History YMMV / MadeInAbyss

** Is Bondrewd's fight against Riko and Reg a test or a genuine battle to the death? Given that he was defending the most dangerous layers of the Abyss and he also tried to mess with [[spoiler:Srajo]] before Riko and Reg fought him, it would make sense for him to fight any delvers for a while until he deems them worthy to reach the depths where the punishment for a mistake is just as bad, if not worse than whatever he will inflict to his test subjects. On the other hand, he frequently tries to put people's loved ones on a stake and tries to subject them to a FateWorseThanDeath ForScience, so there's a very personal touch towards fighting him.

* Is Bondrewd's fight against Riko and Reg a test or a genuine battle to the death? Given that he was defending the most dangerous layers of the Abyss and he also tried to mess with [[spoiler:Srajo]] before Riko and Reg fought him, it would make sense for him to fight any delvers for a while until he deems them worthy to reach the depths where the punishment for a mistake is just as bad, if not worse than whatever he will inflict to his test subjects. On the other hand, he frequently tries to put people's loved ones on a stake and tries to subject them to a FateWorseThanDeath ForScience, so there's a very personal touch towards fighting him.

** Nanachi's Japanese voice actress, Shiori Izawa, will end up voicing in a couple of years later Skye in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'', a very cute PreciousPuppy whose job is about helping people in need, just like Nanachi does. Considering the character's relationship with Mitty, this is bizarrely fitting.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Many people like to downplay the atrocities of Bondrewd and slap him with a pair of these, claiming he's not ''that'' bad of a father and he truly does love his children. While it's true Bondrewd is a morally-rounded character who truly does seem to love Nanachi if his parting words are anything to go by, people seem to forget he put Nanachi and dozens of his other children through ''horrific'' experimentation to further his own ambitions on exploring the Abyss, stealing their humanity and reducing many of them to horrible monstrosities, and he shows not a shred of remorse for it. On the other hand, a lot of it tends to be done in a rather tongue-in-cheek way. This... creature ([[spoiler:he's not even really a human man anymore by the time the main characters meet him]]) is so reprehensible in his actions, but his charisma, intellect, conviction, fighting ability (arguably much more so), moral complexity and even life policies and his memetic dialogue contributes to his popularity.

* {{Narm}}: The Ganja Corps' name becomes quite silly with the knowledge that 'ganja' is a common word for [[TheStoner marijuana]].

*** Wonderful. How wonderful...!/SUBARASHII! [[labelnote:Explanation]][[VillainousValor He never runs out of compliments for our heroes]], but it highlights just how far he's off his rocker.[[/labelnote]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Ozen seems very popular with Westerners, despite her relatively minor role in the story, and her [[GoodIsNotNice rather cruel treatment of the main characters]]. Probably has something to do with being a very modern-Batman-esque AntiHero.

*** Ah! You mean like Papa's rod! [[labelnote:Explanation]] At one point, a conversation between Riko and Prushka suddenly goes to the topic of Reg's penis. Prushka has no idea what that is, so Riko shows her a crude drawing of one, which leads to Prushka spouting the gem above. Some people have taken it literally and say that Bondrewd just has a really CoolCar. It's worth noting that the author has confirmed that when she says this, she means "the rod used to become a papa" that she learned about in a biology lesson, and that any Unfortunate Implications were unintended.[[/labelnote]]

* ToyShip: The fact most of the major cast are children means PuppyLove is the primary form of shipping. The main example is [[RoboShip Riko[=/=]Reg]] thanks to their major ShipTease and constantly affirmed support for each other, but there are plenty of others: Riko[=/=]Prushka for the LesYay lovers thanks to them also developing a deep bond, Nat[=/=]Marulk for HoYay supporters because of their adorable interactions in one of the [=OVAs=], and following Faputa's CharacterDevelopment to lessen her murderous attitude she gained genuine supporters that have ShipToShipCombat with Riko supporters over who Reg should end up with.

* ToyShip: There's a few, but [[RoboShip Riko[=/=]Reg]] is the most obvious one. Riko[=/=]Prushka is also prominent for the LesYay lovers.

** The mutated Hollows [[spoiler:[[AttemptedRape attempting child rape]] on Riko]], is considered a big one.

*** Ah! You mean like Papa's rod! [[labelnote:Explanation]] At one point, a conversation between Riko and Prushka suddenly goes to the topic of Reg's penis. Prushka has no idea what that is, so Riko shows her a crude drawing of one, which leads to Prushka spouting the gem above. Some people have taken it literally and say that Bondrewd just has a really CoolCar. It's worth noting that the author has confirmed that when she says this, she means "the rod used to become a papa" that she learned about in a biology lesson, and that any UnfortunateImplications were unintended.[[/labelnote]]

* MoralEventHorizon:
** Bondrewd taking in orphaned children (of which there were ''dozens'') and putting them through horrifying experiments to test out and explore the mysteries of the Abyss takes him to this trope almost immediately. The elevator scene is an especially nasty one as he manipulates Mitty and Nanachi to take the strain of the Curse and because they're each in an elevator, Nanachi couldn't do anything else but be ForcedToWatch their best friend suffer AFateWorseThanDeath.
** The fact that you need to [[spoiler:sacrifice someone to become a White Whistle]] in the first place makes almost every White Whistle (except Lyza and Ozen as they are still goodhearted people) count as breaking this. Ironically, despite [[MoralEventHorizon being the most qualified person to do so]], Bondrewd is entirely clean here, [[spoiler:as he sacrificed ''[[ProfessorGuineaPig himself]]'']]. No, [[HumanoidAbomination he's not even remotely human]] for a long, long time already. However, he's responsible [[spoiler: for Riko's one, sacrificing Prushka as one of his cartridges]].