History YMMV / AikatsuStars

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, see them as one-note SpotlightStealingSquad who feel totally out of place, due to the setting (and the fact that Four Stars' Male Division [[InformedAttribute never appeared]] doesn't help) and [[TrappedByMountainLions their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, see them as one-note SpotlightStealingSquad who don't belong in the show, due to the setting (and the fact that Four Stars' Male Division [[InformedAttribute never appeared]] doesn't help) and [[TrappedByMountainLions their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, see them as one-note SpotlightStealingSquad who don't belong in the show, due to the setting (and the fact that Four Stars Academy's Male Division [[InformedAttribute never appeared]] doesn't help) and [[TrappedByMountainLions their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, see them as a bunch of one-dimensional [[SpotlightStealingSquad screentime hoggers]] who don't belong in the show, due to the setting (and the fact that Four Stars Academy's Male Division [[InformedAttribute never appeared]] doesn't help) and [[TrappedByMountainLions their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series flopped in Japan, mainly because, [[ContestedSequel among other reasons]], the target demographic couldn't get used to it over the previous show, and while it’s also contested in the west, it has a dedicated and vocal fanbase there. Some of them love its' unique take on the Aikatsu concept, while a few of them [[JustHereForGodzilla watch the show for the romance elements]] involving the girls dealing with their feelings for the boy idol group M4 (namely Yume/Subaru and especially Ako/Kanata).

** The introduction of Aria didn't sit too well with a majority of the fans, who were disappointed that an entirely new girl would be getting wings instead of characters like Ako and Koharu who were present from the very beginning. It also doesn't help that her brand isn't an original, instead she takes over My Little Heart from Hime. When she makes her appearance on the show however, some fans were won over by her personality and by her gimmick.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series flopped in Japan, mainly because, [[ContestedSequel among other reasons]], the target demographic simply couldn't get used to it over the previous show, and while it’s also contested in the west, it has a dedicated and vocal fanbase there. Some of them love its' unique take on the Aikatsu concept, while a few of them [[JustHereForGodzilla watch the show for the romance elements]] involving the girls dealing with their feelings for the boy idol group M4 (namely Yume/Subaru and especially Ako/Kanata).

** Hikaru Moroboshi was meant to come off as a WellIntentionedExtremist who wanted Yume to avoid the same fate [[spoiler: his older sister Hotaru did]] when she used the DangerousForbiddenTechnique far too much, to the point of losing her voice. Unfortunately, Moroboshi oftentimes appeared highly antagonistic throughout the MythArc, going as far as sabotaging Yume's album release in a failed attempt to demoralize the aspiring idol. Adding salt to the wound, is that the very few times Moroboshi did interact with Yume revealed some underlying hostility on his part and a clearly frightened Yume in return. This often caused a painful run of PoorCommunicationKills and holding the IdiotBall, basically forcing [[CoolBigSis Hime]] to comfort Yume on many occasions during the arc.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, see them as a bunch of one-dimensional [[SpotlightStealingSquad screentime hoggers]] who don't belong to the show, due to the setting (and the fact that Four Stars Academy's Male Division [[InformedAttribute never appeared]] doesn't help) and [[TrappedByMountainLions their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, see them as a bunch of bland [[SpotlightStealingSquad screentime hoggers]] who don't belong to the show, given the setting (and the fact that Four Stars Academy's Male Division [[InformedAttribute never appeared]] doesn't help) and [[TrappedByMountainLions their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, find them to be bland and totally out of place, given the setting and [[TrappedByMountainLions their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, find them to be bland and totally out of place, given the setting and their [[TrappedByMountainLions lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story]], especially in Season 2.

** The M4 as a whole are also this in some circles. To their fans (including [[CreatorsFavorite some of the staff]]), they’re welcome in the series and provide a decent change of pace, especially seeing that Yume sees them as genuine rivals instead of {{Love Interest}}s come Episode 43. Their detractors, however, find them to be bland and totally out of place, given the setting and their lack of (or at least, questionable) purpose in the story, especially in Season 2.

** Related to the M4 above, the [[ShipTease ship teases]] in general have gotten this reaction. While some fans find them to be sweet and enjoyable, others find them to be distracting, superfluous, and sometimes poorly-handled, not helping that [[DoubleStandard some ships get more focus than the other]].

** Related to the M4 above, the [[ShipTease ship teases]] in general have gotten this reaction. While some fans find them to be sweet and enjoyable, others find them to be distracting, superfluous, and sometimes poorly-handled, not helping that some ships get more focus than the other.

* AmericansHateTingle: A lot of western fans really didn't like Mahiru in Season 1, due to her karate chopping gag, her abrasive personality, and her relationship with Yozora.

* SoOkayItsAverage: For the viewers that aren't on either extremes, they find ''Stars!'' to be a decent and fun show, but it could be a lot better than it is.

** Subaru/Yume is also a popular ship, particularly among the younger shippers. However, the ship itself had been downplayed heavily in Season 2, especially with how little M4 appears, but the primary audience went (and still are) crazy over it.

** Subaru/Yume is a popular ship as well, particularly among the younger shippers. However, the ship itself had been downplayed heavily in Season 2, especially with how little M4 appears, but the primary audience went (and still) crazy over it.

* SoOkayItsAverage: For the viewers that aren't on either extremes, they find ''Stars!'' to be a decent and fun show, but it could be a lot better than it is.

** FanPreferredCouple: Even though Ako canonically has a crush on Subaru, her scene chemistry with Kanata is preferred by a lot of fans and many of them hope that the two end up together.

%%* FanPreferredCouple: ** Even though Ako canonically has a crush on Subaru, her scene chemistry with Kanata is preferred by a lot of fans and many of them hope that the two end up together.

** Subaru/Yume is a popular ship as well, particularly among the younger shippers. The ship itself had been downplayed heavily in Season 2, especially with how little M4 appears, but the primary audience went (and still) crazy over it.

** SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While the end of the first season of ''Stars!'' was divisive and soured opinions, the Venus Ark season has been more warmly received with a few bumps in the road, providing a decent antagonist, [[TheBusCameBack bringing back Koharu]], and putting more development into the girls' growth. Though it slips into SeasonalRot towards the middle, given that the writing hasn't improved in some fans' opinions and the Venus Ark storyline and characters are seen as lackluster, Koharu's mini-arc, Ako/Kirara subplot, and the main Venus Ark characters besides Elza had a lot of generally positive press, and Season 2's second half had entertaining writing.