History YMMV / BambooBlade

** Lion-tan: Kirino, for her general [[CatSmile appearance]] and demeanour.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForLittleGirls: It's about a group of high school girls who are in their school's kendo club. And the manga is serialized in a...seinen manga magazine.

* TheScrappy: [[JerkAss Toyama]] for his bullying and [[KarmaHoudini lack of punishment for it]].

* LesYay: Depending on how you interpret Saya and Kirino's RomanticTwoGirlFriendship. The scene late in the anime when Saya, [[spoiler: after interrupting Kirino drafting her resignation from the ''kendo'' team]], pushes Kirino down onto her bed is especially fraught.

* EarWorm: Here's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMn-4Oc-vqA opening song]], and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6MnDMCn-Hk ending song]]. It can get pretty addicting to listen to after hearing it a few times.

* CharacterShilling: You can play a drinking game with how often the characters sing [[TheAce Tama's]] praises, but prepare for a huge hangover the morning after.

* EarWorm: ''The opening.'' Of both the show proper and the ShowWithinAShow.
** Here's the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMn-4Oc-vqA opening song]], and the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6MnDMCn-Hk ending song]]. It can get pretty addicting to listen to after hearing it a few times.

* TheScrappy: [[JerkAss Toyama]] for his bullying and [[KarmaHoudini lack of punishment for it]].
* {{Yandere}}: Miya-Miya could be seen as a {{Reconstruction}} of the trope: she is psychotically, obsessively in love with Dan-kun... because he serves as her MoralityChain, making her act nice to people rather than her otherwise confrontational self and ultimately develop into a gentler and happier person.

*** The ending as well, after listening to it one too many times. "I'm calling the Star Rise..."

* TheScrappy: [[JerkAss Toyama]] for his bullying and [[KarmaHoudini lack of punishment for it]].

* KarmaHoudini: A lot of the Kendo team's antagonists. Toyama is [[TheBully outright]] [[WouldHitAGirl abusive]], causing all the previous members to quit except Kirano and Saya, but no disaplinary action is ever taken against him. Konishi and her GirlPosse cheat to win matches by injuring Tama's ankle. the only punishment she gets is losing ''one point'' against Tama, who at no point exposes Konishi's poor sportsmanship, allowing her team to win. Reimi relentlessly stalks Miyamiya and sends goods to attack Yuji, yet for some reason, Miyamiya never does anything about it.

* KarmaHoudini: A lot of the Kendo team's antagonists. Toyama is outright abusive, causing all the previous members to quit except Kirano and Saya, but no disaplinary action is ever taken against him. Konishi and her GirlPosse cheat to win matches by injuring Tama's ankle. the only punishment she gets is losing ''one point'' against Tama, who at no point exposes Konishi's poor sportsmanship, allowing her team to win. Reimi relentlessly stalks Miyamiya and sends goods to attack Yuji, yet for some reason, Miyamiya never does anything about it.

* KarmaHoudini: A lot of the Kendo team's antagonists. Toyama is outright abusive, causing all the previous members to quit except Kirano and Saya, but no disaplinary action is ever taken against him. Konishi and her GirlPosse cheat to win matches by injuring Tama's ankle. the only punishment she gets is losing ''one point'' against Tama, who at no point exposes Konishi's poor sportsmanship, alolowing her team to win. Reimi relentlessly stalks Miyamiya and sends goods to attack Yuji, yet for some reason, Miyamiya never does anything about it.

* TheScrappy: [[JerkAssToyama]] for his bullying and [[KarmaHoudini lack of punishment for it]].

* {{Moe}}: [[BadassAdorable Tam]][[CuteBruiser aki]], ''Tamaki'', '''Tamaki'''. To a smaller extent, Kirino also certainly qualifies. In fact, Tamaki and Kirino both made it to the Top 8 (quarterfinals) during Saimoe 2008.

* {{Moe}}: [[BadassAdorable Tam]][[CuteBruiser aki]], ''Tamaki'', '''Tamaki'''. To a smaller extent, Kirino also certainly qualifies. In fact, Tamaki and Kirino both made it to the Top 8 (quarterfinals) during Saimoe 2008.
* NeedsMoreLove

* CrackPairing: on fanfiction, one of the strongest of these is ''[[{{Delinquent}} Toyama]] x [[CoolBigSis Kirino.]]''

* {{Moe}}: [[BadassAdorable Tam]][[CuteBruiser aki]], ''Tamaki'', '''Tamaki'''. To a smaller extent, Kirino also certainly qualifies. In fact, Tamaki and Kirino both made it to the Top 8 (quarterfinals) during Saimoe 2008.

* {{Moe}}: Tamaki, ''Tamaki'', '''Tamaki'''. To a smaller extent, Kirino also certainly qualifies. In fact, Tamaki and Kirino both made it to the Top 8 (quarterfinals) during Saimoe 2008.

* {{Moe}}: Tamaki, ''Tamaki'', '''Tamaki'''. To a slightly lesser extent, Kirino also qualifies as this. In fact, Tamaki and Kirino both made it to the Top 8 (quarterfinals) during Saimoe 2008.

* {{Moe}}: Tamaki, ''Tamaki'', '''Tamaki'''. To a slightly lesser extent, Kirino also qualifies as this. In fact, both Tamaki and Kirino made it to the Top 8 during Saimoe 2008.

* AlasPoorVillain: Episode 20 opens with a ShowWithinAShow example in Shinaider.

* {{Moe}}: Tama-chan all the way!!

* NightmareFuel: '''Reimi'''. Her {{Leitmotif}} sounds like bending metal mixed with static.

* AlasPoorVillain - Episode 20 opens with a ShowWithinAShow example in Shinaider.
* CrackPairing - on fanfiction, one of the strongest of these is ''[[{{Delinquent}} Toyama]] x [[CoolBigSis Kirino.]]''
* NightmareFuel - '''Reimi'''. Her {{Leitmotif}} sounds like bending metal mixed with static.