leoni has the ominous saki plotline that's going ... somewhere. i do think we're inevitably going to get into a conflict of interests probably related to saki and honami is going to have to resolve it. but this is kindof taking a weirdly long amount of time for clpl foreshadowing IMO. generally either they chekhov's gun a plot and let it sit for awhile (see stuff like arisawa for mmj) or they tease it/build off on it for like 2-3 times before they do it within that year (see how wxs/niigo arcs ramped up after anni2). the biggest exception i can think of is nagi where there was weird shit with her literally every single vbs event for over 1.5 years lol. but it hasn't been a year yet but they've also been putting it literally everywhere. hona bfes. every single unit event. what could they be plotting that would take so much screentime?

mmj we're going to be doing this grand prix thing until it's done. i don't really know where we're going after this because it's kindof not something i really expected them to do in the first place. the budokan is kindof a relic of the past i guess, or they'll bring that up again after we're done. they also mention some kind of prize reward ... so like whatever that is. maybe MMJ will get it! maybe they won't. i think shizuku will have a big moment in this grand prix thing especially with arisa coming back, it feels like the natural foreshadowing.

vbs has a very easy narrative to predict because ultimately it's a shonen and they spell out their goals every 5 seconds. next is rush beats, after that is lasting echo fes. i assume they're going to have some sort of training arc in japan/solve some emotional stuff here. the problems is that like... kohane/an/akito all kindof don't have as much obvious stuff to tackle with their arcs now. kohane effectively capped at over rad squad, akito they kindof immediately solved the burnout, and an i think they've just kinda introduced a new rivalry and idk what they're gonna do with vivids in the future bc of that. i do think toya-harumichi round 3 is going to be toya's next unit event though. kindof built off of that with toya5+the recent side story. get ready for some more harumichi backstory that (probably) won't be very good. vivid backstory squad please calm down man

wxs i think we're pretty much done training once we leave arcland. the question is "what next" and i think they have to go actually do independent shows now instead of just dicking around. but the logistics of this escape my mind. i don't really know how they're going to do this or what they're going to do. tsukasa kindof needs an "up" moment again for his arc to work. phoenix was the low point where he realizes he's mid and star of your story+detective tenma were where he hones the mind of an actor + the body of an actor. so realistically with these skills he should be like. cool now or whatever. give us a moment where he wows the audience. i think emu business/management stuff is the natural next step especially if they're independent. nene/rui i have less ideas on.

niigo i honestly don't really know what they're gonna do with mizuki anymore. kanade is glued to mafuyu but she always has the chekhov's gun of her father whenever they feel like touching on him again, mafuyu's plotline is pretty much eternal, ena has art school whenever we're closer to next age up/college.