YMMV / Lady!!

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Did Arthur ever harbour feelings for Lynn at some point, or is it likely that he viewed her as a surrogate little sister, because of her proximity to Edward? The fact that in the end, he confesses his love for Sarah puts a bullet in the former, in spite of all their moments of Ship Tease.
• Awesome Music:
  • The opening of the second series, Lady's Crest by Kaoru Moriya. It captures your attention with the sudden instrumental riff, turns upbeat, and then turns upbeatier.
  • The Italian opening of the second series, Milly, un giorno dopo l'altro by Cristina D'Avena. It's happy, poppy, and carried by her beautiful voice from start to finish.
  • The Arabic version of Lady Lady's original theme song. It sounds like Ominous Latin Chanting at first, and then the singing turns passionate, fast and back to slow and melancholy.
• Broken Base: Fans who were introduced to the anime first were disappointed when they read the manga and found out that George ended up marrying Madeleine and Lynn actually returned to Japan, as well as the fact that George actually dies later on. They preferred Toei Animation's changes where The Power of Love prevents all those things from happening and keeps the Russell family together. Whereas some other fans love it for fleshing out Thomas and Mary, giving more screentime to the side characters and developing new storylines.
• Catharsis Factor: Anytime the Waverlys gets punished for their actions, it’s nothing short of deserving.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Sarah Frances Russell is either your favourite character, your first crush, or someone who your heart has skipped for at least once. She's more well-liked than Lynn.
  • Sophie is also well-liked by many fans for subverting the typical Alpha Bitch formula and having a reason for disrespecting Lynn when she actually does like her. She's also one of the reasons Lynn goes through with defying Mary in the finale.
• Epileptic Trees: The Duke or Madeleine deliberately caused the car accident that led to Misuzu's death. In the manga, the driver swerved the car to avoid hitting a little girl, but in the anime, another vehicle suddenly crashes into it.
• Fandom Rivalry: With Candy♡Candy, because there's no doubt that Lady drew a lot from it. However, Lady takes a different turn with the plot threads and also has a more serious tone. Some fans allege Lady is a Serial Numbers Filed Off version of Candy, while others believe that Lady is a better version of it. Not helping matters is that in many parts of the world, Lady was introduced first (like the Middle East), leading them to accuse Candy of being the ripoff.
• Fan-Preferred Couple: Most fans ship Edward/Lynn. The Arab fandom prefers it strongly because of all the fluffy moments between the two kids. The vast majority of Lynn/Edward ship art online is from Arab artists.
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • Despite the Fandom Rivalry between the two series, many fans of Candy♡Candy also adore Lady!! because of their similarites and dub Candy it's "progenitor". Even their respective authors, Keiko Nagita and Yōko Hanabusa, are friends and co-wrote a manga together, Premier Muguet.
  • Many Arabic fans of Lady also love Captain Tsubasa because they aired on the same channel and had the same dubbing cast.
• Gateway Series: For many Middle Easterners, this was their first Shōjo anime.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff:
  • Lady Lady! and its sequel Hello Lady Lynn are very popular in European countries, especially in France and Spain. Yoko Hanabusa even appears at cons in France.
  • The anime is also so popular in Italy that in May 2023, 35 years after it aired in the country for the first time, Italia 1 broadcasted a remastered version of the Italian dub.
  • The Gulf States/Middle East's favourite Shōjo anime. It was especially popular in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt, and it frequently gets reruns. Hanabusa herself gave a Fandom Nod to them by introducing an original Arab character in the sequel manga.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • As the Coach shows the girls the hall of portraits that shows the previous Lady's Crest winners. In 1983, the award went to a girl named Mariee Matlin, in 1985, it went to a girl named Virigina Madsen and in 1986, the award went to a girl named Jennifer Connelly.
  • In the manga, there's a scene where Lynn cries after hearing that Sarah married Arthur (even though she's happy for them), because it means all this time, Arthur has liked Sarah more than her. When the anime aired, Sarah became the show's Ensemble Dark Horse, overshadowing Lynn in popularity. It turns out even the audience liked Sarah more than her.
• Moe: Lynn is an absolutely adorable Cheerful Child.
• Moral Event Horizon:
  • Thomas and Mary crossed it when they replaced Sarah's painting with a blank canvas, which she ended up submitting to the art contest, and gleefully rubbing it in her face later. Sarah, who has a faint constitution, is so stressed she starts shedding tears and almost faints. It's one of those moments where you want to reach into your television screen and smack both kids for being so cruel to the show's resident Ill Girl. Thankfully Arthur saves the day by riding Alexandra to the train stop and racing against time to submit the correct entry, and Sarah ends up winning.
  • For other viewers, all three of the Waverlys crossed it when they bluntly told Lynn her mother died, or when they faulted Lynn for her death in a car accident.
  • Some viewers did not want to forgive Vivian for her history of animal abuse towards Andrews, even when she eventually became Lynn's friend and supported her winning the Lady's Crest.
• Never Live It Down: For manga readers, it's George marrying Madeleine even after she was cruel to Lynn.
• Periphery Demographic:
  • In the commentary of the final volume, Yōko Hanabusa mentions that she would hear groups of young boys sing the theme song of Lady Lady, finding it amusing since the series was planned with little girls in mind.
  • In the Middle East, little girls watched this show and dreamed of Arthur, while little boys watched it and dreamed of Sarah.
• Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Many fans viewed George Russell as an enabler to Madeleine Waverly's abuse of his daughters, while others posit that he was so busy with work he didn't notice what was happening. When George decided to go through with his marriage to Madeleine in the manga, many fans considered this the Moral Event Horizon for his character, because Madeleine had been nothing short of a total bitch to Lynn, and her two children Thomas and Mary frequently tormented and bullied her. Toei Animation must have been aware of this, because in the anime he's given more screentime where he bonds with Lynn and Sarah, and only agrees to marry Madeleine because his father promised to accept Lynn if he did - when Lynn hears of this, she's so disturbed she tries to run away from home, and George calls off the marriage.
• Superlative Dubbing: The Arabic dub used a lot of seasoned Jordanian actors in the cast who also lent their voices to prior Arabic anime dubs like Captain Tsubasa.
• They Copied It, So It Sucks!: Lady!! is frequently called a Candy♡Candy ripoff.^note 
  • Candy Candy is set in the US before the First World War. Lady!! is set in contemporary Britain during the 1920s.
  • Lynn and Candy are kind-hearted girls that draw in people with their selflessness, no matter how much they suffer.
  • Lynn and Candy both live ordinary lives, until one day, they're suddenly thrusted into wealthy families and have to adapt to a Proper Lady lifestyle.
  • Both Lynn and Candy have two Hate Sink step-siblings that frequently abuse them, play tricks on them and try to ruin their lives. They never get punished because they're protected by their Wicked Stepmother.
  • Both have step-sisters with pink hair who are also Alpha Bitches. Said stepsisters also like the same boy they like, and behave as Green Eyed Monsters towards them. Eliza also has a grey Right-Hand Cat, while Mary has a white one named Prince.
  • Lynn and Candy both fall for a handsome blonde man who rides a white horse, but both times he was The Not-Love Interest. Arthur Brighton already had feelings for Sarah, whereas Candy's first love Anthony died at a young age. Even the author admits to being a huge fan of Candy♡Candy and stated it inspired her to write the manga.
• Toy Ship: Edward/Lynn, which in time, becomes canon. It also eventually stops being a "toy" ship as they age up, have their first kiss as teenagers, and marry as adults, having children that are the protagonists of the sequel manga.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: George, for his Parental Neglect. He wasn't present in Lynn's life for the first five years and when they finally meet, Lynn's just lost her mother in a car accident. While he acts consoling to her at first, they have to separate again because George has to make sure his wealth and assets are in place. There's also the fact that he's barely present in his Delicate and Sickly older daughter's life, Sarah. Throw in the fact that none of his attempts to secure the Marble Mansion were successful, and he comes off like an idiot who couldn't manage his money properly and doesn't care about his daughters.
• The Woobie: See here.

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