History HoYay / LoveLive

** Their duet song "Zurui yo Magnetic today" that came with the blu rays is dripping with LesYay. Its pretty much the two of them being tsundere towards each other. They sing about how the other is dangerous and makes their heart beat fast.

** Their duet song Zurui yo Magnetic today that came with the blu rays is dripping with LesYay. Its pretty much the two of them being tsundere towards each other. They sing about how the other is dangerous and makes their heart beat fast.

** [[http://600ml.tumblr.com/post/142226045299/here-you-go-nozoeli-acting-as-romeo-juliet Eli and Nozomi as Romeo and Juliet, respectively.]] They're not even trying to be subtle about it anymore.

* There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xjfer29iM this moment]] where Nozomi is calmed down by Eli's presence and it all comes complete with [[LuminescentBlush: bright blushes]] from both of them.

* There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1xjfer29iM this moment]] where Nozomi is calmed down by Eli's presence and it all comes complete with [[bright blushes LuminescentBlush]] from both of them.

** The stories from the 'Just Between Us' Eli event, an adaptation of this chapter, also have some Eli/Umi subtext: firstly we see Umi blushing as she receives a love confession from a girl, and then after Eli teases her about it, she says this:

** The [[http://i.imgur.com/cIJOCmZ.jpg parfait scene]] in episode 7 of season 2. Oh my goodness.
** In the third episode of season two, Nozomi really seems interested in getting Eli to wear a sexy dress for their performance.
*** The English dub changes this from Eli in a sexy dress to Eli in a "sexy little number."
** They got a duet song called "Glass no Hanazono" (from the sixth volume of the first season's BD version), which talks about a {{yuri}} maze and a forbidden love... It's just as unsubtle as you can get without going overboard.

*** The English dub changes this from Eli wearing a sexy dress to Eli doing a "sexy little number."

*** The English dub changes this from Eli simply wearing a sexy dress to Eli doing a "sexy little number."

** When Nozomi offers to give Hanayo a surge in power by... kissing her. Nozomi leans in to do the deed, but an enranged Rin puts an end to that.

** The Aquors Valentines messages has the girls give chocolates to an unseen person (the viewer) and [[ShipTease generally being flustered about it]]. Hanamaru is the sole exception: she's nervous because the only person she's ever traded chocolates with on Valentines is Ruby. Her message basically has her talk about how she and Ruby make chocolates together, and then we get this gem:

** The Aquors Valentines messages has the girls give chocolates to an unseen person (the viewer) and [[ShipTease generally being flustered about it]]. Hanamaru is the sole exception: she's nervous because the only person she's ever traded chocolates with on Valentines is Ruby. Her message basically has her talk about how she and Ruby makes chocolates, and then we get this gem:

** Two chapters, called 'My Destiny', feature Umi's reaction to Maki reluctantly leaving the group because her dad considers idol activities a distraction from real studies. The day after Maki announces she's leaving, Umi spends kendo practice time thinking about her and realizes that she understands Maki's pain well, because they were both born into big-name families that expect so much of them that they feel like she need to shelf what they really want to do. Then after the first practice day without Maki, she and the rest of μ's confront Maki's father to get her back, but Umi has the biggest impact, using her earlier realization to formulate a whole speech to convince him. When all's said and done, Maki returns to μ's, and closes the chapter with this:

--->''I refused to be married into a family. By any chance, Eli might be a good girlfriend. Eli and I, hmm... there's not much of an age difference between us. Even now, why do I always feel like I should silently surrender? If I don't think about it I can't find explanation for this.''

* The movie piles on the LesYay between these 2 to a degree that's outright hilarious. [[spoiler: Tsubasa approaches Maki in an attempt to help Maki come up with a new song. However, what follows can only be described as outright seduction; Tsubasa leans into Maki in a sensual way, moves her lips to her ear (basically within kissing distance) and seductively says "Well... how about this?" Tsubasa then plays a dramatic tune and Maki blushes furiously. Nico having seen the entire thing play out is having a grade A freak out and is clearly jealous. Nozomi wonders what she's doing, and Nico stammers that it's nothing. Nozomi responds with a simple "Maki-chan, huh?" and Nico ''insists'' that its nothing, but is clearly blushing furiously at this point.

* The entire plot of one of Eli's School Idol Diary chapters is (somewhat) centered on this, as Umi gets a Love Letter only from a girl!

---> '''Eri:''' Uwaaaaaaaa!!! W-What are you saying…

---> '''Eri:''' …I really am. Ahh geez… Being in an all-girls school is tough!

* The stories from the 'Just Between Us' Eli event also have some Eli/Umi subtext: firstly we see Umi blushing as she receives a love confession from a girl, and then after Eli teases her about it, she says this:
-->''There you go, all red. You're so cute, Umi. I kind of get why the younger students want to approach you.''

* Even just from the promotional material, we've gotten some LesYay from the Aquors group between Hanamaru and Ruby - Hanamaru says she hopes to accumulate good karma so she can be friends with Ruby again in her next life, repeatedly calls her cute, and says that she aspires to be like her because she's 'dazzling', and their 'typical off-day schedule' includes them meeting up and then 'Date at Numazu City♡ (Shopping!)'

* When Honoka was asked in μ's Member Q&A who rather she be married with, if to Umi or to Kotori, she first assessed if Kotori and Umi are going to be suitable wives, then shrugged off and said that she'd liked it more to be a daughter of Umi and Kotori. Who knows that Honoka supports a Kotori x Umi ship?

* The movie piles on the LesYay between these 2 to a degree that's outright hilarious. [[spoiler: Tsubasa approaches Maki in an attempt to help Maki come up with a new song. However, what follows can only be described as outright seduction; Tsubasa leans into Maki in a sensual way, moves her lips to her ear (basically within kissing distance) and seductively says "But what if you did it... like this?" Tsubasa then plays a dramatic tune and Maki blushes furiously. Nico having seen the entire thing play out is '''furious''' and intensely jealous. Nozomi wonders why she's so angry, and Nico responds by saying that she's not quite sure herself, but then goes onto to state that she doesn't like it when her precious Maki is approached like that. The entire sequence is pretty much the most blatant display of LesYay in animated form.]]

--->'''Nozomi:''' I've always thought that there was something off about how the president looks at Eri-chi. Not to mention, she seems so much more stubborn when it comes to Eli-chi.

* The New Year's audio drama kicked this pairing into overdrive. It starts off with everyone but Nozomi making their wishes for the New Year. The girls then confront Nozomi about it, but Nozomi states that her answer would inconvenience "someone." Eli attempts to force it out of her, but accidentally falls on top of her. Nozomi then tells Eli to get off right away, or else she won't be able to restrain herself. She then admits the truth; she wished for her feelings to reach Eli's. The rest of the girls are shocked, but Nozomi undercuts her previous statement by tacitly admitting that she was fibbing. Kotori notes that Nozomi might actually be in love with Eli; she simply couldn't admit to it, so she decided to play off her confession as a joke.

* The New Year's audio drama kicked this pairing into overdrive. It starts off with everyone but Nozomi making their wishes for the New Year. The girls then confront Nozomi about it, but Nozomi states that her answer would inconvenience "someone" Eli attempts to force it out of her, but accidentally falls on top of her. Nozomi then tells Eli to get off right away, or else she won't be able to restrain herself. She then admits the truth; she wished for her feelings to reach Eli's. The rest of the girls are shocked, but Nozomi undercuts her previous statement by tacitly admitting that she was fibbing. Kotori notes that Nozomi might actually be in love with Eli; she simply couldn't admit to it, so she decided to play off her confession as a joke.

* The most prominent pairing after Nico x Maki, Nozomi x Eli received quite a bit of attention in the various Love Live! adaptations as well. Its existence actually dates back all the way to the drama CD that was released after the 2nd LIVE, and it's only gotten more prominent since. Nozomi and Eli have a natural closeness to each other; the usually reserved and conscientious Eli always opens up to Nozomi, and Nozomi herself is rather fixated on Eli. This pairing arguably borders on canon, at least on Nozomi's part, given how flirty (and sometimes possessive) she is with Eli.

** The [[http://i.imgur.com/cIJOCmZ.jpg parfait scene]] in season 1. Oh my goodness.