History YMMV / Gackt

* ColbertBump: Part of the reason he keeps appearing in so many video games and dramas. His appearances in such often results in jumps in ratings, viewership, and sales.

* ColbertBump: Part of the reason he keeps appearing in so many video games and dramas. His appearances in such often results in jumps in ratings, viewer ship, and sales.

** Although NEVER to replace ''Ai wo Torimodose'' as ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'''s iconic song, the song for ''New'' is widely recognized by fans as the best song the series' had since.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Show someone who has never herd of Gackt a picture of Gackt. Odds are they will not figure out his gender.

* "Until The Last Day" is an awesome battleworthy theme.

* FandomRivalry: Gackt vs. Mana. This one has some very deep roots and enough anger and bitterness to go around for all, to the point where it has resulted in the BarBrawl, many a FlameWar to the point of reaching InternetBackdraft territory, and unlike many other such events and scenarios, both parties still actively hate each other. Gackt fans will see Mana as an egotistical perfectionist who destroyed his band for the sake of a personal feud, and Mana fans will see Gackt as the egotistical band-destroying {{jerkass}} who screws over nearly everyone with whom he works at some point and Mana being the only one with enough balls to call him on it and kick him from the band before he left.

** Also, within the fandom, his love of Music/{{Hyde}}, "fiyaa" and his unceasing use of the word "dakishimete" in nearly every song he has ever written are memes.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Pretty much all of ''Mars'', ''Rebirth'', and ''Crescent'', especially "Birdcage," "Oasis," and "Orenji no Taiyou." Single-only songs include mentions also go to "Cube," "Blue," and "Uncertain Memory."
** Although NEVER to replace ''Ai wo Torimodose'' as ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'''s iconic song, the song for ''New'' is widely recognized by fans as the best song the series' had since.

* FandomRivalry: Gackt vs. Mana. This one has some very deep roots and enough anger and bitterness to go around for all, to the point where it has resulted in the BarBrawl, many a FlameWar to the point of reaching InternetBackdraft territory, and unlike many other such events and scenarios, both parties still actively hate each other, which puts it beyond the usual FanDumb. Gackt fans will see Mana as an egotistical perfectionist who destroyed his band for the sake of a personal feud, and Mana fans will see Gackt as the egotistical band-destroying {{jerkass}} who screws over nearly everyone with whom he works at some point and Mana being the only one with enough balls to call him on it and kick him from the band before he left.

** Although NEVER to replace ''Ai wo Torimodose'' as ''[[Manga/HokutoNoKen Fist of the North Star's]]'' iconic song, the song for ''New'' is widely recognized by fans as the best song the series' had since.

* MemeticSexGod: He's been voted UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}'s sexiest man, best looking in a suit, best looking in a kimono, best looking in a tuxedo, and best looking as a samurai.

* ColbertBump - Part of the reason he keeps appearing in so many video games and dramas. His appearances in such often results in jumps in ratings, viewer ship, and sales.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - Pretty much all of ''Mars, Rebirth and Crescent'', especially "Birdcage, Oasis and Oreinji no Tayoui". Single-only songs include mentions also go to "Cube", "Blue" and "Uncertain Memory".
** Although NEVER to replace ''Ai Wo Torimodose'' as ''[[HokutoNoKen Fist Of The North Star's]]'' iconic song, the song for ''New'' is widely recognized by fans as the best song the series' had since.
* FandomRivalry: Gackt vs. Mana. This one has some very deep roots and enough anger and bitterness to go around for all, to the point where it has resulted in the BarBrawl, many a FlameWar to the point of reaching InternetBackdraft territory, and unlike many other such events and scenarios, both parties still actively hate each other, which puts it beyond the usual FanDumb. Gackt fans will see Mana as an egotistical perfectionist who destroyed his band for the sake of a personal feud, and Mana fans will see Gackt as the egotistical band-destroying {{jerkass}} who screws over nearly everyone with whom he works at some point and Mana being the only one with enough balls to call him on it and kick him from the band before he left.
* MemeticMutation - A dark version of this. Gackt's decade old joke about being a 496 year old vampire has been quoted out of context for so long that even presumably legitimate news sources have treated this as a serious belief of his. He has since corrected this at the Nemuri Kyoshiro press conference, where he released his actual age to the public so the joke would die.
** Also, within the fandom, his love of Hyde, "fiyaa" and his unceasing use of the word dakishimete in nearly every song he has ever written are memes.

* MemeticSexGod - He's been voted Japan's sexiest man, best looking in a suit, best looking in a kimono, best looking in a tuxedo and best looking as a samurai.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Show someone who has never herd of Gackt a picture of Gackt. Odds are they will not figure out their gender

** Although NEVER to replace ''Ai Wo Torimodose'' as ''[[HokutoNoKen Fist Of The North Star's]]'' iconic song, the song for ''New'' is widely recognized by fans as the best song the series' had since.

* CrowningMomentOfSadness - The song "Sayonara" is sad by itself, but the live version for "Requiem et Reminiscence" is especially heartbreaking.
** And lets not forget that it sems like he has to stop halfway into Emu ~for my dear~ when singing live, makes sense since it's a tribute song for Kami.

* MemeticSexGod - He's been voted Japan's sexiest man, best looking in a suit, best looking in a kimono, best looking in a tuxedo and best looking as a samurai.