Fandom-Enraging Misconception: The title is pronounced "One Kew Eighty-Four", not "Kewteen Eighty Four" or "Eye-Kew Eighty Four". Failure to pronounce the title correctly in the presence of fans will rouse those fan's ire.
Jerkass Woobie: Ushikawa is an unscrupulous lawyer who is trying to track down Aomame for Sakigake, but it's hard not to feel pity for him given his background; he was essentially a social outcast due to his ugliness, to the point he was rejected by all legal law firms and was forced to find work in the criminal world. The situation kept on to the point he believes not even his ex-wife and daughters actually ever loved him. Even at the end, he thinks of his family and former home life while being suffocated to death by Tamaru.
Values Dissonance: Aomame's request to Tamaru for a handgun is treated as a risky endeavor at best and outright illegal at worst. This makes sense to Japanese readers, since Japan has incredibly strict gun control laws. America, however, has some of the most relaxed gun laws, so the seriousness that Aomame's request is treated with may come off as overly dramatic to American readers.
