History YMMV / LoveLiveSunshine

*** Creator/RikakoAida (Rikyako)

*** Creator/AinaSuzuki (Ainya)

** Riko can now add "Riko-chan Beam Rifle" or "Riko-chan Beam Saber" as her new beam attack [[CatchPhrase Catchphrases]] now that Rikako Aida is revealed as the voice actress of young [[Manga/Gundam00Sidestories Chall Acustica]] in ''[[VideoGame/SDGundamGGeneration SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays]]'' .

%%* HeartwarmingInHindsight: One two girls who decides to become school idol in the post-credit of ''Over the Rainbow'' was voiced by Coco Hayashi, who would succeeds Creator/TomoriKusunoki as the new character voice of Setsuna Yuki in ''Anime/LoveLiveNijigasakiHighSchoolIdolClub''.

** A scene of Yoshiko holding her ice cream in Italy looked normal, but eating in [[https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/europe/italian-city-to-fine-tourists-800-for-eating-in-public/news-story/32430d55c19ddbeed7f73be120655d09 Italy's public streets will be threatened with fines of up to €150-€500 ($240-$800).]] Riko's backstory features her having an anxiety attack on stage at a live piano performance. During Aqours first live concert, Riko's voice actress, Rikako Aida, ended up suffering a panic attack during her piano performance on "Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare".

* CommonKnowledge: In many corners of the internet, even this very wiki, it's often said that Season 2 shifted away from Chika/Riko and toward Yoshiko/Riko in a case of PanderingToTheBase. However, Riko and Yoshiko's interactions are almost entirely confined to Season 2, Episode 5 and one scene in the immediately following episode. Otherwise, Riko's interactions are mostly with Chika and You [[ThreesomeSubtext as a trio]], ditto for Yoshiko with Hanamaru and Ruby (as well as Leah in the case of Episodes 8 and 9).

** As stated above, Dia tends to be shipped together with Sarah as a literal [[JustForPun sister ship]] to the Ruby x Leah pairing after the latter gained traction in the second season even though, compared to their younger sisters, Dia and Sarah don't have as much meaningful onscreen interactions as they did in the anime.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: [[https://youtu.be/Ksf_gq6fZZM The MV for Ruby's second solo, "Cotton Candy Ei Ei Oh!"]], quite possibly the single ''weirdest'' piece of media ever released in the franchise. If you thought "Love Live" and "DerangedAnimation" didn't belong in the same sentence, oh boy...

* SlowPacedBeginning: A common complaint in Season 1 that many fans had was that the first seven episodes seemed [[ItsTheSameSoItSucks repetitive of what had already been done in the original anime]] with many fearing that the show was just going to coast by on the same plot of the original Love Live! Then came [[WhamEpisode Episode 8]] and ''Sunshine'' began actively subverting many of the tropes of its parent show and a major plot of the first season became about Aqours learning to shine in their own way and not just be µ's imitators. The plot then became a lot stronger and the show allowed itself to gain its own unique identity.

** Despite the reduced use of UsefulNotes/{{Japanese Honorifics}} in English compared to Japanese, the English dub still needed to convey Dia's concerns about getting closer to the other girls in Season 2 Episode 4. It did so by changing dialogue to incorporate various terms of endearment. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BVNnj6qk0w results]] have some [[HoYay interesting implications]] when interpreted a certain way, however.
** The dub for the movie, ''Over the Rainbow'', also avoided Japanese manners of speech. Mari's mother verbally nicknames Dia as "boop boop" instead of "desuwa/deathwar", taking the other part of her catchphrase.
* WTHCastingAgency: When Aqours' character designs first came out, many people immediately took Hanamaru for a Hanayo {{Expy}} and assumed she would have a similarly high-pitched, squeaky voice. So, when voice clips were first released and it was revealed that Hanamaru actually has a very distinctive mature-sounding, even deep voice, many were pretty shocked at the contrast. However, Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad: over time, fans did get more used to the voicing, and ultimately it ended up becoming one of the most commonly-praised voices largely because it's so unique and different to anything in µ's.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: ''Sunshine'' is considered by some an improvement in quality over the original. It also happens to be DarkerAndEdgier.

*** [[BaseBreakingCharacter Depending on who you ask]], Yoshiko went this way in Season 2. Put simply, Season 2 ''severely'' slammed Yoshiko with the {{Flanderization}} bat and reduced her character by large into a gag, and she got a ''second'' CharacterFocus episode that, bewilderingly, almost entirely retraces her character development from her first CharacterFocus in Season 1, except it has ultimately zero impact on her character going forward.
*** Hanamaru ends up DemotedToExtra and gets little to no CharacterFocus ''at all'' after the episode where she joins Aqours, reducing her to being a StraightMan for Yoshiko. Noticeably, despite one of her basic character conceits being that she's Ruby's best friend, their bond isn't addressed at all in Ruby's spotlight episodes late in the series, instead developing a relationship between Ruby and Leah. Ironically, her relegation to being a background character is the exact reason she joined Aqours to avoid!
*** How many feel Riko suffered in Season 2. She was the closest thing to a {{Deuteragonist}} in Season 1, as well as receiving ''lots'' of ShipTease with Chika. Due to said pairing not exactly taking off in Japan though, their relationship was largely ignored save for moments [[ThreesomeSubtext that were always shared with You]], and consequently stripped her of her role in the story, leaving her with little besides the fifth episode which contained a bunch of ShipTease with Yoshiko (which many fans found to be forced [[PanderingToTheBase shipper pandering]]) and a half-hearted arc about her overcoming her fear of dogs. Seeing how important she was in Season 1, most felt this more than a bit of a downgrade.

*** You is widely liked by the Eastern fanbase for being charismatic, for [[InstantExpert her innate ability to pick up skills from others]] and [[TheAce do it at the pace they can]], and for being a subtle MsFanservice. The charisma of her own seiyuu, Shuka Saito, also helps. As seen above, however, due to the Western fanbase's exposure to the character being mainly through the anime, [[AmericansHateTingle she has much less fans there]] because of her [[OutOfFocus lack of overall focus]] aside from one episode that only addressed her ClingyJealousGirl status towards Chika; thus, she is seen as nothing more than a SatelliteCharacter, leading to feelings of TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter due to her heavy underutilization.

** A scene of Yoshiko holding her ice cream in Italy looked normal, but eating in [[https://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/europe/italian-city-to-fine-tourists-800-for-eating-in-public/news-story/32430d55c19ddbeed7f73be120655d09 Italy's public streets will be threatened with fines of up to €150-€500 ($240-$800).]] Riko's backstory features her having an anxiety attack on stage at a live piano performance. During Aqours first live concert, Riko's seiyuu, Rikako Aida, ended up suffering a panic attack during her piano performance on "Omoi yo Hitotsu ni Nare".

** Mari is seen injuring her leg during the Tokyo event in the first season's 9th Episode. Mari's seiyuu, Aina Suzuki also injured her leg during the last stop of the Fan Meeting Trip session in Chiba.

** Since Season 1 Episode 12, several fans will always believe that the Honoka-lookalike is ''actually [[HasTwoMommies Honoka and Tsubasa]]'''s [[BabiesEverAfter biological daughter]], while her ''real'' mother is ultimately seen as the kid's [=nanny/guardian=].

** Yoshiko is one of (if not, ''the'') the most popular characters, but also one of the most divisive, for her {{chuunibyou}} behavior — some people love it and find her as a very interesting character as a result of this, others downright hate her (or just like her the least among the main cast) for it, since [[StaticCharacter she doesn't break out of it a lot]]. This mostly has to do with the way Yoshiko was handled in season 2, as it [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerated her chuuni persona]] compared to season 1. Following the conclusion of ther series, many fans are still split about her; one side still appreciates Yoshiko's [[ContraltoOfDanger dynamic singing voice]] and like her RunningGag, while the latter feel that said running gag was {{overused|RunningGag}} and caused her to fall victim to the worse side of {{Flanderization}}, with [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter no meaningful impact on either the plot or any of the other characters]] despite her multiple focus episodes.

For YMMV tropes applicable to the original ''Anime/LoveLive'', see [[YMMV/LoveLive here]].
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Similar to the original ''Love Live'', and evidently just part and parcel for idol groups in general, almost ''all'' of the nine protagonists are this (with Hanamaru fortunately {{avert|ed Trope}}ing this despite her TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter claims).