History YMMV / EurekaSevenAO

** Many fans were disappointed at how the finale turned out to essentially be a NoEnding. Others weren't surprised given Bones' track record for sequels with [[Anime/DarkerThanBlack disappointing endings.]] Fortunately, the outcry was so severe that Bones reneged and gave the show an additional episode to genuinely wrap up the story, with a title lampshading that it was their own attempt at a do-over.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: The manga adaptation managed to do this for Naru [[spoiler:by having her make a true HeelFaceTurn against Truth.]]

** The manga makes Truth's [[spoiler:death]] even more of a TakeThatScrappy moment by [[spoiler:having ''Ao'' erase him from existence, rather than Truth doing it to himself, which makes it more of a true defeat.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: Casting [[Creator/KeijiFujiwara Holland]] as Renton is getting this reaction.
** For some people, this counts as HilariousInHindsight.

** Ao is sometimes called [[OedipusComplex Aodipus]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The revelation that Eureka can bear human children was considered by many to be one of the more heartwarming moments of the original series and a confirmation that humans can co-exist with Coralians. And then the final episode aired, which revealed that [[spoiler:the high amount of trapar in the original series' universe is fatal to Human-Coralian hybrids. This made the scene showing Renton and Eureka burying their infant daughter unbelievably worse.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: AO has a near universally disliked ending. BONES then took it upon themselves to revise the ending... ''almost half a decade later'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr4LDj1EIbk Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean Final Episode: ONE MORE TIME ]], to expand the original ending. Consensus it that a lot of the changes this version makes are for the better.

** Fleur gets a major case of this in her backstory. [[spoiler:She resents her father over the fact that he, when facing a SadisticChoice, opted to let Fleur's mother die so that her organs could be used to save Fleur's life, so Fleur blames her father for the fact that her mother isn't alive today...even though this also means that he's the reason Fleur ''is'' alive today to even gripe about this at all. Being given the gift of a second chance at life and using it to act out on resentment to the person who provided it to her in the first place reeks of UngratefulBitch on Fleur's part.]] The Manga has[[spoiler: Fleur's reason for resenting her father is altered to him being [[ParentalNeglect a neglectful parent]] who makes himself come across as colder than he truly is, and ]

** Ponder this: The Super Robot Wars series is known for taking some of the most [[Anime/CodeGeass contested]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny sequels]] and fixing them to be more enjoyable. The first ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' game included the original series. The sequel, ''Super Robot Wars Z2'', contained ''Eureka Seven'''s not-quite-a-CompilationMovie. It seems only natural that ''AO'' would be included in ''Super Robot Wars Z3'', right? Well it's not, and to this date AO still has yet to appear in the series.

* ShockingSwerve:
** The common fan reaction to the {{Red Herring}}s of [[spoiler: [=TheEND=] and Elena]]. Especially the latter, due to all the build up, and hints that she was Ao's sister. It smacks of WriterCopOut.
** The ending, prior to the AuthorsSavingThrow mentioned above.

* WriterCopOut: See ShockingSwerve.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Fleur gets a major case of this in her backstory. [[spoiler:She resents her father over the fact that he, when facing a SadisticChoice, opted to let Fleur's mother die so that her organs could be used to save Fleur's life, so Fleur blames her father for the fact that her mother isn't alive today...even though this also means that he's the reason Fleur ''is'' alive today to even gripe about this at all. Being given the gift of a second chance at life and using it to act out on resentment to the person who provided it to her in the first place reeks of UngratefulBitch on Fleur's part.]]
** Elena and Ao too, due to similarly unwarranted, ungrateful attitudes toward Eureka and Renton respectively.
** The manga fixes Fleur and Elena's issues, as [[spoiler: Fleur's reason for resenting her father is altered to him being [[ParentalNeglect a neglectful parent]] who makes himself come across as colder than he truly is, and Elena has no resentment toward Eureka.]]

* WinTheCrowd: It started off with two episodes that gleefully lampshaded and subverted many of the tropes of the original series, as well as having the main character [[GrievousHarmWithABody one-shot a giant monster with his own mech's severed arm]].
** [[WhamEpisode Episode 12]] won the approval of a lot of fans who were becoming tired of the sequel's direction.
** Episode 19 is considered one of the best episodes.
** Episode 22 was rather well-received, mostly because [[spoiler:Renton finally shows up]].
** As indicated by the tropes on this page, none of these examples lasted; the series as a whole is considered a ContestedSequel ''at best''.

* WinTheCrowd: It started off with two episodes that gleefully lampshaded and subverted many of the tropes of the original series, as well as having the main character [[CrazyAwesome one-shot a giant monster with his own mech's severed arm]].

* ShipTease:
** After Naru seemed to have been taken out of the picture, there were quite number of subtle hints at an [=AoxFleur=] pairing.
** Episode 22 has turned it into a LoveTriangle.
** The final episode [[spoiler:[[ShipSinking sunk both of them]].]] However, the expanded ending ''One More Time'' has [[spoiler:Ao reunited with Fleur, meaning at least one ship continues]].
* TheScrappy: Truth is almost universally disliked among fans, mainly due to being introduced completely out of the blue, having overpowered abilities including energy projection, flight, and shapeshifting in a series that has thus far avoided having such characters, messing with Ao's head, taking and manipulating Naru, and randomly slaughtering people.

** TakeThatScrappy: Episode 23 seems solely dedicated to this. [[spoiler:Naru gets her comeuppance for all the crap she's pulled. Truth, meanwhile, erases himself from existence. Fortunately for them and unfortunately for their detractors, they both get better. Yes, even the guy who ''erased himself from existence.'']]
*** The manga [[spoiler: [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap salvages Naru]] by having her make a true HeelFaceTurn against Truth, and makes Truth's death even more of a TakeThatScrappy moment by having ''Ao'' erase him from existence, rather than Truth doing it to himself, which makes it more of a true defeat.]]

** Ponder this: The Super Robot Wars series is known for taking some of the most [[Anime/CodeGeass contested]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny sequels]] and fixing them to be more enjoyable. The first ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ'' game included the original series. The sequel, ''Super Robot Wars Z2'', contained ''Eureka Seven'''s not-quite-a-CompilationMovie. It seems only natural that ''AO'' would be included in ''Super Robot Wars Z3'', right? Well it's not.

* CounterpartComparison: With ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion.'' Ao has been compared to Shinji, Fleur to Asuka, Elena to Rei (with the personality of [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Mari Illustrious Makinami]]), Generation Bleu to NERV, etc. etc. etc. It's somewhat hilarious that the third ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movie premiered two days before ''Eureka Seven AO'''s finale.
** In this context, the show's use of TimeTravel and {{Cosmic Retcon}}s brings to mind some of the most popular EpilepticTrees for ''Rebuild''.

* PlotHole: No less than ''ten'', due to the series being rushed into an inadequate timeframe and ''desperately'' needing some sort of sequel:
** Why does NIRVASH have a Spec-II body and organic body?
** How come the Gekko has changed hands from Ken-Goh to Eureka?
** Where are the Secrets ''really'' from?
** Where is Truth ''really'' from?
** Is there really a greater enemy out there?
** What triggered the BadFuture?
** Why is Renton's hair graying when he's only thirty?
** Where is everybody from the original universe now?
** Do we know what happened to cause two versions of the Scub to enter separate universes at the same point in time for both?
** Why does the timeline of Ao's universe lag behind 10,000 years?

** Many fans were disappointed at how the finale turned out to essentially be a NoEnding. Others weren't surprised given Bones' track record for sequels with [[Anime/DarkerThanBlack disappointing endings.]]

* {{Fanon}}: Many fans have come up with epilogues (such as the "delusions" threads in /a/ of 4chan) that diverge from the main plot at various points, including one where Ao arrives in a future where everybody still remembers him, EverybodyLives (including [[spoiler:Ao's sister]]), and Ao [[FanPreferredCouple hooks up with Fleur]] This became HilariousInHindsight when ONE MORE TIME was made.

** Now that Naru seems to have been taken out of the picture, there are quite number of subtle hints at an [=AoxFleur=] pairing.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: AO has a near universally disliked ending. BONES then took it upon themselves to revise the ending... ''almost half a decade later'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr4LDj1EIbk Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean Final Episode: ONE MORE TIME ]], in an attempt to override the original ending. Consensus it that a lot of the changes this version makes are for the better.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: AO has a near universally disliked ending. BONES then took it upon themselves to revise the ending... ''almost a decade later'' with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr4LDj1EIbk Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean Final Episode: ONE MORE TIME ]], in an attempt to override the original ending. Consensus it that a lot of the changes this version makes are for the better.

* {{Fanon}}: Many fans have come up with epilogues (such as the "delusions" threads in /a/ of 4chan) that diverge from the main plot at various points, including one where Ao arrives in a future where everybody still remembers him, EverybodyLives (including [[spoiler:Ao's sister]]), and Ao [[FanPreferredCouple hooks up with Fleur]].