History YMMV / OnegaiMyMelody

* CultClassic: While the anime and its sequel series was popular in Japan during its original airing, the series has gained a small following in the west market (notably from American Sanrio fans) beginning in the early 2010s. The western fanbase only started increasing after Sanrio decided to make Piano more prominent in numerous Sanrio related works beginning in 2014 (and especially 2015). Beginning in 2018, the anime's western fanbase started becoming more vocal online and various social media sites begging Sanrio to bring the series to the American market.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Many people new to the series assumed that Mana was a boy, due to her lack of feminine features, BoyishShortHair, and her deep, masculine voice. To quote some amusing comments from a Website/YouTube video for episode 8:

* JerkassWoobie: Kuromi is mean, all because My Melody really made her life miserable.

** The anime is infamous among the YoutubePoop community for having every Youtube Poop thumbnail changed to a single screenshot of My Melody's friend Piano for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8idVro3ms short period between late 2009 and 2010 by a hacker named MeiAIDS]]. The Youtube Poop community refereed to the character as Piano-chan since that's what the characters called her in the anime. Eventually, [[StupidStatementDanceMix remixes were created]] that took samples of Piano's bleating from the anime set to a certain popular song as a result of the incident.

** The anime is infamous among the WebAnimation/YoutubePoop community for having every Youtube Poop thumbnail changed to a single screenshot of My Melody's friend Piano for a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP8idVro3ms short period between late 2009 and 2010 by a hacker named MeiAIDS]]. The Youtube Poop community refereed to the character as Piano-chan since that's what the characters called her in the anime. Eventually, [[StupidStatementDanceMix remixes were created]] that took samples of Piano's bleating from the anime set to a certain popular song as a result of the incident.

* FridgeLogic: In season 1, episode 4, the guy obsessed with trash is said to have "enjoyed his nightmare." But was it really a nightmare? Sure, it was a nightmare for Uta and her family, but HE was on the receiving end of the dream. It doesn't seem, at least from his perspective, that it'd be a nightmare at all.

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi or Baku/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the events of the anime. That being said, there's a significant amount of people who against this pairing. Some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or rather have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like her best friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}. Things among this pairing got more tense as the ''Hello Kitty Supercute Adventures'' webtoon confirmed that Kuromi has a crush on Badtz-Maru, thus giving more reasons to go against it. Although she's become a lot more of a best friend towards Melo, and unlike ''Onegai'', she's a protagonist.

** [[https://www.deviantart.com/clairerabbit1 ClaireRabbit1]], a Youtuber and Deviantart user, ships herself with Baku, because she thinks his voice is sexy.

** ClaireRabbit1, a Youtuber and Deviantart user, ships herself with Baku, because she thinks his voice is sexy.

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the events of the anime. That being said, there's a significant amount of people who against this pairing. Some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or rather have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like her best friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}. Things among this pairing got more tense as the ''Hello Kitty Supercute Adventures'' webtoon confirmed that Kuromi has a crush on Badtz-Maru, thus giving more reasons to go against it. Although she's become a lot more of a best friend towards Melo, and unlike ''Onegai'', she's a protagonist.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans of the series don't like ''Sukkiri'' and ''Kirara'' due to the run time being cut to 10-11 minutes in ''Sukkiri'' and the switch to Flash animation in ''Kirara'', making characters look [[OffModel Off Model]].

* CultClassic: While the anime and it's sequel series was popular in Japan during it's original airing. The series has gained a small following in the west market (notably from American Sanrio fans) beginning in the early 2010s. The western fanbase only started increasing after Sanrio decided to make Piano more prominent in numerous Sanrio related works beginning in 2014 (and especially 2015). Beginning in 2018, the anime's western fanbase started becoming more vocal online and various social media sites begging Sanrio to bring the series to the American market.

* CultClassic: While the anime and it's sequel series was popular in Japan during it's original airing. The series has gained a small following in the west market (notably from American Sanrio fans) beginning in the early 2010s. The western fanbase only started increasing after Sanrio decided to make Piano more prominent in numerous Sanrio related works beginning in 2014 (and especially 2015). Beginning in 2018, the anime's western fanbase started becoming more vocal online and various social media sties begging Sanrio to bring the series to the American market.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans of the series feel that ''Sukkiri'' and ''Kirara'' were weaker than the first two seasons, due to the run time being cut to 10-11 minutes in ''Sukkiri'' and the switch to Flash animation in ''Kirara'', making characters look [[OffModel Off Model]].

** My Melody/Piano has become popular starting in the late 2010s due to both characters having a very close relationship in the anime and official merchandise where the two are commonly seen together.

** Since Main/TheNewTens, My Melody/Piano has become popular due to both characters having a very close relationship in the anime and official merchandise where the two are commonly seen together. Such as Kuromi's flashback where she remember the time My Melody accidentally using her diary paper as a tissue to care for Piano after developing a cold.

* LGBTFanbase: Beginning in Main/TheNewTens, the anime has gained a following with the LGBT community with [[https://www.clipartkey.com/mpngs/m/112-1123842_transparent-my-melody-png-my-sweet-piano-and.png Piano and My Melody commonly depicted as a lesbian couple.]]

** Since Main/TheNewTends, My Melody/Piano has become popular due to both characters having a very close relationship in the anime and official merchandise where the two are commonly seen together. Such as Kuromi's flashback where she remember the time My Melody accidentally using her diary paper as a tissue to care for Piano after developing a cold.

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the last time the anime aired. That being said there's a significant amount of people who against this pairing. Some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or rather have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like her best friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}. Things among this pairing got more tense as the ''Hello Kitty Supercute Adventures'' webtoon confirmed that Kuromi has a crush on Badtz-Maru, thus giving more reasons to go against it. Although she's become a lot more of a best friend towards Melo, and unlike ''Onegai'', she's a protagonist.

** Piano, while she can't speak like the other characters. [[SweetSheep She's extremely cute due to only communicating by bleating]], which could explain her [[BreakoutCharacter sudden popularity in recent years.]]

TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans of the series feel that ''Sukkiri'' and ''Kirara'' were weaker than the first two seasons, due to the run time being cut to 10-11 minutes in ''Sukkiri'' and the switch to Flash animation in ''Kirara'', making characters look [[OffModel Off Model]].

* SeasonalRot: Some fans of the series feel that ''Sukkiri'' and ''Kirara'' were weaker than the first two seasons, due to the run time being cut to 10-11 minutes in ''Sukkiri'' and the switch to Flash animation in ''Kirara'', making characters look [[OffModel Off Model]].

** Piano, while she can't speak like the other characters. She's extremely cute due to only communicating by bleating, which could explain her [[BreakoutCharacter sudden popularity in recent years.]]

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the last time the anime aired, that being said there's a significant amount of people who against this pairing since some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or rather have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like her best friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}, things among this pairing got more tense as recently the new ''Hello Kitty Supercute Adventures'' had confirmed that Kuromi has a crush on Badtz Maru thus giving more reasons to go against it though at least she's became a bit of a big sister like friend to My Melody.

* HilariousInHindsight: Juuzou Shiroyama, a male character who is ''obsessed'' with My Melody and wears pink. 13 years later, Creator/{{Sanrio}} would make ''Sanrio Boys'', a series about men liking Sanrio characters and other "girly" things.

* HilariousInHindsight: Juuzou Shiroyama, a male character who is ''obsessed'' with My Melody and wears pink. 13 years later, Sanrio would make ''Sanrio Boys'', a series about men liking Sanrio characters and other "girly" things.

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the last time the anime aired, that being said there's a significant amount of people who against this pairing since some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or rather have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like her best friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}, things among this pairing got more tense as recently the new ''Hello Kitty Supercute Adventures'' had confirmed that Kuromi has a crush on Badtz Maru thus giving more reason to go against it though at least she's became a bit of a big sister like friend to My Melody.

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the last time the anime aired, that being said there's a significant amount of people who against this pairing since some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or rather have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like her best friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}.

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the last time the anime aired, that being said there's a {{vocal minority}} who against this pairing since some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or rather have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like her friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}.

* FanPreferredCouple: If social media is anything to go by, a lot of people like to ship My Melody/Kuromi and ignore Kuromi's crush on Hiiragi. It helps that in the first season, there's an actual scene of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDK5AmVUYAAsLFX?format=jpg&name=small Kuromi kissing Melody]] [[note]] albeit under the spell of nightmare magic [[/note]] and in the end of ''Shuffle'' [[spoiler: she breaks out of the Dark Power to stop Melody from locking herself in the closet forever]], plus the [[https://twitter.com/melody_mariland official Twitter account for My Melody]] shows Kuromi being more friendly towards Melody, suggesting that she's gotten over her hatred towards her since the last time the anime aired, that being said there's a {{vocal minority}} who against this pairing since some feel like it goes against Kuromi's characterization or have My Melody with someone who canonically likes her (like friends Piano or Hello Kitty) which leads to some {{ship to ship combat}}.