History YMMV / HighSchoolStarMusical

** Hoshitani and Nayuki meet on the first day of class and immediately hit it off. They accidentally go on a date in episode 10 and don't realize it until halfway through, and in season 1 episode 11 Nayuki actually confesses his love, when they're alone together in a classroom before their important performance. [[LoveYouAndEverybody Hoshitani... doesn't get it.]]

* HilariousInHindsight: Ootori is a whitish-haired EccentricMentor voiced by Creator/JunichiSuwabe who has major HoYay with the protagonist. Said protagonist is also close friends with Creator/KenshoOno's character. [[Anime/YuriOnIce That would never happen again, no siree]].

* HoYay and ShipTease: Due to the nature of the show there are only two named female characters, and they're both younger than the main cast.

** [[Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi Chiaki]] and [[Creator/SomaSaito Fuyusawa]] sing [[https://youtu.be/n2Y39brWNsM a duet]] about [[HoYay what a perfect pair they make]] in the third season. This is [[NarmCharm fitting in the most absurd way]] for [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Diavolo and Doppio]].

** [[Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi Chiaki]] and [[Creator/SomaSaito Fuyusawa]] sing [[https://youtu.be/n2Y39brWNsM a duet]] about [[HoYay what a perfect pair they make]] in the third season. This is [[{{Bathos}} fitting in the most absurd way]] for [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Diavolo and Doppio]].

** Speaking of Ageha, his feelings about Haruto just scream {{Yandere}}. He even acts creepy toward the younger Tsukigami just because they share "the same blood".
* VanillaProtagonist: Hoshitani is the least interesting character in his own series, personality-wise and design-wise.

*** It seems that most of Hachiya's life revolves around Ageha. He takes care of Ageha, supports him, makes sure he eats well (or at all), pushes him as the top star of their team, brings him food and drinks, etc. For his part Ageha doesn't seem to reciprocate the attention, but he addresses Hachiya [[FirstNameBasis by his given name "Sou"]], something that is reserved for his close friends. Their duet ''Nervous-Aid'' sounds a ''lot'' like unrequited love, with Hachiya reassuring Ageha that he'll be with him even as Ageha only has eyes for his "god", Haruto.

** Hoshitani applied to Ayanagi because he saw Otori dancing and thought it was beautiful. His admiration for this high schooler he doesn't realize is Otori is his driving motivation - to be on stage with that high schooler. Late in the first season, they return to that spot and dance together. Season 2 starts with Hoshitani in that spot, and Otori comes and talks to him. In the middle of the season, [[spoiler: when he realizes that Otori is that high schooler, his reaction is 100% teen with a crush - lots of stammering, CrushBlush, practicing how to talk to him, etc. And Otori seems to reciprocate.]] This ship was already out of the territory of HoYay at that point - but then in the season finale, [[spoiler: Otori seems to heal Hoshitani's injury with his love, and tells Hoshitani that when he first saw him dance, "you stole my heart". And then they perform a romantic duet together.]]

* HoYay: Due to the nature of the show there are only two named female characters, and they're both younger than the main cast. Put any two of the boys together and you've got a viable pairing.

** Hoshitani applied to Ayanagi because he saw Otori dancing and thought it was beautiful. His admiration for this high schooler he doesn't realize is Otori is his driving motivation - to be on stage with that high schooler. Late in the first season, they return to that spot and dance together. Season 2 starts with Hoshitani in that spot, and Otori comes and talks to him. In the middle of the season, [[spoiler: when he realizes that Otori is that high schooler, his reaction is 100% teen with a crush - lots of stammering, CrushBlush, practicing how to talk to him, etc. And Otori seems to reciprocate.]] This ship is out of the territory of HoYay at this point.
** Hoshitani and Nayuki meet on the first day of class and immediately hit it off. They accidentally go on a date in episode 10 and don't realize it until halfway through, and in episode 11 Nayuki actually confesses his love, when they're alone together in a classroom before their important performance. [[LoveYouAndEverybody Hoshitani... doesn't get it.]]

** Tengenji and Tsukigami have their fair share of BelligerentSexualTension, and in episode 11 Tengenji calls Tsukigami cute.
*** Throughout the series, Tengenji has occasionally addressed Tsukigami by his first name with an endearing honorific "Kaito-chan". Tsukigami, in turn, calls Tengenji "Kakeru-kun" in Volume 2's drama CD.
** Hiiragi and Ootori, to varying degrees depending on who you ask. The revelation that [[spoiler: they're twins]] caused some to abandon ship, but others have decided that [[{{Twincest}} it makes it hotter]] - or they just don't care.
** There's also a good deal of FoeYay between Akatsuki and Ootori.
** Tatsumi and Sawatari. They have been inseparable since birth, are childhood friends, classmates, roommates and teammates. Tatsumi plays the role of an ''exotic princess'' back in his middle school's drama club and has been called "Princess" since then, and with how Sawatari constantly stays by Tatsumi's side and takes care of him, people eventually nickname him "Knight".
*** Their duet, ''The Elegance'', throws hints like crazy: ''"We stare at each other's special -- We don't want anything else -- From that day, hearts were stolen forever -- We sing..."''
** It seems that most of Hachiya's life revolves around Ageha. He takes care of Ageha, supports him, makes sure he eats well (or at all), pushes him as the top star of their team, brings him food and drinks, etc. For his part Ageha doesn't seem to reciprocate the attention, but he addresses Hachiya [[FirstNameBasis by his given name "Sou"]], something that is reserved for his close friends. Their duet ''Nervous-Aid'' sounds a ''lot'' like unrequited love, with Hachiya reassuring Ageha that he'll be with him even as Ageha only has eyes for his "god", Haruto.

** Hoshitani applied to Ayanagi because he saw Ootori dancing and thought it was beautiful.
** Hoshitani and Nayuki meet on the first day of class and immediately hit it off. They accidentally go on a date in episode 10 and don't realize it until halfway through, and in episode 11 Nayuki actually confesses that he loves Hoshitani. Whether it was intended romantic or platonic is up for debate, but there's no arguing that the scene was framed [[http://i.imgur.com/eAqu1R9.jpg very romantically]].

** Hiiragi and Ootori, to varying degrees depending on who you ask. The revelation that [[spoiler:they're [[IncestSubtext brothers]]]] caused some to abandon ship, but others have decided that it makes it hotter or they just don't care.

*** Their duet, ''The Elegance'', throws hints like crazy: ''"We stare at each other's special -- We don't want anything else -- From that day, hearts were stolen forever -- We sing..."''

** Hiiragi and Ootori, to varying degrees depending on who you ask. The fact that they're [[IncestSubtext brothers]] caused some to abandon ship, but others have decided that it makes it hotter or they just don't care.

* HoYay: Due to the nature of the show there are only two named female characters, and they're both a good amount younger than the main cast. Put any two of the boys together and you've got a viable pairing.

** Tatsumi and Sawatari. They have been inseparable since birth, are childhood friends, classmates, roommates and teammates. In middle school, Tatsumi plays the roll of a princess in the school’s drama and it’s such a hit that he is nicknamed “Princess”, and with how Sawatari constantly stays by Tatsumi's side and takes care of him, people eventually nickname him "Knight".

** There's also a good deal of FoeYay between Akatsuki and Ootori.

** Hiiragi and Ootori, to varying degrees depending on who you ask. The fact that they're [[IncestSubtext brothers]] caused some to abandon ship, but others have decided that it makes it hotter or they just don't care.