History YMMV / AmnesiaOtome

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: If you've heard of this visual novel, chances are highly likely that one of the first things you learned about it was Toma turning out to be a cage-loving {{Yandere}} which is supposed to be a major [[TheReveal Reveal]] in his and Shin's routes.
* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the Good Ending for Toma's route had him be easily forgiven, players found this to be a bad way to end things. The first fandisc, ''Amnesia: Later'', shows how the relationship proceeds after the Good Ending of the routes. And with Toma, he reveals that he hasn't forgiven himself for what he's done, and is insistent on getting some form of punishment for what he did. Toma tells Shin everything that he did to the heroine, and Shin gives him two good punches in the face for it and a major [[WhatTheHellHero speech]] about it. It avoids the KarmaHoudini aspect Toma had originally, appeasing players.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic
** [[https://soundcloud.com/leo-clemons/zoetrope-nagi-yanagi Zoetrope]] by Nagi Yanagi -- The opening for the anime.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qkxn7Rubt0 Reverberation]] by Kaori Oda -- The opening for ''Memories''.
** [[https://soundcloud.com/sara-scarletz/eien-no-ichibyou-uda-kaori Eien no Ichibyou]] (One Second of Eternity) by Kaori -- The ending for ''Later''.
* CriticProof: This series was universally ''panned'' by critics and anime fans alike, yet Creator/SentaiFilmworks decided to give this one an '''English dub'''.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: With a heroine clutching an IdiotBall to her chest in several routes[[note]]particularly Toma's[[/note]], is not given much of a spine in others, and the Bad Endings outweighing the happier ones at a ratio of 3:1, it can be difficult to care about what's going on.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Kent usually is near the bottom of Japanese fan polls, but he's quite popular with western fans.
* MemeticMutation: Kawaii uguu cage of love!
* MisaimedFandom
** Some western players believe the boyfriends to be horrible people because they don't realize that the routes work on showing that the boyfriends should not be books judged by their covers. Shin looks like a bad boy, but isn't one. People shrug Ikki off as nothing but a playboy, when he's sick and tired of being one, and really wants to find a meaningful relationship with one person that he can even settle down with.
** Kent is considered one of the worst boyfriends because of his lack of social skills and extremely rational view on life, with many players wanting the heroine to just break up with him already. They don't realize that his route is a deconstruction of the BelligerentSexualTension trope, as mentioned below.
* [[OneTrueThreesome OT3]]: Ukyo-Heroine-[[SplitPersonality Ukyo]].
* TheScrappy:
** The heroine can be considered one of the worst otome game protagonists. She has a bland personality, several Bad Endings require her to be {{too dumb to live}}, and this just gets exemplified on [[{{Yandere}} Toma]]'s route. Especially for Toma's Good Ending, where she [[EasilyForgiven easily forgives]] him.
** Toma himself can be this for players. Many cite him to be a horribly written {{yandere}} character, with little depth to his darker side. Again, him being {{easily forgiven}} for his actions makes things more difficult to tolerate.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Early on his route, Kent says more than once that the heroine ''needs to tell him that she doesn't like what he's saying/doing because he can't read her mind''. And Kent further works on trying to approach the heroine on a more emotional level, despite this going against his rational and strictly-logical ways. His entire route is basically a deconstruction of the BelligerentSexualTension trope because the route reveals that the relationship between the heroine and Kent prior to her memory-loss was doomed to nothing but misery. The two were incapable of talking to each other without ending up arguing. And it shows that open communication between a couple, and trying to find a decent balance even between the most opposite of personalities, is important for a functioning relationship.
* UnfortunateImplications: Heroine and Orion trying to justify [[spoiler:Toma's yandereness, even after locking her up in a cage]]. "He did all this to protect me?..." "[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2013-03-09 Yeah, it's strange, but he can't help that his feelings are too strong!]]"
* WhatAnIdiot: Seriously, Heroine, if you just found out that the guy you are living with [[spoiler:has been ''drugging you for days'' in {{Yandere}}-like fashion, don't hesitate about escaping. Get out of there!]] Also, if you [[spoiler:manage to retrieve your cell phone and the guy who locked you up in a cage is out of the room, ''call for help right away'' instead of wasting the last of your phone's battery checking your messages!]]
* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHimBack: The so-called Good Ending for Toma's route feels like this to most players. His route involves him stealing the charging cable for the heroine's laptop, so that she can't check her messages, drugging her for several days to keep her at his home, and eventually going so far as to reveal his full {{Yandere}} personality by locking the heroine into a giant cage. He won't let her out anymore, except for using the bathroom, and he keeps her on a literal leash for that, and taking her phone away. And getting his Good Ending involves him '''[[AttemptedRape trying to assault her]]''' because she managed to escape the cage. And the two of them end up in what is supposed to be a happy relationship.
* TheWoobie:
** [[spoiler: Ukyo. He is also an IronWoobie.]]
** The heroine! Her having amnesia, which cannot be cured in an ordinary hospital, is the least of her worries. She gets harassed by Ikki's fanclub in several routes, has to deal with [[{{Yandere}} Toma]] and his cruel actions in another, and even Joker World has [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou everything wanting her dead]].
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The OP for the anime, [[https://soundcloud.com/leo-clemons/zoetrope-nagi-yanagi "Zoetrope"]] by Nagi Yanagi, definitely qualifies. It's highlighted as probably the only good thing about the anime adaptation.

* AwesomeMusic: The OP for the anime, [[https://soundcloud.com/leo-clemons/zoetrope-nagi-yanagi "Zoetrope"]] by Nagi Yanagi, definitely qualifies. It's highlighted as probably the only good thing about the anime adaptation.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the Good Ending for Toma's route had him be easily forgiven, players found this to be a bad way to end things. The first fandisc, ''Amnesia LATER'', shows how the relationship proceeds after the Good Ending of the routes. And with Toma, he reveals that he hasn't forgiven himsel for what he's done, and is insistent on getting some form of punishment for what he did. Toma tells Shin everything that he did to the heroine, and Shin gives him two good punches in the face for it and a major [[WhatTheHellHero speech]] about it. It avoids the KarmaHoudini aspect Toma had originally, appeasing players.

** Heroine! First of all, she has amnesia [[spoiler: which, by the way, cannot be cured in an ordinary hospital]], Ikki's fanclub after her, having to deal with [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} Toma,]] who has genuinely good means but extremely questionable methods]], and in the Joker route, [[spoiler: ''[[EverythingTryingToKillYou the entire world out to kill her.]]'' '''In multiple timelines.''']]

** Heroine is considered one of the ''absolute worst'' otome game protagonists ever made due being incredibly bland and for being TooDumbToLive [[spoiler:(at least in most routes where Toma is involved deeply with the plot.]]
** Toma is pretty much considered one of the most poorly-handled yanderes ''in anime/game history''. The fact that [[ExtremeDoormat you have to go along with him on everything]] to get his Good Ending [[note]] In which he is EasilyForgiven, no less,[[/note]] doesn't help ''at all''.

* UnfortunateImplications: Heroine and Orion trying to justify [[spoiler:Toma's yandereness, even after locking her up in a cage]]. "He did all this to protect me?..." "Yeah, it's strange, but he can't help that his feelings are too strong!"[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-list/2013-03-09]]

* BrokenBase: The fact that Idea Factory International localized the original game. Some are happy to get another otome game in English, others wish they'd focused on another one.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: With a TooDumbToLive heroine and all the bad endings, some players find it hard to care.