On their way to the local shrine to celebrate the new year, the girls run into A-Rise, who congratulate them on winning the Love Live preliminaries. Meanwhile, Eli, Nozomi, and Nico, who are helping out at the shrine, worry about their impending graduation. With μ's needing to make an impression to give them an advantage during Love Live, Hanayo suggests they come up with a group catchphrase for the official website that best represents the group. Later that day, Honoka is approached by A-Rise's leader, Tsubasa, who had been contemplating how her group lost to μ's, leaving Honoka wondering the same thing. The next day, the girls get together at Honoka's family's shop to make mochi for all of their supporters, though come no closer to thinking of a catchphrase. Later, upon encountering people's emas at the shrine showing their support for μ's, Honoka realizes the group's driving force comes from everyone's support and decides on the catchphrase, "A Story Achieved Together."