History Series / MajisukaGakuen

* GoodBadGirl: ''Majisuka Gakuen 0'' opens with Ageman (formerly Wota) half-awake in bed, covered only by a blanket, while her lover prepares to go to work and reminds her about her school trip before leaving. She is later revealed to also have a past relationship [[spoiler:with Show]]. An ActressAllusion to her actress's scandal and suggestive public persona that grew from that, and possibly also a TakeThat to the 48 Group's dating ban, which her actress has spoken up against a few times.

* AttentionWhore: In season 2, StudentCouncilPresident Minegishi Minami reinvents herself into Shaku ("screentime") and joins Maeda's Rappappa. The first time we see her, she launches into a long rambling monologue about how she wants more screentime and be acknowledged by the other yankees, making an ActressAllusion to the real Minegishi's previous movie ''Literature/{{Moshidora}}'' and BreakingTheFourthWall along the way, while the other Rappappas watch in confusion.

'''''Majisuka Gakuen'''''

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: ''Majisuka Gakuen 3'' (2012)

'''''Majimuri Gakuen'''''

'''''Majimuri Gakuen Stage Play'''''

!''Majisuka Gakuen''

!''Cabasuka Gakuen''
-> "The cabaret club world is one that is built on lies. Forget who you really are once you enter."

!''Majimuri Gakuen''
-> "This is a story of revolution in a small world."

The sixth season of the series, titled '''''Kyabasuka Gakuen''''' or '''''Cabasuka Gakuen''''' (キャバすか学園), aired in fall 2016. It's set in an AlternateUniverse where the girls open and work at a cabaret club to raise money to prevent Majijo from closing down.

At the end of May 2018, the seventh season of the series, titled '''''Majimuri Gakuen''''' (マジムリ学園, lit. "Seriously Impossible School"), was announced to premiere in July. This season will feature an entirely new cast and setting, featuring some of AKB and their sister groups' younger, up-and-coming members. Unlike previous seasons, this time the schools are co-ed, and the cast also includes a group of real-life male martial artists and pro wrestlers. The main protagonists' school is also not a yankee school, but has a strict social hierarchy imposed by the Nazi-inspired AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil. A stage play version was produced shortly after the TV series ended, with a similar storyline but many new characters, since this time all but one of the regular cast were [=AKB48=] members.

* TheGlassesComeOff: When Atsuko [[LetsGetDangerous gets serious]], she always takes off her glasses.
** Lampshaded in episode 11 when [[spoiler: before a fight with Sado she removes them dramatically... to clean a lens.]]
** [[spoiler: Her dad does this, too.]]
** Averted in the second series, as she gets contacts.

* ThereAreNoTherapists: Some girls certainly need some treatment.

* AlternateUniverse: Unlike ''Majisuka'', the stage plays are set in a different continuity to the TV series.

* AlternateCharacterReading: The second stage play's WordSequel title, RAI (蕾), is normally read with the ''kunyomi'' reading, ''tsubomi''.
* AlternateUniverse: The stage play has a completely different story to the series.

** The stage play has Queen Bee, Dragon, Hyena, Akainu ("Red Dog"), and [[OddNameOut Zombie]] (no relation to season 4 and 5's character of the same name) on the Arechi side.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Unlike previous seasons, where the theme songs are about yankee life, specifically written for the show, and released as B-sides, this time the opening song is the [=AKB48=] 46th A-side single "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj6iDHciEmA High Tension]]".
** Ironically, the song's center performer in the single, Shimazaki Haruka, was about to graduate from AKB when the season was first aired in late 2016 and her character, Salt, only appears in one episode (presumably to give the other cast members more screentime, but also because she was already working on other TV series). She also never performs the song in-universe with the other Aquarium girls.

* AdaptedOut:
** The regular cast of the first stage play were exclusively [=AKB48=] members, save for [=HKT48=]'s Kojina Yui, so many characters were replaced or only mentioned, including main antagonists Kaiser and Manji.
** The second stage play is in commemoration of Team 8's anniversary and the entire cast consist of members of that team, adapting out even more prominent characters, including Nero, Zwei, and Ero-sensei.

---> '''Bismarck''': You are hereby dismissed from the Shin Schutzstaffel and your status is reduced to beneath commoner, equal to that of animals!

* AlternateCharacterReading: The second stage play's WordSequel title, RAI (蕾), is normally read with the ''kunyomi tsubomi''.

At the end of May 2018, the seventh season of the series, titled '''''Majimuri Gakuen''''' (マジムリ学園, lit. "Seriously Impossible School"), was announced to premiere in July. This season will feature an entirely new cast and setting, featuring some of AKB and their sister groups' younger, up-and-coming members. Unlike previous seasons, this time the schools are co-ed, and the cast also includes a group of real-life male martial artists and pro wrestlers. The main protagonists' school is also not a yankee school, but has a strict social hierarchy imposed by the Nazi-inspired AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil.

* TimeSkip: After [[spoiler:the rebel group's attack failed]], the story jumps to three months after the incident, at which point Lily has moved back to Tokyo and Sumire has fully recovered.

* SecondYearProtagonist

* DrinkBasedCharacterization: Lily likes [[RealMenTakeItBlack black coffee]], emphasizing her badassery. Even better, the first time we see her ordering one is shortly after the three other main characters expressed their disgust of the beverage, preferring sweet drinks instead. Meanwhile, Kaiser is often shown drinking English milk tea from elegant china, displaying her {{Wicked Cultured}}ness.

** Lily is the only founding Hana-gumi who's from Tokyo. Her actress, Oguri Yui, is also the only founding Hana-gumi actress from Tokyo; Mukaichi Mion is from Saitama, Kuranō Narumi (Sumire) is from Kumamoto, and Okabe Rin (Hina) is from Ibaraki.

** Kaba's nickname is taken from the first and last kanjis of his real name, 河本 一馬, which are respectively "river" and "horse" and [[AlternateCharacterReading read as "kaba" ("hippo") when combined]].

** The flower theme may also be inspired by ''Manga/{{Crows}}''. There's a Hana-gumi in the sequel series ''Worst'', although it's named after its leader Tsukishima Hana. That series' main school is called Suzuran, which is Japanese for the lily-of-the-valley (not closely related to the lily according to modern taxonomy).

* SimilarSquad: Like the Hana-gumi, Lily's Tokyo friends are also named after flowers, although they're less about toppling high school dictatorships and more about having fun like normal teenagers. Of course, to have such a normal life is exactly what the Hana-gumi fights for.
* SparkOfTheRebellion: Initially, most commoner students see Lily as a troublemaker who will cause the student council to further tighten their grip, especially after Majinji starts assaulting them in the streets. Seeing the defeated Majinji's mask displayed in the school courtyard convinces them that defeating the student council ''is'' possible.

* ThisIsUnforgivable: Heard several times, such as when [[spoiler:the Kuwabara tailor shop is torched]] and when Tsubaki, a classmate of the Hana-gumi's, [[spoiler:was assaulted and had her hair cut off by Majinji]].

* TraumaticHaircut: For some time, there's a mysterious figure known as Majinji who knocks out female students walking home at night and cuts off their hair. [[spoiler:He's actually Raizanmaru working under orders from Zwei]].
--> '''Ayame''': Tsubaki was very proud of her long hair. What Majinji has done is unforgivable.

* WholeCostumeReference: The Arashigaoka Gakuen uniform is very similar to the one in ''Series/CrowsBlood'', a high school horror drama also on Hulu Japan and starring [=AKB48=] members (the ''Crow's'' uniform has a lighter brown collar and tartan skirt).

* CombatPragmatist: Lily isn't above using moves like GroinAttack and [[AHandfulForAnEye blinding her opponent]] (by hurling a mouthful of blood to their face). This proves useful in her fight against Shinigami, an aspiring pro UsefulNotes/MuayThai fighter who treats their duel like a ring match instead of a brawl.
--> '''Lily''': ''[-(between {{Punctuated Pounding}}s)-]'' This is a brawl! There's no "down" in a brawl! There's no "count" either! It's all about strength! And right now... I'm very... ANGRY!

* UndercoverCopReveal: [[spoiler:Suda Akari in the stage play]].

* CultureChopSuey: UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc comes to a modern city with a social structure resembling AncientRome, with an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil inspired by both UsefulNotes/ImperialGermany and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany.

* WholeCostumeReference: The Arashigaoka Gakuen uniform is almost identical to the one in ''Series/CrowsBlood'', a high school horror drama also on Hulu Japan and starring [=AKB48=] members.

* FantasticCasteSystem: The school has a strict hierarchy of citizens (''senmin'') and commoners (''heimin'') determined by each student's parents' occupation and standing with Gosaki Land, somewhat like the ''patrician'' and ''plebeian'' classes of ancient Rome (although unlike in Rome, apparently the commoners have voting rights). Commoner students are required to pay tribute in coins every morning before entering the school grounds. It gets worse when Kaiser declares in her speech to open the academic year that commoners are not fit to look at the sky and should cherish their feet, "the only form of freedom they have", and henceforth should keep their heads down at all times. [[spoiler:After the TimeSkip, there's a new "honorary citizen" (''meiyo senmin'') class to attract commoners to support the student council's side]].

* LibertyOverProsperity: The opportunity to [[spoiler:become honorary citizens]] and improve their lives under Kaiser's regime is tempting enough for many commoners to abandon the revolution. [[spoiler:Including Hina]].
--> [[spoiler:'''Hina''']]: ''[-(to Lily)-]'' Our future is guaranteed! They'll even pay for our college!

*** Her PreMortemOneLiner is "The lily will be the last thing you see. Go to hell!" before high kicking the opponent and exposing her lily symbol.

*** In episode 0, the exact same phrase becomes "Get out of ''their'' way" since the subject is omitted in the original Japanese.

* MeaningfulName - There are several, justified for a few of the characters as they are nicknames.