YMMV / Kurohime

• Complete Monster: Yashahime is one of the most powerful Gods and the most evil and insane. Initially a Stalker with a Crush for the God of Death Darkray, after his defeat, Yashahime found Darkray's soul and, despite being capable of saving him, destroys him out of disgust. She proceeds to brainwash Kurohime's beloved Zero into the new Death God and relishes using him to destroy Kurohime. Yashahime later brutally tries to kill Kurohime by slicing her to ribbons. When this is undone, she steals the power of the God of Earth by merging with the planet, aiming to devour and sacrifice the lives of all surviving humans to free herself to go on and devour every planet that exists so she can reign over the universe. When Zero rejects her wishes to rule at her side, she remorselessly tries to kill him as well.
• Growing the Beard: The first three or so volumes are fanservice-filled fun, if a bit repetitive. Around volume three, the action picks up as Kurohime starts to resume her battle with the gods; by volume five, she's had, and won, an epic showdown with Dark Ray, and Zero is dead.
• Heartwarming Moments: Many. Zero refusing to give up on Himeko is one of many.
  • Later, her refusing to give up on him. It appears even he was touched.
  • Kurohime confessing her love to Zero, anyone?
  • How Aika and Saika got together.
  "I will be your eyes, Aika."
  • Not that he wants to admit it but Dark Zero is pleased Raida is still alive.
  • Asura and her mother, the village elder, finally making up, after all this time. It cost the village elder her life, but she has more or less been dead since Asura was born.
  • The return of Zero.
  • The White God Tree that Yamatohime gives Kurohime allows her to resurrect the people that were sealed in the Black God Tree. Ouka's father is one of the first people reborn. *smile*
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Kurohime's adult form is a sexy, busty witch with an attitude who uses guns and Summon Magic, and battles demons and gods with style and relative ease. Sound familiar?
• Moe: Zero is TOO adorable.
• Moment of Awesome: Kurohime killing Darkray, with the help of Zero.
  • Sword's reappearance, showing that while Kurohime got weaker, she Took a Level in Badass.
  • The second time she faced her, Kurohime's utter pwnage of Yashahime. First, she refuses to give on up saving Zero, foiling Yasha's plan to destroy Kurohime in the most emotionally painful way possible. Next, after Hime depowers at the worst possible moment, Yashahime moves in for the kill, only for Yukio and O-yuki to step in and give her a hand. In a parallel of their first fight, Yashahime catches the blade dragon only to notice too late that there were two of them. Cue Oh, Crap!.
  • Pretty much anytime a god dies.
  • Yashahime's actual death. After trying and failing to crush Hime to death with her hand, she finally decides to take the direct approach and pulls her face up from the depths of the planet to simply crush Kandata's ship between her teeth. Having no other logical choice, Hime decides to have the Ultimate Sword live up to its name. She does this by slicing Yashahime aka the planet in half. Yes, Kurohime has now killed the entire world. And it's BEAUTIFUL.
• Nightmare Fuel: Once we learn just what they are and how they became that powerful, the Great Gods become this easily.
  • Yashahime, who decides to get creepier and creepier everytime she appears.
  • Hime's resurrection.
• Wangst: Yashahime NEVER stops complaining about Darkray's death despite the circumstances surrounding it and tries to use it as an excuse to kill humanity (along with Kurohime) and try to date the new Death God.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?: GOD EATS THE SUN.
• The Woobie: Zero, both of them obviously. Also an Iron Woobie. Himeko when she realizes the consequences of her actions.
  • Jerkass Woobie: Rei. Ouka sees Kurohime as a Stoic Jerkass Woobie.