History YMMV / MajorGrom

* HarsherInHindsight: In Issue #5 (''Plague Doctor''), Igor accuses Deputy Mayor Kemenny of being The Citizen, reasoning that Kemenny wanted to get revenge on (among others) Dr. Zilchneko for causing the death of his son[[note]]by failing to cure his cancer[[/note]]. In the conclusion of "The Last Case", Igor learns that [[spoiler: his own unborn child died along with Yulia, and that he himself has been committing murders under the guise of Ilya Kosygin after losing his sanity from grief]].

** Grom's modesty boxers.[[note]]When the "Plague Doctor" comic arc went up on [=WebToons=], the censors edited blue boxer shorts onto Grom's nude body during the Garden of Sinners scenes. This has led to jokes about modesty boxers being added to other risqué Grom-related artwork (including ''fan art'').

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One common complaint about ''Major Grom'' is that Dima Dubin -- a competent martial artist who is both street smart and book smart, with an interesting backstory and a close bond with his mother and sister -- is terribly underutilized. He's mostly a side character in "Plague Doctor"[[note]](save for the short story "Butterflies In the Stomach" in Issue #7, which gives him ADayInTheLimelight)[[/note]] and "Just Like A Fairy Tale", is almost completely absent in "St. Patrick's Day", and (most egregious of all) spends most of "The Game" in an apartment taking care of Razumovsky's pet raven (while the rest of the cast is in the thick of the action). This was remedied in ''Igor Grom'', which saw Igor forced into retirement and Dima forced to take Igor's old post.

* ItWasHisSled: Most people who are even vaguely familiar with ''Major Grom'' know that Sergey Razumovsky is the Plague Doctor, and that he once burned a man alive.
* MemeticMutation: Razumovsky is non-binary.[[note]]In Issue #5 ("Plague Doctor"), Grom speculates that multiple people might be behind the Plague Doctor's crimes: "[w]hat if it's not 'he', but 'they'?" This lead to jokes amongst Western readers that Sergey Razumovsky is actually gender non-binary.[[/note]]

* GrowingTheBeard: The first arc of the series was criticized for its harsh art style, excessively simple, clichéd plot and dialogue, and two-dimensional characters (with Igor in particular described by some critics as an emotionless, crime solving "machine"), as well as its overly sexualized portrayal of female characters and heavy political undertones. Fans and critics both agree that the series improved drastically in the arc's Epilogue (Issue #10), which introduced fan favorite Anastasia Kim's gorgeous watercolor artwork, removed the political undertones, reduced the sexualization, and fleshed out the main characters -- delving into Igor's private life and fears, and Sergey's backstory and psyche, respectively. After this, the series continued to improve with every successive arc, and truly hit its stride with "The Game" arc.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One common complaint about ''Major Grom'' is that Dima Dubin -- a competent martial artist who is both street smart and book smart, with an interesting backstory and a close bond with his mother and sister -- is terribly underutilized. He's mostly a side character in "Plague Doctor"[[note]](save for the short story "Butterflies In the Stomach" in Issue #7, which gives him ADayInTheLimelight)[[/note]] and "Just Like A Fairy Tale", is completely absent in "St. Patrick's Day", and (most egregious of all) spends most of "The Game" in an apartment taking care of Razumovsky's pet raven (while the rest of the cast is in the thick of the action). This was remedied in ''Igor Grom'', which saw Igor forced into retirement and Dima forced to take Igor's old post.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia Pchelkina]] is killed by [[spoiler: one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars]], for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] receives an emotionally comparable death during the same arc, it's later revealed to be a fake out; [[spoiler: Yulia]] gets no such reprieve.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One common complaint about ''Major Grom'' is that Dima Dubin -- a competent martial artist who is both street smart and book smart, with an interesting backstory and a close bond with his mother and sister -- is terribly underutilized. He's mostly a side character in "Plague Doctor"[[note]](save for the short story "Butterflies In the Stomach" in Issue #7, which gives him ADayInTheLimelight)[[/note]] and "Just Like A Fairy Tale", is completely absent in "St. Patrick's Day", and (most egregious of all) spends most of "The Game" in an apartment taking care of Razumovsky's pet raven (while the rest of the cast is in the thick of the action).

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One common complaint about ''Major Grom'' is that Dima Dubin -- a competent martial artist who is both street smart and book smart, with an interesting backstory and a close bond with his mother and sister -- is terribly underutilized. He's mostly a side character in "Plague Doctor"[[note]](save for his short story in Issue #7 which gives him ADayInTheLimelight)[[/note]] and "Just Like A Fairy Tale", is completely absent in "St. Patrick's Day", and (most egregious of all) spends most of "The Game" in an apartment, taking care of Razumovsky's pet raven.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia Pchelkina]] is killed by [[spoiler: one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars]], for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] receives an emotionally comparable death during the same arc, it's later revealed to be a fake out; [[spoiler: Yulia]] receives no such revival.

* DisposableWoman: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia Pchelkina]] is killed by [[spoiler: one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars]], for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] receives an emotionally comparable death during the same arc, it's later revealed to be a fake out; [[spoiler: Yulia]] receives no such revival.

* DisposableWoman: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia Pchelkina]]is killed by one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars, for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] receives an emotionally comparable death during the same arc, it's later revealed to be a fake out; [[spoiler: Yulia]] receives no such revival.
* GrowingTheBeard: The first arc of the series was criticized for its harsh art style, excessively simple, clichéd plot and dialogue, and two-dimensional characters (with Igor in particular described by some critics as an emotionless, crime solving "machine"), as well as its overly sexualized portrayal of female characters and heavy political undertones. Fans and critics both agree that the series improved drastically in the arc's Epilogue (Issue #10), which introduced fan favorite Anastasia Kim's artwork, removed the political undertones, reduced the sexualization, and fleshed out the main characters -- delving into Igor's private life and fears, and Sergey's backstory and psyche, respectively. The series continued to improve with every successive arc, and truly hit its stride with "The Game" arc.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One common complaint about ''Major Grom'' is that Dima Dubin -- a competent martial artist who is both street smart and book smart, with an interesting-sounding backstory and a close bond with his mother and sister -- is terribly underutilized. He's mostly a side character in "Plague Doctor"[[note]](save for his short story in Issue #7 which gives him ADayInTheLimelight)[[/note]] and "Just Like A Fairy Tale", is completely absent in "St. Patrick's Day", and (most egregious of all) spends most of "The Game" in an apartment, taking care of Razumovsky's pet raven.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One common complaint about ''Major Grom'' is that Dima Dubin -- a competent martial artist who is both street smart and book smart, with an interesting-sounding backstory and a close bond with his mother and sister -- is terribly underutilized. It's most egregious during "The Game", when Dima is taken out of the action ''just as the plot starts to pick up speed'' and spends the rest of the story on the sidelines in an apartment, taking care of Razumovsky's pet raven.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One common complaint about ''Major Grom'' is that Dima Dubin is terribly underutilized.

* GrowingTheBeard: The first arc of the series was criticized for its harsh art style, excessively simple, clichéd plot and dialogue, and two-dimensional characters (with Igor in particular described by some critics as an emotionless, crime solving "machine"), as well as its overly sexualized portrayal of female characters and heavy political undertones. Fans and critics both agree that the series improved drastically in the arc's Epilogue (Issue #10), which introduced fan favorite Anastasia Kim's artwork, removed the political undertones, reduced the sexualization, and fleshed out the main characters -- delving into Igor's private life and fears, and Sergey's backstory and psyche, respectively. The series continued to improve with every successive arc, and truly hit its stride with "The Game" arc.

* DisposableWoman: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia Pchelkina]]is killed by one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] also dies [[spoiler: by Razumovsky's hands]] during the same arc (and his death is intended to be emotionally comparable to the loss of [[spoiler:Yulia]]), it's later revealed to be a fake out; [[spoiler: Yulia]] receives no such revival.

* DisposableWoman: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia Pchelkina]]is killed by one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] also dies [[spoiler: by Razumovsky's hands]] during the same arc (and his death is intended to be emotionally comparable to the loss of [[spoiler:Yulia]]), it's later revealed to be a fake out; [[spoiler: Yulia]] receives no such revival.

* DisposableWoman: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia Pchelkina]]is killed by one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] also seemingly dies [[spoiler: by Razumovsky's hands]] during the same arc (and his death is intended to be emotionally comparable to the loss of [[spoiler:Yulia]]), it's later revealed to be [[spoiler:a fake out]].

* DisposableWoman: During "The Game" arc, [[spoiler: Yulia is killed by one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars for little reason other than to cause Igor angst and rage]]. Notably, while [[spoiler: Oleg Volkov]] also seemingly dies [[spoiler: by Sergey's hands]] during the same arc, and his death is intended to be emotionally comparable to the loss of [[spoiler:Yulia]], it's later revealed to be [[spoiler:a fake out]].

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: Yulia is killed by one of Sergey Razumovsky's bomb collars during "The Game" arc, for little reason other than to cause Igor more angst]].