History YMMV / BungoToAlchemist

* EvilIsSexy: The [[https://bungo.wikiru.jp/attach2/C5A8B0ECCDF7_DED5DEC2C1F5A4CEBEAFC7AF2E706E67.png Boy of the Chaotic Attire]], while a tough multi-weapon boss, has become an EnsembleDarkhorse due to their cute, humanoid and ''cosplayable'' design.
** Shortly after the Cherry Blossom Forest event ended, the developers released the [[https://twitter.com/BunAl_PR/status/1273903487894470657 quite fetching]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen previous design]] for the Demon of the Petals, that event's final boss, who was apparently almost good-looking enough to pass for a writer.
** Kitamura Tōkoku, or rather Boy of the Chaotic Attire if he was a writer. Fully antagonistic in his introduction, but is also a drop-dead gorgeous ElegantGothicLolita and a HoYay-loaded {{Yandere}} to boot.

* FriendlyFandoms: Has moderate fandom overlap with ''Tsuki ni Hoerannē'', a mystery/fantasy manga with characters modeled after real-life poets.

-->'''Kawabata:''' Here is your coffee.\\

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Does Kōyō's infamous "discipline" comment mean he's a FriendToAllLivingThings who gives enemies ToughLove like he does students, or does it mean he's secretly a {{sadist}}? The fact he says it while ''[[WhipOfDominance whipping the hell away]]'' seems to support the latter among the fandom.

** The premise of "entering the world of books to defend it from altercations" has been played ''[[OlderThanTheyThink 4 years prior]]'' to this game's release in the crappy rip-off movie ''Animation/TheIllusionauts''. This game takes that premise and executes it ''far'' better.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Does Kōyō's infamous "discipline" comment mean he's a FriendToAllLivingThings who gives enemies ToughLove like he does students, or does it mean he's secretly a {{sadist}}? The fact he says it while ''[[WhipItGood whipping]] the hell away'' seems to support the latter among the fandom.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The [[WhipItGood whips]] have, hands down, the most satisfying attack sound. One listening to the loud, full-bodied ''crack'' will hardly convince one otherwise.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Kyōka's absurd germophobia becomes a lot less funny in light of the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak. This is probably one of the reasons he's AdaptedOut of the anime despite playing important parts in Shūsei's characterization.
** Kōyō's displeasure at being called an old woman takes on a tragic tone with the fact the real author died at ''37 years old''.

** It's a very common practice on Twitter to shorten the authors' names into the beginning letters of the Japanese syllables they consist of in order to avoid mistaking them with real authors. For example, Tokuda can be referred to as "tkd", Izumi "izm" and Ozaki "ozk". Faction names also receive this treatment, leading to "bri" for Decadent and "snknkk" for Neo-Sensation. This practice is really OlderThanTheyThink as it has been observed in the ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'' fandom since 2015, before this game was even made.

** Any event with a random-card-flipping battle mechanic. Your writers' levels, blossoming, all of that is null and void; everything that matters is your being lucky enough not to flip an enemy card. Once you do, you ''will'' lose, plus your writers will sustain usually ''hefty'' damage, no matter how strong they are. To add insult to injury, entering this event map requires a consumable pass, which you will have to go farm on normal maps for it to randomly drop.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Kyōka's absurd germophobia becomes a lot less funny in light of the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak. This is probably one of the reasons he's AdaptedOut of the anime despite playing important parts in Shūsei's characterization.

* GoddamnedBats: Compromised Ink a.k.a. that infamous crit-only monster. It's a standard blade-type in terms of attack, but it's MadeOfIron ''incarnate'' with a high chance of leaving the enemy side not fully wiped out, thus affecting the overall GameplayGrading and event point amount if it's in an event.

* ThatOneLevel: Post-Jul 2021, Yo-4 ''Moon in the Mountains''. Its difficulty is a sudden spike from previous levels, and the boss has ridiculously high HP, which almost completely relies on very high costume levels to beat.

* Costume level post-2021 major update. Its ''massive'' influence on authors' overall performance leads this to practically become more important than the author's actual level.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The title theme's melody sounds partly similar to [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle "The Merry-Go-Round of Life"]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Most of the soundtrack consists of elegant string pieces composed by the prolific [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Sakamoto Hideki Sakamoto]], especially the opening theme.

* ScrewYourself: Due to Atsushi's JekyllAndHyde nature, he's shipped with himself a lot, either by way of [[LiteralSplitPersonality literally splitting him into two people]] or otherwise.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Kyōka's absurd germophobia becomes a lot less funny in light of the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak. This is probably one of the reasons he's AdaptedOut of the anime.

* ScrappyMechanic: The limited summoning event, as each player only gets a certain amount of special bookmarks(which is the only way to transmigrate the event author) for free, which makes getting the author a LuckBasedMission for free-to-play players. Should they want to try to get the author after they've used all of their bookmarks, the only way is to [[AllegedlyFreeGame buy them from the shop]].