History YMMV / Mayoiga

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Pretty much any of the main characters have their share of fans and critics. Lovepon especially. There isn't a single scene where she isn't [[spoiler:screaming for someone to be tortured or executed based on half-assed evidence]], you either love her for her [[AxCrazy Ax Craziness]], or hate her because of it.
* TheChrisCarterEffect: The series lost quite a bit of fans for its slow beginning and not really going anywhere with the mystery aside from giving us details [[CaptainObviousReveal that could be seen a mile away.]] But see GrowingTheBeard below; the story picks up steam and finally works on developing the mystery and giving the viewer information.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the robust bodied detective girl is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of the cast.
* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the finale. Not everyone's personal issues can be fixed so easily, and everyone has different versions of coping with their issues. Sometimes people will choose to run away from their problems, and that might be the best thing for them. Not exactly a happy or uplifting message, but not invalid either.
* GrowingTheBeard: Around episode 7, when the show starts to explore the characters' pasts and motivation, adding a lot more depth and explanation to the behaviors of some of the weirder characters. More effort is put into moving the plot forward and exploring what's happening and why, and the bickering between characters adds more towards the plot, instead of grinding the story to a halt and running around in circles.
* HarsherInHindsight: Everything about Hayato and Mitsumune's friendship gets fucked up when you see [[spoiler: Hayato confessing that he just wanted someone weaker than him to control, like his parents control him.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: During the early episodes, a popular theory was that Hayato was not actually real, but an ImaginaryFriend of Mitsumune. [[spoiler:Turns out, that theory was correct... for Masaki and Reiji]].
* HolyShitQuotient: For a given value of "Holy Shit!" but after several episodes of increasingly tense and eerie events, including disappearances and near deaths, episode 4 ends with a sizable portion of the group following train tracks into a tunnel, before running out after seeing something horrifying. You might expect it to be dead body or evidence of the strange creature that's been stalking the group. Instead, Maimai screams that it's [[spoiler: a ''giant version of the main character'']]. Unfortunately, the episode ends before the viewer gets a chance to make sense of it.
* JustHereForGodzilla: A number of fans initially picked up the series since it was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, who also directed ''Literature/{{Another}}'', expecting a thrilling and gruesome supernatural murder mystery... which they didn't get.
* MemeticMutation: Lovepon's gotten the fans on board the "Execute!" ideology. Also, [[http://i.imgur.com/dvAOUVf.jpg this image]] is often used as a reaction image during episode discussions.
** "Man, who cares at this point?" a statement made by Toriyasu. Fans often use it to {{handwave}} issues or concerns, feeling that nothing really matters.
* {{Narm}}/NarmCharm: The anime is filled to the brim with this, though some suspects that it's [[StealthParody done on purpose]]. Others think that the {{Narm}} is the best part of the show.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Mitsumune gained many sympathizers after his backstory was revealed on episode 7, and gained even more when [[spoiler: his best friend Hayato revealed that he only ever saw him as a puppet to control. Ironically after this very same episode this has led Hayato, who used to be one of the more well-liked characters for being one of the few level-headed ones, to become a BaseBreakingCharacter at best for his possessive {{Yandere}} tendencies.]]
** Though Mitsumune's continuous obsession and defending of Masaki, [[TheDulcineaEffect a girl he literally met a few days ago]], might have sent him into BaseBreakingCharacter territory again, maybe due to Masaki being a BaseBreakingCharacter herself.
* SoBadItsGood:
** Most watchers commenting on the internet concur that the series is badly written and the characters are awful, but they [[BileFascination cannot stop watching]] every week.
** Nick Creamer argues in his review ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-07-06/is-the-lost-village-actually-a-comedy/.103621 Is The Lost Village Actually A Comedy?]]'' that the show creates humor by subverting all of the audience's expectations about how a psychological horror show should be structured and presented, speculating that the whole thing might have even been a subtle and deadpan parody.
* {{Squick}}: Masaki getting carsick and throwing up all over the bus driver in the first episode.
* TheWoobie: Everybody whose backstory is shown grows into this. Even AxeCrazy Lovepon gets some pity.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Most will agree that the concept of the story is not a bad one, but that the execution of it is rather lacking.
** The general consensus is that the exploration of characters' backstories was one of the more compelling parts of the series, but it happened far too late to save the series.
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* BaseBreaker: Pretty much any of the main characters have their share of fans and critics. Lovepon especially. There isn't a single scene where she isn't [[spoiler:screaming for someone to be tortured or executed based on half-assed evidence]], you either love her for her [[AxCrazy Ax Craziness]], or hate her because of it.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Mitsumune gained many sympathizers after his backstory was revealed on episode 7, and gained even more when [[spoiler: his best friend Hayato revealed that he only ever saw him as a puppet to control. Ironically after this very same episode this has led Hayato, who used to be one of the more well-liked characters for being one of the few level-headed ones, to become a BaseBreaker at best for his possessive {{Yandere}} tendencies.]]
** Though Mitsumune's continuous obsession and defending of Masaki, [[TheDulcineaEffect a girl he literally met a few days ago]], might have sent him into BaseBreaker territory again, maybe due to Masaki being a BaseBreaker herself.

* {{Squick}}: Masaki throwing up all over the bus driver.

** The general consensus is that the exploration of characters' backstories was one of the more compelling parts of the series, but it happened far too late to save the series.

** Nick Creamer argues for this interpretation in his review ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-07-06/is-the-lost-village-actually-a-comedy/.103621 Is The Lost Village Actually A Comedy?]]'', speculating that it might have even been intentional.

* SoBadItsGood: Most watchers commenting on the internet concur that the series is badly written and the characters are awful, but they [[BileFascination cannot stop watching]] every week.
** [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/the-lost-village/episode-5/.101647 At least one person]] is convinced that this is actually intentional.

** The general consensus is that the exploration of characters' backstories was one of the more compelling parts of the series.

* TheWoobie: Everybody whose backstory is shown grows into this. Even TheScrappy Lovepon gets some pity.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Most will agree that the concept of the story is not a bad one, but that the execution of it is rather lacking.

* TheWoobie: Everybody whose backstory is shown grows into this. Even TheScrappy Lovepon gets some pity.

* GrowingTheBeard: Around episode 7, when the show starts to explore the characters' pasts and motivation, adding a lot more depth and explanation to the behaviors of some of the weirder characters. More effort is put into moving the plot forward and exploring what's happening and why, and the bickering between characters adds more towards the plot, instead of grinding the story to a halt and run around in circles.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the robust bodied detective girl is loved by all fans.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanao, the robust bodied detective girl is loved by all fans.

* HolyShitQuotient: For a given value of "Holy Shit!" but after several episodes of increasingly tense and eerie events, including disappearances and near deaths, episode 4 ends with a sizable portion of the group following train tracks into a tunnel, before running out after seeing something horrifying. You might expect it to be dead body or evidence of the strange creature that's been stalking the group. Instead, Maimai screams that it's [[spoiler: a ''giant version of the main character'']]. Unfortunately, the episode ends before the viewer gets a chance to make sense of it.

* BaseBreaker: Pretty much any of the main characters have their share of fans and critics.
* HolyShitQuotient: For a given value of "Holy Shit!" but after several episodes of increasingly tense and eerie events, including disappearances and near deaths, episode 4 ends with a sizable portion of the group following train tracks into a tunnel, before running out after seeing something horrifying. You might expect it to be dead body or evidence of the strange creature that's been stalking the group. Instead, Maimai screams that it's [[spoiler: a ''giant version of the main character'']]. Unfortunately, the episode ends before the viewer gets a chance to make sense of it.
* TheScrappy: A number of characters can apply, as post-episode 1 many are revealed to not be as nice as they come off as, but of all of them, Lovepon takes the cake. There isn't a single scene where she isn't [[spoiler: screaming for someone to be tortured or executed based on half-assed evidence, is very enthusiastic about torturing Mitsumune, and in fact tried to outright kill him in episode 3.]] The fact that NOBODY brings this up or suspects her when she's running around pointing fingers at all of the sensible characters infuriates many a viewer and quickly hope she's the next to be axed off.

Subjective tropes for Anime/{{Mayoiga}}:

* TheScrappy: A number of characters can apply, as post-episode 1 many are revealed to not be as nice as they come off as, but of all of them, freaking [[spoiler: Lovepon]] takes the cake. There isn't a single scene where she isn't [[spoiler: screaming for someone to be tortured or executed based on half-assed evidence, is very enthusiastic about torturing Mitsumune, and in fact tried to outright kill him in episode 3.]] The fact that NOBODY brings this up or suspects her when she's running around pointing fingers at all of the sensible characters infuriates many a viewer and quickly hope she's the next to be axed off.

* TheScrappy: A number of characters can apply, as post-episode 1 many are revealed to not be as nice as they come off as, but of all of them, freaking Lovepon takes the cake. There isn't a single scene where she isn't screaming for someone to be tortured or executed based on half-assed evidence, is very enthusiastic about torturing Mitsumune, and in fact tried to outright kill him in episode 3. The fact that NOBODY brings this up or suspects her when she's running around pointing fingers at all of the sensible characters infuriates many a viewer and quickly hope she's the next to be axed off.

* TheScrappy: A number of characters can apply, as post-episode 1 many are revealed to not be as nice as they come off as, but of all of them, freraking LovePon takes the cake. There isn't a single scene where she isn't screaming for someone to be tortured or executed based on half-assed evidence, is very enthusiastic about torturing Mitsumune, and in fact tried to outright kill him in episode 3. The fact that NOBODY brings this up or suspects her when she's running around pointing fingers at all of the sensible characters infuriates many a viewer and quickly hope she's the next to be axed off.

* HolyShitQuotient: For a given value of "Holy Shit!" but after several episodes of increasingly tense and eerie events, including disappearances and near deaths, episode 4 ends with a sizable portion of the group following train tracks into a tunnel, before running out after seeing something horrifying. You might expect it to be dead body or evidence of the strange creature that's been stalking the group. Instead, Maimai screams that it's [[spoiler: a ''giant version of the main character'']]. Unfortunately, the episode ends before the viewer gets a chance to make sense of it.