History Characters / LoveLiveMuse

* OutOfFocus: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. On one hand, the anime makes it clear that Umi is one of the three main protagonists alongside Honoka and Kotori. On the other hand, unlike the other two or the rest of μ's for that matter, Umi never receives [[ADayInTheLimelight a character focus episode]].

* BuxomIsBetter: Subverted. She's pointed out by [[ACupAngst Nico]] in one of the chapters of Nico's School Idol Diary that Kotori is actually a bit busty, but at a bust size of 80 cm, her bust size is somewhat average.

* BuxomIsBetter: As Nico comments, and fairly noticeable for a first year, with 82 cm.

* BuxomIsBetter: At 90 cm, Nozomi is the second most endowed girl in the franchise, losing only to Emma. Not hard to see why it's her charm point.
** Averted in the anime, where this is not mentioned by anyone, but played straight in other media.

* MsFanservice: Has the [[BuxomIsBetter largest bust]] among the group, and [[GagBoobs it tends to get several]] {{male gaze}}s in the anime. She also wears a Grade A ZettaiRyouiki. Plus, her outfits (both in the anime and the ''VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestival'' game) tend to show off her curves and some cleavage.

* ThanksForTheMammaries: Her preferred way to punish or cheer people up. She calls this technique the "washi washi". Ironic, given [[BuxomIsBetter her ample bust]].

* BuxomIsBetter: At 88cm, she's the second largest next to Nozomi, and as pointed by [[ACupAngst Nico]], one of her charm points.

* FiveManBand: Before Maki and the third years joined, Honoka was TheLeader (the character with the most focus and very charismatic), Kotori was TheLancer (the very close, loyal quiet, gentle and well-balanced friend of TheLeader), Umi was TheSmartGirl (the most rational and logical girl, academically very gifted and work-oriented), Rin was TheBigGuy (even more of a GenkiGirl than Honoka and the {{tomboy}} who loves sports) and Hanayo was TheChick (the cute, sweet and girly ShrinkingViolet).

* BreakoutCharacter: Due to both Eli and Maki being individually popular, as well as Nico and Maki being a popular pairing, the group has always been the most popular µ's subunit with single sales above the other two units.

* NamesTheSame: An in-universe example in that they share the same name with a [[http://www.havasworldwide.jp/en/our-work/muse/ real-life soap brand]] (in the dub, Honoka just mistakes their name for hair mousse). It comes up several times throughout the series, whenever µ's achieves something big, they ask whether its their group being referred to or the soap brand.
-->'''Honoka''': A catchphrase huh? Oh! "Not a soap brand!"

* NiceGirl: PlayedWith. Umi is pretty strict (especially towards Honoka), and she isn't shy about showing her feelings of disappointment at laziness or incompetence, which is common because she's usually pushed far. That said, she's still a very kind and loyal friend at heart, who worries about the well-being of her friends, and overall she's very polite and graceful.

--->"I refused to be married into a family. By any chance, Eli might be a good girlfriend. Eli and I, hmm... there's not much of an age difference between us. Even now, why do I always feel like I should silently surrender? If I don't think about it I can't find an explanation for this."

--->"Hugging me, Kotori looks up and peers into my eyes. I feel like my heart is about to jump out of my chest from the sight. Is the coldness of the water getting to me? Kotori's smile is so white and dazzling."
** She's also canonically the writer for most of the songs, which may include the LesYay filled songs including [[http://love-live.wikia.com/wiki/Garasu_no_Hanazono "Garasu No Hanazono"]], [[http://love-live.wikia.com/wiki/Zurui_yo_Magnetic_today "Zurui Yo magnetic today"]], [[http://love-live.wikia.com/wiki/Anemone_heart "Anemone Heart"]], and [[http://love-live.wikia.com/wiki/Storm_in_Lover "Storm in Lover"]]. If she was the writer for the mentioned songs, then this may bring up [[ShipperOnDeck some implications about Umi as well.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Umi slept through episode 10's pillow fight, until some of the girls accidentally hit her. When she gets up, all of the girls, even the more calm and collected Eli and Nozomi have an OhCrap look in their face, and when Umi throws the pillows, they seem to hit rather hard. It takes Maki and Nozomi throwing at the same time to knock her back out.

** Gives a scathing one to Nico in the fourth episode of season two.
** And again to Honoka in the seventh episode.

-->'''Rin:''' (about the others leaving early without practicing) You guys are making us [Honoka and I] look stupid!
-->'''Umi''': You ''are'' stupid.

* NiceGirl: PlayedWith at first glance, but ultimately played straight. Umi is pretty strict (especially towards Honoka), and she isn't shy about showing her feelings of disappointment at laziness or incompetence. That said, she's still a very kind and loyal friend at heart, who worries about the well-being of her friends, and overall she's very polite and graceful.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: Goodness, she definitely has for this Honoka in the [[http://i.imgur.com/hhOhffs.png manga.]]

* FieryRedhead: Downplayed. Maki can occasionally get frustrated easily, such as not wanting to be video-taped in Episode 6, but she's usually detached and impassive.

* NotSoStoic: She has her moments, such as in Episode 6.

** PlayedForLaughs in Season 1 Episode 6, which presents the girls [[ItMakesSenseInContext recording videos of themselves giving Valentine's Day chocolate to a crush]]; Maki's is the standard "I-It's not as though I want to give it to you!" that everyone who has seen a Tsundere anime character knows about. [[LampshadeHanging Rin even comments that she's seen this type of scene on manga.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nico is actually pretty surly despite her cutesy act, and can be kind of an egomaniac and downright nasty and obnoxious sometimes, due to her self-centeredness. However, she's still a good person deep down, and is more caring than one would first think. She cares a lot about her friends and takes care of her younger siblings the best she can, also wanting them to believe she's an incredibly good idol.

* NiceGirl: In pre-anime materials, she is portrayed her as a nice, friendly and cherful girl who helps Maki become more outgoing. The anime [[CharacterizationMarchesOn outright changed her personality]] into a [[TheFakeCutie Fake Cutie]] who still has [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a nicer side]], and post-anime material has generally stuck with this characterization.

* NiceGirl: In pre-anime materials. She is portrayed her as a nice, friendly and cherful girl who helps Maki become more outgoing. Of course, the anime release outright changed her personality into the one of a {{jerk}} [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold she still does have a heart, though]].

* FatalFlaw: Her rather aggressive, self-centered and at the same time naive nature tends to make other people avoid her.

* NiceGirl: In pre-anime materials. She is portrayed her as a nice, friendly and cherful girl who helps Maki become more outgoing.

* IdiotHero: As others have noted, she's not very bright, although it's rather laziness and lack of common sense than being outright dumb.

* DrillSergeantNasty: She takes ''everything'' [[TheComicallySerious seriously]], be it her studies, student council work, the group's practice sessions, and even her fellow members' diets, something that [[BigEater Honoka and Hanayo]] learned the hard way. Nico was even initially worried during episode 2 of season 2 that Umi may implement yet another [[TrainingFromHell hellish training course]] when she shows a bit too much [[SeriousBusiness enthusiasm]] in hiking the nearby mountain. {{Justified|Trope}} in that she's aware of how much effort needs to be put into being a school idol.

* NiceGirl: Played with. Umi is pretty strict (especially towards Honoka), and she isn't shy about showing her feelings of disappointment at laziness or incompetence. However, she's still a kind and loyal friend at heart who worries about the well-being of her friends, and overall she's very polite and graceful.

* TheSpock: While she's ultimately NotSoStoic, she's the most rational and down-to earth in her second years friends group.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Generally, there are aspects to them that remain the same no matter what continuity, such as Honoka starting the group or Maki being born to a family of doctors, but it took a few years for their characters to really solidify; for example, Nozomi was originally something of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and Nico was more of a genuine [[TheCutie Cutie]] than TheFakeCutie JerkWithAHeartOfGold she would end up becoming. Since old content is often a separate continuity from newer content, it's common for people to just mix it up to some degree, with the anime interpretations being the most widely accepted.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Honoka mentions that she's popular with girls because of her beauty and [[ShesGotLegs long legs.]]

* InformedAttractiveness: She's frequently noted to be beautiful in the manga, with Nico saying she has a great figure and Honoka saying she has [[ShesGotLegs nice legs]], and she's also shown to be [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer popular with girls]]. Despite this, she doesn't look much different from the other main characters in terms of design.

* ShesGotLegs: Honoka mentions this as one of the reasons why she's [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer so popular with girls]].

* ShesGotLegs: Despite her short stature, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mibLIQgnJUQ the movie showcases]] she still has a nice pair of shapely legs.

* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The four most blatant examples to fit the four philosophies: cheerful, passionate GenkiGirl and {{determinator}} Honoka (the Optimist); independent, aloof and standoffish GrumpyBear {{tsundere}} Maki (TheCynic); grounded, level-headed, serious and strict yet [[NiceGirl kind]] Umi (the Realist); [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]], mischievous, irritable Nico, who initially antagonized the first members of the group, especially Honoka, and {{troll}}ed them (the Apathetic). The other members are all Conflicted to some extent.

* GrumpyBear: She's a tsundere who is rather abrasive, aloof, standoffish and outright denies her kind intentions most of the time.

* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears tights under her uniform.

* CatchPhrase: "Nico-Nico-nii!", her self-made catch phrase. It is meant to make her cutesy idol persona even cuter.
** She even makes the rest of the club practice it, ''and'' she taught it to her younger siblings. According to the School Idol diary novels, she got the phrase from her DisappearedDad.

* IronicAllergy: ''School idol diary'' reveals that she is allergic to cats.

* ShrinkingViolet: She was a straight one before meeting Honoka and Kotori. She's also ''really'' insecure about showing off her body "too much"; for reference, showing off too much of her upper thigh is enough to make her fly into a panic. Now she's more assertive around her friends, but can still be shy.
* ShyBlueHairedGirl: She used to be more of a ShrinkingViolet when she was young. While she's much more assertive now, she still occasionally has her shy moments, especially around strangers and when she has to wear revealing clothes.

*** The Sanguine is [[GenkiGirl Honoka]] - cheerful, friendly, passionate and outgoing
*** The Choleric is [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Eli]] - bold, confident, logical and assertive
*** The Phlegmatic is [[NiceGirl Kotori]] - kind, loyal, selfless even to a fault and indecisive

*** The Sanguine is [[GenkiGirl Rin]] - arguably even more energetic and outgoing than Honoka, {{tomboy}}ish, playful and cheerful
*** The Choleric is [[AttentionWhore Nico]] - brash, abrasive, self-absorbed and irritable
*** The Phlegmatic is [[TeamMom Nozomi]] - kind, quiet, pretty mature and levelheaded yet not without a mischievous streak
*** The Melancholic is [[{{Tsundere}} Maki]] - aloof, overly prideful, standoffish and independent

** The remaining five members fit the dynamic as well. In this FiveTemperamentEnsemble

** Honoka and her ChildhoodFriends in either material fit this dynamic: the Sanguine is [[GenkiGirl Honoka]] - cheerful, friendly, passionate and outgoing; the Choleric is [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Eli]] - bold, confident, logical and assertive; the Phlegmatic is [[NiceGirl Kotori]] - kind, loyal, selfless even to a fault and indecisive, and the Melancholic is [[OnlySaneWoman Umi]] - [[ShrinkingViolet shy]], serious, logical, mature and strict, but kind and loyal as well.
** The remaining five members fit the dynamic as well. In this FiveTemperamentEnsemble, the Sanguine is [[GenkiGirl Rin]] - arguably even more energetic and outgoing than Honoka, {{tomboy}}ish, playful and cheerful; the Choleric is [[AttentionWhore Nico]] - brash, abrasive, self-absorbed and irritable; the Phlegmatic is [[TeamMom Nozomi]] - kind, quiet, pretty mature and levelheaded yet not without a mischievous streak; the Melancholic is [[{{Tsundere}} Maki]] - aloof, overly prideful, standoffish and independent, and the Eclectic is [[ShrinkingViolet Hanayo]] - a very meek and shy girl, who gains confidence thanks to her CharacterDevelopment and has a ''very'' passionate side, mainly reserved to idols.

* {{Determinator}}:
** Double subverted. Honoka is initially described as someone who tends to get overly excited over a prospect, dragging everyone around her into achieving said prospect only to lose confidence in the end and quit (causing trouble for everyone involved). When she initially tries to form a school idol group, she doesn't have much luck in it, and it seemed like history would repeat itself towards the end of season 1, but Honoka ends defying expectations by never truly giving up. She puts everything she has into become a school idol and against all odds (and despite numerous setbacks) she succeeds.
** She also plays this straight in episode 11. Since she had already been training very hard, the other girls tell her to take it easy. She refuses and, [[TooDumbToLive one day during the rain, keeps training]]. [[spoiler:It later bites her back by [[HeroicRROD contracting a severe fever that jeopardizes her performance at the school festival]].]]

** Rin, once again, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPyGLxD1Jpc in their radio dramas]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Of the {{Jerkass}} variety.
* ShesGotLegs: As shown in the movie. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mibLIQgnJUQ See for yourself.]]

** In an example {{played for laughs}}, episode 6 presents the girls [[ItMakesSenseInContext recording videos of themselves giving Valentine's Day chocolate to a crush]]; Maki's is the standard "I-It's not as though I want to give it to you!" that everyone who has seen a Tsundere anime character knows about. [[LampshadeHanging Rin even comments that she's seen this type of scene on manga.]]
** On Chapter 14 of the School Idol Festival story, Nico outright calls her Mrs. Tsundere in the original Japanese version. In the English version, it's translated as "[[SugarAndIcePersonality Hot-and-Cold]]", but since this trait forms part of her Tsundere side, the connotations are the same.

* BigBad: Of the "mundane jerk" varient for the anime's first seven episodes, as she constantly roadblocks µ's from achieving their goals and is the biggest direct obsticle they face. Once she turns around and joins the group, the rest of the show is sqaurely in {{No Antagonist}} territory.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Although Eli was one too, it takes Maki longer to warm up to the group, and she doesn't take part in too many of the non-idol activities. However, Nozomi tries to help bring her into the group more, and she ends up joining them in the pillow fight during episode 10.

* {{Ojou}}: Comes from a pretty wealthy family, but subverts this personality-wise. She's relatively polite, but often standoffish and blunt.

** While she hovered around Honoka's group early on, she always claimed she wasn't interested in joining. However, around the time Hanayo and Rin join, she feels compelled to as well, and ultimately relents.

* TheStoic: She's usually detached and impassive, especially in comparison to [[http://i.imgur.com/QdaPvLD.png everyone else.]]

* SugarAndIcePersonality: Deep down she is pretty kind and has a good heart, yet she is aloof, standoffish and the member least likely to get overly emotional, except for when she is angry or frustrated. [[spoiler:Though even then, episode 11 of season 2 exists]].

* {{Tsundere}}: The Harsh type, of the modern variety. This clashes along with SugarAndIcePersonality, making her a unique take on the trope - not only is she very hard to open emotionally; when called out on it, she tends to [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial coldly refuse it]], especially if it's about [[HatesBeingAlone wanting to be alone]]. It takes Nozomi to [[DefrostingIceQueen open her feelings to the other girls]] and join their scapades instead of being alone in the background. And although she is constantly arguing with [[VitriolicBestBuds Nico]], she does care for her as well [[spoiler:(to the point she reveals to her she wants to form a group of idols with her when they both graduate, on episode 11 of season 2)]].
** In an example {{played for laughs}}, episode 6 presents the girls [[ItMakesSenseInContext recording videos of themselves giving Valentine's Day chocolate to a crush]]; Maki's is the standard "I-It's not as though I want to give it to you!" that everyone who has seen a Tsundere anime character knows about. [[LampshadeHanging Rin even comments that she's seen this type of scene on manga]].
** On Chapter 14 of the School Idol Festival story, Nico outright calls her Mrs. Tsundere, though in the English version it's translated as "[[SugarAndIcePersonality Hot-and-Cold]]".

* OutOfFocus: {{Zig|Zagging Trope}}-zagged. On one hand, the anime makes it clear that Umi is one of the three main protagonists alongside Honoka and Kotori. On the other hand, unlike the other two or the rest of μ's for that matter, Umi disturbingly never receives [[ADayInTheLimelight a character focus episode]].

* AdaptationPersonalityChange: '''And how!''' Eli suffers this the most out of the girls; in the manga, she was far more approachable as the student council's president and was one of Honoka's {{Childhood Friends}}. In the anime, she's an IceQueen with no relationship with the other characters except for [[OnlyFriend Nozomi]] (until character development kicks in).

* OnlyFriend: In the anime, it's {{implied|Trope}} Nozomi was this to her. {{Subverted|Trope}} after she {{defrost|ing Ice Queen}}s.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the manga, while still calm, Umi was noticeably more cheerful and even considered Honoka to be her "super childhood friend". This is not the case in the anime, where she is more withdrawn, much more prone to getting worked out by incompetence, and her dynamic with Honoka is [[VitriolicBestBuds more vitriolic]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: She was more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and BookDumb in the manga and novel. The anime pushes her to be more of a CoolBigSis, as well as far, ''far'' more mischievous and devious.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: '''And how!''' Eli suffers this the most out of the girls; in the manga, she was far more approachable as the student council's president and was one of Honoka's {{Childhood Friends}}. In the anime, she's an IceQueen with no relationship with the other characters except for [[OnlyFriend Nozomi]] (until character development kicks in).

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the manga, Nico was ''far'' more bubbly and an outright NiceGirl. The anime opts more for the AttentionWhore [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold With A Heart Of Gold]] route.

* NiceGirl: Although she's pretty strict, especially towards Honoka, she's a kind and loyal friend at heart, and overall she's very polite and graceful.

* TrainingFromHell: Attempts to invoke this on the others during a two-day training trip to Maki's beach house. Her training plan involved a swimming for total of 25 kilometers over two days. It's unknown whether or not even Umi herself could've completed the training, but seeing as she could throw supersonic pillows [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower to render someone unconcious...]]

* AccentSlipUp: Nozomi stops using the Kansai dialect when she's flustered, [[spoiler:as the rest of µ's learns when they confront her in her room.]]

* ShesGotLegs: Honoka mentions this as one of the reasons why she's [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer so popular with girls.]]
* ShipTease: With Nozomi, and occusionally Umi outside of the anime.

* StatuesqueStunner: She's quite tall and definitely attractive.

** She also seems to be afraid of haunted houses, which Nico exploits in an animated short for µ's 2014 concert.

* TsurimeEyes: Then again, would you be surprised given she's a {{Tsundere}}? She's also the only member of the group with them.

* ACupAngst: More so when the more developed Eli, Nozomi, and Hanayo are around.

* NiceGirl: Pre-anime materials portray her as a nice, friendly and cherful girl who helps Maki become more outgoing.

* IllGirl: She was born with poor leg health which made her unable to run when she was younger. A surgery at Nishikino fixes this (which would explain how her mother and Maki's mother know each other). However, unfortunately it leaves her with a scar that became her complex. She did get better though, as the wound becomes less noticeable as she grew up.