History YMMV / TheTaleOfPrincessKaguya

* AwesomeArt: The art style is beautiful.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Kaguya has a lot of detractors because of her actions in the film and some people even go as far as to call her evil or a {{Jerkass}}, despite [[RonTheDeathEater her clearly beginning whisked into such a position of unhappiness]] but with that being said, she has her defenders and a nice amount of fan art.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Kaguya's young handmaiden leading a small parade of children, singing Kaguya's favorite song as a farewell to her. The music is what draws her into a final embrace with her parents.
** Also classifies as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome - they actually succeeded in snapping Kaguya out of her trance and stalling a celestial procession led by a Buddha-like deity when all the hardened soldiers surrounding the palace were harmlessly put to sleep.
* EarWorm: The music that plays when the Moon delegation arrives and leaves. Made even worse by SoundtrackDissonance, since it will very likely remind you of how depressing the scene is.
* EpilepticTrees: Those two surreal instances that seems to be dreams that overlap with real life? Some interpreted that Kaguya committed suicide in those two instances but because [[spoiler: she's technically not a mortal,]] her life simply reset for her.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Me no Warawa, Kaguya's handmaiden. Might have something to so with her quirky design and general light-hearted personality, on top of being the closest thing Kaguya has to a friend once she's separated from Sutemaru and the boys. It helps that she's voiced by Creator/HyndenWalch in the English dub.
* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:"Would she have been just ''like the others?'' Would she have been plucked from the fields like a flower and thrown away? ''How many more princesses would have to go to a nunnery?''"]]
* OneSceneWonder: The wife of the fourth suitor, who reprimands him with a severe TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* {{Squick}}:
** The old namer describing his experience upon seeing Kaguya: "this old man's body began to tremble as if a dry fountain had come flowing back to life."
** A couple of the suitors are clearly much older than Kaguya, who has only just had her first period and might be as young as 13.
** When word comes that the first suitor had returned, Kaguya's father is very much set on preparing a bedchamber for them, much to the dismay of Kaguya and her mother.
* ValuesDissonance: [[DeliberateValuesDissonance A deliberate example.]] Kaguya has no problem being naked in front of her male friends and swimming with them, and nobody else seems to mind. Something like this would be considered unthinkable today.
** The gender dynamics, as well as the standards of an aristocratic lifestyle in Heian Japan, may seem overly strict and sexist to contemporary viewers. Again, this is [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]].
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* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:"Would she have been just ''like the others?'' Would she have been plucked from the fields like a flower and thrown away? ''How many more princesses would have to go to a nunnery?''"]]

* MoodWhiplash: One by one, the suitors try to fib their way into retrieving the unattainable treasures they promised Kaguya. It's all played for laughs, including the fifth one falling off a roof trying to retrieve a cowrie shell. It becomes BlackComedy when the scene immediately cuts to Kaguya's handmaiden informing her that he died, then tragedy when she goes into a HeroicBSOD.

* TearJerker:
** The fourth suitor, instead of bringing her Buddha's Begging Bowl (or even faking it), decides to bring her a simple flower and plays to her interests. Even Kaguya is intrigued. However, it's immediately revealed that he made those same false promises to his previous wife. Kaguya bursts into tears, feeling awful for nearly falling for the ruse.
** Kaguya destroying her garden, crying out how it's fake, just like she is.
** After the Emperor embraces her without consent, Kaguya does manage to break away, however afterwards she cannot shake off the feeling of being violated and hugs herself in grief.
** The ending. [[spoiler:Kaguya leaves her adoptive parents for the moon, having forgotten everything about her stay on Earth.]]
*** Doubly so if one takes WordOfGod into consideration: [[spoiler: Kaguya unwillingly leaving Earth? She's dying. She has known that she's been dying since when the Emperor came by and has been trying to come to terms with it, but can't. Despite how unhappy she is with her current life, she'd still rather live unhappy but together with the people she loves than die and leave them behind. Kaguya going to the Moon? She's passing on to the afterworld, a place with no sorrow, suffering, heavy thoughts or hurtful feelings; a place that she cannot return from, and that no-one can follow her to. Kaguya forgetting everything about her past life? It's TheNothingAfterDeath.]]
** Perhaps even worse (or better, depending on your interpretation) is [[spoiler: that despite supposedly remembering nothing of her life on earth, she still looks back in the end. Suggesting that a part of her does in fact miss Earth, but she'll never know why or be able to go back.]]
* ValuesDissonance: [[DeliberateValuesDissonance A deliberate example.]] Kaguya has no problem being naked in front of her male friends and swimming with them, and nobody else seems to mind. Something like this would be considered unthinkable today.
** The gender dynamics, as well as the standards of an aristocratic lifestyle in Heian Japan, may seem overly strict and sexist to contemporary viewers. Again, this is [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]].

* BaseBreaker: Kaguya has a lot of detractors because of her actions in the film and some people even go as far as to call her evil or a {{Jerkass}}, despite [[RonTheDeathEater her clearly beginning whisked into such a position of unhappiness]] but with that being said, she has her defenders and a nice amount of fan art.

* BaseBreaker: Kaguya has a lot of detractors because of her actions in the film and some people even go as far as to call her evil or a {{Jerkass}}, despite [[RonTheDeathEater her clearly beginning whisked into such a position of unhappiness]] but with that being said, she has her defenders.

* TheScrappy: Surprisingly, Kaguya has a lot of detractors because of her actions in the film. Some people even go as far as to call her evil or a {{Jerkass}}, despite [[RonTheDeathEater her clearly beginning whisked into such a position of unhappiness.]]

** The gender dynamics, as well as the standards of an aristocratic lifestyle in Heian Japan, which are shown may seem overly strict and sexist to contemporary viewers. Again, this is [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]].

** After the Emperor embraces her without consent, Kaguya does manage to break away, however afterwards she cannot shake off the feeling of being violated and hugs herself in grief.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Me no Warawa, Kaguya's handmaiden. Might have something to so with her quirky design and general light-hearted personality, on top of being the closest thing Kaguya has to a friend once she's separated from Sutemaru and the boys. It helps that she's voiced by HyndenWalch in the English dub.

* EpilepticTrees: Those two surreal instances that seems to be dreams that overlap with real life? Some interpreted that Kaguya committed suicide in those two instances but because [[spoiler: she's technically not a mortal,]] her life simply reseted for her.

* TheScrappy: Surprisingly, Kaguya has a lot of detractors because of her actions in the film. Some people even go as far as to call her evil or a {{Jerkass}}.

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: "Would she have been just ''like the others?'' Would she have been plucked from the fields like a flower and thrown away? ''How many more princesses would have to go to a nunnery?''"]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Menowarawa, Kaguya's handmaiden. Might have something to so with her design and general personality, on top of being the closest thing Kaguya has to a friend once she's separated from Sutemaru and the boys. It helps that she's voiced by HyndenWalch in the English dub.
* MoodWhiplash: One by one, the suitors try to fib their way into retrieving the unattainable treasures they promised Kaguya, all played for laughs, including the fifth one falling off his harness trying to retrieve a cowry shell. It pierces the BlackComedy surface when the scene immediately cuts to Kaguya's handmaiden informing her he died, then right into a morose feeling when she goes into a HeroicBSOD.
* OneSceneWonder: The wife of the fourth suitor, who reprimands him in a severe TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

** The fourth suitor, instead of bringing her Buddha's Begging Bowl (or even faking it), decides to bring her a simple flower and plays to her interests. Even Kaguya is intrigued and interested. However, it's immediately revealed that he made those same false promises to his previous wife. Kaguya bursts out crying, feeling awful for nearly falling for the ruse.
** Kaguya destroying her garden, crying out how it's fake, just like her.

** The whole film can be described in three words: [[BreakTheCutie Break]]. [[BreakTheCutie The]]. [[BreakTheCutie Cutie]].
** After the Emperor embraces her without his consent, Kaguya does manage to break away. However, even after that, she cannot shake off the feeling of being violated and clutches herself in grief.
* ValuesDissonance: [[DeliberateValuesDissonance A deliberate example.]] Kaguya has no problem being naked in front of her male friends and swimming with them, and nobody else seems to mind. Something like this would be considered unthinkable to allow today.
** The gender dynamics, as well as the standards of an aristocratic lifestyle in feudal Japan are shown, which contemporary viewers may find overly strict and sexist. Again, this is [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberate]].

** The whole film can be described in three words: [[BreakTheCutie Break]]. [[BreakTheCutie The]]. [[BreakTheCutie Cutie]].\

** The whole film can be described in three words: [[BreakTheCutie Break]]. [[BreakTheCutie The]]. [[BreakTheCutie Cutie]].