History YMMV / GunXSword

** The El Dora team is frequently lamented for not getting enough screen time because of their DashingHispanic OldSuperhero ways and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome incredibly memorable fights]].

* CultClassic: Thanks to the incredibly fun setting and larger than life characters, ''Gun x Sword'' is very fondly remembered by the viewers of G4's anime block.

%%* JerkassWoobie: Ray, tempered only slightly by his MoralityPet of a brother, Joshua.
%%** Carossa and Woo are insecure to a fault. Carossa has his own MoralityPet, to boot.

* EvilIsSexy: Fasalina, so very much. (See above).
* JerkassWoobie: Ray, tempered only slightly by his MoralityPet of a brother, Joshua.
** Carossa and Woo are insecure to a fault. Carossa has his own MoralityPet, to boot.
* {{Narm}}: And Woo was doing so nicely up to that point, too.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: The whole love skit with the two teens in Episode 6.

* FoeYay: Fasalina and Carmen really like antagonizing each other. The former tries this on Van, but it fails due to him being a CelibateHero.

** When you see Mexican Anime/GaoGaiGar and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcDkTqqH20A hear their theme play]], you know awesome shit is going down.

* KarmaHoudini: Michael and Fasalina, depending on whether or not you believed they escaped being crushed in the final episode.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Fasalina tends to be this at worst. She embodied EvilIsSexy, but her own FreudianExcuse and relatable DarkAndTroubledPast about being an ex-prostitute that wanted to redeem her past seemed acceptable to some. The fact that she eventually grew to love Michael for real beyond supporting the Clawed Man's cause brought her sympathy to some, so people considered her an AntiVillain. However, on the other hand, there's just as much people who does not excuse the atrocities she did in the name of the Clawed Man, including poisoning a whole town (one of the main causes of Carmen 99's grudge on her) and considered her a through and through villain that does not deserve sympathy. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And being a villainous prostitute means she's also prone to the "BEGONE THOT" meme.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Carmen 99 and Fasalina.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The entire soundtrack can qualify, especially the opening theme. An even more epic example is the track "He reduces to Memories", which first plays when [[spoiler: Van finally finds the Claw in episode 13]].
** When you see Mexican Anime/GaoGaiGar and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcDkTqqH20A hear their theme play]], you know awesome shit is going down.

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: And no, not just for [[WordSaladTitle the title]], as fitting a title as it may be; often called "''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' with giant robots" as noted in the main article.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is the Claw an AffablyEvil WellIntentionedExtremist who truly cherishes all life, who only kills because he doesn't know his own strength and displays visible regret afterwards? Or is he a ruthless, FauxAffablyEvil KnightTemplar who murders anyone who gets in the way of his dream, and who only plays the regret card to gain his followers' sympathy and loyalty?
** And then there's Kameo, who was already getting a reputation as a stealth [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] ''before'' his antics in episode 17.

** More specifically, if you Google old reviews of the series from 2005 on, you can see that there's a lot of YMMV with regard to evaluating the quality of the series. Is it a lackluster and unimaginative rip-off of earlier and better anime like ''{{Trigun}}'' or ''Anime/CowboyBebop''? Or does it draw elements from different sources and combine them in a compelling and creative way? On its 2010 re-release, various reviewers gave it ratings ranging from "C+" to "A-" or "Highly Recommended."

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Carmen 99 and Fasalina. It helps that they're also {{Memetic Sex Goddess}}es.

* MemeticSexGoddess: Carmen 99 and Fasalina.

** The El Dora team is frequently lamented for not getting enough screen time because of their DashingHispanic OldSuperhero ways and [[MomentOfAwesome incredibly memorable fights]].

** When you see Mexican GaoGaiGar and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcDkTqqH20A hear their theme play]], you know awesome shit is going down.

* NightmareFuel: Van's LaughingMad moment upon finally finding the Claw can be a more than a little creepy.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is the Claw an AffablyEvil WellIntentionedExtremist man who truly cherishes all life, who only kills because he doesn't know his own strength and displays visible regret afterwards? Or is he a ruthless, FauxAffablyEvil KnightTemplar who murders anyone who gets in the way of his dream, and who only plays the regret card to gain his followers' sympathy and loyalty?

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Is the Claw an AffablyEvil man who truly cherishes all life, who only kills because he doesn't know his own strength and displays visible regret afterwards? Or is he a ruthless, FauxAffablyEvil WellIntentionedExtremist who murders anyone who gets in the way of his dream, and who only plays the regret card to gain his followers' sympathy and loyalty?

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Kameo was already getting a reputation as a stealth [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] ''before'' his antics in episode 17.

* DieForOurShip: viewers who ship Van and Pricilla or Van and Carmen sometimes express their desire for Wendy's death or abandonment. Wendy X Van fans can be just as cruel towards Joshua.

* JerkassWoobie: Ray, tampered only slightly with his MoralityPet of a brother Joshua.
** Carossa and Woo are insecure to a fault. Carossa has his own MoralityPet to boot.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: A label often put on this show: dead wrong, of course.