* EnsembleDarkhorse: Tempest gained a large following on her [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=243 first page]].
* FridgeLogic: How come the society still functions when most of the upper class, even the staff of the companies, cannot read? Sure, the comic's backstory stated it as a result of overuse of visual imagery over written language, but the modern times had the highest literacy rates even if radios and televisions are widely used medium.
* SlowPacedBeginning: The titular stadium doesn't appear until 20 pages in.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical: Herbert insists that this [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=59 isn't a political commentary comic]].
* TheWoobie: Angel, [[http://www.tnemrot.com/?p=129 as of recently.]]