History YMMV / Barakamon

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Handa missing a shot in basketball, when you realize he shares his voice actor with [[Manga/KurokosBasketball Shintarou Midorima]].
** InUniverse, Hiroshi ends up having an emotional breakthrough after seeing how hard Sensei actually works and practices his calligraphy. When he goes to tell Sensei how much he has impacted his life, Sensei ends up ignoring him. A lot of the gags of the prequel ''Handa-kun'' tends to follow this type of set-up.

* IdiotPlot: The entire plot of the spin-off prequel ''Handa-kun'' is based on Handa being convinced that all of his classmates secretly hate him despite all of them actually viewing him as the BigManOnCampus. This is all rooted to Kawafuji convincing him this in middle school out of jealousy that the girl he has a crush on wanted him to help her confess to Handa. Fans were mixed on this revelation due to how mean-spirited it made Kawafuji come across.

* IdiotPlot: The entire plot of the spin-off prequel ''Handa-kun'' is based on Handa being convinced that all of his classmates secretly hate him despite all of them actually viewing him as the BigManOnCampus. This is all rooted to Kawafuji convincing him this in middle school out of jealousy that the girl he has a crush on wanted him to help her confess to Handa. Fans were mixed on this revelation due to how mean-spirited it made Kawafuji come acros.

* IdiotPlot: The entire plot of the spin-off prequel ''Handa-kun'' is based on Handa being convinced that all of his classmates secretly hate him despite all of them actually viewing him as TheBigManOnCampus. This is all rooted to Kawafuji convincing him this in middle school out of jealousy that the girl he has a crush on wanted him to help her confess to Handa. Fans were mixed on this revelation due to how mean-spirited it made Kawafuji come acros.

** Handa missing a shot in basketball, when you realize he shares his voice actor with [[Anime/KurokosBasketball Shintarou Midorima]].

** Handa missing a shot in basketball, when you realize he shares his voice actor with [[Anime/KurokoNoBasuke Shintarou Midorima]].

* BrokenBase: The PrequelSeries ''Handa-kun'' has proven very polarizing due to taking a [[ParodySue completely different tone from the manga itself]]. Some are in favor of this change and say that the comedy is just as funny as it was in the original series. However, some fans take issue with it, accusing that it turns Handa into a Marty Stu or Anti Stu (when he was emphatically not one in the original) and saying that it just doesn't fit with the tone of ''Barakamon''.

* BrokenBase: The PrequelSeries ''Handa-kun'' has proven very polarizing due to taking a [[ParodySue completely different tone from the manga itself]]. Some are in favor of this change and say that the comedy is just as funny as it was in the original series. However, some fans take issue with it, accusing that it turns Handa into a MartyStu or AntiStu (when he was emphatically not one in the original) and saying that it just doesn't fit with the tone of ''Barakamon''.

* FanPreferredCouple: Although [[NoHuggingNoKissing the series tries to discourage shipping]], the amount of Handa/Hiroshi fanart and doujinshi shows how much the fandom isn't bothered by it.

* HilariousInHindsight: Handa missing a shot in basketball, when you realize he shares his voice actor with [[Anime/KurokoNoBasuke Shintarou Midorima]].

* AwesomeMusic: This series gives us the fitting [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wol-XHb1VhM "Rashisa"]] as the opening theme and the beautiful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHCTl5V-zV4 "Innocence"]] as the ending theme.

* DudeNotFunny: Many fans take issue with Handa getting violent for Kanzaki for almost no reason.[[note]]This is {{downplayed|Trope}} in the anime. The only time Handa ever hits Kanzaki is accidentally knocking him out trying to kick the phone out of his hand, and Handa's OhCrap reaction afterwards makes it clear he didn't mean to go so far. In contrast, in the manga it looked like Handa intended to kick Kanzaki all along.[[/note]] This goes hand in hand with CharacterDerailment as the normally NiceGuy Handa turns into a colossal {{Jerkass}} whenever Kanzaki is around.

** Kanzaki [[strike:is a rather hardcore fan of Handa]] worships the ground Handa walks upon, even keeping all his interviews.

* DudeNotFunny: Handa getting violent for Kanzaki for almost no reason, even more so in the manga. This goes hand in hand with CharacterDerailment as the normally NiceGuy Handa turns into a colossal {{Jerkass}} whenever Kanzaki is around.

* DieForOurShip: Handa/Hiroshi shippers conveniently ignore Kanzaki's CharacterDevelopment.

** Kanzaki [--is a rather hardcore fan of Handa--] worships the ground Handa walks upon, even keeping all his interviews.

** Kanzaki -is a rather hardcore fan of Handa- worships the ground Handa walks upon, even keeping all his interviews.

** Kanzaki --is a rather hardcore fan of Handa-- worships the ground Handa walks upon, even keeping all his interviews.

** Kanzaki is a rather hardcore fan of Handa, even keeping all his interviews.

* AwesomeMusic: The anime ending, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKLBD6NeaNg Innocence]]''.

* {{Moe}}: Hina, who’s really cute when not crying... and even when she is, too. Naru has her moments as well.

** Tamako, due to her being a closed {{Otaku}} and YaoiFangirl.

** Though the series actually makes fun of the HoYay between Handa/Hiroshi, some people in the fandom definitely went on board with [[YaoiFangirl Tamako]] in this one.