History YMMV / ArifuretaFromCommonplaceToWorldsStrongest

** Hajime's use of his makeshift guns can be seen as this. In Japan, gun control laws are very strict in upholding, where only the police and JSDF are authorized to use them. It's also very, very difficult for a law-abiding citizen to own a firearm,[[note]]The only firearms legally available to non-law enforcement or JSDF personnel are shotguns, and after demonstrating a 10-year history of responsibly owning that, then rifles become available. In addition, both shotguns and rifles must "look" like hunting guns (essentially they must have wooden stocks and no pistol grips). Private ownership of handguns is completely illegal.[[/note]] and a very big taboo to even hold one (especially if the one holding it is still a minor since ChildrenAreInnocent is at play in Japanese society). This serves as a [[RuleOfSymbolism metaphor]] on how badly Hajime's mental state has [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope deteriorated]] in the Great Orcus Labyrinth.

** Hajime's use of his makeshift CoolGuns can be seen as this. In Japan, gun control laws are very strict in upholding, where only the police and JSDF are authorized to use them. It's also very, very difficult for a law-abiding citizen to own a firearm,[[note]]The only firearms legally available to non-law enforcement or JSDF personnel are shotguns, and after demonstrating a 10-year history of responsibly owning that, then rifles become available. In addition, both shotguns and rifles must "look" like hunting guns (essentially they must have wooden stocks and no pistol grips). Private ownership of handguns is completely illegal.[[/note]] and a very big taboo to even hold one (especially if the one holding it is still a minor since ChildrenAreInnocent is at play in Japanese society). This serves as a [[RuleOfSymbolism metaphor]] on how badly Hajime's mental state has [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope deteriorated]] in the Great Orcus Labyrinth.

* MoralEventHorizon: Daisuke Hiyama was certainly despicable and unlikeable bully, but he really sinks low with his attempt on Hajime's life just so he can have Shirasaki all too himself. If that wasn't bad enough to cross it, then he definitely proved himself to be irredeemably evil when he conspired with [[spoiler:Nakamura Eri to betray his classmates and the kingdom to demons just so he can kill Shirasaki and have her reanimated as a doll to love only him]]. Unlike his murder attempt with Hajime, the entire class does find out about his treachery and rightfully lose all patience with him, and Hajime (who didn't bother killing Daisuke because [[NotWorthKilling he deemed him not worth the effort]]) finally loses all sense of mercy towards him the moment Daisuke [[spoiler:[[ItsPersonal stabs Shirasaki]]]], outright killing him by [[LeftForDead leaving him to be devoured by monsters]], [[DeathByIrony mirroring Daisuke's murder attempt and what Hajime had to go through in the abyss]].

** Hajime's use of his makeshift CoolGuns can be seen as this. In Japan, gun control laws are very strict in upholding, where only the police and JSDF are authorized to use them. It's also very, very difficult for a law-abiding citizen to own a firearm[[note]]The only firearms legally available to non-law enforcement or JSDF personnel are shotguns, and after demonstrating a 10-year history of responsibly owning that, then rifles become available. In addition, both shotguns and rifles must "look" like hunting guns (essentially they must have wooden stocks and no pistol grips). Private ownership of handguns is completely illegal[[/note]], and a very big taboo to even hold one (especially if the one holding it is still a minor since ChildrenAreInnocent is at play in Japanese society). This serves as a [[RuleOfSymbolism metaphor]] on how badly Hajime's mental state has [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope deteriorated]] in the Great Orcus Labyrinth.
** Kouki's self-righteous GoodFeelsGood beliefs of justice, his view of bullying, and use of UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming aren't all that different from how Japanese society views and deals with bullying along with being less individual-based (i.e. conforming to the group ideology, and if someone stands out in any way or disrupts the status quo, from something as simple as having low or high grades, or disagreeing with the group, to having a disability, they are ostracized for not meeting society's standards). In fact, Kouki's character can be seen as an [[AllegoricalCharacter allegory]] along with how the ugly sides of Japanese culture clashing in a European medieval fantasy-like setting, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and the results aren't pretty as well as coming back to bite him in the ass and balls on more than several occasions]].

** Hajime giving [[spoiler: Hiyama (his biggest bully and the same guy who tried to kill him)]] [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech some very choice words]] before [[LeftForDead leaving him to]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch be mauled by monsters.]]

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Ehitorujue]] is the [[GodOfEvil god]] who rules Tortus. Slowly growing bored and lonely due to his immortal life, Ehito develops a [[ForTheEvulz cruel and sadistic personality]] after seeing his people suffering. To that end, Ehito manipulated several races to fight brutal wars and has his worshippers commit countless atrocities. Attempting to manifest himself in Tortus, Ehito attempts to bodyjack a powerful Vampire Princess, Yue. When that failed, he then set his sights towards a highschool student who has a misguided sense of justice which resulted on him and his classmates being summoned into another world. After Yue was released from her seal, Ehit successfully possessed Yue while torturing her inside out. After being expelled from Yue's body, he absorbs all of his creations in order to finish the heroes once and for all. It was soon revealed that Ehit's master plan was to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy Tortus]] and attempts to find a new sandbox to play with in other worlds solely to satiate his boredom.

* HilariousInHindsight: Tia Ballard playing Yue in the English dub. Yue is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld vampire who can cast powerful magic. In another of Ballard's recent roles, she played Entoma in [[LightNovel/Overlord2012 Overlord]], who notedly fought that show's resident magic casting vampire. And [[Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx this won't be the last time]] she falls in love with a character voiced by Creator/MattShipman.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hajime himself is this. Either he's viewed as a hardened badass who gets tons of awesome moments and is the only one who sees the world and the situation they're all in as it really is, or he's just a blatant self-insert used by the author to get vicarious revenge on the popular kids from high school and he's too much of a brooding edgelord to take seriously as a character.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hajime himself is this. He's either viewed as a hardened badass who gets tons of awesome moments and the only one who sees the world and the situation they're all in as it really is, or he's just a blatant self-insert used by the author to get vicarious revenge on the popular kids from high school and he's too much of a brooding edgelord to take seriously as a character.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hajime himself is this. He's either viewed as a hardened badass and the only one who sees the world and the situation they're all in as it really is, or he's just a blatant self-insert used by the author to get vicarious revenge on the popular kids from high school who's too much of a brooding edgelord to take seriously as a character.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hajime is either a hardened badass and the only one who sees the world and the situation they're all in as it really is, or he's just a blatant self-insert used by the author to get vicarious revenge on the popular kids from high school who's too much of a brooding edgelord to take seriously as a character.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hajime is either a hardened badass and the only one who sees the world and the situation they're all in as it really is ,or he's just a self-insert used by the author to get vicarious revenge on the popular kids from high school and is too much of a brooding edgelord to take seriously as a character.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Hajime is either a hardened badass and the only one who sees the world and the situation they're all in as it really is or is just a generic edgelord self-insert used by the author to get vicarious revenge on the popular kids from high school.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** The AssShove scene and its aftermath.
*** Related to this, at the end of Season 2 Tio demands him to repeat it (clearly implying she wants anal sex) as a reward for protecting Aiko-sensei. Hajime decides to take it literally and summons a spike that is much bigger than the one he used in their first meeting, giving a SlasherSmile as Tio panics.
** Hajime's edgy attitude and snark are a good source of comedy in the show.
** When Kaori is resurrected but materializes in the sky, she falls and screams for Hajime to catch her. He snorts in derision and moves out of the way, causing her to painfully crash. It looks like something out of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
** Myu's mother Remia making passes at Hajime while Yue, Shea, Tio, and Kaoru all give her a DeathGlare.
** In a filler scene in the Season 2 epilogue, when the crew makes a stop so Kaori can help a group of people, Shea, Tio, and Myu ask Yue to teach them how to use magic, but Hajime warns them ''not'' to do it. Turns out he's speaking from experience, because Yue ''sucks'' at explaining how she does magic, much to the other three's chagrin (and somehow, she expresses it with [[Franchise/KamenRider Kamen Rider Ichigo's]] transformation pose, implying Hajime had talked to her about ''Kamen Rider'' before). Then Kaori asks her to teach her one spell, Yue gives pretty much the same explanation... and Kaori ''succeeds'', shocking everyone - even Hajime, who drops the gun in his hand.
** In the crossover with ''Arifureta ZERO'', when Miledi Reisen presents herself, Myu remembers her - [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes from Hajime stating that she was the most irritating person he had ever met]]. Oscar, Naiz, and Meiru crack up laughing. Then Myu also brings up Oscar's {{Meido}} fetish, and remembers how Hajime asked her never to become a siren like Meiru.

** Kouki's self-righteous GoodFeelsGood beliefs of justice, his view of bullying, and use of UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming aren't all that different from how Japanese society views and deals with bullying along with being less individual-based (i.e. conforming to the group ideology, and if someone stands out in any way or disrupts the status quo, from something as simple as having low or high grades, or disagreeing with the group, to having a disability, they are ostracized for not meeting society's standards). In fact, Kouki's character can be seen as an [[AllegoricalCharacter allegory]] along with how the ugly sides of Japanese culture clashing in a European medieval fantasy-like setting, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the results aren't pretty and they come back to bite him in the ass and balls on more than several occasions]].

** Kouki's self-righteous GoodFeelsGood beliefs of justice, his view of bullying, and use of UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming aren't all that different from how Japanese society views and deals with bullying along with being less individual-based (i.e. conforming to the group ideology, and if someone stands out in any way or disrupts the status quo, from something as simple as having low or high grades, or disagreeing with the group, to having a disability, they are ostracized for not meeting society's standards). In fact, Kouki's character can be seen as an [[AllegoricalCharacter allegory]] along with how the ugly sides of Japanese culture clashing in a European medieval fantasy-like setting, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome the results aren't pretty and they come back to bite him in the ass and balls on more than several occasions].]

** Kouki's self-righteous GoodFeelsGood beliefs of justice, his view of bullying, and use of UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming aren't all that different from how Japanese society views and deals with bullying along with being less individual-based (i.e. conforming to the group ideology, and if someone stands out in any way or disrupts the status quo, from something as simple as having low or high grades, or disagreeing with the group, to having a disability, they are ostracized for not meeting society's standards). In fact, Kouki's character can be seen as an [[AllegoricalCharacter allegory]] along with how the ugly sides of Japanese culture clashing in a European medieval fantasy-like setting, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome and the results aren't pretty.]]

** In the crossover with ''Arifureta ZERO'', when Miledi Reisen presents herself, Myu reminds her - [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes from Hajime stating that she was the most irritating person he had ever met]]. Oscar, Naiz, and Meiru crack up laughing. Then Myu also brings up Oscar's {{Meido}} fetish, and remembers how Hajime asked her never to become a siren like Meiru.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Cultural values aside, Kouki shows alarming signs of Narcissistic Personality Disorder for his constant need for attention, his self-serving "sense of justice", BlackAndWhiteInsanity (i.e. only he's in the right and everyone else is in the wrong), and SelectiveObliviousness to anything that doesn't agree with his views. Furthermore, his rather InsaneTrollLogic has hinted towards Delusional Disorder.