History YMMV / SoulChess

* TheWoobie: Orihime takes this trope up to eleven in the Within Zero’s Shadow arc. Seriously get that girl some help...or committed. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Such a pity then that nothing was really done]] with the TakingALevelInBadass that resulted.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In chapter 31, Rukia draws [[spoiler:her and Hisana attacking Byakuya]]. Come chapter 34, this becomes decidedly less amusing. [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGun It also came back to bite]] Byakuya during Lelouch's trial]].

* HarsherInHindsight: There was speculation, but [[{{Squick}} now that we know]] [[RapeAsDrama the reason]], the hollow embryo that Lelouch removed from Nemu in chapter 27 is even ''more'' horrifying.

* TheWoobie: Orihime takes this trope UpToEleven in the Within Zero’s Shadow arc. Seriously get that girl some help...or committed. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Such a pity then that nothing was really done]] with the TakingALevelInBadass that resulted.

* FoeYay: Between Mari and Treva, though it’s lessened by the fact that Mari is a lesbian.
** Quite a bit between Aizen and Lelouch, at least from Aizen's side of things considering how [[spoiler:at the end of the Aizen's Revenge arc Lelouch just walked away with a case of ScrewThisImOuttaHere and not even bothering to debate with Aizen]].
%% ** Rita and Kasumi.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Marianne, Inoue of the Black Knights and Cornelia are all given this treatment.
** Cornelia is portrayed as a [[PluckyGirl plucky]] [[WideEyedIdealist youth]] who [[BreakTheCutie suffers]] and [[HeroicBSOD suffers]] [[TookALevelInJerkass until]] she [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids sees the world for what it is]]. This is instead of her being [[PerpetualFrowner all iron]] from day one, Cornelia here is shown to have [[SheIsAllGrownUp grown into]] [[LadyOfWar how she's shown]] [[IronLady in canon]]. [[WordOfGod According to draconichero]] Cornelia's backstory was based from the simple facts that she [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee adored Marianne]] and actually [[RebelliousPrincess left the empire]] in the second season ''just'' to clear [[ApocalypseMaiden Euphemia's name]]. He said that before that Cornelia was nothing more to him than just another [[TheBaroness cool villain]]. And the rest is history.
** Inoue [[spoiler:is really a mentally troubled [[NamesTheSame Inoue]] Orihime using a false alias to work with the Black Knights to look for Ichigo]].
** Marianne [[spoiler:actually loves her children, did not approve of Charles’ war with Japan and]] shares in Lelouch’s [[CrazyPrepared crazy-preparedness]] and backup planning, showing those fancy genetics, [[spoiler:and, unlike Charles, was prepared for a backup plan in case the Ragnarok Connection failed. She believes in the end result Charles was trying to bring about, but did not share his motivations. She believed the Ragnarok Connection would save the world from itself]]. [[spoiler:Her parents also died when she was little, creating a FreudianExcuse and showing that CC was her OnlyFriend for a time. Someone like this would certainly think mankind needed to be saved from itself. When she tells Lelouch she put up a facade in front of him and Nunnally [[StepfordSmiler she wasn't kidding]]]].

* TheWoobie: Orihime takes this trope UpToEleven in the Within Zero’s Shadow arc. Seriously get that girl some help...or committed. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot Such a pity then that nothing was really done]] with the TakingALevelInBadass that resulted.
** Ever since [[NightmareFuel her backstory]] was revealed Vera's case is truly YMMV. This is [[ShellShockedVeteran despite]] [[EyeScream her earlier]] [[ShrinkingViolet actions and events]].

** Ever since [[NightmareFuel her backstory]] was revealed Vera's case is truly YMMV. This is [[ShellShockedVeteran despite]] [[EyeScream her earlier]] [[ShrinkingViolet actions and events]].
* WhatAnIdiot: Lelouch's propencity for gloating can get him into trouble, just like in his previous life.
** It's actually worse than his previous life because it makes him look sadistic.
** [[spoiler: Kaien]] attacks Ichigo on ''Aizen's advice''. He knows that Aizen is the BigBad, and he still listens to him.
** Shawlong. He monologues and passes vital information to ''[[TheSmartGuy Uryu]]''.
** Did Needles really think he was going to get away with [[spoiler:[[AttemptedRape attempting to rape]] Orihime or convince Ichigo to join in on the action? And then trying to spinelessly back out of it]]? The man is lucky Ichigo left him breathing.
** Talbumosuke sending [[spoiler:Gantebainne into town to test Segunda Etapa, and getting curb-stomped by Yoruichi; all it did was tip off Lelouch as to one of his best trump cards. Surely a supervised intra Espada battle]] would have been more productive; while it's explained in story that Tally didn't want to [[spoiler:risk damaging his Espada in such an exercise, Ganty's abject performance]] sort of belies his argument.
** In the same vein, Tally had less of a numerical disadvantage in the first battle (2-to-1 vs 3-to-1), yet played completely into Lelouch's hands by sacrificing his mooks basically for nothing in the first.
** Kasumi not keeping a closer eye on Aizen; she knew he couldn't be trusted, yet did nothing to stop him from pulling a fast one and taking the power himself.
** If Aizen's such a hassle, why not just forcibly reincarnate him? End of problem; could even be considered a FateWorseThanDeath for someone like Aizen.
** Surely the idea was for everyone to fight Aizen together for the final battle; he did Ichigo the service of waiting for everyone else after him to show up. Kenpachi, being a BloodKnight, you can understand, but why did Stefan, Yhwach and Kensei, who have a bit more sense, try to fight him before the rest arrived?