminaries which they perform in front of a live audience and Rokka. Motivated by Poppin'Party's new song, Rokka quickly rushes to RAS' studio where she is given one last chance to audition. Impressed by Rokka's passionate performance, CHU2 adds her as a (temporary) guitarist, ordering Rokka to become a guitarist worthy of RAS.