History YMMV / LoveLiveSuperstar

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Some fans have noted that "Hajimari wa Kimi no Sora" sounds oddly close to Aqours' "Mijuku DREAMER" at points.

* NarmCharm: Part of the choreography for Catchu's "Alternate" involves the members dramatically dropping onto the floor and hitting it. But it looks absurd when the cute voice actresses dramatically oversell the drop and start hitting the floor so intense as if they hate it. It still works because the performance is still great overall.

** The Season 3 announcement was similarly divisive, at least among Western fans. While several were excited about the series once again breaking another trend by getting a third season, fans who felt burned by the perceived subpar quality of Season 2 met the announcement with apprehension especially the immediate announcement shortly after broadcasting the last episode, given the sharp increase in writing fumbles and pacing problems suffered by Season 2.

** In previous series, there was always one set of characters who were the center of attention for the group: the 2nd years in ''School idol project'' and ''Sunshine!!'', and Yu and Ayumu in ''Nijigasaki''. This much was understood and accepted since while the plot revolves them as the main characters, the story focuses just as much on the unit as a whole growing together and individual cast members beyond the main characters getting moments to shine. ''Superstar'' tries to maintain this juggling act on a mostly superficial level, but the overarching plot ends up tilting the balance very heavily in Kanon's favor (especially due to the Wien subplot in Season 2), causing many fans to consider the rest of the group underdeveloped to the point of jokingly referring to the show as "Kanon and her backup dancers".

** The ''Just Believe'' album from the Nijigasaki girls included a song named "Margaret", sung by Kasumi Nakasu. 2 years later, Liella's new rival turns out to be named Wien ''Margaret(e)'', which makes for a funny coincidence or callback.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Kanon has started to become this over time, thanks to the massive focus the story takes on her. She has been shipped with Keke, Chisato, Kinako, [[CrossoverShip Takasaki Yuu]] and even Wien.

* SeasonalRot: Many fans agree that ''Superstar'' took a sharp drop in Season 2. Most common complaints cite pacing issues, with the season attempting to fit a tad too many long-running storylines in only 12 episodes (The recruitment of the new members, then their attempts to catch-up with their seniors, the new ''Love Live'' competition, Wien's rivalry with Kanon and yet another Kanon-centric plot), Chisato and Ren being DemotedToExtra outside of a single Ren-centric episode, the divisive addition of new members (particularly Natsumi), and many instances of interesting characters and story beats taking backseat to Kanon and her conflict with Wien - with the shelving of Sunny Passion being a particular point of contention.

** The announcement of at least one new cast member joining the group, which revealed to be no other than Natsumi's younger sister, Tomari Onitsuka, was also met with mixed reaction, given that many felt that the additional four members added in Season 2 did not have time to develop when so much time was spent giving Kanon more character development. Not helping matters is that Tomari's existence isn't so much as mentioned throughout the entirety of Season 2, making her appearance feel incredibly arbitrary, and her being immediately paired with Wien in promotional material came off as strange to fans considering Wien spent most of Season 2 obsessing over Kanon.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Sunny Passion. Introduced as the rival group to Liella, they are given a contrast with other rival groups by actually having a goal to strive towards while joining the Love Live contest, and being amicable to the protagonists... and then they do nothing of note for two seasons. They don't even get to ''perform'' in the anime, [[spoiler: get subject to TheWorfEffect to hype up Wien in Season 2, and are defeated off-screen]]. Many fans expressed disappointment at their treatment, particularly regarding their voice actresses, as they felt that staff had discarded them without giving them a chance to grow a fanbase.

** The announcement of at least one new cast member joining the group, which revealed to be no other than Natsumi's younger sister, Tomari Onitsuka, was also met with mixed reaction, given that many felt that the additional four members added in Season 2 did not have time to develop when so much time was spent giving Kanon more character development. Not helping matters is that Tomari's existence isn't so much as mentioned throughout the entirety of Season 2, making her appearance feel incredibly arbitrary, and her being immediately paired with Wien in a subunit before she even debuted came off as strange to fans considering Wien spent most of Season 2 obsessing over Kanon.

** The announcement of at least one new cast member joining the group, which revealed to be no other than Natsumi's younger sister, Tomari Onitsuka, was also met with mixed reaction, given that many felt that the additional four members added in Season 2 did not have time to develop when so much time was spent giving Kanon more character development. There were no given explanation how Natsumi has younger sister before the reveal, and how she's immediately paired with Wien without prior develpoment when Wien was more interested to Kanon than anybody else.

** The announcement of at least one new cast member joining the group, which revealed to be no other than Natsumi's younger sister, Tomari Onitsuka, was also met with mixed reaction, given that many felt that the additional four members added in Season 2 did not have time to develop when so much time was spent giving Kanon more character development. There were no given explanation how Natsumi has younger sister before the reveal, and how she's immediately paired with Wien without prior develpoment whereas Wien was more interested into Kanon than anybody else.

** The Season 3 announcement was similarly divisive, at least among Western fans. While several were excited about the series once again breaking another trend by getting a third season, fans who felt burned by the perceived subpar quality of Season 2 met the announcement with apprehension especially the immediate announcement shortly after broadcasting the last episode, given the sharp increase in writing fumbles and pacing problems suffered by Season 2. The announcement of at least one new cast member joining the group was also met with mixed reaction, given that many felt that the additional four members added in Season 2 did not have time to develop when so much time was spent giving Kanon more character development.

** All of the game consoles that Ren's father sends her in Season 2 Episode 7 are based on real game consoles. There are two small rectangular devices next to the Tamagotchi; these are original ''Toys/{{Digimon}}'' virtual pet digivices, [[https://www.90stoys.com/electronic-toys/digital-monster-digimon-virtual-pet/ detailed here]]. Later, Keke holds a [[UsefulNotes/{{SNES CD ROM}} Nintendo PlayStation]] prototype, of which only one is known to currently exist.

* TheScrappy: Natsumi is one of the most disliked "Love Live" characters in history. Fans weren't receptive to her character introduction, in which she attempted to both take advantage of Liella! and even sow conflict between their members. Even after her addition to Liella! many fans felt that she hadn't grown as a character, and remained as sleazy and unpleasant as before.

* LesYay: Now has [[HoYay/LoveLiveSuperstar its own page]].

** The immediate Season 3 announcement at the end of Season 2 broadcast was similarly divisive, at least among Western fans. While several were excited about the series once again breaking another trend by getting a third season, fans who felt burned by the perceived subpar quality of Season 2 met the announcement with apprehension, given the sharp increase in writing fumbles and pacing problems suffered by Season 2. The announcement of at least one new cast member joining the group was also met with mixed reaction, given that many felt that the additional four members added in Season 2 did not have time to develop when so much time was spent giving Kanon more character development.

** The Season 3 announcement was similarly divisive, at least among Western fans. While several were excited about the series once again breaking another trend by getting a third season, fans who felt burned by the perceived subpar quality of Season 2 met the announcement with apprehension, given the sharp increase in writing fumbles and pacing problems suffered by Season 2. The announcement of at least one new cast member joining the group was also met with mixed reaction, given that many felt that the additional four members added in Season 2 did not have time to develop when so much time was spent giving Kanon more character development.

** In previous series, there was always one set of characters who were the center of attention for the group: the 2nd years in ''School idol project'' and ''Sunshine!!'', and Yu and Ayumu in ''Nijigasaki''. This much was understood and accepted since while the plot revolves them as the main characters, the story focuses just as much on the unit as a whole growing together and individual cast members beyond the main characters getting moments to shine. ''Superstar'', while attempting to stick to this balance, ends up tilting the balance very heavily in Kanon's favor (especially due to the Wien subplot in Season 2), causing many fans to consider the rest of the group underdeveloped to the point of jokingly referring to the show as "Kanon and her backup dancers".