History YMMV / BoogiepopPhantom

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: For much of the West, this was the most popular form of the ''Boogiepop'' series, with only the most devoted of fans getting into the novels, from which it was based on. This led to many thinking that ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was the name of the franchise of the whole, something reflected in English Fanfiction websites such as Fanfcition.Net and Archive of Our Own. It also led to the idea that ''Boogiepop'' as a whole series was all like ''Phantom'', which is to say full of psychological horror and having a dark tone, which is not the case; the novel does has its points of both, but it has a wide pattern of story moods (from just as dark to surprisingly hopeful) and isn't a whole train of noir-esque darkness like ''Phantom''. The fact that the anime also heavily relies on knowing plot points from the light novels in order to understand what's going on, combined with the fact that this was never really advertised when the anime was exported, gave the series a reputation of being deliberately obtuse and difficult to follow, which is not really the case. The books have perfectly understandable narratives and the story in ''Phantom'' is fairly understandable ''provided'' you've read the requisite books.

* ContinuityLockout: The series is, as mentioned in the main page, a sequel to the light novel volumes ''Boogiepop and Others'' and ''Boogiepop at Dawn'', none of which were adapted to anime until 2019, and both of which feature quite a complex plot - which means that, up to that year, anybody watching ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was forced to read those two books or at least study their synopsis in order to have a remote chance to understand this series. In particular, a key element of the over-arching plot ([[spoiler:the true identity of Boogiepop Phantom and its relation to/the origin of Manticore]]) will seem to come out of nowhere, and the final episode will be utterly incomprehensible. It doesn't help that the Sci-Fi Channel showed this without any other part of the series, or indeed any indication that this was a part of a larger narrative, leaving viewers unfamiliar with ''Boogiepop'' totally lost.

* ValuesDissonance: Western viewers might be puzzled at Akane, whose existential problems come from abruptly abandoning all of her literary projects only because a teacher said she should pursue science. However, in the traditional society of Japan, choosing one's career and having in consideration the word of figures of authority are SeriousBusiness. It can still be argued that she was already emotionally fragile and had a huge overreaction to his words, especially given that being a scientist and writing children's books are fields hardly difficult to balance, but it isn't so weird if one knows the context.

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: For much of the West, this was the most popular form of the ''Boogiepop'' series, with only the most devoted of fans getting into the novels, from which it was based on. This led to many thinking that ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was the name of the franchise of the whole, something reflected in English Fanfiction websites such as Fanfcition.Net and Archive of Our Own. It also led to the idea that ''Boogiepop'' as a whole series was all like ''Phantom'', which is to say full of psychological horror and having a dark tone, which is not the case; the novel does has its points of both, but it has a wide pattern of story moods (from just as dark to surprisingly hopeful) and isn't a whole train of noir-esque darkness like ''Phantom''. The fact that the anime also heavily relies on knowing plot points from the light novels in order to understand what's going on, combined with the fact that this was never really advertised when the anime was expoetee, gave the series a reputation of being deliberately obtuse and difficult to follow, which is not really the case. The books have perfectly understandable narratives and the story in ''Phantom'' is fairly understandable ''provided'' you've eead the requisite books.

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: For much of the West, this was the most popular form of the ''Boogiepop'' series, with only the most devoted of fans getting into the novels, from which it was based on. This led to many thinking that ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was the name of the franchise of the whole, something reflected in English Fanfiction websites such as Fanfcition.Net and Archive of Our Own. It also led to the idea that ''Boogiepop'' as a whole series was all like ''Phantom'', which is to say full of psychological horror and having a dark tone, which is not the case; the novel does has its points of both, but it has a wide pattern of story moods (from just as dark to surprisingly hopeful) and isn't a whole train of noir-esque darkness like ''Phantom''.

* AudienceColoringAdaptation: For much of the West, this was the most popular form of the Boogiepop series, with only the most devoted of fans getting into the novels, from which it was based on. This led to many thinking that ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was the name of the franchise of the whole, something reflected in English Fanfiction websites such as Fanfcition.Net and Archive of Our Own. It also led to the idea that Boogiepop as a whole series was all like ''Phantom'' which is to say full of psychological horror and having a dark tone.

* ContinuityLockout: The series is, as mentioned in the main page, a sequel to the light novel volumes ''Boogiepop and Others'' and ''Boogiepop at Dawn'', none of which were adapted to anime until 2019, and both of which feature quite a complex plot - which means that, up to that year, anybody watching ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was forced to read those two books or at least study their synopsis in order to have a remote chance to understand this series. In particular, a key element of the over-arching plot ([[spoiler:the true identity of Boogiepop Phantom and its relation to/the origin of The Manticore]]) will seem to come out of nowhere, and the final episode will be utterly incomprehensible. It doesn't help that the Sci-Fi Channel showed this without any other part of the series, or indeed any indication that this was a part of a larger narrative, leaving viewers unfamiliar with ''Boogiepop'' totally lost.

* AudienceColoringAdaption: For much of the West, this was the most popular form of the Boogiepop series, with only the most devoted of fans getting into the novels, from which it was based on. This led to many thinking that ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was the name of the franchise of the whole, something reflected in English Fanfiction websites such as Fanfcition.Net and Archive of Our Own. It also led to the idea that Boogiepop as a whole series was all like ''Phantom'' which is to say full of psychological horror and having a dark tone.

* ContinuityLockout: The series is, as mentioned in the main page, a sequel to the light novel volumes ''Boogiepop and Others'' and ''Boogiepop at Dawn'', none of which were adapted to anime until 2019, and both of which feature quite a complex plot - which means that, up to that year, anybody watching ''Boogiepop Phantom'' was forced to read those two books or at least study their synopsis in order to have a remote chance to understand this series. In particular, a key element of the over-arching plot ([[spoiler:the true identity of Boogiepop Phantom and its relation to/the origin of The Manticore]]) will seem to come out of nowhere, and the final episode will be utterly incomprehensible.

** The theme to the series.
* ContinuityLockout: It is ''essential'' that you read the books mentioned in AllThereInTheManual (the show is roughly an epilogue to ''Dawn'' and a direct continuation of ''Others''), or else a key element of the over-arching plot ([[spoiler:the true identity of Boogiepop Phantom and its relation to/the origin of The Manticore]]) will seem to come out of nowhere, and the final episode will be utterly incomprehensible.
* FandomRivalry: With ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''
* TheWoobie: Many of the characters have tragic backgrounds to accompany them. (The idea of Japanese teenagers being subjected to incredible pressure to succeed, with little regard for their emotional well-being, is a major theme of the series.)

* {{Earworm}}: The intro is incredibly suave, catchy, and memorable.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:

** Jonouchi (episode 2) wanted to grow up as a hero and protector but an illness made it impossible to do so after elementary school. When the pillar of light allowed him to seemingly wipe people's regret, he took it upon himself to clean the world of the regret.

** Yoji (episode 4) is trying to deal with extreme pressure from a family which really doesn't care about what he wants. His father is pushing him towards academic education where he is interested in graphics. This causes him to immerse himself in games and dating sims...an addiction that gets worse over time.

* TheWoobie: Many of the characters have tragic backgrounds to accompany them

* TearJerker: Many of the characters have tragic backgrounds to accompany them.

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/BoogiepopPhantom Has its own page.]]

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Angel in the Dark" by M.Y.K.N.

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/BoogiepopPhantom Has its own page.]]

* NightmareFuel: The creeper in episode 4.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: In the very first episode, Moto confesses her love to what she thinks is Masami Saotome's ghost. He says he doesn't know her, and she agrees to let him kill her - he matter-of-factly says that she "really will die", opens his mouth, and ''tentacles come out''. It gets even worse when he shows up in episode 3.
** Don't forget the episode that ends with a girl getting murdered. At the very end, the killer drives away with her body parts in a box. Oh, and they ''shift'' in transit.

** Don't forget the episode that ends with a girl getting murdered. At the very end, the killer drives away with her body parts in a box. Oh, and they ''shift'' in transit.
* SuperlativeDubbing: Arguably; they did a lot of hard work and the translation for the dub even seems a bit smoother than that of the sub.

** Don't forget the episode that ends with a girl getting murdered. At the very end, the killer drives away with her body parts in a box. Oh, and they ''shift'' in transit.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Angel in the Dark" by M.Y.K.N.