History YMMV / BrutalSeries

* ShippingGoggles: Nearly all readers agree that Spain and Lovi are intended to be a couple, notably because the pairing is popular in ''Hetalia''; however, the author has explicitly stated there's no (intended) romance in their alliance.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Many of the reviews featured on the author's userpage.

* DudeNotFunny: Amer reacts this way when Igris tells Fronce to "go die".

! Provides Examples Of:
* CompleteMonster: Because each of the forty-eight tributes is the protagonist of his or her own sections, it's hard to find a character for whom it is impossible to feel sympathy. The only tributes who may qualify are Vivi, a sadistic BloodKnight who tortures her victims and constantly fantasizes about blood and guts, and Wiremu, who not only [[spoiler: murders a helpless 12-year-old girl]] while "not sounding sorry at all," but also attempts to [[spoiler: rape Finni]], an act inexcusable even by the standards of the story.

* CompleteMonster:
** Because each of the forty-eight tributes is the protagonist of his or her own sections, it's hard to find a character for whom it is impossible to feel sympathy. The only tributes who may qualify are Vivi, a sadistic BloodKnight who tortures her victims and constantly fantasizes about blood and guts, and Wiremu, who not only [[spoiler: murders a helpless 12-year-old girl]] while "not sounding sorry at all," but also attempts to [[spoiler: rape Finni]], an act inexcusable even by the standards of the story.
** Possibly [[spoiler: Snapped!Russia]], if one overlooks the person he was before his FaceHeelTurn, but that's also subject to how you view his character.

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Cisca's]] death. DEAR GOD, [[spoiler: Cisca's]] death. [[spoiler: She nearly has her scalp cut off, [[{{Fingore}} has her nails pulled off one by one, has her fingers cut off at all joints]], [[EyeScream has her eyes gouged out]] and has all her teeth punched out (disfiguring her jaw in the process) before FINALLY being killed from having her heart stepped on.]]

* AlasPoorVillain:
** [[spoiler: Japan]].
** [[spoiler: Taberah]] spending her last moments worrying about the reason she signed up for the Games in the first place.
** [[spoiler: Vahn]] saying he "just wanted to go home".
** [[spoiler: Rome]] being betrayed by his ally.
** [[spoiler: Osso and Magya]], the former dying beside his only friend in the arena, the latter realizing that she can't end everyone's suffering and acknowledging the beauty of life before leaving it.

* TheWoobie:

* {{Alas Poor Villain}}: [[spoiler: Japan]].

* {{Complete Monster}}: Because each of the forty-eight tributes is the protagonist of his or her own sections, it's hard to find a character for whom it is impossible to feel sympathy. The only tributes who may qualify are Vivi, a sadistic {{Blood Knight}} who tortures her victims and constantly fantasizes about blood and guts, and Wiremu, who not only [[spoiler: murders a helpless 12-year-old girl]] while "not sounding sorry at all," but also attempts to [[spoiler: rape Finni]], an act inexcusable even by the standards of the story.
** Possibly [[spoiler: Snapped!Russia]], if one overlooks the person he was before his {{Face Heel Turn}}, but that's also subject to how you view his character.
* {{Crowning Moment Of Funny}}: Many of the reviews featured on the author's userpage.
* {{Dude Not Funny}}: Amer reacts this way when Igris tells Fronce to "go die".
* {{Moral Event Horizon}}: Wiremu's attempt to rape Finni is not only horrific even by the standards of the story, but makes [[spoiler: Sve's [[{{Curb Stomp Battle}} curb stomping]] of him]] completely justified in the eyes of the readers.
* {{Shipping Goggles}}: Nearly all readers agree that Spain and Lovi are intended to be a couple, notably because the pairing is popular in ''Hetalia''; however, the author has explicitly stated there's no (intended) romance in their alliance.
* {{Stoic Woobie}}: Vash. After growing up on the streets and orphanages of a place as harsh as District 2, then letting himself be trained as what amounts to a child soldier just to get food and shelter, there's nothing the kid needs more than a hug. Yet he's basically the series' [[{{Emotionless Girl}} Emotionless Guy]].

* {{The Woobie}}: EVERYONE. IN. THESE. GAMES. Even Wiremu ''kind of'' counts, since nobody likes him and thinks he's a disgusting creep. Special points to the victors, since they're still traumatized.

* {{The Woobie}}: Raivis Lithu is already a whimpering little puppy that "wouldn't hurt a fly", and he earns his woobieness by remaining this way, even while [[spoiler: getting his finger chopped off and being killed slowly by poison from a muttated vine.]]

* {{Crazy Awesome}}: Taken to the extreme by Gil Prus, who spends every chapter he's in talking about and demonstrating his "awesomeness."