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Episode 5 -	Debut! The Star Sammy
	konseiki saigo no AIDORU DEBYŪ
	[The Last Idol Debut of the Century]
First aired -	1st November 1996

Pretty Sammy and Pixy Misa are once again waging magical war. This time, Misa has created a Love-Love Monster out of a karaoke machine, who has Sammy paralysed with her terrible singing. The song ends and Karaoke Girl asks for another selection, giving Sammy time to uncover her ears, cast the Pretty Coquettish Bomber spell and blast Karaoke Girl out of existence. Little do Sammy and Misa know that their latest battle is being recorded by Ginji, Sasami's father.

After the battle, Sasami heads home, wishing that she could at least be Pretty Sammy where no-one would recognise her. When she meets her father she thinks she has been rumbled as he tells her that he saw Pretty Sammy in action. However, he is as clueless about Sammy's identity as everyone else in town, and Sasami denies even seeing this mysterious magical girl!

At home that evening, Sasami's mother Honoka is working on the accounts of their music shop, CD Vision. She is worried that sales are too low, but Ginji comes up with an idea. Inspired by Sammy's battle that afternoon, he suggests putting on a show at the shop, with Pretty Sammy as the star! Sasami is, naturally, horrified, and asks her parents if they should have consulted Sammy first. Ginji explains that, since Sammy helps people who are in trouble, she is bound to turn up. Before long, Ginji is handing out flyers promoting "Sammy's Idol Debut" show, and the situation is way out of poor Sasami's control!

Rumiya returns to Juraihelm to bring Ramia news of the show. Ramia is puzzled; the show doesn't seem to have anything to do with restoring the balance of Gemini. Nevertheless, she decides to interfere, and sends Rumiya off to give Misa her orders.

The day of the Pretty Sammy Show arrives, and Sasami is so worried she can't even sleep! As she leaves for school, she sees her parents building a stage outside the shop and wishes that the whole thing is just a dream. At school, all her classmates are talking about the show, and by the end of the day, she realises that her chances of backing out now are slim to say the least. Before she gets home, she prays that the stage will have disappeared so she doesn't have to perform. When she turns the corner, to her amazement the stage has indeed gone. Alas, this is no miracle; an even bigger arena has been constructed nearby, and worse still, the event is going to be televised!

Backstage, Ginji and Honoka are ecstatic about the publicity they will get from the event. Sasami arrives and, hoping to find some way of backing out of the show, asks them what would happen if Pretty Sammy didn't turn up. Honoka paints a rather vivid picture of the family losing their business and home and having to live in a tiny run-down apartment, making paper flowers to sell on the streets. Sasami cannot get out of performing now!

Before long, the arena fills with spectators, and the show begins. The emcee steps out and gets the audience to count down Sammy's appearance on stage. However, another magical girl has put in her appearance first; Pixy Misa, come to stop Sammy's debut. She brings out her latest creation, an advanced version of Karaoke Girl. As Karaoke Girl terrorises the audience with her singing, Sasami realises she has no choice but to transform into Pretty Sammy and put a stop to her.

As Misa continues wrecking the show, Pretty Sammy steps out to face her. The audience cheers for her, and Sammy laps up the adoration. However, Misa isn't going to be upstaged so easily. Karaoke Girl has been programmed with a huge playlist of music, and she lets rip with her ear-piercing singing. Sammy cannot fight back because she has to cover her ears! Luckily, Ginji comes to the rescue by playing his electric guitar to drown out Karaoke Girl's music. The audience calls for Sammy to sing, and she obliges. Karaoke Girl tries to ruin the song with microphone feedback, but the audience are too absorbed in Sammy's singing to notice, and she overloads. As Sammy's song reaches its climax, she casts the Pretty Coquettish Bomber spell to finish off Karaoke Girl once and for all.

After the show, Honoka is pleased to report that the publicity has doubled sales at the shop, and she launches into a celebratory duet of Sammy's song with Ginji. Sasami, however, has had enough singing to last her a lifetime!

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