History YMMV / BlueDragon

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Regardless of starting builds, it's very common to see people power leveling Barrier Mage on Shu to get access to Field Barrier 3 early on, due to it making leveling up other classes practically effortless, and Shu being the only character who is present for every single major story beat.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: Granted, considering the game is an intentional ClicheStorm, this might have been the idea behind the developers. Pretty much everyone notes that the game pretty much compresses every JRPG cliche imaginable, but the fun, ''VideoGame/Persona2'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' style gameplay easily makes up for it if you're not big on cliches.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Toripo, the gasmask-headed robot, who's a travelling Medal merchant and adventurer. He even had his own fanclub on Facebook called the Toripo Appreciation Society.

* NarmCharm: The main boss theme, ''Eternity'', is generally agreed upon that it somehow manages to skim the line of being [[{{Narm}} utterly ridiculous]] and ''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic utterly freaking awesome!]]''
** Thanks to the first game being a being a ClicheStorm, the entire game itself can qualify for some.

* PopularWithFurries: The Shadows are all anthro in design and [[HeroicBuild absolutely ripped]], bringing a lot of love from BaraGenre fans.

* ClicheStorm: The whole point of the game, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, and [[WordOfGod the creators]], was to make a game that was a cliché of [[EasternRPG JRPGs]], specifically [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Medieval European Fantasies.]] Although there was some criticism for this, there was about 100 times more praise.

** Once Marumaro gets the Attack Aura ability, he basically becomes One-Punch Man, and the only times he won't hulksmash the entire encounter on the first blow will be when you're fighting a boss.

** Thanks the first game being a being a ClicheStorm, the entire game itself can qualify for some.

** The end credits song "You'll Never Find a Better Friend" by Giullano Pizzulo that plays in the English dub of the anime is short, but surprisingly catchy. Though it might also count as an EarWorm.

* TearJerker:
** Jiro's backstory in the anime series, his family and all the people in his home village were killed by Nene's army.
** Episode 15, the fact that Shu actually starts [[SelfHarm pounding her own head]] while berating himself over Kluke getting hurt during the battle with Nene.
--> '''Shu''': It's my fault. I couldn't protect her! (''pounds his head with his fists, then slaps his face in frustration'')
** Episode 17, upon learning from Hermon that the Kingdom of Jibral has seemingly been destroyed. Watching the normally comical Legolas break down in a fit anger and denial is surprisingly sad.

* ClicheStorm: The whole point of the game, according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki, and [[WordOfGod the creators]], was to make a game that was a cliche of [[EasternRPG JRPGs]], specifically [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Medieval European Fantasies.]] Although there was some criticism for this, there was about 100 times more praise.

* GameBreaker: Leveling up the Field Barrier skill to its ultimate level, Field Barrier 3, makes it so that you don't have to dirty your hands on a single mob. This can be abused to gain SP for stronger skills and spells in a matter of minutes rather than 10 or 15 hours, but the tradeoff is that you don't gain any EXP.

* EarWorm: "Eternity", the main boss theme. It's a decent song, but you'll hear it so much that it'll become nearly impossible to get it out of your head, especially once the game begins to make you face multiple bosses with small breaks between each boss.

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** Sakaguchi saw it fit to have a mechanical voice give a one-word narration to ''anything'' you do on the field or in battle. Thankfully it can be turned off.
** Maro's voice is apparently designed to utterly shred the human eardrum. Many characters in the game even [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUjxPj3al5U The boss theme]]. ''Especially'' if you're fighting a MarathonBoss.

* PlayTheGameSkipTheStory: Granted, considering the game is an intentional ClicheStorm, this might have been the idea behind the developers. Pretty much everyone notes that the game pretty much compresses every JRPG cliche imaginable, but the fun, ''VideoGame/Persona2'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' style gameplay easily makes up for it if you're not big on cliches.

* GameBreaker: Leveling up the Field Barrier skill to its ultimate level,Field Barrier 3, makes it so that you don't have to dirty your hands on a single mob. This can be abused to gain SP for stronger skills and spells in a matter of minutes rather than 10 or 15 hours, but the tradeoff is that you don't gain any EXP.

* GameBreaker: Leveling up the Field Barrier skill to its ultimate(Field Barrier 3)makes it so that you don't have to dirty your hands on a single mook. This can be abused to gain SP for stronger skills and spells in a matter of minutes rather than 10 or 15 hours, but the tradeoff is that you don't gain any EXP.