<p>The <a href="http://love-kome.com/introduction/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">official site (Japanese)</a> describes it as</p>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Harvest Show</strong><br />
It is a live performance for the grains to appeal for their deliciousness to the surroundings.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>which is basically the same as what <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/34402/Love_Kome__We_Love_Rice" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MAL</a> and <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18890" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ANN</a> describes</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[...] to perform at the &quot;Harvest Show&quot; to show the delicious appeal of rice grains.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>How or what do they do, don't ask me... but in addition to its comedy genre, <strong>the show is full of parodies</strong>.</p>
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<p>Sasashiniki stopping a bullet train from hitting a dog in episode 5 is actually a parody of <em>Kinnikuman</em> about Terryman stopping a bullet train... from hitting a puppy. <a href="http://kinnikuman.wikia.com/wiki/Terryman" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikia</a> stated,</p>
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<p>In the 21st Olympics, he (Terryman) made it to the third preliminary round, shoving bullet trains, but was disqualified for <em>stopping his train from hitting a puppy</em> (touching the train twice resulted in a disqualification)</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lExpK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lExpKl.png" alt="Terryman stopping a bullet train from hitting a puppy" /></a></p>
<p><sup><a href="http://blog.livedoor.jp/conbul/archives/52054019.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Image source</a></sup></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Reference: <a href="http://umekox.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/05/05/113000" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ほかこ's Hatena Blog (Japanese)</a></p>
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<p>The cross-dressing idol unit in episode 3 is certainly a parody of many idol units (as seen in the naming proposal): <em>iM@S</em> (maiM@S), PriPara's <em>SoLaMi♡SMILE</em> (KoMeMi☆SMILE), <em>Aikatsu!</em> (MaiKatsu), <em>Love Live!</em> (Love Rice), etc.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ZOBsM.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ZOBsMm.png" alt="naming proposal" /></a></p>

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<p>One recurring element in <em>Love Kome: We Love Rice</em> is the idea of a "Harvest Show", which is something that Hinohikari (our protagonist) desperately wants to be a part of. I had previously understood this to be some sort of rice-based performance art, judging from what we'd seen of the <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/x7mza.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hinohikari / Akitakomachi 
/ Nikomaru cross-dressing idol unit</a>. (Yes, if you thought you'd seen everything, come watch <em>Love Kome</em> for an idol unit composed of cross-dressing personified rice varieties.)</p>

<p>However, in episode 5, Sasanishiki stops a bullet train from running over a conveniently-placed dog by means of what onlookers (Hinohikari and friends) describe as a "Harvest Show". (It is unclear how creating a few ears of rice helped anything here, but this is anime, so whatever.)</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/bUKwd.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bUKwdl.jpg" alt="episode 5, 01:46"></a></p>

<p>An insert song (titled "Fine Dress") does play in the background as he leaps from the roof of the school (<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/UMFyE.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">summoning, in the process, a <s>jelly donut</s> rice ball</a>), but he's not actually <em>singing</em> it in-show.</p>

<p>So basically I no longer have any idea what a Harvest Show is in this anime.</p>

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It's literally just one if many pun ridden terms referring a performance show by the idol group, H@rve☆star.
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What even is a Harvest Show?
# What even is a Harvest Show?
Posted by: username_0 on 2017-06-04
One recurring element in *Love Kome: We Love Rice* is the idea of a "Harvest Show", which is something that Hinohikari (our protagonist) desperately wants to be a part of. I had previously understood this to be some sort of rice-based performance art, judging from what we'd seen of the [Hinohikari / Akitakomachi
/ Nikomaru cross-dressing idol unit](https://i.sstatic.net/x7mza.jpg). (Yes, if you thought you'd seen everything, come watch *Love Kome* for an idol unit composed of cross-dressing personified rice varieties.)

However, in episode 5, Sasanishiki stops a bullet train from running over a conveniently-placed dog by means of what onlookers (Hinohikari and friends) describe as a "Harvest Show". (It is unclear how creating a few ears of rice helped anything here, but this is anime, so whatever.)

[![episode 5, 01:46](https://i.sstatic.net/bUKwdl.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/bUKwd.jpg)

An insert song (titled "Fine Dress") does play in the background as he leaps from the roof of the school ([summoning, in the process, a ~~jelly donut~~ rice ball](https://i.sstatic.net/UMFyE.jpg)), but he's not actually *singing* it in-show.

So basically I no longer have any idea what a Harvest Show is in this anime.
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> **username_1**: It's literally just one if many pun ridden terms referring a performance show by the idol group, H@rve☆star.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-07-07. Score: 2
The [official site (Japanese)](http://love-kome.com/introduction/) describes it as

> **Harvest Show**  
> It is a live performance for the grains to appeal for their deliciousness to the surroundings.

which is basically the same as what [MAL](https://myanimelist.net/anime/34402/Love_Kome__We_Love_Rice) and [ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=18890) describes

> [...] to perform at the "Harvest Show" to show the delicious appeal of rice grains.

How or what do they do, don't ask me... but in addition to its comedy genre, **the show is full of parodies**.

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Sasashiniki stopping a bullet train from hitting a dog in episode 5 is actually a parody of *Kinnikuman* about Terryman stopping a bullet train... from hitting a puppy. [Wikia](http://kinnikuman.wikia.com/wiki/Terryman) stated,

> In the 21st Olympics, he (Terryman) made it to the third preliminary round, shoving bullet trains, but was disqualified for *stopping his train from hitting a puppy* (touching the train twice resulted in a disqualification)
>
> [![Terryman stopping a bullet train from hitting a puppy](https://i.sstatic.net/lExpKl.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/lExpK.png)
>
> [Image source](http://blog.livedoor.jp/conbul/archives/52054019.html)

Reference: [ほかこ's Hatena Blog (Japanese)](http://umekox.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/05/05/113000)

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The cross-dressing idol unit in episode 3 is certainly a parody of many idol units (as seen in the naming proposal): *iM@S* (maiM@S), PriPara's *SoLaMi♡SMILE* (KoMeMi☆SMILE), *Aikatsu!* (MaiKatsu), *Love Live!* (Love Rice), etc.

[![naming proposal](https://i.sstatic.net/ZOBsMm.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ZOBsM.png)
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