History YMMV / ChronoCrusade

* CompleteMonster: The anime incarnation of [[BigBad Aion]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy stripped of his original counterpart's redeeming qualities]] to become a remorseless [[AGodAmI seeker of ultimate power]]. Having decapitated the leader of Pandemonium, Aion uses her severed head in his ritual and sparks a war in the demon world that kills countless millions. Tearing off the horns of fellow devil Chrono for showing remorse, Aion bestows them upon the young Joshua Christopher, uncaring that they [[DrivenToMadness drive the boy mad]] and lead him to petrify everyone from his orphanage. Taking advantage of a lonely woman, Aion [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates her]] into killing an entire town of people as a sacrifice to him, delighted in the control he holds over others. Conducting his ritual for godhood, Aion nearly destroys San Francisco, and when Joshua's sister, Rosette, seemingly stops him, reveals it was her powers he wanted after all. Brainwashing her into becoming his slave, Aion entrances civilians with her healing powers before declaring himself a prophet who has deemed humanity sinful and demands they kill each other. Despite knowing the cost of his power is the destruction of both Earth and Pandemonium, Aion is utterly apathetic to the deaths of billions.

* EvilIsSexy: Aion, particularly the anime in which he exploits his sex appeal to both draw in allies and screw with the minds of his enemies.

* NoYay: Joshua/Fiore (which also seems to imply Joshua/Rosette), Aion/Chrono, and the love triangle between Aion, Rizel, and Jenai.

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The anime adaptation suffers from this, since (almost) all of the characters die with none of their plans succeeding in any way and the villain never gets any kind of comeuppance (he [[GainaxEnding might have died]], but it is unknown). The anime is infamous for [[KillEmAll its killing off]] and/or mental breaking of major characters [[DeathByAdaptation who survive the original manga]]. [[note]] Most notably, Shader, Fiore, and Satella are all alive at the end. Joshua recovered his mind and joined the Order; it's heavily implied he and Az became an item. Steiner does not die during the Battle of San Francisco (though given his advanced age he probably doesn't live too long after). Even Rosette lived for seven years after the final battle instead of the six months she had in the anime – granted in both continuities she spent the entire time on the brink of death.[[/note]]

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** The manga has Rosette and Chrono go on a mission to a casino on the UsefulNotes/LasVegas Strip… even though Nevada didn't legalize gambling until 1931 (7 years after the story is set) and Vegas didn't have much of a reputation for casinos until after World War II.
*** The anime has the casino in Atlantic City, which both avoids this and explains why someone from the New York branch of the Order would be sent there (New Jersey being much closer to NYC than Nevada). Doubly smart because, unlike Vegas, Atlantic City ''was'' known as a gambling hotspot during TheRoaringTwenties.
** The manga locates the Seventh Bell Orphanage in Michigan. The problem with that is that (1) Rosette is easily able to get there by car, which is unlikely to have been the case in 1924, in addition to it being hundreds of miles away from New York City; and (2) it's near a lovely mountain lake, but Michigan is pretty flat as far as US states go – ~1400' separate its lowest and highest elevations.
*** The anime fixes both of these problems by putting Seventh Bell vaguely in Upstate New York, probably in the Catskills or Adirondacks.
** One quick shot of Manhattan in the anime appears to show the Empire State Building, which did not exist at the time (it was started in late 1929 and completed in 1931).
** A panning shot in Episode 21 of the anime briefly shows what appears to be the Golden Gate Bridge, which did not open until 1937. Well, it might be the Bay Bridge, but that would make even ''less'' sense.
*** One of the next episode previews also alludes to the bridge. At least in the original Japanese. The English dub writers noticed the error and removed the reference.
** The various bits of GratuitousEnglish and JapaneseRanguage in the anime – "South Brooklym" on at least two occasions, and a blatant misspelling at the casino courtesy of the "CLAPS" table.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: The ChristmasEpisode of the anime. Really, most things involving [[{{Moe}} Azmaria]] in the anime. Not that this is a bad thing.

** The various bits of {{Engrish}} in the anime – "South Brooklym" on at least two occasions, and a blatant misspelling at the casino courtesy of the "CLAPS" table.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The anime adaptation suffers from this, since (almost) all of the characters die with none of their plans succeeding in any way and the villain never gets any kind of comeuppance (he [[GainaxEnding might have died]], but it is unknown). The anime is infamous for [[KillEmAll its killing off]] and/or mental breaking of major characters [[DeathByAdaptation who survive the original manga]]. [[note]] Most notably, Shader, Fiore, and Satella are all alive at the end. Joshua recovered his mind and joined the Order; it's heavily implied he and Az became an item. Steiner does not die during the Battle of San Francisco (though given his advanced age he probably doesn't live too long after). Even Rosette lived for seven years after the final battle instead of the six months she had in the anime – granted in both continuities she spent the entire time on the brink of death.[[/note]]

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: A large group of demons attack the beach house where Joshua and Fiore are staying. Joshua calmly asks Fiore to go back inside and make him some coffee. By the time she returns with the coffee, Joshua has slaughtered all of them, taking only a minor injury to his hand in return.

* CompleteMonster: The anime iteration of [[BigBad Aion]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy stripped of his original counterpart's redeeming qualities]] to become a remorseless [[AGodAmI seeker of ultimate power]]. Having decapitated the leader of Pandemonium, Aion uses her severed head in his ritual and sparks a war in the demon world that kills countless millions. Tearing off the horns of fellow devil Chrono for showing remorse, Aion bestows them upon the young Joshua Christopher, uncaring that they [[DrivenToMadness drive the boy mad]] and lead him to petrify everyone from his orphanage. Taking advantage of a lonely woman, Aion [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates her]] into killing an entire town of people as a sacrifice to him, delighted in the control he holds over others. Conducting his ritual for godhood, Aion nearly destroys San Francisco, and when Joshua's sister, Rosette, seemingly stops him, reveals it was her powers he wanted after all. Brainwashing her into becoming his slave, Aion entrances civilians with her healing powers before declaring himself a prophet who has deemed humanity sinful and demands they kill each other. Despite knowing the cost of his power is the destruction of both Earth and Pandemonium, Aion is utterly apathetic to the deaths of billions.

* TheScrappy: Shader, dear God, Shader. In a manga that mostly tries to deal with European immigrants in America and actual Americans ''without playing up their ethnicity'' (really, besides using some German words and having an accent, Satella doesn't exactly flaunt being German) Sheda comes in and acts like every stereotypical moe catgirl in anime ever. She's a very weird break from an, up until the point she appears, mostly realistic look at 1920s America with fantasy elements involved. At least Satella kept her GratuitousGerman to ''wurst'' and her summoning magic. It doesn't help that she ''never shuts up'' and is generally annoying.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The anime adaptation suffers from this, since (almost) all of the characters die with none of their plans succeeding in any way and the villain – who also dies… [[GainaxEnding maybe]] – never gets any kind of comeuppance. The anime is infamous for [[KillEmAll its killing off]] and/or mental breaking of major characters [[DeathByAdaptation who survive the original manga]]. [[note]] Most notably, Shader, Fiore, and Satella are all alive at the end. Joshua recovered his mind and joined the Order; it's heavily implied he and Az became an item. Steiner does not die during the Battle of San Francisco (though given his advanced age he probably doesn't live too long after). Even Rosette lived for seven years after the final battle instead of the six months she had in the anime – granted in both continuities she spent the entire time on the brink of death.[[/note]]

* {{Woolseyism}}: ADV's English dub of the anime added carefully researched 1920's slang into the character's dialogue, and cast an actress reasonably versed in German as Satella.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** Try listening to "Tsubasa Wa Pleasure Line" and "Sayonara, Solitia" without feeling the least bit emotional.
** Much of Hikaru Nanase's score is very good and some tunes can tug on your heart strings plenty.

* CompleteMonster: The anime iteration of [[BigBad Aion]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy stripped of his original counterpart's redeeming qualities]] to become a remorseless seeker of ultimate power. Having decapitated the leader of Pandemonium, Aion uses her severed head in his ritual and sparks a war in the demon world that kills countless millions. Tearing off the horns of fellow devil Chrono for showing remorse, Aion bestows them upon the young Joshua Christopher, uncaring that they [[DrivenToMadness drive the boy mad]] and lead him to petrify everyone from his orphanage. Taking advantage of a lonely woman, Aion [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates her]] into killing an entire town of people as a sacrifice to him, delighted in the control he holds over others. Conducting his ritual for [[AGodAmI godhood]], Aion nearly destroys San Francisco, and when Joshua's sister, Rosette, seemingly stops him, reveals it was her powers he wanted after all. Brainwashing her into becoming his slave, Aion entrances civilians with her healing powers before declaring himself a prophet who has deemed humanity sinful and demands they kill each other. Despite knowing the cost of his power is the destruction of both Earth and Pandemonium, Aion is utterly apathetic to the deaths of billions.

* CompleteMonster: The anime version of [[BigBad Aion]] sheds his original counterpart's redeeming qualities to become a remorseless man seeking ultimate power. [[OffWithHisHead Beheading the leader of Pandemonium]] to use her head as part of a ritual, Aion sparks a war in the domain that leads to the death of countless millions. After tearing off the horns of fellow devil Chrono, Aion bestows them to a young boy, Joshua Christopher, an apostle needed for his ritual, the horns leading to Joshua having maddening visions and petrifying everyone in his orphanage. Convincing a woman to kill a whole town of people as a sacrifice to him, Aion delights in the control he exerts over others. Conducting his ritual, Aion nearly destroys San Francisco with the energy. When Joshua's sister, Rosette, seemingly stops him, Aion reveals it was really her powers he was after. Brainwashing and kidnapping her, Aion uses Rosette's healing abilities to make her appear a prophet, declaring mankind sinful and trying to have them tear each other apart. Knowing his [[AGodAmI godhood]] would come at the price of the destruction of both Earth and Pandemonium, Aion [[ItsAllAboutMe pays no heed to the lives of others in the face of his own desire]].

* TheScrappy: Sheda, dear God, Sheda. In a manga that mostly tries to deal with European immigrants in America and actual Americans ''without playing up their ethnicity'' (really, besides using some German words and having an accent, Satella doesn't exactly flaunt being German) Sheda comes in and acts like every stereotypical moe catgirl in anime ever. She's a very weird break from an, up until the point she appears, mostly realistic look at 1920s America with fantasy elements involved. At least Satella kept her GratuitousGerman to ''wurst'' and her summoning magic. It doesn't help that she ''never shuts up'' and is generally annoying.

* TheScrappy: Sheda, dear God, Sheda. In a manga that mostly tries to deal with European immigrants in America and actual Americans ''without playing up their ethnicity'' (really, besides using some German words and having an accent, Satella doesn't exactly flaunt being German) Sheda comes in and acts like every stereotypical moe catgirl in anime ever. She's a very weird break from an, up until the point she appears, mostly realistic look at 1920s America with fantasy elements involved. At least Satella kept her GratuitousGerman to ''wurst'' and her summoning magic.

* CompleteMonster: The anime version of Aion sheds his original counterpart's redeeming qualities to become a remorseless man seeking ultimate power. Beheading the leader of Pandemonium to use her head as part of a ritual, Aion sparks a war in the domain that leads to the death of countless millions. After tearing off the horns of fellow devil Chrono, Aion bestows them to a young boy, Joshua, an apostle needed for his ritual, the horns leading to Joshua having maddening visions and petrifying everyone in his orphanage. Convincing a woman to kill a whole town of people as a sacrifice to him, Aion delights in the control he exerts over others. Conducting his ritual, Aion nearly destroys San Francisco with the energy. When Joshua's sister, Rosette, seemingly stops him, Aion reveals it was really her powers he was after. Brainwashing and kidnapping her, Aion uses Rosette's healing abilities to make her appear a prophet, declaring mankind sinful and trying to have them tear each other apart. Knowing his godhood would come at the price of the destruction of both Earth and Pandemonium, Aion is a selfish man ruled by his own desire.