User:FigureGunplaFan/Sandbox/Love Live! Theories

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This page contains a thread of speculations and theories for the Love Live! franchise.


 * See also: Misconceptions and urban legends about Love Live!

Most, if not: all of the main female characters are gay.
One of the most popular speculations, fans noted whether the girls in the entire franchise are actually homosexuals due to the ship tease and its subtext, plus the tendencies on being paired by fans. The examples below are considered as the very closest thing to have evidence.

Eli Ayase + Nozomi Tojo

 * In Nozomi's Love Live! School idol diary chapter, She reveals that she didn't have a crush on a boy due to her love divinations, though she changed her mind after spending a lot of time with her female friends. Whether this was meant to show that she is romantically interested on females (notably Eli Ayase) instead is unclear.

Nico Yazawa + Maki Nishikino

 * The Mogyutto "love" de Sekkin Chuu! PV feature Maki giving Nico her valentines chocolate.
 * A scene from Love Live! Once Again has both Maki and Nico wearing casual outfits at night (with the latter's phone call to the others) implies that both of them are dating.
 * In the first cut for Secret Shortcuts, Nico admittedly declared that she loves Maki, wanting her to walk home together sometimes.
 * In The School Idol Movie:
 * Nico is shown to have her face sticking on the music room's door window with her being jealous of Tsubasa Kira teasing Maki.
 * Maki does the Nico Nico Ni gesture in the pre-credits sequence.
 * In the "On The Night Of The Fireworks" chapter from the School Idol Diary manga, both Nico and Maki are holding hands together at the end of the chapter.
 * In the 18th chapter of Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS' main story, Nico teases Maki's smooth skin while applying sunblock onto her.

Mari Ohara + Kanan Matsuura
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Ayumu Uehara + Yu Takasaki

 * The PV for Mirai Harmony has at least one scene of Yu Takasaki teasing Ayumu by pressing her lips with a finger.
 * In Everyone's Dream, My Dream, Ayumu is shown to have an anguished declaration of love to Yu when she asks whether Setsuna Yuki is much more important than her. She also pushed and held Yu onto the sofa, lying down face frontwards with her legs locking onto hers. If this wasn't subtext-y enough, both of their phones also stacked with each other.
 * In the "Rainbow Days" Honest Photo Essay Series ~Ayumu・Shizuku・Karin~ book, most of Ayumu's monologues from the first segment are about her feelings towards Yu, complete with the usual flirty dialogue from the Anime here when the latter shows up.

Kasumi Nakasu + Shizuku Osaka
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Karin Asaka + Emma Verde
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In My Wish, Umi Sonoda is shown to suffer from Heterophobia.
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The female singer in Love Live! The School Idol Movie is actually Honoka Kosaka's future counterpart.
There are many differing fan theories about the woman who helped Honoka while she was lost in New York City.
 * One theory is that she is simply a future version of Honoka, as their personalities, actions and appearance have a resemblance to each other's. They both consider heavy issues, are both clumsy, and have blue eyes and orange hair (albeit different shades). Near the end of her second appearance, the woman also tells Honoka to fly, "just like you did back then", referencing Honoka jumping a large puddle at the start of the movie, which suggests that she knew about some parts of Honoka's childhood. This sequence, however, was shown almost immediately afterwards to be a dream, which makes perfect sense, because it involved Honoka teleporting from the middle of Tokyo into a plain next to a small pond, far from any buildings or city sounds. Additionally, when Honoka asked about her singing career, she informs Honoka that she and her friends had formed a group in Japan. However, the group was later disbanded, strongly implying about the dissolution of μ's.
 * The other theory consists of the woman who is actually Honoka's even older sister, which is previously mentioned in the September 2011 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine.
 * The final theory was that she was simply a figment of Honoka's imagination. No other individual within the movie saw the woman, and, in fact, when Honoka turned to thank her after finding her way back to the group, hoping to introduce them to her, she was no longer there; no other member of the group saw her. In the alleys where she was performing, no-one was watching her--or even acknowledging her. In New York, she was the only Japanese individual Honoka encountered aside from her own group. In Japan, she featured heavily in one of Honoka's dreams, although that could just mean that she left a heavy impression on her.
 * This is slightly incorrect, in New York, there are a group of people who cheer when she finishes singing, meaning she was clearly seen and heard by those people.

Both Yoshiko and Riko's mothers actually ships their daughters in "Taking in A Dog".
Some of the fans believe that they likely did this on purpose, as Mrs. Tsushima left her phone in the Sakurauchi household so Riko could pick it up and return it to their condo, where Yoshiko is still there.

Tsuki Watanabe is a spy working for Mari Ohara's mother.
Some fans speculate whether Tsuki's a double agent working for Mrs. Ohara, as some of her actions on-screen (such as ignoring the wanted poster of the Third Years, and her politely bowing to Mrs. Ohara) may raise some eyebrows. Her absence to Yoshiko's humiliating fall at the mansion's tree may have further strengthened the theory, which the fans implied that Tsuki signaled the current location to Mrs. Ohara, even though Yoshiko's fallen feather is the reason why the group was found.]

The player character for the Love Live! School Idol Festival ALL STARS game is actually Yu Takasaki all along.
Memes aside, some fans speculated whether the player is actually her before the Anime's announcement and the name reveal. So far, both the player and Yu are considered as separate people, though the latter's appearances in several illustrations (such as the giveaway brochure for the Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club 3rd Live! School Idol Festival ~Yume no Hajimari~ concert) may indicate that Yu will be potentially implanted and revealed as the game's player (plus Hinaki Yano's potential role reprisal) if the companies (KLab) are willing to do so.

Ayumu Uehara is actually a Yandere.
Her clingy and jealous behavior on-screen may indicate that she is actually one, though she has no intention on actually murdering Setsuna Yuki.

Love Live! Super Star!! will also bring back the original "School Closing" plotline.
Though this was unlikely as the plot involves to the girls reopening an old school, there are other fans also theorize that the school will close once more if it fails to gain more students in vein to the Sunshine!! anime, as one of the magazines slate that it needs 300 students by its third year to remain open.
 * Confirmed: The 7th and 8th Episodes reveal that Ren does not have enough money to keep the school open.

Chisato Arashi will be the next character that will be the victim of the "Childhood Friend Loses" trope after You Watanabe and Ayumu Uehara.
As for now, this is very likely unless the story decides to go to a different route.

Lanzhu Zhong is a actually a mainland Chinese.
While she declared that she moved from Hong Kong, her nationality is half-Chinese and half-Japanese.

== Aside from potentially adding Shioriko Mifune, The second season of the Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Anime will adapt the controversial story from ALL STARS.==

Ren Hazuki's mother is either ill, or has been passed away prior to the series' airing.

 * Confirmed in Battle! Student Council President Elections and Connecting Feelings.