History YMMV / PrettyRhythmRainbowLive

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hiro is extremely popular in Japan due to his FanService Prism Jumps (see Starlight Kiss), his CharacterDevelopment, his LargeHam reactions, and his arrogant PrinceCharming persona. However, in Western fanbases, he's quite more contentious due to his {{Jerkass}} behavior up until the last 10 episodes of the series, with people vastly preferring the kinder Koji and Kazuki over him.

** The ending, or more specifically the Over the Rainbow Session, is polarizing due to subverting tropes. [[spoiler:Bell]] ends up winning the Prism Queen Cup, which is contentious in that [[spoiler:lots of people expected Naru to win, especially when she was the one who awakened the Seven Sparkles and saved the Prism Sparkle during her Prism Show. Naru got the lowest score because the rinks weren't working due to the Seven Sparkles disappearing. People felt that this was pretty unfair that she wasn't allowed to retry, not to mention she only did ''one'' Prism Jump throughout the entire routine when she's probably capable enough to pull off seven.]] Long story short, people expected [[spoiler:Protagonist Power-Up Privileges]], but in the end, it didn't happen.

** Jin threatening to reveal [[spoiler:Hiro's DarkAndTroubledPast]] is a big deal in Japan. [[spoiler:In Japan, image and reputation is a big deal, and if the public knew about Hiro being poor, they wouldn't look at him the same way. Assuming if the implication that his mother was a prostitute is true, it would ruin his career and any future prospects in the entertainment industry altogether because it's seen as extremely shameful. Not only IdolSinger culture sticks closely to ContractualPurity, but any hint of Hiro having anything other than a "perfectly normal" life would cause fans to be distressed and ultimately go against what idols are supposed to personify. This is why Hiro decides he has no choice but to retire after he exposes his personal background to his fans, and it's seen as a HeroicSacrifice for Happy [=RAIN=], Bell Rose, and their friends.]] In Western culture, people don't hold celebrities up to that standard and it's common for some of them to come from rough backgrounds, so they might not understand why [[spoiler:Hiro revealing the information himself]] was a way of showing kindness and setting up a huge HeelFaceTurn moment in the series.

* EvenBetterSequel: A lot of fans consider ''Rainbow Live'' to be better than ''Anime/PrettyRhythmAuroraDream'' and ''Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future'' due to exploring the lore of the Prism World, having better animation, and the fan service of the male characters, who actually had animated [=3D=] models for the first time in the series.

** "Boy Meets Girl" was first re-released as the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ClUNEIEF08 ending theme]] to ''Manga/DaaDaaDaa''. After Prizmmy released a cover, Over the Rainbow later covered it for their character song album.

* LesYay: Bell/Otoha is quite popular due to Otoha admiring Bell unconditionally and blushing every time Bell gives her positive attention. On the other hand, Ito being a huge part of Otoha's GrewASpine CharacterDevelopment, as well as playing her prince on several occasions, makes some fans wish that she hadn't ended up with Koji.

* MorePopularSpinOff: The ''King of Prism'' movies became much more popular than ''Rainbow Live'' in Japan, especially with how over the top the films can get.

* EvenBetterSequel: A lot of fans consider ''Rainbow Live'' to be better than ''Anime/PrettyRhythmAuroraDream'' and ''Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future'' due to exploring the lore of the Prism World and the fan service of the male characters, who actually had animated [=3D=] models for the first time in the series.

* FridgeLogic: June [[spoiler:cannot perform Prism Shows anymore in the end]], yet she is playable in ''All Star Selection'', which reeks of plot hole here.
* GottaShipEmAll: The anime has lots of interactions between different characters, making the fandom ship a lot of them. Some of them are Ito/Kouji, Bell/Hiro, Kazuki/Ann, Kazuki/Wakana, Naru/Hiro, Ann/Wakana, Ito/Otoha.

* ShipToShipCombat: A lot of fans shipped Naru/Kouji before Ito/Kouji became [[OfficialCouple canon]]. Some of them still do, and bash on Ito/Kouji.

** To some Western viewers, 14-year-old Bell specializing in sexy-style is {{Squick}}y. Fortunately, her outfits aren't risqué, but using that term to address a 14-year-old in any context is inapprorpiate. In Japanese, the word "sexy" is used more loosely and carries a different social response, not to mention there are lower age of consent laws depending on the region.

** The first promotional visual spoils Bell, Otoha, Wakana, and Rinne getting Pair Friends, even though they show up after the first quarter of the series.

** Similarly, due to LateArrivalSpoiler from ''Anime/KingOfPrism'', it's almost impossible to not know that Rei Kurokawa is [[spoiler:[=DJ Coo=]]].

** To some Western viewers, 14-year-old Bell specializing in sexy-style is {{Squick}}y. Fortunately, her outfits aren't risqué, but using that term to address a 14-year-old in any context is questionable. In Japanese, the word "sexy" carries a different connotation, not to mention there are lower age of consent laws depending on the region.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: You can't get any bigger than Over the Rainbow. Being genuine rivals to the main girls and not losing that slant even when there's some ShipTease between the characters helped a lot.

* FridgeBrilliance: Some lines in the full version of "Pride" strangely used [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns boku]], when Hiro uses "ore." Since Koji wrote "Pride" with the mindset that they would perform as a duo, before their falling out, the lines that use "boku" were most likely Koji's lines, and Hiro just glazed over them while practicing.

* LesYay: Bell/Otoha is quite popular due to Otoha admiring Bell unconditionally and blushing every time Bell gives her positive attention. On the other hand, Ito having a hand in Otoha's CharacterDevelopment makes some fans wish that Ito hadn't ended up with Koji.

* HoYay: Hiro's admiration of Kouji has a lot of this. His seiyuu even mentions in an interview that the general feeling in his interactions that the directors wanted was "his heart wants Kouji but his body wants Bell". The ''KING OF PRISM'' movies take this trope and turns it UpToEleven.

* MemeticMutation: [[CharacterEstablishingMoment "The one who can sing Koji's songs best is me, Hiro Hayami!"]]

* ItWasHisSled: Koji, Kazuki, and Hiro debuting as Over the Rainbow in the series finale was originally a surprise. However, due to ''Anime/KingOfPrism'', it's almost impossible to not know this.
* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Naru. People ship her with Hiro, Kouji, Rinne and even Jin.
* MemeticMutation: "The one who can sing Kouji's songs best is me, HAYAMI HIRO!"

* AdaptionDisplacement: A lot of people don't know about the arcade game the anime is based on at all.
%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic

* CoveredUp:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2GLnvIVc4k The 1st opening]] is a cover of "BOY MEETS GIRL" by TRF, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ClUNEIEF08 which was previously used as the ending theme]] to ''Manga/DaaDaaDaa''
** TRF's "EZ DO DANCE" was used as the second opening theme of ''Rainbow Live'', but many of its audience members hardly remember it for the original. Even more so that it gets covered again with the boys in ''Anime/{{King of Prism}}'' twice, with an accompanying and memorable performance solidifying its status as a ''KOP'' song.

* EvenBetterSequel: A lot of fans consider ''Rainbow Live'' to be better than ''Anime/PrettyRhythmAuroraDream'' and ''Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future''.
* FridgeBrilliance: Some lines in the full version of ''Pride'' strangely used [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns boku]], when Hiro uses ore. It turns out that Kouji wrote ''Pride'' with the mindset that they would perform as a duo, before their falling out. The lines that use boku were most likely Kouji's lines, and Hiro just glazed over them while practicing.
* FridgeLogic: June [[spoiler:cannot perform prism shows anymore in the end]], yet she is playable in ''All Star Selection'', which reeks of plot hole here.

* {{Squick}}: To some Western viewers, 14-year-old Bell specializing in sexy-style. Fortunately, her outfits aren't risqué, but using that term to address a 14-year-old in any context is questionable. In Japanese, the word "sexy" is almost equivalent to the words "adult" or "mature."

* ValuesDissonance: Jin threatening to reveal [[spoiler:Hiro's DarkAndTroubledPast]] is a big deal in Japan. [[spoiler:In Japan, image and reputation is a big deal, and if the public knew about Hiro being poor, they wouldn't look at him the same way. Assuming if the implication that his mother was a prostitute is true, it would ruin his career and any future prospects in the entertainment industry altogether because it's seen as extremely shameful. Not only IdolSinger culture sticks closely to ContractualPurity, but any hint of Hiro having anything other than a "perfectly normal" life would cause fans to be distressed and ultimately go against what idols are supposed to personify. This is why Hiro decides he has no choice but to retire after he exposes his personal background to his fans, and it's seen as a HeroicSacrifice for Happy [=RAIN=], Bell Rose, and their friends.]] In Western culture, people don't hold celebrities up to that standard and it's common for some of them to come from rough backgrounds, so they might not understand why [[spoiler:Hiro revealing the information himself]] was a way of showing kindness and setting up a huge HeelFaceTurn moment in the series.

* UnintentionallyUmsympathetic:

** The reason for Bell's extremely competitive nature early on in the series is in part due to Edel Rose's environment and because of her EducationMama, who expects the impossible from her. Bell's mom actually comes off quite abusive due to [[spoiler:yelling at her for getting a 98 instead of 100 from childhood, pressuring her to perform Prism Lives, and forcing her to move to France to focus on violin when it turned out she couldn't do it.]]

** The ending, or more specifically the Over the Rainbow Session, is polarizing due to subverting tropes. [[spoiler:Bell]] ends up winning the Prism Queen Cup, which is contentious in that [[spoiler:lots of people expected Naru to win, especially when she was the one who awakened the Seven Sparkles and saved the Prism Sparkle during her Prism Show. However, she got the lowest score because she fell a lot during her Prism Show since the rinks weren't working. People felt that this was pretty unfair that she wasn't allowed to retry, not to mention she only did ''one'' Prism Jump throughout the entire routine when she's probably capable enough to pull off seven.]] Long story short, people expected [[spoiler:Protagonist Power-Up Privileges]], but in the end, it didn't happen.

* ItWasHisSled: Koji, Kazuki, and Hiro debuting as Over the Rainbow in the series finale was originally a surprise. However, due to ''Anime/KingOfPrism'', it's almost impossible to avoid not knowing this.

* BrokenBase: The ending, or more specifically the Over the Rainbow Session, is polarizing due to subverting tropes. [[spoiler:Bell]] ends up winning the Prism Queen Cup, which is contentious in that [[spoiler:lots of people expected Naru to win, especially when she was the one who awakened the Seven Sparkles and saved the Prism Sparkle during her Prism Show. However, she got the lowest score because she fell a lot during her Prism Show since the rinks weren't working. People felt that this was pretty unfair that she wasn't allowed to retry, not to mention she only did ''one'' Prism Jump throughout the entire routine when she's probably capable enough to pull off seven.]] Long story short, people expected [[spoiler:Protagonist Power-Up Privileges]], but in the end, it didn't happen.

* ItWasHisSled: Koji, Kazuki, and Hiro debuting as Over the Rainbow in the series finale was originally a surprise. However, due to ''Anime/KingOfPrism'', it's almost impossible to avoid knowing this.

%%* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The Prism jumps.

* ValuesDissonance: Jin threatening to reveal [[spoiler:Hiro's DarkAndTroubledPast]] is a big deal in Japan. [[spoiler:In Japan, image and reputation is a big deal, and if the public knew about Hiro being poor, they wouldn't look at him the same way. Also, assuming if the implication that his mom was a prostitute is true, it would ruin his career and any future prospects in the entertainment industry altogether because it's seen as extremely shameful. Not only does IdolSinger culture stick closely to ContractualPurity, but any hint of Hiro having anything other than a "perfectly normal" life would cause fans to be distressed and ultimately go against what idols are supposed to personify. This is why Hiro decides he has no choice but to retire after he exposes his personal background to his fans, and it's seen as a HeroicSacrifice for Happy [=RAIN=], Bell Rose, and their friends.]] In Western culture, people don't hold celebrities up to that standard and it's common for some of them to come from rough backgrounds, so they might not understand why [[spoiler:Hiro revealing the information himself]] was a way of showing kindness and setting up a huge HeelFaceTurn moment in the series.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: [[spoiler:Hiro's mother is heavily implied to be a prostitute, given her revealing clothing and the way she asks Hiro to leave the apartment at night after a client calls her. Since ''Anime/KingOfPrism'' is aimed at an older demographic, all implications were dropped when it was explicitly stated that she had been one.]]
* ValuesDissonance: Jin threatening to reveal [[spoiler:Hiro's DarkAndTroubledPast]] is a big deal in Japan. [[spoiler:In Japan, image and reputation is a big deal, and if the public knew about Hiro being poor, they wouldn't look at him the same way. Also, if word got out that his mom used to be a prostitute, it would ruin his career and any future prospects in the entertainment industry altogether because it's seen as extremely shameful. Not only does IdolSinger culture stick closely to ContractualPurity, but any hint of Hiro having anything other than a "perfectly normal" life would cause fans to be distressed and ultimately go against what idols are supposed to personify. This is why Hiro decides he has no choice but to retire after he exposes his personal background to his fans, and it's seen as a HeroicSacrifice for Happy [=RAIN=], Bell Rose, and their friends.]] In Western culture, people don't hold celebrities up to that standard and it's common for some of them to come from rough backgrounds, so they might not understand why [[spoiler:Hiro revealing the information himself]] was a way of showing kindness and setting up a huge HeelFaceTurn moment in the series.