History YMMV / LibraryWar

* HarsherInHindsight: The mind blowing attempts at censorship in the franchise will hit hard once you learn that China and Russia are enacting new laws/rules about censoring media that are harmful to its leaders or how things are in those countries in the years since the series' publication. (If I were a total puppet of everything state propaganda pushed by America and its allies/client states, I would totally believe this bullshit)

!!General:
* FanficFuel: The exploits of the LDF and the MBC pre and post-Hino Nightmare.
** What the situation is like in other countries that condemn the use of the MBA.
* GeniusBonus: What do you get if you convert 505 Kelvin (written "505K") to the Fahrenheit scale? [[Literature/{{Fahrenheit451}} 451 degrees Fahrenheit]], which is the real title of the book they're referring to as 505K. [[note]] 451 degrees F is actually closer to 506 degrees K (about 505.93 degrees K), but close enough [[/note]].
* HarsherInHindsight: The mind blowing attempts at censorship in the franchise will hit hard once you learn that China and Russia are enacting new laws/rules about censoring media that are harmful to its leaders or how things are in those countries in the years since the series' publication.
** The plan in regulating harmful media to minors under the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Ordinance_Regarding_the_Healthy_Development_of_Youths Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths]], which was enforced since 2011.
* HilariousInHindsight: The series taking place in 2019 during the fictional Seika era becomes this when the real-life 2019 marked the beginning of the Reiwa era.
* SignatureScene: Kasahara is saved [[spoiler: by Dojo]] when MBC officers raid a bookstore in Ibaraki.
* ValuesResonance: The idea of a country like Japan doing censorship resonates in places where censorship is heavily opposed despite having popular strongmen in power.

!!Light Novel:

!!Anime:
* CaptainObviousReveal: You'll already know Kasahara's "Prince" is [[spoiler: Dojou]] long before it's ''finally'' confirmed, especially since the voice and hairstyle are a perfect match to the silhouetted figure in her flashback. Plus, she always wonders why [[ShipTease "her heart flutters"]] only when ''he'' compliments her.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The mind blowing attempts at censorship in the franchise will hit hard once you learn that China and Russia are enacting new laws/rules about censoring media that are harmful to its leaders or to how things are in those countries in the years since the series' publication.

* EarWorm: The chorus from the show's ED (''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaP_VzU4aqk "Changes"]]'') is so catchy, that's it's easy to find yourself [[GotMeDoingIt humming along with it.]]
** Also "Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi".

* HillariousInHindsight: The series taking place in 2019 during the fictional Seika era becomes this when the real-life 2019 marked the beginning of the Reiwa era.

* HarsherInHindsight: The mind blowing attempts at censorship in the franchise will hit hard once you learn that China and Russia are enacting new laws/rules about censoring media that are harmful to its leaders or to how things are in those countries in recent years.

** The plan in [[https://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/18/tokyo-government-to-regulate-harmful-content-in-anime-manga-and-games/ regulating harmful media in Tokyo]] back in 2010 counts as this under Bill 156. [[http://www.translativearts.com/thoughtpolice2010ej.html More background here]].

** YMMV on whether [[https://www.siliconera.com/2010/12/18/tokyo-government-to-regulate-harmful-content-in-anime-manga-and-games/ regulating harmful media in Tokyo]] back in 2010 counts as this.

* SignatureScene: Kasahara is saved by LDF forces [[spoiler: led by Dojo]] when MBC officers raid a bookstore in Ibaraki.

** Also "Atashi no Machi, Ashita no Machi".
* GeniusBonus: What do you get if you convert 505 Kelvin (written "505K") to the Fahrenheit scale? [[Literature/{{Fahrenheit451}} 451 degrees Fahrenheit]], which is the real title of the book they're referring to as 505K. [[note]] 451 degrees F is actually closer to 506 degrees K (about 505.93 degrees K), but close enough [[/note]].

* GeniusBonus: What do you get if you convert 505 Kelvin (written "505K") to the Fahrenheit scale? [[Literature/{{Fahrenheit451}} 451 degrees Farenheit]], which is the real title of the book they're referring to as 505K. [[note]] 451 degrees F is actually closer to 506 degrees K (about 505.93 degrees K), but close enough [[/note]].

* CaptainObviousReveal: You'll already know Kasahara's "Prince" is [[spoiler: Dojou]] long before it's ''finally'' confirmed.

* GeniusBonus: What do you get if you convert 505 Kelvin (written "505K") to the Fahrenheit scale? [[Literature/{{Fahrenheit451}} 451 degrees Farenheit]], which is the real title of the book they're referring to as 505K.
** 451 degrees F is actually closer to 506 degrees K (about 505.93 degrees K), but close enough.

* FridgeLogic: The world simply does not hang together. In the era of the internet, book censoring is not going to work; the first thing the task force should do with the books is scan them and mirror internationally.
** The Media Betterment Committee probably filters internet traffic to prevent anyone from accessing such content.
** Another bothersome inconsistency is that both the Media Betterment Committee and the Library Defense Force are completely legal government agencies who are apparently allowed to shoot each other up on a fairly regular basis.
*** This is repeatedly expounded upon in the light novels, and I thought at least touched upon in the anime – one is a national government agency, the other is tied to local government.
*** In essence, the whole war between the Libraries and the Media Betterment Committee is a proxy war between the local prefectural governments and the national government of Japan. An equivalent might be an American federal force against a state militia. This also explains why the JSDF is sitting this out, as it's focus is to defend Japan from external attack, not intervene in a relatively bloodless civil war.
** Another one is the modus operandi of MBC. Mostly we see them raiding the bookstores which is second most inefficient way of enforcing censorship (most inefficient would be raiding homes). Usually you would seek to control the publishers and/or distributors who make business by supllying bookstores (preferably by nationalizing them) and raids would come if there are rumors of samizdat being distributed or if there was a mistake in publishing process.
** There are some internet posters who questioned why the LTF doesn't fight harder against the MBC, or allow them small victories. This becomes a lot more understandable when one realises that the LTF is significantly outgunned and outnumbered by the MBC, and that if they attempt to escalate, [[AwakenTheSleepingGiant the MBC can easily ramp up their forces]] and curbstomp them. We see this in the final story arc of the anime, where the LTF is losing ''hard'' against the MBC in a straight up battle.
* So the fight is cast as one between local and national governments. If the Library were nationalised, then the military conflict would have to end. Wasn't the cause of [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar]] a conflict between federal and states' rights?

* So the fight is cast as one between local and national governments. If the Library were nationalised, then the military conflict would have to end. Wasn't the cause of [[TheAmericanCivilWar]] a conflict between federal and states' rights?
* GeniusBonus: What do you get if you convert 505 Kelvin (written "505K") to the Fahrenheit scale? [[{{Fahrenheit451}} 451 degrees Farenheit]], which is the real title of the book they're referring to as 505K.

So the fight is cast as one between local and national governments. If the Library were nationalised, then the military conflict would have to end. Wasn't the cause of [[TheAmericanCivilWar]] a conflict between federal and states' rights?

*** This is repeatedly expounded upon in the light novels, and I thought at least touched upon in the anime – one is a national government agency, the other is tied to local government. So the fight is cast as one between local and national governments. If the Library were nationalised, then the military conflict would have to end. Wasn't the cause of [[TheAmericanCivilWar]] a conflict between federal and states' rights?

* GeniusBonus: What do you get if you convert 505 Kelvin (written "505K") to the Fahrenheit scale? [[{{Fahrenheit451}} 451 degrees Farenheit]], which is the real title of the book they're referring to as 505K.

* BetterThanItSounds: Romantic manga never had so much social commentary involved.

* GeniusBonus: What do you get if you convert 505 Kelvin (written "505K") to the Fahrenheit scale? [[Fahrenheit451]], which is the real title of the book they're referring to as 505K.