History YMMV / OneQEightyFour

* FandomEnragingMisconception: The title is pronounced "One Kew Eighty-Four", not "Kewteen Eighty Four" or "Eye-Kew Eighty Four". Failure to pronounce the title correctly in the presence of fans will rouse those fan's ire.

%%* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The last chapter from Aomame's perspective in Book 2, [[spoiler:ends with Aomame sticking a pistol in her mouth, fully intending to take her own life]].

* AlasPoorVillain: Ushikawa is an unscrupulous lawyer who is trying to track down Aomame for Sakigake, but it's hard not to feel pity for him given his background; he was essentially a social outcast due to his ugliness, to the point he was rejected by all legal law firms and was forced to find work in the criminal world. The situation kept on to the point he believes not even his ex-wife and daughters actually ever loved him. Even at the end, he [[spoiler:thinks of his family and former home life while being suffocated to death by Tamaru]].

* ValuesDissonance: Aomame's request to Tamaru for a handgun is treated as a risky endeavor at best and outright illegal at worst. This makes sense to Japanese readers, since Japan has incredibly strict gun control laws. America, however, has some of the most relaxed gun laws, so the seriousness that Aomame's request is treated with may come off as overly dramatic.

* ValuesDissonance: Aomame's request to Tamaru for a handgun is treated as a risky endeavor at best and out illegal at worst. This makes sense to Japanese readers, since Japan has incredibly strict gun control laws. America, however, has some of the most relaxed gun laws, so the seriousness that Aomame's request is treated with may come off as overly dramatic.

* AlasPoorVillain: Ushikawa is an unlikable character who works for the BigBad, but it's hard not to feel pity for him given his background: [[spoiler:he was essentially a social outcast due to his ugliness, to the point he was rejected by all legal lawyer firms and had to join the criminal world, and the situation kept on to the point he believes not even his ex-wife and daughters actually ever loved him.]] Even at the end, he [[spoiler: thinks of his daughters while being suffocated to death by Tamaru]].
* FandomEnragingMisconception:
** The title has been mispronounced as "Q-Teen Eighty Four".
** As well as "IQ Eighty Four".
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Book 2 ends with [[spoiler:Aomame sticking a loaded gun in her mouth. Less blatant in the original since the three books were published separately, but played straight in the English release.]]
* ValuesDissonance: On gun control. To elaborate, Tamaru getting a handgun for Aomame is a [[SeriousBusiness big deal and quite risky]] and it shows how much they trust each other, because she could get arrested for owning a gun and he for providing it to her. This might seem very odd to American readers, who live in a country that has some of the most lax gun laws in the world while Japan has the very strictest gun laws in the world.

* AlasPoorVillain: Ushikawa is an unlikable character who works for the BigBad, but it's hard not to feel pity for him as he [[spoiler: thinks of his daughters while being suffocated to death by Tamaru]].

* LesYay: It's made clear that Aomame had sex with her friend Tamaki when they were teenagers, and she also was extremely close with Ayumi. Ayumi mentioned that they were "Playing lesbians" when they were drunk and when they sleep in the same bed, the first thing she does is try to have sex with Aomame (who gently rebuffs her). Given that she later regrets rebuffing her, may cross into BiTheWay territory.

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* LesYay

* GannonBanned: The title has been mispronounced as "Q-Teen Eighty Four".

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Book 2 ends with Aomame [[spoiler:sticking a loaded gun in her mouth]]. Less blatant in the original since the three books were published separately, but played straight in the English release.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Book 2 ends with [[spoiler:Aomame]] sticking a loaded gun in her mouth. Less blatant in the original since the three books were published separately, but played straight in the English release.

* LesYay