History YMMV / Iji

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Some of the Komato state the logical, if abhorrent, conclusion that since [[spoiler:their species is doomed anyways]], the Tasen's desperate attempts to avoid their fate only lead to more suffering for all involved.
** Krotera makes the exact same point with regard to humans.

** Ansaksie can also be subject to this, although there's a bit of justification in that her more dickish actions [[AllThereInTheManual are never mentioned in the game.]]

*** When you reach Yukabacera in the game, you're [[KingMook quickly introduced]] to why he's treated as a legitimate threat: he moves like a greased squirrel on pop rocks, Mountain Dew and cocaine, [[LightningBruiser and his attacks ''hurt.'']] The [[SillinessSwitch drop]] is worth it, though.

* ThatOneBoss: [[ArchEnemy Asha]], the second time you fight him. While having ludicrously low HitPoints, even lower than you, he [[TeleportSpam teleports around like crazy]], [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard dodges every attack except the shotgun and the buster gun]], which he [[{{Pride}} considers it cowardly to dodge]], and constantly attacks you with his LaserBlade as well as [[BeamSpam spamming]] his [[GameBreaker Plasma Cannon]]. Fortunately, he's a SkippableBoss on Normal, Hard and [[HarderThanHard Extreme]] difficulties. Unfortunately, he's not skippable on Ultimortal. That in itself is half the reason Ultimortal is harder than Extreme. [[CaptainObvious Oh, and he's harder too]].

* BrokenAesop: It seems this game's message is about how killing is always wrong, yet it doesn't bat an eye at you when you kill an enemy through an indirect method, or get a decent ending with a low kill count, or are even able to kill one of the villains without any consequences to Iji's conscious.

* BrokenAesop: It seems this game's message is about how killing is always wrong, yet it doesn't bat an eye at you when you kill an enemy through an indirect method, or get a decent ending with a low kill count, or are even able to kill one of the complete monsters below without any consequences to Iji's conscious.

* CompleteMonster: Krotera, a GeneralRipper whose own men hate him, and who does not give any thought to peaceful solutions even if they might work out better for the Tasen.
** Asha, who takes his rivalry with Iji so far that he would readily [[spoiler:murder her brother in front of her.]]
*** Asha's so bad that no matter how much or how little Iji's gotten used to killing, she still no has qualms about killing him regardless.
** Iosa, who [[spoiler:kills all the last survivors of an entire species without any remorse. And laughs about it when questioned, and proceeds to mock Iji's moralism and decides to kill her for what amounts to absolutely no reason at all.]]

** While it's rare, despite the fact that the game gives absolutely no reason to like him (and every reason ''[[CompleteMonster not]]'' to), some players inexplicably love ''Asha'', of all people.

* BrokenAesop: If this game is about how killing is always wrong, why doesn't it bat an eye at you whenever you kill someone through an indirect method, or get a decent ending with a low kill count, or when you get to kill one of the CompleteMonsters listed below with no consequences or impact on Iji's mental state?

* AnticlimaxBoss: Invinciblity or otherwise, the second phase of the battle goes by quite quickly. And the first phase is just easy; she insists on patrolling back and forth below platforms conveniently located for you to jump out of reach of her guns.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Ansaksie is mistaken for a guy fairly often. Ironically, she was specifically made female to differentiate her from Asha. Also, many players thought the diary writer to be a guy from reading her diaries, since it's all just text logs with no voice for comparison.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Ansaksie is mistaken for a guy fairly often. Ironically, she was specifically made female to differentiate her from Asha.

** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Iji, if you do a killer run.

!!Tropes:

** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Iji, if you do a killer run.

** Iosa, who [[spoiler:kills all the last survivors of an entire species without any remorse. And laughs about it when questioned.]]

** In-game, General Tor's character changes depending on if you're a pacifist or not. On a normal run, his logs indicate that he's discomforted by the fact that Dan's call for help took the choice to finish off the Tasen or ignore them out of his hands, something he was deeply contemplating at the time. On a 1.6 pacifist run, the logs change to being moaning on how he never had a choice at all, and apparently did not seriously consider accepting the phoney scout report at all (much unlike his counterpart), even though he doesn't want to finish the Tasen. The pacifist-run version seems much more weak-willed than his normal-run counterpart because of this.

* AlasPoorScrappy: [[spoiler: Dan.]] He's a manipulative bossy jerk and some of his early dialogue veers almost into {{Kick The Dog}} territory, but [[spoiler:then he possibly dies...]]

* TheWoobie: Iji, and to a lesser extent, the Diary Writer.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Ansaksie is rather popular considering her limited screen-time.

* TheWoobie: Iji, and to a lesser extent, the Diary Writer.