History YMMV / ToLoveRu

** If [[http://raw.senmanga.com/To_Love_Ru_Darkness/59/2 chapter 59's poll]] is to be believed, Risa is apparently no. 2 among the "girls you to have as a girlfriend" in the series, just behind Haruna. This despite having little-to-no screentime in ''Darkness''.

* DieForOurShip: Not quite as bad as some examples, but people were becoming very annoyed with Haruna as time wore on as she stood in the way of the popular Rito/Lala, Rito/Yui or Rito/Anyone-Other-Than-Haruna ships, really. Doesn't help that she's based on Yabuki's wife, who later turned out to be an ''extremely'' [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant and manipulative individual]].

* DieForOurShip: Not quite as bad as some examples, but people were becoming very annoyed with Haruna as time wore on as she stood in the way of the popular Rito/Lala, Rito/Yui or Rito/Anyone-Other-Than-Haruna ships, really.

* MemeticSexGod: Rito will induct every woman he meets into his harem, even if they are trying to kill him. It's just the way he rolls.

** Momo in the first series. Reason because she was promoted to main character in Darkness.

** Momo's wasn't doing too bad either in the original manga, but is nowhere near Yui's level.
** This is more of a GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: in Japan, Yui's decently popular but not too big, because the Japanese EnsembleDarkhorse is Mikan ([[TokenMiniMoe obviously...]]).

** Zastin, Lala's BattleButler, is also rather well-received.

** When you think Oshizu has spent ''400 years'' in that desolate basement, it's quite harsh too, although [[AngstWhatAngst she doesn't show it much.]]

** When you think Oshizu has spent ''400 years'' in that desolate basement, it's quite harsh too, although [[AngestWhatAngst she doesn't show it much.]]

** When you think Oshizu has spent ''400 years'' in that desolate basement, it's quite harsh too, although [[AngestWhatAngest she doesn't show it much.]]

** With the end of the manga, Kentaro Yabuki himself. His wife had been cheating on him, and he basically gave in to her every demand for the sake of his daughter. He could have fought his ex-wife in court for Lord knows how long but figured his daughter had suffered enough drama after being freaking ''kidnapped'' by her own mother. He chose his daughter's well-being over his own pride and perfectly justifiable rage. PapaWolf indeed.

* FanFavorite: Yami and Mikan.

* MoeMoe:

* GuiltyPleasure: Considering its level of subtelty and safety for work, this can be this for some.

* TheScrappy: Meta-example. Yabuki's wife became absolutely ''loathed'' after fans found out [[CreatorBreakdown what]] caused Yabuki to end the manga at first before Darkness came along. Yabuki based Haruna on his wife and she was ok with that at first. However at some point, she apparently had some form of breakdown and started making unreasonable demands about the character. In a drawn-out legal battle, Yabuki won only for his wife to kidnap their ''own daughter'' and demand money for the little girl. Yabuki gave in and surrenderd a lot of money to get his daughter back savely. Other stuff followed on that, culminating in a divorce and the end of the first manga. This is also why in the ''Darkness'' manga, Haruna has taken the backseat and {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s Yui, Yami and Mikan have taken the front positions.

* NightmareFuel: Ghi Bree. Brr...
* TheScrappy: Meta-example. Yabuki's wife became absolutely ''loathed'' after fans found out [[CreatorBreakdown what]] caused Yabuki to end the manga at first before Darkness came along.
** To elaborate: Yabuki based Haruna on his wife and she was ok with that at first. However at some point, she apparently had some form of breakdown and started making unreasonable demands about the character. In a drawn-out legal battle, Yabuki won only for his wife to kidnap their ''own daughter'' and demand money for the little girl. Yabuki gave in and surrenderd a lot of money to get his daughter back savely. Other stuff followed on that, culminating in a divorce and the end of the first manga. This is also why in the ''Darkness'' manga, Haruna has taken the backseat and {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s Yui, Yami and Mikan have taken the front positions.

** This is more of a GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: in Japan, Yui's decently popular but not too big, because the Japanese EnsembleDarkhorse is Mikan.

* BaseBreaker: The Manga/BlackCat characters. Some Black Cat fans are dismayed by what they did with their favorite characters.

* BaseBreaker: The Manga/BlackCat characters. Some Black Cat fans are dismayed by what they did with their favorite characters and wish this series to end.

* MoeMoe: Minus that lousy scumbag of a principal and Saruyama, ''everyone else'' in the cast...Rito/Riko included

* AccidentalAesop: The first OVA, in which Rito turns into a girl and his life suddenly becomes much more difficult.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Yui, arguably the more well-received and popular female character of the cast.
** In one online poll of all the females, Yui came in first, with at least 50% more votes than the second place finisher. Fans love their {{tsundere}}s and Yui fits the archetype better than most other anime {{tsundere}}s out there.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The NotHerself chapter that had Haruna act like an evil sadist was pretty funny. Then it turns out the woman she was based on, the artist's ex-wife, rather than being a sweet GirlNextDoor type was actually a hateful and sadistic woman that was also a philanderer, thief, kidnapper and extortionist. Maybe the writer was trying to tell him something...

* LesYay: Risa and Mio, to ''everyone''.