History YMMV / Ajin

* MagnificentBastard: "[[BloodKnight Satō]]", real name [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Samuel T. Owen]], is a remorseless yet boldly audacious Ajin terrorist. Once having been caught and killed after [[OneManArmy massacring hundreds of criminals]] despite having lost a leg as a soldier, Satō reawakened as an Ajin. Recruiting fellow Ajin to his revolution, Satō intends to throw Japan into anarchy to alleviate his boredom and makes a series of threats promising to ultimately take control of the government. Assassinating targets including a well-defended security company executive by cutting off his own hand to discreetly mail it to the location of his target and killing himself to regenerate from the severed hand, Satō easily poses himself to force officials to meet his demands. Deciding to [[ChallengeSeeker challenge himself more]], Satō uses trickery to capture Japan's most well-armed military base and uses his immortality to commit {{Suicide Attack}}s and revive from them to utterly dismantle the Japanese government. Outplaying protagonist Kei Nagai at every turn, Satō nearly escapes Japan to set out anew for another challenging battle overseas, only stopped by Kei relying on sheer luck to defeat him and [[GracefulLoser takes his loss with grace]] and respect for his foe.

* MagnificentBastard: "[[BloodKnight Satō]]", real name [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist Samuel T. Owen]], is a remorseless yet boldly audacious Ajin terrorist. Once having been caught and killed after [[OneManArmy massacring hundreds of criminals]] despite having lost a leg as a soldier, Satō reawakened as an Ajin. Recruiting fellow Ajin to his revolution, Satō intends to throw Japan into anarchy to alleviate his boredom and makes a series of threats promising to ultimately take control of the government. Assassinating targets including a well-defended security company executive by cutting off his own hand to discreetly mail it to the location of his target and killing himself to regenerate from the severed hand, Satō easily poses himself to force officials to meet his demands. Deciding to [[ChallengeSeeker challenge himself more]], Satō uses trickery to capture Japan's most well-armed military base and uses his immortality to commit suicide-attacks and revive from them to utterly dismantle the Japanese government. Outplaying protagonist Kei Nagai at every turn, Satō nearly escapes Japan to set out anew for another challenging battle overseas, only stopped by Kei relying on sheer luck to defeat him and [[GracefulLoser takes his loss with grace]] and respect for his foe.

* CompleteMonster: The anime version of [[BloodKnight Ajin Satō]], real name Samuel T. O'Brian, is a [[SociopathicSoldier former member of the US special forces discharged for insubordination]]. Learning of his immortality in Japan, he plans to plunge Japan into terror while [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist falsely claiming]] to work for Ajin liberation. Forming an Ajin [[FarEastAsianTerrorists terrorist ring]] through manipulation and treachery, his attacks include toppling a building into a heavily manned company headquarters, going in with said building and killing his way out of responding police units, and assassinating 15 government and corporation officials, and all the while killing everyone in his way. In his final attack, he steals 20 units of [[DeadlyGas nerve gas]], takes over a JSDF base, arms the gas on missiles, and demands the Japanese government to submit Japan to his rule within one week or else he will exterminate Japan and rule over the remains. When the government compromises some islands for Ajin governance, Satō [[WarForFunAndProfit rejects the offer as "boring"]] and prematurely fires a missile at the Prime Minister's office, killing an untold number of people in a massive radius, [[EvenEvilHasStandards shocking even his subordinates and causing many to defect]]. Along the way, Satō had formed a grudge with Ajin [[AntiHero Nagai Kei]], always preparing to decapitate Kei and murder people Kei had cared about in front of his eyes.

* TheWoobie: Shimomura was seriously dealt a bad hand in life. [[spoiler:She grew up in a broken home with her mother and her abusive stepfather. She worked her ass off to save up enough money to leave home as soon as she turned 18, only for her stepfather to find out about her bank details and blow through everything she earned on girls. After she tried and failed to take her own life, her stepfather proceeded to sexually assault her, at which point she left everything behind and ran away. She managed to earn a meagre living as a prostitute for a few years, before collapsing from an unnamed illness. After finding out that her mother was killed in a fight with her stepfather after walking in on him trying to report her as an ajin, Shimomura signed on with Tosaki to work as his bodyguard.]]

* LoveToHate: Sato, full stop. He's an unrepentant thrill-seeking psychopath, but he's so entertaining you can't help but love every moment he's on screen.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A rather minor one, but Chapter 47 is titled "VideoGame/CallofDutyInfiniteWarfare," which can catch some readers off-guard since the game it's referencing is rarely brought up nowadays.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: A rather minor one, but Chapter 47 is titled "VideoGame/CallofDutyInfiniteWarfare," which can catch some readers off-guard since the game it's referencing has more-or-less been forgotten by both the general public and fans of the series.

* JerkassWoobie: Tanaka may be an extremist willing to commit mass murder for the sake of securing ajin rights, but the Japanese government put him through [[ColdBloodedTorture absolute hell]] for no reason other than because he just so happened to be an ajin. It also helps that he has some PetTheDog moments that make it clear that he's [[ALighterShadeOfBlack a far better person than Sato]].

* JerkassWoobie: Tanaka may be an extremist willing to commit mass murder for the sake of securing ajin rights, but the Japanese government put him through [[ColdBloodedTorture absolute hell]] for no reason other than because he just so happened to be an ajin. It also helps that he has some PetTheDog moments that make it clear that he's [[ALighterShadeOfBlack ultimately a better person than Sato]].

* EvilIsCool: Yes, Sato might be a villain to the core, but he's just so awesome that the fandoms in both Japan and the west love him. Judging by comment sections, he's the most popular character in the series by a safe margin, due to [[TheChessmaster his clever tactics]], [[FauxAffablyEvil charisma]] and [[NervesOfSteel general]] [[BrassBalls badassery]].

* EvilIsCool: Yes, Sato might be a villain to the core, but he's just so awesome that the fandoms in both Japan and the west love him. Judging by comment sections, he's the most popular character in the series by a safe margin, due to [[TheChessmaster his clever tactics]], [[FauxAffablyEvil charisma]] and [[NervesOfSteel general]] [[BrassBalls badassery]].
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: On the basis of the large number of self-serving and amoral characters, it can become very hard to care about anyone, whether Ajin or government.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: On the basis of the large number of self-serving and amoral characters, it can become very hard to care about anyone, whether Ajin or government.
* EvilIsCool: Yes, Sato might be a villain to the core, but he's just so awesome that the fandoms in both Japan and the west love him. Judging by comment sections, he's the most popular character in the series by a safe margin, due to [[TheChessmaster his clever tactics]], [[FauxAffablyEvil charisma]] and [[NervesOfSteel general]] [[BrassBalls badassery]].

* EvilIsCool: Yes, Sato might be a villain to the core, but he's just so awesome that the fandoms in both Japan and the west love him. Judging by comment sections, he's the most popular character in the series by a safe margin, due to [[CrazyAwesome his clever tactics]], [[FauxAffablyEvil charisma]] and [[NervesOfSteel general]] [[BrassBalls badassery]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMGFcDByan4 "Yoru wa Nemureru kai?"]] by flumpool, which is the first opening song of the anime and the ending song of the movie.

* CompleteMonster: The anime version of [[BloodKnight Ajin Satō]], real name Samuel T. O'Brian, is a [[SociopathicSoldier former member of the US special forces discharged for insubordination]]. Learning of his immortality in Japan, he plans to plunge Japan into terror while [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist falsely claiming]] to work for Ajin liberation. Forming an Ajin [[FarEastAsianTerrorists terrorist ring]] through manipulation and treachery, his attacks include toppling a building into a heavily manned company headquarters, going in with said building and killing his way out of responding police units, and assassinating 15 government and corporation officials, and all the while killing everyone in his way. In his final attack, he steals 20 units of [[DeadlyGas nerve gas]], takes over a JSDF base, arms the gas on missiles, and demands the Japanese government to submit Japan to his rule within one week or else he will exterminate Japan and rule over the remains. When the government compromises some islands for Ajin governance, Satō [[WarForFunAndProfit rejects the offer as "boring"]] and prematurely fires a missile at the Prime Minister's office, killing an untold number of people in a massive radius, [[EvenEvilHasStandards shocking even his subordinates and causing many to defect]]. Along the way, Satō had formed a grudge with Ajin [[TheProtagonist Nagai Kei]], always preparing to decapitate Kei and murder people Kei had cared about in front of his eyes.

* EvilIsCool: Yes, Sato might be a villain to the core, but he's just so awesome at it (see MagnificentBastard below) that the fandoms in both Japan and the west love him. Judging by comment sections, he's the most popular character in the series by a safe margin, due to [[CrazyAwesome his clever tactics]], [[FauxAffablyEvil charisma]] and [[NervesOfSteel general]] [[BrassBalls badassery]].

* EvilIsCool: Yes, Sato might be a villain to the core, but he's just so awesome at it (see MagnificentBastard below) that the fandoms in both Japan and the west love him. Judging by comment sections, he's the most popular character in the series by a safe margin, due to [[CrazyAwesome his clever tactics]], [[FauxAffablyEvil charisma]] and [[NervesOfSteel general]] [[BrassBalls badassery]].
* MagnificentBastard:
** [[TheSociopath Sa]][[BloodKnight to]]. He consistently makes impressive use of his abilities to take on impossible odds with complete nonchalance. Notably, his plan to [[spoiler:infiltrate the security building Kei defends]] is brilliant in its simplicity: [[spoiler:he cuts off and deep-fries his hand, sends it to the staff amidst a box of fried chicken, then destroys his entire body to regenerate from the largest piece, i.e. that hand. Which at that point was on the security staff's dinner table.]] [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Yeah.]] [[spoiler:His plane hijacking strategy was damn good too.]] There's also one of his assassinations,[[spoiler: where his whole plan is to drop an entire skyscraper on his target!]]
** [[SociopathicHero Kei]] can hold his own pretty well, [[BrilliantButLazy once he starts trying.]]

* LimitedAnimation: While not to excess, when watched back to back Creator/PolygonPictures's style is much more applicable to settings like Manga/KnightsOfSidonia with vacuum and null gravity than portraying a mundane setting. In particular when characters are still they would have some motion by floating, instead of being UncannyValley inducing mannequins.

** [[SociopathicHero Kei]] can hold his own pretty well, [[BrilliantButLazy once he starts trying.]]
* StupidEvil: The Japanese government. Ultimately, Satou is able to gather so many followers on account of the government's cruel, callous and inhumane actions toward the Japanese Ajin, leaving many to feel that they have no choice but to align with Satou in order to avoid an ''eternity'' of suffering and torture. Had Ajin been treated in a similarly humane fashion as they are in the US, Satou's task would have been much harder.
* WriterRevolt: The writer left early into the project and the artist took over, which is when the plot took a radical shift and Kei became a sociopath.
** The anime foreshadows Kei's sociopathy earlier by introducing Eriko, his little sister, earlier in the plot, and showing her rather antagonistic behavior towards her brother, making viewers wonder why she acts that way towards him.

* CompleteMonster: The anime version of [[ResurrectiveImmortality Ajin]] [[BigBad Sato(u)]], real name Samuel T. O’Brian, is a [[SociopathicSoldier former member of the US special forces discharged for insubordination]], caused by his [[BloodKnight strong appetite for killing]]. Learning of his immortality in Japan, he plans to plunge Japan into terror while [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist falsely claiming]] to work for Ajin liberation. Forming an Ajin [[FarEastAsianTerrorists terrorist ring]] through manipulation and treachery, his attacks include toppling a building into a heavily manned company headquarters, going in with said building and killing his way out of responding police units, and assassinating 15 government and corporation officials, all the while killing everyone in his way. In his final attack, he steals 20 units of [[DeadlyGas nerve gas]], takes over a JSDF base, arms the gas on missiles, and demands the Japanese government to submit Japan to his rule within one week or else he will exterminate Japan and rule over the remains. When the government compromises some islands for Ajin governance, Satou [[WarForFunAndProfit rejects the offer as "boring"]] and prematurely fires a missile at the Prime Minister's office, killing an untold number of people in a massive radius, [[EvenEvilHasStandards shocking even his subordinates and causing many to defect]]. Along the way, Satou had formed a grudge with Ajin [[TheProtagonist Nagai Kei]], always preparing to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate Kei]] [[note]]An act that makes Ajins effectively experience death in a sense[[/note]] and murder people Kei had cared about in front of his eyes. [[EvilIsCool Badass]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil charismatic]], Satou is ultimately violent to the core.

* [[WriterRevolt Artist Revolt]]: The writer left early into the project and the artist took over, which is when the plot took a radical shift and Kei became a sociopath.
** The anime foreshadows Kei's sociopathy earlier by introducing Eriko, his little sister, earlier in the plot, and showing her rather antagonistic behavior towards her brother, making viewers wonder why she acts that way towards him.
* CompleteMonster: The anime version of [[ResurrectiveImmortality Ajin]] [[BigBad Sato(u)]], real name Samuel T. O’Brian, is a [[SociopathicSoldier former member of the US special forces discharged for insubordination]], caused by his [[BloodKnight strong appetite for killing]]. Learning of his immortality in Japan, he plans to plunge Japan into terror while [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist falsely claiming]] to work for Ajin liberation. Forming an Ajin [[FarEastAsianTerrorists terrorist ring]] through manipulation and treachery, his attacks include toppling a building into a heavily manned company headquarters, going in with said building and killing his way out of responding police units, and assassinating 15 government and corporation officials, all the while killing everyone in his way. In his final attack, he steals 20 units of [[DeadlyGas nerve gas]], takes over a JSDF base, arms the gas on missiles, and demands the Japanese government to submit Japan to his rule within one week or else he will exterminate Japan and rule over the remains. When the government compromises some islands for Ajin governance, Satou [[WarForFunAndProfit rejects the offer as "boring"]] and prematurely fires a missile at the Prime Minister's office, killing an untold number of people in a massive radius, [[EvenEvilHasStandards shocking even his subordinates and causing many to defect]]. Along the way, Satou had formed a grudge with Ajin [[TheProtagonist Nagai Kei]], always preparing to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate Kei]] [[note]]An act that makes Ajins effectively experience death in a sense[[/note]] and murder people Kei had cared about in front of his eyes. [[EvilIsCool Badass]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil charismatic]], Satou is ultimately violent to the core.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:

** [[TheSociopath Sa]][[BloodKnight to]]. He consistently makes impressive use of his abilities to take on impossible odds with complete nonchalance. Notably, his plan to [[spoiler:infiltrate the security building Kei defends]] is brilliant in its simplicity: [[spoiler:he cuts off and deep-fries his hand, sends it to the staff amidst a box of fried chicken, then destroys his entire body to regenerate from the largest piece, i.e. that hand. Which at that point was on the security staff's dinner table.]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Yeah.]] [[spoiler:His plane hijacking strategy was damn good too.]] There's also one of his assassinations,[[spoiler: where his whole plan is to drop an entire skyscraper on his target!]]

* StupidEvil: The Japanese government. Ultimately, Satou is able to gather so many followers on account of the government's cruel, callous and inhumane actions toward the Japanese Ajin, leaving many to feel that they have no choice but to align with Satou in order to avoid an ''eternity'' of suffering and torture. Had Ajin been treated in a similarly humane fashion as they are in the US, Satou's task would have been much harder.

* CompleteMonster: The anime version of [[ResurrectiveImmortality Ajin]] [[BigBad Sato(u)]], real name Samuel T. O’Brian, is a [[SociopathicSoldier former member of the US special forces discharged for insubordination]], caused by his [[BloodKnight strong appetite for killing]]. Learning of his immortality in Japan, he plans to plunge Japan into terror while [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist falsely claiming]] to work for Ajin liberation. Forming an Ajin [[FarEastAsianTerrorists terrorist ring]] through manipulation and treachery, his attacks include toppling a building into a heavily manned company headquarters, going in with said building and killing his way out of responding police units, and assassinating 15 government and corporation officials, all the while killing everyone in his way. In his final attack, he steals 20 units of [[DeadlyGas nerve gas]], takes over a JSDF base, arms the gas on missiles, and demands the Japanese government to submit Japan to his rule within one week or else he will exterminate Japan and rule over the remains. When the government compromises some islands for Ajin governance, Satou [[WarForFunAndProfit rejects the offer as "boring"]] and prematurely fires a missile at the Prime Minister's office, killing an untold number of people in a massive radius, [[EvenEvilHasStandards shocking even his subordinates and causing many to defect]]. Along the way, Satou had formed a grudge with Ajin [[TheProtagonist Nagai Kei]], always preparing to [[OffWithHisHead decapitate Kei]] [[note]]An act that makes Ajins experience CessationOfExistence[[/note]] and murder people Kei had cared about in front of his eyes. [[EvilIsCool Badass]] and [[FauxAffablyEvil charismatic]], Satou is ultimately violent to the core.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMGFcDByan4 "Yoru wa Nemureru kai?"]] by flumpool which is the opening song of the TV series and the ending song of the movie.