History YMMV / StitchAndTheSamurai

* QuirkyWork: This is an officially licensed [[Creator/Disney]] manga where a popular alien character ends up in [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]] and befriends a ''warlord''.

* BrokenBase: Fans are divided on whether this manga is a fun, fresh take on the beloved alien, or if it's too weird and bizarre even by the franchise's standards to have been worth making. That said, this has died down quite a bit due to the manga having received a surprisingly positive reception and that ''Lilo & Stitch'' fans have realized that Hiroto Wada, [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead especially in light of his sudden death at only 46 years of age]], genuinely cared about both his work and the franchise, with the manga having been made as a labor of love on his part.
* FanonDiscontinuity: [[AlternateUniverse Not that this is really canon to begin with]], but some fans don't accept the idea of Stitch having traveled to Earth in its past to have befriended a warlord. The only exception to this comes from the ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'' side story, where WesternAnimation/{{Leroy|AndStitch}} is finally called [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/File:Leroy_is_now_X-629.png Experiment 629]] in an official Disney work [[AscendedFanon after fans have been doing so for years]]... and even ''then'', Disney decided to pull a fast one on non-Japanese fans and ''[[NoExportForYou not]]'' [[NoExportForYou release Leroy's part of the side story in English]].
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The final chapter ends the manga in a very similar manner to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the original film]]; [[spoiler:the Grand Councilwoman arrives to arrest Stitch herself, the human protagonist convinces her to let him stay, she flies off leaving Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley on Earth, and the aliens get to enjoy a happy life with their human caretakers who they've grown close to.]] With an ending like that, it makes the story a rather needless thing to have been made.
* QuirkyWork: We couldn't make this up if we even tried; this is an officially licensed Disney manga where a popular alien character ends up in [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]] and befriends a ''warlord''.

* WidgetSeries: We couldn't make this up if we even tried; this is an officially licensed Disney manga where a popular alien character ends up in [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]] and befriends a ''warlord''.

Video games: [[YMMV/LiloAndStitchGameBoyAdvance First GBA game]] | ''YMMV/LiloAndStitchTroubleInParadise'' | ''YMMV/StitchExperiment626'' | ''YMMV/LiloAndStitch2HamstervielHavoc'' | ''YMMV/StitchJam'' [[YMMV/StitchJam games]]\\

* BrokenBase: Fans are divided on whether this manga is a fun, fresh take on the beloved alien, or if it's too weird and bizarre even by the franchise's standards to have been worth making. That said, this has died down quite a bit due to the manga having received a surprisingly positive reception and that ''Lilo & Stitch'' fans have realized that Hiroto Wada, [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead especially in light of his sudden death at only 46 years of age]], genuinely cared about both his work and the franchise, with the manga having been made as a labor of love on his part.[[note]]Although there is still an increasing contingent of fans saying that Disney needs to stop with post-Lilo spin-offs, especially as the company has been pushing Stitch more than ever before at the expense of every other character besides him, but that's a franchise-wide issue not specific to this manga.[[/note]]

* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The final chapter ends the manga in a very similar manner to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the original film]]; [[spoiler:the Grand Councilwoman arrives to arrest Stitch herself, the human protagonist convinces her to let him stay, she flies off with Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley left on Earth, and the aliens get to enjoy a happy life with their human caretakers who they've grown close to.]] With an ending like that, it makes the story a rather needless thing to have been made.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Not only is this the third major ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' work in a row where Stitch is without Lilo, but he's now in a completely different time period in a manga where he sticks out like a sore thumb. Even the defenders of ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' and ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' actually want Disney to stop with all these spin-offs now. That said, it did receive a mostly positive reception despite the premise.

See also [[YMMV/LiloAndStitch the YMMV page for the franchise]] this manga is a part of.

* BrokenBase: Fans are divided whether this manga is a fun, fresh take on the beloved alien, or if it's too weird and bizarre even by the franchise's standards to have been worth making. That said, this has died down quite a bit due to the manga having received surprisingly positive reception and that ''Lilo & Stitch'' fans have realized that Hiroto Wada, [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead especially in light of his sudden death at only 46 years of age]], genuinely cared about both his work and the franchise, with the manga having been made as a labor of love on his part.[[note]]Although there are still an increasing contingent of fans saying that Disney needs to stop with post-Lilo spin-offs, especially as the company has been pushing Stitch more than ever before at the expense of every other character besides him, but that's a franchise-wide issue not specific to this manga.[[/note]]

* FanonDiscontinuity: [[AlternateUniverse Not that this is really canon to begin with]], but there's no way fans are accepting the idea of Stitch having traveled to Earth in its past to have befriended a ''warlord''. The ''only'' exception to this comes from the ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'' side story, where WesternAnimation/{{Leroy|AndStitch}} is finally called [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/File:Leroy_is_now_X-629.png Experiment 629]] in an official Disney work [[AscendedFanon after fans have been doing so for years]]... and even ''then'', Disney decided to pull a fast one on non-Japanese fans and ''[[NoExportForYou not]]'' [[NoExportForYou release Leroy's part of the side story in English]].

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Not only is this the third major ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' work in a row where Stitch is without Lilo, but he's now in a completely different time period in a manga where he sticks out like a sore thumb. Even the defenders of ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' and ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' actually want Disney to stop with all these spin-offs now. That said, it did receive mostly good reception despite the premise.

* FanonDiscontinuity: [[AlternateUniverse Not that this is really canon to begin with]], but there's no way fans are accepting the idea of Stitch having traveled to Earth in its past to have befriended a ''warlord''. The ''only'' exception to this comes from the ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'' side story, where WesternAnimation/{{Leroy|AndStitch}} is finally called [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/File:Leroy_is_now_X-629.png Experiment 629]] in an official Disney work [[AscendedFanon after fans have been doing so for years]].

* WidgetSeries: We couldn't make this up if we even tried; this is an officially licensed manga where a popular Disney character ends up in [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]] and befriends a ''warlord''.

* BrokenBase: Fans are divided whether this manga is a fun, fresh take on the beloved alien, or if it's too weird and bizarre even by the franchise's standards to have been worth making. That said, this has died down quite a bit due to the manga having received surprisingly positive reception and that ''Lilo & Stitch'' fans have realized that Hiroto Wada, [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead especially in light of his sudden death at only 46 years of age]], genuinely cared about both his work and the franchise, with the manga having been made as a labor of love.[[note]]Although there are still an increasing contingent of fans saying that Disney needs to stop with post-Lilo spin-offs, especially as the company has been pushing Stitch more than ever before at the expense of every other character besides him, but that's a franchise-wide issue not specific to this manga.[[/note]]

* BrokenBase: Fans are divided whether this manga is a fun, fresh take on the beloved alien, or if it's too weird and bizarre even by the franchise's standards to have been worth making. That said, this has died down quite a bit due to the manga having received surprisingly positive reception and that ''Lilo & Stitch'' fans have realized that Hiroto Wada, [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead especially in light of his sudden death at only 46 years of age]], genuinely cared about both his work and the franchise and that the manga was a labor of love.[[note]]Although there are an increasing contingent of fans saying that Disney needs to stop with post-Lilo spin-offs, especially as the company has been pushing Stitch more than ever before at the expense of every other character besides him, but that's a franchise-wide issue not specific to this manga.[[/note]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Not only is this the third major ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' work in a row where Stitch is without Lilo, but he's now in a completely different time period in a manga where he sticks out like a sore thumb. Even the defenders of ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' and ''Animation/StitchAndAi'' actually want Disney to stop with all these spin-offs now.
* BrokenBase: Fans are divided whether this manga is a fun, fresh take on the beloved alien, or if it's too weird and bizarre even by the franchise's standards to have been worth making.

* WidgetSeries: We couldn't make this up if we even tried; this is an officially licensed manga where a popular Disney character ends up in Feudal Japan and befriends a ''warlord''.

* WidgetSeries: We couldn't make this up if we even tried; this is an officially licensed manga where a popular Disney character ends up in FeudalJapan and befriends a ''warlord''.

* FanonDiscontinuity: [[AlternateUniverse Not that this is really canon to begin with]], but there's no way fans are accepting the idea of Stitch having traveled to Earth in its past to have befriended a ''warlord''. The ''only'' exception to this comes from the limited-time one-off mini-volume in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/DisneyTsumTsum'', where WesternAnimation/{{Leroy|AndStitch}} is finally called [[https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/File:Leroy_is_now_X-629.png Experiment 629]] in an official Disney work [[AscendedFanon after fans have been doing so for years]].

* BrokenBase: Fans are divided whether this manga is a fun, fresh take on the beloved alien, or if it's too bizarre and nonsensical to have been worth making.

* CriticalDissonance: Well, not a lot out there due to its obscurity in the West, but the few Western critics that did read it have praised the manga as a fun, enjoyable read. The fandom is much more mixed on it, with many fans feeling that Disney is just continuing their misuse of Stitch by putting him in more bizarre and unnecessary spin-offs.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: The final chapter ends the manga in a very similar manner to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the original film]]; [[spoiler:the Grand Councilwoman arrives to arrest Stitch herself, the human protagonist convinces her to let him stay, she flies off with Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley left on Earth, and the aliens get to enjoy a happy life with their human caretakers who they've grown close to.]] With an ending like that, it makes the story a rather needless thing to have been made.

* CriticalDissonance: Well, not a lot out there due to its obscurity in the West, but one ''Comic Book Resource'' (''CBR'') article has the article's writer [[https://www.cbr.com/disneys-weirdest-manga-lilo-and-stitch/ praising the manga]] as an enjoyable read. The fandom is much more mixed on it.