YMMV / Hinatazaka de Aimashō

• Crazy Is Cool: Marie Morimoto had long been considered one of the group's least popular members, most easily seen from her meet-and-greet "slot" sales which was always among the last to sell out (unlike with most groups, this group's fans take pride in ensuring all members sell decent amounts of slots, and would even pay to meet members who aren't their favorite, so there are rarely slots left unsold). By the time the 9th single was about to be released in April 2023, Marie had established herself as the group's "crazy" (yabai) persona, mostly on this show (since she hardly gets other jobs), and her slots sold out on the third selling round (incidentally, some members did not sell out this time, not least because twelve new members had just joined the group).
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • In a 2020 Foot x Brain episode, host Masanobu Katsumura calls Yuka Kageyama a "crazy soccer maniac", and his co-host Yuka Takezaki tells him not to call an idol crazy. A year later in HinaAi episode 124, a caption outright says "Welcome to the crazy world".
  • Fans have pointed out various possible Shoutouts to HinaAi in Hina Kawata's 2022 photobook.
    • In episode 70 from August 2020, Miku Kanemura shares a scary story which ends with her walking in on a pantsless Hina. The photobook includes several photos of her in a T-shirt and no visible bottom wear (which is admittedly standard Fanservice as photobooks go).
    • She also wears a white shirt with Sonic Youth's Goo album cover print, which features a woman smoking, invoking Akari Nibu's infamous Marlboro Red shirt. The album cover also mentions stealing, another reference to her kleptomaniac character.
  • In Ganaoshi episode 13, Kumi Sasaki becomes a laughingstock in Manamo Miyata's lesson about The Tale of Genji after it was revealed that Manamo didn't include her as a member that resembles the novel's characters, despite everybody's anticipation. Years later while co-hosting the variety show 2:59, she cautiously mentions that it was rumored that a lady in a painting in Spy X Family was modeled after her, only this time it was actually the case, as the author is her fan.
  • In episode 93, Akari Nibu shows how she plays with her dog Yuzu at home, with Kasuga portraying Yuzu as a talking dog. In 2022, Nibu drafted a manga concept about a girl who can talk with her dog, which was adapted into the anime Minna no Mameo on TV Asahi, with her voicing the main human character.
  • In the second academic test, Mana Takase correctly guesses what DIY stands for, even though she's unfamiliar with the term. In 2023, Hinano Kamimura got her first television starring role in the Live-Action Adaptation of Do It Yourself!!
  • In an early 2022 episode, Mirei Sasaki reveals that she'd like to cosplay as Avatar's Neytiri for Halloween and Wakabayashi teases her for referencing a decade-old movie. Avatar: The Way of Water came out in December that year, bringing the character back into the public consciousness (although probably a bit late for Halloween).
  • In episode 171, aired in 2022, Kyoko Saito shares how she got her kitchen sink and toilet at home clogged. In the 2023 love affair drama Nukarumi no Shokutaku, her character, Mia, befriends her lover's legitimate wife and visits their home for the first time when the wife asks her to help unclog the toilet. Mia also learns to cook from her, while Kyoko is a Lethal Chef.
  • In episode 192, Fortune Teller Love Me Do predicts that Yuka Kageyama's increasing popularity will lead to nicknames like "Kageyama Japan" in 2023. Guess what her photobook Twitter account is called.