History YMMV / Mar

* BrokenBase: Snow is a very divisive character to say the least. There are many who see her as a scrappy but she does have her fans. Notably, she always ranked fairly high in the manga's character polls, always in the Top 10, frequently in the Top 5.

* MoralEventHorizon - Halloween killing the bystanders, Peta killing the Luberian Thief Guild, [[spoiler: Chimera turning Gido into a TorturedAbomination]], and [[spoiler: Galian betraying the Thief Guild to Peta]].

* InvincibleHero - All of the team members are this to a degree, but Dorothy takes the cake (She's the only other member of the group not to lose in any of the fights. Ginta himself is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] during the War Games because his loss, as captain, would mean that the entire team would lose.).
** Anzai Nobuyuki kinda wrote himself into a corner when he made the rule that loss of the captain of the team in the War Games was instant game over for the heroes' side. Ginta pretty much was designated from the spot that he wasn't going to lose. At least not on the tournament anyway.

** {{Take that Scrappy}}: Fans were cheering when [[spoiler: Alviss literally left Snow to die by the King’s hands in the anime and while she dies in Ginta’s arms, fans were probably cheering or mourning for Nanashi instead of crying over her temporary death.]]

* MoralEventHorizon - ** Halloween killing the bystanders, Peta killing the Luberian Thief Guild, [[spoiler: Chimera turning Gido into a TorturedAbomination]]], and [[spoiler: Galian betraying the Thief Guild to Peta]].

* MoralEventHorizon - The Zonnen members of the Chess are an entire group of this. They go so far past the horizon that even ''Phantom'' despises them; they are also restricted from being promoted above the rank of rook, and they are isolated as far away from the other Chess as possible. Which is odd considering that most of the Chess members aren't any better.
** Halloween killing the bystanders, Peta killing the Luberian Thief Guild, [[spoiler: Chimera turning Gido into a TorturedAbomination]]], and [[spoiler: Galian betraying the Thief Guild to Peta]].

** Also Edward and Belle are annoying, clingy mascots, and a lot of chess pieces like Girom, Kouga Phantom, etc, come off as stereotypically arrogant villains who lose it when the enemy gets the better of them.

* {{The Scrappy}}: People who watch the series tend to dislike Snow greatly whether it’s for [[DieforOurShip shipping reasons]] or because [[DoubleStandard she often needs to be rescued.]]

* {{The Scrappy}}: People who watch the series tend to dislike Snow greatly whether it’s for [[DieforOurShip shipping reasons]] or because [[DistressedDamsel she often needs to be rescued.]]

* {{Crowning Moment of Heartwarming}}: In the anime, Chaton doesn't attend the party that was designated for MAR Heaven and stays outside feeding a baby Loco. Alan looks for her outside and asks her why she isn't in the castle with them. She turns away and starts crying and tells him that she's a Chess Piece and would only cause problems for him if she stayed any longer. In her mind, Loco insists that Chaton is playing tricks again and asks the audience {{Who Would Be Stupid Enough}} to listen to her? Cue, Alan goes up to her, takes her hand and gives her a communication ÄRM telling her that this would allow them to stay in contact. He then tells her that she's a member of Team MAR now and if anyone tried to say something about it otherwise, he would always protect her. Cue, she smiles at the ÄRM and then hugs him. She then asks them when they're going to get married. Alan freaks out and shouts what she was talking about and how he never mentioned anything about marriage. However, the way he gives her the ÄRM is similar to how a man asks a woman to marry him.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot - The series started out as a perfectly respectable adventure series, and was setting up for an epic journey across the country. Then the next episode cuts to them already at their destination and the majority of the series is spent on a fighting tournament. This wouldn't be so bad if the battles weren't such a step down from those of FlameOfRecca. Fortunately, the anime fixes some of these things by adding filler arcs that don't have to do with the tournament and the aftermath which included the Ghost Chest arc and the final arc.

* {{Draco in Leather Pants}}: Phantom and for [[{{Bishounen}} very]] [[YaoiGuys good]] [[{{WoobieDestroyerofWorlds reasons.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot - The series started out as a perfectly respectable adventure series, and was setting up for an epic journey across the country. Then the next episode cuts to them already at their destination and the majority of the series is spent on a fighting tournament. This wouldn't be so bad if the battles weren't such a step down from those of FlameOfRecca.

* ChaoticEvil - Peta. Although he has no FreudianExcuse, he avoids being completely evil because he has little to no backstory.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot - The series started out as a perfectly respectable adventure series, and was setting up for an epic journey across the country. Then the next episode cuts to them already at their destination and the majority of the series is spent on a fighting tournament. This wouldn't be so bad if the battles weren't such a step down from those of FlameOfRecca.

* MindGameShip - Phantom and Alviss, in the anime (to this troper's delight).