History YMMV / Baccano

** Even though he kinda deserved it, It's still disturbing when [[spoiler:Claire tortures Czes after he finds out Czes wants to kill every one in the train. What makes it worse is, due to him being immortal, Czes looks like a little kid.]]

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Ladd is not very well liked by most of the cast in Baccano [[AxCrazy for]] [[ChaoticEvil good]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill reason]]. Even his own family think's he's out of his gourd and they are TheMafia. Most viewers of Baccano though categorize him as CrazyAwesome and [[WordOfGod Narita]] admits that Ladd is his favorite character.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Claire Stanfield has ''way'' more fangirls than any AxCrazy CareerKiller with a [[AGodAmI God complex]] should.
** The even more morally bankrupt Ladd has a huge following as well, proving that it doesn't matter if you want to kill your fiancee, enjoy tapdancing in a pool of blood, or blow off a little boy's head as long as you are a handsome man in a nice suit.
*** Both subverted, since the two are loved ''because'' they're crazy psychopaths, not despite it. If you don't believe me, just read the fanfics; ''everyone is totally in character''.

* NightmareFuel: Pretty much any scene with the Rail Tracer until TheReveal, and plenty more afterward too.
* NightmareFuel: Even though he kinda deserved it, It's still disturbing when [[spoiler:Claire tortures Czes after he finds out Czes wants to kill every one in the train. What makes it worse is, due to him being immortal, Czes looks like a little kid.]]

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Gustavo's death in the anime where he was shot by Old Man Runarata, as opposed to the novels where Luck beats him to death with his own severed arm. Also, Eve Genoard never attempted to kill him when learning he was responsible for her father and brother's deaths.

*** Both subverted, since the two are loved ''because'' they're crazy psychopaths, not despite. If you don't believe me, just read the fanfics; ''everyone is totally in character''.

** The even more morally bankrupt Ladd has a huge following as well, proving that it doesn't matter if you want to kill your fiancee, enjoy tapdancing in a pool of blood, or blowing off a little boy's head as long as you are a handsome man in a nice suit.

** Claire is a standout here. He's probably the best fighter ''and'' the most batshit out-of-his gourd character in the series. Now go look through the character page and consider the [[BeyondTheImpossible full implications]] of that statement.

** The ending theme. It will bring tears to your eyes, no matter how lighthearted the series is. This Troper thinks it's the saddest anime song she has heard besides One Day from {{One Piece}}.

** Ladd Russo. Here is a man whose only goal in life, by his own admission, is to kill everybody (saving his girlfriend for last) until he's the last man standing. The glee he shows in anticipation of violence bounces between that of a kid in a candy story and sexual ecstacy. On top of all this, he wears white for his caper on the Flying Pussyfoot because he thinks that it'll make the blood spatter look pretty!

* HollywoodHomely: You know those [[GoodScarsEvilScars scars]] and [[EyeScream missing eye]] that are ''[[InformedDeformity supposed]]'' [[InformedDeformity to detract from her appearance? They don't. Not one bit]]!

* SuperlativeDubbing: Many consider it one of {{Funimation}}'s best.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The Western anime community considers it one of the best series ever. Meanwhile, it experienced abysmal DVD sales domestically.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several scenes and hooks, such as [[spoiler: Adele]] in a brief cameo in episode one and [[spoiler: Dallas' body already recovered by Lamia before Eve could find him]] show that there potentially was going to be an animated version of The Slash arc, but Baccano had poor sales in Japan. See GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff above.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Granted, there are a lot of [[GushingAboutCharactersYouLike likeable characters]] in this series, Ladd, Claire, and Chick are extremly popular.

** This occurs between [[{{Woobie}} Czeslaw]] and the [[spoiler: little homunculus]] girl from Children of Bottle, [[GenderBlenderName Phil]]. The [[FanGirl fangirls]] ran ''wild'' [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1155__3241_5157.jpg with this one.]]\\

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Granted, there are alot of [[GushingAboutCharactersYouLike likeable characters]] in this series, Ladd, Claire, and Chick are extremly popular.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Granted, there are alot of [[GushingAboutCharactersYouLike likeable characters]] in this series, Ladd and Claire are extremly popular.

* TheWoobie: Czeslaw, when not being a trauma-induced CreepyChild, pretty much plays this trope to a T. His horrible past aside, his occasional homicidal tendencies in the name of [[CrazySurvivalist self preservation]] as well as his less than kind disposition at times could make the argument for him being closer to the {{JerkassWoobie}}.

** The ending theme. It will bring tears to your eyes, no matter how lighthearted the series is. This Troper thinks it's the saddest anime song she has heard besides One Day from {{One Piece}}.* ToyShip: