Famed in Story: The anime is about µ's rise to fame.

In the manga adaptation, the group starts with Honoka, Kotori, Rin & Hanayo instead.

Depending on the Writer: In the anime, the group starts with Honoka, Kotori, and Umi.

Subverted in that many of them are VERY inconsistent with their colors.

Color-Coded Characters: You can see their image colors in each character's individual sections below.

Then in the movie, they manage to recruit damn near every school idol groups in Japan and then some for their performance of 'Sunny Day Song'.

Character-Magnetic Team: µ's typically starts with the three-member group of Honoka, Kotori and Umi, then grow from there until they hit 9.

Since old content is often a separate continuity from newer content, it's common for people to just mix it up to some degree, with the anime interpretations being the most widely accepted.

Characterization Marches On: Generally, there are aspects to them that remain the same no matter what continuity, such as Honoka starting the group or Maki being born to a family of doctors, but it took a few years for their characters to really solidify for example, Nozomi was originally something of a Cloudcuckoolander and Nico was more of a genuine Cutie than The Fake Cutie with a heart of gold she would end up becoming.

School Idol Festival complicates things further, by having each of the girls assigned an 'attribute': Smile (Rin, Honoka, Nico), Pure (Hanayo, Kotori, Nozomi), or Cool (Maki, Umi, Eli).

They are also divided into 'sub units' of three members during performances: Printemps (Honoka, Kotori, Hanayo), BiBi (Eli, Maki, Nico), and lily white (Umi, Nozomi, Rin).

There's the first years (Hanayo, Rin, Maki), the second years, (Honoka, Umi, Kotori), and the third years (Eli, Nozomi, Nico).

Cast Herd: µ's members form their own groups of three whenever they are not together.

In real life, the members are 'graduated' after their Final Live in 2016. They officially announce this in the movie, with their performance for the third Love Live! event at the Akiba Dome as their final performance. Breaking the Fellowship: In the later episodes of the second season, they decide to disband after the third years graduate.Book Ends: This is done with the sub-units' album covers the members of each unit all wear the same outfits on the covers of their last singles as they did with their first singles.

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