Love Live! / Memes

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Nico nico nii!

Let's just say that Love Live! has a lot of material to work with, given that it is a popular multimedia franchise filled with expressive characters, Adorkable voice actresses, awesome music, cute outfits and enough Les Yay to massively fill three pages.

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The meme. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The explanation behind the meme, if necessary.[[/labelnote]] ^ExplanationLike this.
- Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

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Love Live! School Idol Project

Todokete, setsuna sa ni wa... ^ExplanationSiIvaGunner, a Youtuber known for making remixes of various songs combining them with other songs uses Snow Halation in a lot of their songs.
- Fans at the live concerts activating high-intensity Ultra Orange glowsticks at the start of "Snow halation"'s final chorus, as seen here.
Nico nico nii! ^ExplanationNico Yazawa's catchphrase.
- "Nico-nico-niii" is NOT ALLOWED on PayPal^Explanation
- Nico Nico KNEE!^Explanation
- Say [X] again, and I'll break your nico nico kneecaps! ^Explanation
Kotori's photobomb◊ in the anime's opening hasn't gone unnoticed by the fan base. Images such as this have surfaced◊. The 6th PV even has her repeating the act◊. Many other characters got to emulate the "Kotobomb" in the subsequent works.
- This is even further lampshaded in the official μ's →NEXT Love Live! 2014 ～ENDLESS PARADE～ pamphlet◊, where on Aya Uchida's message page, she is doing the same in the bottom left of the page.
- She does it again◊ in episode 13 of season 2.
- It should be noted that Kotori's photobomb goes all the way back to the first PV, as seen here◊.
Maki's "Imi wakannai (I don't understand!)" and "Betsuni (dunno)" lines is also considered as one of her "special" charms for the non-Japanese foreign fans.
Kotori the bird^ExplanationOne interpretation of Kotori's name is "little (ko / 小) bird (tori / 鳥)". Unsurprisingly, fanart of Kotori as a bird exists or younger sister of Kotori Otonashi from 'The Idolmaster' and Sam Bird from Formula E.
- Taken up to eleven with the release of Pokémon Sun and Moon, in which Grass-type bird starter Rowlet shares a similar color scheme with Kotori (its shiny version even shares Kotori's image color — mint green) and even does the Kotori photobomb in Pokemon Refresh. In addition, Maki and Umi also get the same treatment with the other starters Litten and Popplio, respectively.
Rin is often portrayed as Azazel in disguise due to their similar hairstyle.
Umi's poker face.^Explanation
Nozomi's "parfait face". ^ExplanationWhen Eli asks Nozomi if she wants to get a parfait with her on the way home in episode 7 of season 2, Nozomi makes a rather suggestive face◊ in response.
- Because of this, the word "Parfait" is now considered as a sexual innuendo by the fans.
Go EDM somewhere else ^Explanation
"Haha Rin Boi" ^Explanation
"Awesome sauce!" ^Explanation
Washi washi^Explanation
smol nozoomy^Explanation
"It doesn't seem like you have a girlfriend, and I don't think you'll get one"^Explanation
Due to Eli's (and to a minor extent: Arisa's) background as part-Russian, expect her to become a poster girl for anything Russian (such as her ability to rule with the power of dictatorship, doing "Rush B" as her strategy) and/or Gopnik stereotypes (such as her doing squats while wearing tracksuits, or her major addiction to vodka) in many fans' eyes.
Since the second season's second episode, fans almost eventually believed that rich people like Maki own a ceiling fan. ^note
Like Hirohiko Araki, Yoshino Nanjo's young-looking appearance in her 30's leads her to be called a "vampire who is forever 17" by her fans.
Maki is Knuckles ^ExplanationThanks to Triple-Q pointing out similarities between Maki and Knuckles the Echidna (at least, his Boom counterpart)- red hair, purple eyes, stubborn, tsundere, gullible, can play the piano... the signs are all there.
- Exacerbated further by fans theorizing that putting the Super Crown on Knuckles would turn him into Maki.
Like Mother, Like Daughter. ^ExplanationFans (jokingly) point out some similarities to both µ's and Aqours members (Honoka and Chika, Riko and Umi etc) like if they are parents.
- Taken up to eleven when the Kurosawa sisters' shared the same names as Maki and Nico's precious stones in ''School Idol Festival'', which "strengthens" their "parental" connection.
µ's is Dead^Explanation
A render of a younger version of Umi from the kindergarten flashback scene serves as one of the materials for the "Can I Get Uhhh" meme.
6/9^Explanation
One of the joke "interpretations" of Honoka portrays her as having god-like abilities, such as having the ability to control the weather (she shouts at the sky hard enough to make rain disappear) and being a time-traveler (the mysterious girl she meets in The Movie is at least somewhat implied to be a future version of herself, although this is never elaborated on).
Futa(na)ri Happiness (NSFW) ^Explanation
The Nebukawa train station on where µ's stood by in the 2nd Season's 11th Episode is infamously known as the location where Idols disband.
Fans also alternated the nicknames for several duo songs, more or less homo-erotically punny:
- NicoMaki: Zurui yo Magnetic Togay
- UmiEli: Storm in Gay(er(s))
- NozoEli: Gayrasu no Homozono, or Gayrasu YES Homozono.
The School Idol Movie also spawned some memes after it's release in the West:
- "Yes. We are school idols! We are called µ's." ^note
- "Ah, Honoka na..." ^ExplanationThe very first lyric from the Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari song, which is used as both for something related to the Movie's (either the first series or it's sequels/spin-off's ending sequence, and a MAJOR Tear Jerker button. This was also used as a bandwagon post by commenting the next chorus until it ends.
  - "Ah, Chika na..." if one both refers a similar ending to Aqours in their own movie...which also resulted in a meaningless chorus as well.
- Ima ga saikou! ^Explanation
- The Nozospin, where Nozomi does a little spin during the song ?<-HEARTBEAT in the movie. Also done by her voice actress in the Final Live, and her Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari card also depicts her doing it.
April Feels ^Explanation
Since the reveal of a picture of Eli's cover for the ''Solo Live! collection Memorial BOX III'' album◊, references of a certain Doki Doki Literature Club! meme went flying. To say which one would be spoilery to that visual novel.
DENDENDEN!!! ^Explanation
After Suzuko Mimori was revealed to have been dating Okada, a.k.a., "The Rainmaker", memes of Umi dating an animated version of Okada began spreading online immediately after the fact. Other than that, it's common to see how both Umi's and Mimorin's moderate fans (and sometimes non-fans) get to make fun of the fans who have crushes on either one of them by bringing up Okada every time either Umi or Mimorin is being talked about.
- And now that Mimorin has confirmed that they are married, expect more memes of this sort to pop up. Like Umi's face become Kanan/Chihaya as result of Umi's VA married or funeral of Ucchi and Mimorin's pair.
Zenkai no Love Live! ^Note is a popular song among the Japanese that it had become a staple challenge in Emitsun Fight Club, wherein Emi Nitta (Honoka's VA) had to sing ad lib to the song.
Umi Episode Never. ^Explanation
This GIF from one of the songs in the movie. ^Explanation
This GIF from Happy Maker at the end of the anime is often used as a reaction image for celebrating something.
"What's wrong with Honoka-chan?" ^Explanation
In a very minor extent: If one reads the resources from Dengeki G's, Eli originally had 2 brothers before they're written off, which also made some of them jokingly assume that Arisa (the only on-screen sibling) is a crossdresser.
MAY BOYPREN NA ^ExplanationTranslated as "She had a boyfriend!" or roughly (yet literally): "There's a boyfriend!", this line was used by the Filipino-speaking fandom after rumors about Pile having a boyfriend (and Mimori's relationship with Okada), and is also used as a Berserk Button for fans of the voice actress.
- Later mutated to MAY ASAWA NA^ExplanationTranslated to "She's already married!" after Mimorin's reveal that she's already married to Okada... and mutated even further to MAY PAMILYA NA^Explanation once news of Mimorin giving birth to a baby boy was released.
Thanks to Nyannyancosplay's cosplay seen on Tik Tok, some fans ironically view cheerleader Nico as the "Hit or Miss" girl.
Despite being a third year high school student and due to her small stature, Nico is occasionally viewed as jailbait.
SHAMELESS / 破廉恥です ^Explanation
Nozomi is also often compared with the MILF (Sera's mother) from Gaki ni Modotte Yarinaoshi (an R-18 comic later animated).
"Press F for A-RISE" ^Explanation
Oh shit a guy ^Explanation

Love Live! Sunshine!!

You Watanabe's official English spelling of her first name has the same spelling as the English pronoun, creating a lot of puns on various websites.
- You (not Watanabe)^Explanation
- Also, You's "Watashi?"^notetranslated as "Me?" is often used as a(n adorably catchy) response when her name is mentioned by the fans.
Kanan is always Right. ^Explanation
"Ninenbu~uri desuka!" (It's been two years!) ^Explanation
Mirai zura! ^ExplanationHanamaru's catchphrase, meaning "It's the future, zura!".
- Zura janai, Katsura da! ^Explanation
Buu buu desu wa! ^Explanation
Kan kan mikan! ^Explanation
Chika being referred to as a walking, talking mikan and vice versa thanks to her design and association with the orange is something of an endearing joke about her among the fandom.
IT'S JOKE. ^ExplanationMari's Gratuitous English catchphrase. Became a hit shortly after Episode 3 aired.
- It isn't joke.
SHINY!!! ^Explanation
Riko seems to have a meme associated with her each week, especially whenever her very expressive reaction faces are concerned. Her VA is also a source of memes among the fandom to a certain extent. See below for some of the memes associated with her.
Yohane has a nose!^Explanation
Kanan having very little screentime in the first 7 episodes has made people ironically say that she doesn't exist.
- You tends to be treated as this as well for having very "minimal" screen time in the second season despite being 5 episodes in. It gets to the point that You is degraded as a supporting character by the fans, and when she appeared in the 3rd ending credits sequence in the 4th Episode (which focused on Dia), fans believe that this was the final nail to her screentime's coffin.
Many fans also see one of Yoshiko's (and the rest of her Guilty Kiss cohorts) "fallen angel" postures as "dabbing". This was also connected to Ruby's gesture in Season 1 Episode 5; it's the one that horrifies Dia and makes Mari declare Ruby a "pretty bomber head".
Riko's Motherly Side Plait-ish hairstyle in Season 1, Episode 10 made the fans joke (or concern) that she would potentially die.
You became this, either as humorous and mostly tragic:
- After Riko's love confession to Chika in Episode 10, some fans rewrote You Watanabe's personality as a Yandere character, which consists of her getting revenge on Riko to take back Chika's love (or in several occasions, Yoshiko's since the 2nd season's 5th Episode), due to the YouHane ship from various fans and recently: from the song Jimo Ai ♡ Mantan ☆ Summer Life), making her somewhat a Memetic Psychopath, almost exactly like how Kotori was portrayed in the previous series.
  - And then there's School Idol Days...
  - Two words: Yuujou You-Sorrow.
  - And then there's the Audio Drama included in the Kinmirai Happy End single:
You: Well, how do I say it...Something inside my body is knocking and is trying to take me over. It feels like my negative thoughts are going to explode...I can only say tsukkomi responses...for now..."short laugh"
- Haha You Cuck. ^Explanation
- You pulling her hand up before she salutes in one of the first two episodes of the second season is ironically mocked as her doing a Nazi salute. This was not the first time either.
- You Bird at Aquarium ^Explanation
- You's shocked expression when Hanamaru falls down onto her, Ruby and Yoshiko had became a reaction image.

Like You, Dia also became this:
- Dia's over-the-top reactions early in the first season are also used by fans for replying to people who (ironically, or unknowingly) mispronounced µ's as "U's" or "Muse (although this was once the correct romanization UNLESS you're talking about the other uses of it)", Aqours as "Aquors (or "Apours" in the Japanese news channel, or even the erroneous "Aqour" on one of the knightblade straps for the 2018 Aqours 3rd Love Live! Tour ～WONDERFUL STORIES～ live concerts)", making her a Memetic Berserk Button.
- Apart from this, Dia also became a subject for the Memetic Loser trope: she also tends to be seen as a Third Wheel of the trio. School Idol Festival even twisted the knife by cutting out her solo part from its version of Mijuku Dreamer, which was the third-year trio's debut as part of Aqours. Taken up to eleven since Season 2, Episode 11, which she had no one left to get near with. Not even her voice actress is safe from this in the Niconamas and in some photos.
- Dia also tends to be portrayed as a sis-con to Ruby, either as comical or Incest Yay Shipping types.
- Dia being portrayed as an extremely obsessed Eli fan is also popular among the fandom.
  - Also: "Eli-sama!"
- Though somewhat short-lived, the short-haired Dia is also popular in the fan art community.
- Dia's butt got a lot of attention for a while thanks to how it was given emphasis on this cover art◊ from Sunshine's Third Fan Book.
Some fans took advantage of Riko's cynophobia (fear of dogs) by replacing Shiitake with other things that is named after the dog (Mushrooms, or even a Japanese Chocolate brand). However, the joke is likely to met it's fall after the fact that she got over her fear in the 2nd Season's 5th Episode (plus she had a pet pug named Prelude in the 13th Episode). However, take note that this would resurface anytime soon.
After Season 1 Episode 4, Hanamaru tends to be portrayed as a person who randomly deactivates any device she touches. While this was jossed as she is able to use a smartphone, it doesn't stop fans from repeating the joke ad nauseam.
Like the rest of the Anime/Manga Token Mini-Moe characters, and from all of the Aqours members: Ruby of ALL the first years is extremely infamous for having a tendency for being treated as an instant jailbait due to her childlike persona, regardless if she’s a child or a first year. This ultimately resulted on the fans portraying her as a girl with an "extremely heavy-handed" protection from any perverted male fans (Which is caused by Dia herself, but they would occasionally include her as the target due to her "Sis-con" tendencies), which is accompanied with response pictures or gifs of Police with/without their cars or the SWAT Team storming.^noteHowever, in an inverted sense of irony: the fan artists also previously sexualized Maki, who is actually mature looking in-appearance and personality (although her younger self in the OVA doesn't count) unlike Ruby. This also applies to other first years like Hanamaru (due to her buxom appearance). Hanayo, Rin, Yoshiko, and Leah on the other hand, is an entirely different matter.
- Ruby's VA (Furihata Ai), also falls into this even though she's in her 20's. And again, like the rest of μ's seiyuu, this is most likely that she will become forever linked to the character.
  - And true to form, the police/SWAT/"FBI, open up!" memes came out in force when Furirin released her first gravure photo book.
- This also applies to other Aqours and/or µ's members' younger selves (including their voice actresses) as well. ^note (Chika's mother is also this, in a very lesser extent.)
Unlike the previous series, Sunshine!! had developed a fairly strong number of Neto Rare-themed memes due to Chika, Riko, & You's relationships (which sometimes goes under the title "Love Live! NTR Project"):
- For You's (the main sufferer of this), see above.
- After Season 1, Episode 10, Riko tends to be seen as a "couple destroyer" by the shippers, for which they gave her the nickname "Redhead Bitch" or, among her fans, the "NTR/Cuckold/Harem Queen".
- One word: Chi-Cuck.
- "Love Live is also an NTR Anime."
Based on her first appearance in the Anime, Fans tends to see Yoshiko's hair bun as her "true sentient form", with the human body as her "host".
A number of fans noticed Hanamaru's resemblance with Yui from Tamashii Insert (it's a hentai manga later animated), due to their similar hair, eyes & bust.
- Ditto her resemblance to Platelet from Cells at Work!.
OHIRU TABETE, also known as 1:44^Explanation
A stock photo of FuRyu's Nuigurumi Mascot ~Sanensei~ Mari Ohara plush is this thanks to a fan from a Facebook group. Before it eventually expands into a material for various memes, the doll begins as a variant of the "Perhaps" meme used for Barnyard's Otis the cow.
- And due to her Italian-American mixed blood, Mari herself has become a walking memetic millennial by many.
The numbers Zero (0) and Ninety-Eight (98) can become an instant Tear Jerker button for Chika.
FUCK. ^Explanation:
Everything about Sunshine's April Fools' puppet show in 2017. 'Everything'.
- KORAAAAA! Nani shitteru no? ^Explanation
From Season 2 Episode 4, a scene of the dolphin's head partially submerged behind Dia before diving back down as Dia turns her head around has instantly become a meme consisting of the dolphin mocking her.
An UR Card of Mari taking a selfie while poking Dia's cheek◊, released in mid-November 2017, also became a subject of Photoshop by fans within a few days of its release.
Smug Riko ^Explanation
"Nocturne", or "Laelaps"? ^Explanation
Who will be the top/X-Top or Y-Top?" ^Explanation
GangBangRuby^Explanation
Chika donning the winter face mask has become a subject of Counter-Strike-themed (and by extension, criminal/bank robber/terrorist-themed) memes.
The reveal of the official Sunshine!!-themed Hand (fidget) Spinners in December 2017 had made some fans began to create mock-up merchandise ads like the "Mari Ohara Vibrator", "Ruby Kurosawa Brass Knuckles", "Yoshiko Tsushima All Purpose Gear", or even the "You Watanabe Dildo!".
- What makes it funnier is the Ruby Kurosawa Brass Knuckles were made as an actual thing for 2018's Comiket.◊
The reveal of the Natsu e no Tobira Never end ver. outfits had made fans associate them with sushis, notably Hanamaru's due to a similarity with a tamago sushi.
White Taco (and by extension, My Taco) ^Explanation
Chika's Center-stealing Powers ^Explanation
As with Maki's Tsundere lines, Kanan's hands-behind-head posture (which is a very frequent pose) is also considered endearing by the fans.
- The sleeveless outfits on the show, combined with the Hands-behind-head (or any other arm) posture, also resulted in a strong ignition of the armpit fetishism.
Everything Rikako "Rikyako" Aida (Riko's seiyuu) draws, thanks to how her drawings are hilariously bad yet somewhat cute, ranging from the elephant she drew in the niconama, to the dog, which was also featured in the anime, and recently, to the otter...thing she drew for her "Marugoto Rikako" show have all become instant memes in the fanbase.
Sexy Home Tutor. When referenced, expect a member of Aqours to recreate Ai Furihata's poses in the infamous sketch.
Suwa's Harem ^ExplanationFans often see a picture of Suwa Nanaka being surrounded with her fellow members as a "harem".
- First wife: Aina "Ainya" Suzuki, for being the first member that Suwawa captured.
Speaking of Ainya, her voice is always at 100% volume. ^Explanation
The shipping between Yoshiko's and Riko's moms takes the "You're Mom Gay" jokes in an extremely literal way.
Doubling as Harsher in Hindsight; various Vietnamese Love Livers joked about Hanamaru's literal translated name: Flower Circle ("花"and"丸"), which is also used as a name for the funeral wreath in Vietnamese culture. Not helped to the fact that Hanamaru's mother had a Motherly Side Plait, which is seen as a "Hairstyle of Death". (Though Hanamaru mentioned that she's alive and well)
"Aida-san can do X"! ^note
Fans also made fun of Rikako's cooking due to her making a burger within 3 Episodes, which also applied to her other things she do.
The title of the Sunshine movie Over the Rainbow reignited a lot of Les Yay jokes.
Aqours shuugou! Bangou! ^Explanation
Leah drinking coffee while angry. ^ExplanationThis image from the second season's ninth episode is often used by Japanese fans in reaction to everyday things that annoy them, or even problems related to Love Live! itself.
- From the same episode, we also have the Imagine Spot where the first years form a fake idol group with Leah that happens when the girls worry about why they didn't come with them. Pictures from the sequence are frequently posted online by fans.
"Give up!" ^Explanation
A strip of Yoshiko licking her laptop monitor from a doujin titled "Shico Rico Douga" (warning: NSFW) also became a meme template.
Riko-chan BEEEEAAAAMMM!!! ^ExplanationRiko's way of cheering up Chika out of her funk in season 2 episode 1 has her saying this while doing a pose reminiscent of Ultraman pretending that she's blasting a beam. The fandom took a run with it and now plenty of fanworks have Riko blasting actual beams whenever she says this phrase, with fans treating it as if this were a real super power of hers. It got so popular that it eventually became Riko's second call-and-response phrase in live concerts!
- Became an Ascended Meme when Riko yells "Riko-chan Laser BEEEEAAAAMMM!!!" in the Guilty Kiss song, "New Romantic Sailors".
Owing to Riko's reputation as Aqours's resident Launcher of a Thousand Ships, jokes about how Love Live Sunshine is less about Aqours saving Uranohoshi than it is more about Riko's quest to create the perfect all-female harem has been getting a surge in popularity among the fandom lately thanks to the anime and other official media (unofficially) supporting the idea itself^note Yes, including SIF. by putting Riko in ship teasey pictures and moments with almost every single Aqours member ever^note.
"Love Live Sunshine is a fighting game now!"^Explanation
"Mr. Takami can't hold this much longer!/Mr Takami's Comin' Atcha!" ^Explanation
A pre-release example: Some of the fans portray Tsuki as a male (mostly for amusement) until both the final cut and the music video uploaded by the series' official YouTube channel reveals her true gender, which eventually turns this into a permanent Discredited Meme.
Several fans quickly pointed out comparisons to Citrus when it comes to several Fanons of Mrs. Sakurauchi and Tsushima remarrying to each other with Yoshiko and Riko becoming stepsisters.
- Speaking of Citrus, Eli and Umi are sometimes seen as Yuzu and Mei's School Idol counterparts.
The reveal of Akiko Yajima voicing Mari's mother has led a few Japanese fans to create 4komas/fanarts of her in the style of Crayon Shin-chan.
'"Mari's Mother desu!" ^Explanation
After the reveal of Sarah's dislike to Broccoli^note, many fan artists took advantage to her weakness by drawing her with the said vegetable.
Chika the Disney Princess. ^Explanation
Onti999's depiction of Mari having two mothers (one based on her original, brunette-haired appearance in Season 2, Episode 10, and the other based on her appearance in the movie) also gained some following on Twitter. The fanart is hashtagged as both "#오하라세가족" and "#小原三人家族".
Pai Pai Deka Melon (ぱいぱいでかめろん) ^Explanation
"Chika/Shuka Blyat!" ^Explanation
Sarah with a lightsaber ^Explanation
The Brightest Earthquake ^Explanation
The reveal of the "Dance with Minotaurus" song included in the Mitaiken HORIZON single had fans slapping actual dancing Minotaurs with Aqours in fanart.
Thanks to the infamous "GamerGirl Bath Water" by Bell Delphine, many fans jokingly see the Love Live-branded Ramune drinks (or the Nijigasaki-themed slime) as one of theirs.
"EAT PIE, SAY EAT PIE"^Explanation
This illustration of Kanan in the October 2019 issue of Dengeki G's, holding an N-shaped object, made many fans spew out "Don't Say The N-Word/N-Word pass" jokes. ^Explanation
"Hey, sisters!" "Hey, teacher!" ^note
"Rikako! Rikako! Rikako! Rikako!" ^Explanation
"Riko! Yoshiko! Sangakuflask (Triangular/Erlenmeyer Flask)!" ^Explanation
Horse Rikako^Explanation
Initial D is synonymous with eurobeat so when an actual eurobeat song ("JIMO-AI Dash!") was previewed, fans already started putting the song over anime clips and other car drifting videos.
The utter weirdness of Ruby's "Cotton Candy Ei-Ei-Oh!" solo MV very quickly turned it into a Fountain of Memes for people to exploit, due to the video's art and animation being rather offbeat by Love Live standards.
- "YOSHI YOSHI WASSHOI!"^Explanation
- Ruby unexpectedly eating Dia in the MV also quickly caught the eyes of numerous viewers.
- The MV's downright bizarre art style and Deranged Animation have made fans joke that eating cotton candy is Ruby's equivalent of taking drugs, which explains why her MV is that way.
CUT ME IN HALF DIA-SAMA^Explanation
Kindan Yousoro (NSFW!)^Explanation
A Thousand Miles^Explanation
Chair^Explanation
UNO!^Explanation

Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club

Mere minutes after the anime's first PV came out, this shot of Yu and Ayumu standing in front of the Nijigasaki School Idol Club's poster quickly became an exploitable meme where either the poster's image, the background, or both are changed into something more hilarious. Case in point, just a few of the notable ones here, here, and here.
For whatever reason, Yu has a hilariously deadpan expression in her initial character artworks for the Nijigasaki anime adaptation despite being very passionate and excitable about school idols, which definitely didn't go unnoticed by fan art.
Yu is literally me^Explanation
Ayu-pyon/Ayu-bun^Explanation
Speedrun record^Explanation
"侑ちゃん刺される" or "Yu-chan's gonna get stabbed"^Explanation
"HITORI DAKE NANTE ERABENAI YO-!!!!"(ヒトリダケナンテエラベナイヨー)^Explanation
After Episode 9, jokes about Karin's habit of easily getting herself lost and being hilariously bad at following easy directions spawned memes of her getting lost in other series franchises by having her be photoshopped in screenshots of said franchises.
Haha Ayumu cuck^ExplanationAn extension of the "Haha You cuck" meme from Sunshine!! but applied to Ayumu instead, in reference to all of the Yu/Setsuna scenes in the anime and Ayumu's Clingy Jealous Girl behavior.
- "Is Setsuna-chan/(insert name here) more important to you (than me)?!"^{Explanation(Spoilers!)}
- Ayumu Uehara disliked this video.^Explanation
- School Idol Days 3^Explanation
Shizu-chan Board^Explanation
Shizuku Buns^Explanation
This image of French Olympic triathlon competitor Vincent Luis biking past the Gamers store in Odaiba fully covered in Nijigasaki and ALL STARS material and adorned with a billboard of Setsuna quickly gained traction among fans and even among the general anime community, since Luis' head being turned to the side makes it look like he's got his... "priorities" straight.
Karin Asaka Works At KFC ^Explanation
The still shot of Ayumu's phone being on top of Yu's, reflecting their positions in Season 1's eleventh episode became iconic and exploitable overnight due to the steamy implications it has on their relationship. Said shot is also used for other pairings aside from Yu and Ayumu.
Emma putting on a bear costume in one episode has brought a lot of comparisons to Five Nights at Freddy's.
The Nijigasaki School Idol Club mistakenly broadcasted Hilarious Outtakes from the making of their PV to the whole school, as seen in Season 2 Episode 1. Replacing the outtakes with other funnier videos blew up in popularity after the episode's airing.
Director Osaka^ExplanationAt the beginning of the 2nd Season, the PV for the 2nd School Idol Festival was directed by Shizuku. Fans ran the idea with Shizuku directing all the MV and video projects, and with Season 2 Episode 5 revealed that Shizuku romanticize a stage play with Ayumua and Setsuna taking in place, fans have a field day with her being responsible for every girl-on-girl interactions within the series.
- Made more hilarious when Shizuku's English voice actress, Jill Harris, become the director of Love Live! Superstar!! English dub.
My reaction to that information^Explanation
Hair Down Yu ^Explanation

Love Live! Superstar!!

"SUBARASHI KOENO HITO~" (スバラシイコエノヒト~)^Explanation

This template◊ of Keke bowing over her SunnyPa poster became popular overnight due to its exploitable nature.
Gusokumushi/Giant Isopod^Explanation
This screenshot◊ of Keke and Sumire from the Episode 5 preview had everyone getting excited over the possibility of a real kiss in the franchise. It turned out that it was bait and that Sumire was just blowing air to Keke's ear but that didn't stop fans from making their own edits like so.
Chisato's obsession into circles/round-shapes has spawned numerous ideas of her attracting to such things.
The name of the ad Ren opened in episode 11, "Kindan no Sekai" (禁断のセカイ, literally "Forbidden World") became a meme, usually in Yuri fanart (as it was apparently a link to lesbian porn).
Wien's numerous Stealth Hi/Bye towards Kanon in episode 3 of season 2 spawned numerous memes of her being a Stalker with a Crush.
- SHIBUYA KANON^Explanation
Like Chisato, Natsumi's obsession into money has caught many fans' attention in her first introduction, believing she's either poor or she's desperate for chasing money.
Maru, Janai^Explanation
Tomari's eye and hair color quickly drew comparisons to Squidward, coupled with Natsumi's money obsession dragging comparisons to Mr. Krabs, it made Spongebob jokes of the Onitsuka sisters to spawn amongst the fanbase.
Similar to Kaori Maeda, Sayuri Date has been the subject of memes in the fandom due to her short height compared to the rest of Liella! cast. In some instances, her face is always covered by a play icon on their video streams.

Love Live! School idol festival and SIF2: Miracle Live!

All Perfects and a C.^Explanation
4th place, Full Combo.^Explanation
Getting 1 Good near the end. ^Explanation
1 SR Pull. ^Explanation
#LoveLiveWins ^Explanation
H*noka ^Explanation
KLab Hates **noka. ^Explanation
Soldier Game FC with sausages. Exactly What It Says on the Tin: someone managed to get a Full Combo on one of the hardest Expert songs playing with sausages. Watch it for yourself.
The Umi Bloodbath, EliRin Massacre, and KotoMaki events. ^ExplanationInfamous events that were hard to compete in for fans of said girls. See Surprise Difficulty in Love Live! School idol festival for more details.
- The KotoMaki event is also notable for spawning two memes in relation to it: "Doing Your Best is Painful" (based on "Doing Your Best is Wonderful", the name of the event proper) and HEY HEY HEY MITE YO (based on the intro of "CheerDay CheerGirl, the event's featured song, to the point where even mentioning the song title or the opening lyrics of the song will give players who were deep into that slog PTSD)
A common meme is getting a notification in the middle of a song, and having the sound effect or toast notification disrupt the player's concentration (and more often not, a Full Combo), and—if it was a message from someone—the player subsequently getting angry at the sender (despite the sender having possibly no way of knowing that the recipient was in the middle of a game). It gets worse if the notification lags the player's device. Most modern smartphones running current OS versions usually have a mode to silence notifications, something that many players either don't know or forget to do in advance.
KLab hates Pana.^Explanation
Haha No UR ^Explanation
Ruby's line "I'm carrying so many books" while holding a cake ^note is often compared to Fighbird's "Is this a Pigeon" meme.
Awaken the PTSD^Explanation
Super Succ / Ultra Succ^Explanation
This unidolized Umi card◊ is also used as a decline-based responses or memes.
- Many cards can potentially become the subject of various edits due to awkwardness or silliness on how they are portrayed in their cards.
You can frequently find several snowcloned memes lamenting the player's complete frustration regarding the game's luck or their upset reactions on other players getting URs.
- Likewise, you can find snowcloned versions of the "After X" phone screen memes◊ with the last image (The one with the aggressively cracked phone screen) replaced with the game's title.◊
If an event gives players the ability to use stamps (such as Score Match, Companion Match or Rhythmic Carnival), expect people to spam stamps of the following: "Nico nico ni", "Chun chun", "Mirai zura!", "Pigi!", and "SHINY!"
GO GO, AQOURS! ^Explanation
Buffed Yu ^Explanation
The Miracle didn't happened. ^Explanation

Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS

Karin's interjection (Ara, ara) boosted her into popularity thanks to the said interjection eventually becoming a popular fad for the Anime fandom in 2019.
The reveal of official artwork depicting Rina in a virgin-killer sweater also sparked declarations of protection, police-themed responses and related memes, just like Ruby Kurosawa.
Because ALL STARS lets you change the characters dancing in the background based on the team that you have, fans started using different songs with different characters with the end result being funny. Out of all the songs, "Starlight" ^ExplanationKarin's solo song which uses provocative choreography and camera angles is the most popular due to being Hotter and Sexier, hilarious or both. Bonus points if you make either Ruby or Rina dance it in a live. After Shioriko officially joins the roster of playable school idols then later Lanzhu and Mia, the act of having every single playable character dance to "Starlight" is now infamously known as the "Starlight Initiation".
- Other popular songs used in this manner are "Diamond" ^Explanation and "Doki Pipo Emotion" ^Explanation. Bonus points if you make the serious characters (Eli and Dia are the most popular choices) dance to it.
- Shippers didn't waste any time to put their favorite couple/s in songs with Les Yay scenes.
- The "Starlight Initiation" became an Ascended Meme when fans voted for Moeka Koizumi, Shioriko's voice actress, to cover "Starlight" during the Nijigasaki Shuffle Festival, complete with performing the song's chereography. This also led some fans to reference Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight, where Koizumi voices Nana Daiba, and in which "Starlight" is the name of the in-universe Show Within a Show theatrical play that is the main focus of the series. In particular, fans jokingly connected the meme to Revue Starlight protagonist Karen Aijo's quote "We will all do Starlight!", suggesting that some of that series' fanbase also voted for Koizumi to cover the song.
It didn't take long to find fanart of the girls stuffing their faces with macarons.^ExplanationMacarons are the most common item type in the game and an absurd amount is used to unlock skills.
- Became an Ascended Meme when Agupon, Nacchan◊ and Kaorin◊ ate macarons as their reward for the party games during the October 9, 2019 livestream.
- Episode 9 of the anime also briefly featured the first-years eating macarons, another nod to the meme.
- In Nijiyon Season 4 #23, Kasumi is seen eating macarons as well as some Show Candy (used for restoring LP).
Rina's "Rina-chan Board"^Explanation is a popular subject of Photoshop and fanart by fans.
Ayumu's bunny outfit from the Exciting Animal Set is very popular among fans and can be considered an Iconic Outfit for her, just days after the reveal.
Nana vs Nana^{Explanation (spoilers!)}
Like You Watanabe, Yu Takasaki and Ai Miyashita's first names sound like the English pronouns, leading to a lot of puns.
Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Civil War^{Explanation (Season 2 spoilers!)}
Rina's blonde harem or Rina, the blonde hunter^{Explanation (Minor season 2 spoiler!)}
Ed Sheeran joins the School Idol Club.^Explanation
The K in KLab stands for Kanan.^Explanation
"I'm Mia Taylor, and you're watching Disney Channel."^Explanation
Mia is 14 years old.^Explanation
"I'm so happy! I'm so sad!" ^Explanation

Yohane the Parhelion

Gundam-related

Several Japanese fan artists cross Love Live! with other Sunrise franchises, notably the Gundam franchise.

Some fans compare Nozomi and Eli (also Kanan and Mari; Karin and Ai) with other Gundam pairings (such as Char and Garma, McGillis and Gaelio, Full Frontal and Angelo, etc.) due to their similar hair colors.
The reveal of The Sunshine!! Movie: Over the Rainbow. Cue Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn jokes.^Explanation"Over the Rainbow" is also the last episode of the OVA series.
- Speaking of the movie, knowing that Mari's mother is voiced by none other than Akiko Yajima who was the iconic voice behind Relena Darlian/Peacecraft from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, it's not uncommon to find fans joking about Mari being Relena and Heero's daughter.
Setsuna Yuki has several Gundam-related memes:
- Some Gundam fans depict her wearing the blue Celestial Being uniform/pilot suit from Mobile Suit Gundam 00, because she shares first names with the series protagonist (Setsuna F. Seiei).
  - Alternately, she also wears the red Celestial Being uniform and pilot suit in line with her image color.
- Became an Ascended Meme when Setsuna talked about visiting the Gundam Base store in Odaiba and gushing about the 1/1 Unicorn Gundam in one of the Drama CD's.
- Ascended even further as one of the official comics has her holding what looks like the novelization of Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer.
- The anime takes the Gundam 00 jokes with Setsuna further with the reveal that her mother's voice actress is none other than Anew Returner herself.
The reveal that Riko's VA now voices the young Chall Acustica in SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays. Thanks to this, the Riko-chan Beam isn't an exclusive Shout-Out to Ultraman anymore.^Explanation
Rina has some comparisons to Haman Karn, such as both of them having pink hair and a near-identical hairstyle.
- Also, in Episode 13, Rina is seen using an Aran avatar in a video game, which is equipped with Attack Drones that functions like the funnel weapons equipped on Haman's Qubeley mobile suit, further emphasizing the similarities among them.
Kanon's dad has short, brown hair and wore clothes similar to Hathaway Noa's coat-less formal attire in Gundam Hathaway movie. This, along with both Superstar!! and Hathaway premiering in 2021, fans joked about Kanon being Hathaway's daughter, Mafty's successor, or both.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure-related

Most Western fans would cross Love Live with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure-related memes thanks to the very vocal fandom (In Pixiv, it was tagged as "Jojo Live (ジョジョライブ!)

", and most agree that they work quite well.

AZALEA's pose in the bridge of "Tokimeki Bunruigaku" during live concerts are often Photoshopped to add the "MENACING" sound effect, to make their poses even more Jojo-like.
Nozomi and Eli are compared to Joseph & Caesar as their male counterparts, and even Kanan and Mari aren't immune to this comparison.
- Probably became an Ascended Meme when a chapter of Nakane Nata's 4koma Theater reveals that Mari has 3 statues of her doing the Jojo pose.◊ (though the franchise's name is not mentioned by her.)
Thanks to their respective Friendly Fandoms, fans occasionally viewed Love Live! and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as a shared universe a la GaoGaiGar/Betterman.
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 10: School Idol Project ^Explanation
"Kono Dia da!" (It was me, Dia!) ^{Explanation (Spoiler)}
Dia also became an example of a walking JoJo's Bizarre Adventure meme.
- First of all, she shares her birthday with the manga's debut.
- One of her gestures in Season 1, Episode 13 strikingly resembles Josuke's trademark battle pose.
- Her name is also one letter off from one of the series' main villains (Dio, see above).
- Finally, her name is also one letter off from supporting character Dire, and her trademark "buu buu desu wa" gesture also comes with crossed arms, just like Dire's memetic "Thunder Cross Split Attack".
Since the debut of Saint Aqours Snow's "Awaken the Power" single, references of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's "Awaken my Masters" and Pillar Men went flying.
The story of Aqours' trip to Italy in Over the Rainbow had ultimately taken the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure crossovers up to 100 due to both the announcement of the animated adaptation of Vento Aureo (which is set in Italy) and the movie taking place in the same country.
A full-blown irony is that despite treating the males as non-existent, many JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fans actually crossed the male characters with the girls in fanarts, memes, and fan-fictions.
Setsuna's solo song "Chase" shares the same title as the second opening theme of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable (released a month after the former) further reinforces the fans' theories of both series being a shared universe.
The crossovers went up to eleven in 2019 following r/Memelounge pitting both fanbase's meme subs, r/Otonokizaka and r/Shitpostcrusaders, against each other. The resulting memes on both sides were glorious
- It even became a Friendly Rivalry of sorts as Shitpostcrusaders ended up knocking Otonokizaka into the lower bracket and hoped to meet them again the finals. Sure enough, they faced-off again in the finals but Shitpostcrusaders won in the end.
The crossover memes with JoJo became Hilarious in Hindsight thanks to Yohane the Parhelion -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-. Mari's father appears in a flashback voice by Akio Ōtsuka, AKA Wammu. Meanwhile, an upcoming audio drama has Yohane's father voiced by Tomokazu Sugita, AKA young Joseph Joestar.

Other

This folder applies to all series.

Due to the series' heavy amount of Les Yay moments, any normal activity/event from the girls (for example: "Let's go practice", or "are you free tonight?") can eventually turn into an "Accidental Innuendo" or a Double Entendre.
The "X is Canon" meme from K-On! is pretty much snowcloned for this franchise.
Any black-haired (or otherwise) Third Year character can be commonly seen as a Third Wheel of the group.
The words "friends" and "straight" are considered as derogatory terms by the fanbase, or are used with large amounts of sarcasm.
In a somewhat minor extent, the animation/continuity errors is ironically seen as "Anime/Idol Magic".
A very long-running joke consists of the male background characters' rare appearances/being absent in the show, the fans ironically treated the male gender as "endangered" with the world is being entirely female-dominant, making the Love Live Universe a real Lady Land. ^noteIn truth, The studio didn't add them just to satisfy the fan's desires to your hearts content.
- Also, this makes Love Live! the first and so far, the only anime to develop this kind of ironic joke that ran for four years.
- Honoka's Dad is the only man in this world. ^Explanation
- A majority of the fans would respond that they're transgenders (even if they are Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc's Sakura Oogami-ish buff, assigned as female similar to Simoun, or rarely, Gintama's Yagyuu Jyubei(Kyubei)-ish man-with-a-feminine-voice type) if you showed them with evidence.
- One must realize that Rin and Hanamaru actually crossed with a male Hedgehog for the SEGA Image Girl posters... only for the associated School Idol Festival stories to reveal that this was actually a life-size plush Sonic doll and not the actual Sonic, thus not breaking the trend.
- This joke is later repeated and up to eleven during Sunshine's airing, which they also went to the point for treating them as "truly extinct" due to their absence in the series due to the show's very heavy Chromosome Casting. It helps that unlike the previous anime, which at the very least would have male characters as background extras, Sunshine has (almost) absolutely no men in sight. ^noteYou, Kanan and Mari do mention their respective dads, but naturally we never see them onscreen, until the physical appearances of Mari's dad & Chika's dad (in his first appearance) in Season 2's l0th Episode, and then there's Riko's father in Season 2's 12th Episode (although partially seen)
  - One strip of the Takuji Sunshine Shorts doujin had made a jab on this joke.
  - However, the 2nd Season's 3rd Episode reveals that one scene of the Kano Dome's restroom halls had the men's restroom sign being removed (and the kindergarteners in the next episode are all girls), which strongly hinted/confirmed that the male gender is a truly non-existent concept in the Love Live! universe after all. As long you're not paying attention to the fact that the male bathrooms were moved downstairs.
  - Despite the physical appearances of Mari's, Chika's and (partially) Riko's fathers (while Hanamaru's father & grandfather appeared in one of the visuals for School Idol Diary), they would probably go back on dismissing them as totally endangered people.
  - And then some Marvel fans jokingly noted that their lack of existence is caused by a wearer of the Infinity Gauntlet (either from Thanos, the show's main female characters, or even the (Yuri) fans themselves) from Avengers: Infinity War.
  - And then one Granblue Fantasy fan implies that Aqours is unknowingly cursed by removing the concept of male gender.
  - Averted on their Fate Episodes where they actually interact with some males like You inspecting sailor's outfit and later rescued male workers from the Giant Crab's invasion; then Hanamaru, Ruby and Yoshiko battles a sole male thief in playable form.
Season 3 ^ExplanationA hypothetical "new season" of the first Love Live! anime series made up by fans who repeatedly deny the ending of The School Idol Movie.
- And by extension: Episode 14.
Time Doesn't Matter. ^Explanation
School Idol Days ^Explanation
PLEASE STEP ON ME/SIT ON MY FACE TEAM ONIBE! ^Explanation
Fansubs sometimes leave some memetic dialogue untranslated such as Maki's "Betsuni" and "(Nani sore?) Imi wakannai" and Anju Inami's "Hai to iu koto de".
Three Holes (Warning: NSFW) ^note
#(X ship) Marriage committee ^Explaination
(X) had a DICC/Is a Futa ^Explanation
A trend on Facebook consists of the fans snapping their fingers to magically make the merchandise on their computer/laptop screen appear in front of their hands ^noteWhich is their already purchased items, and the final clip had them trying to summon the in-show characters themselves. Another variant consists of them failing to summon the merch on the computer screen.
"Just get married already!" ^Explanation
In the Western fanbase, Nico and Yoshiko tend to be seen as cancerous characters by default. The fact that their zodiac sign is Cancer does not help at all.
- Due to her involvement with Nico and Yoshiko as School Idol Festival representatives, Setsuna is jokingly viewed as a "Cancerous" character although her horoscope is a Leo.
#iPhoneシャワー/iPhone Shower ^Explanation
The childhood friend curse^Explanation

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