History YMMV / BrynhildrInTheDarkness

* HollywoodPudgy: Several characters (notably [[{{Jerkass}} Kazumi]]) comment on Kotori's weight and her [[SweetTooth very sugary diet]]. Of course there are [[GagBoobs two things that make her heavy]], but despite eating quite a lot, she isn't fat by any means. Kotori's character card mentions that she has not much fat and she would be nothing more than a snack.

* {{Moe}}: A staple of Okamoto. He usually combines moe and gore elements together, which is pretty effective.

* PlayerPunch: The fan base has taken [[spoiler:Mina's]] permanent death hard. The fans will not be happy until Machina dies gruesomely, preferably screaming.
** [[spoiler: It finally happens in chapter 157, and it was both sweet and wonderfully karmic.]]

** [[MadScientist Kogorou]]. He seems almost universally well-received by the fandom, who consider him [[BadassBookworm badass]], [[CrazyIsCool Crazy]], and [[HotScientist attractive]]. It also helps that he's actively helping Ryouta as much as possible, rather than being a total JerkAss who's only interested in himself.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The last part of the first opening is reminiscent of the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon's theme.

** Machina has happily thrown himself onto the scrap heap as well for his actions in chapter 152, 153, and 154. While there have been no complaints regarding his killing of the US president, the completely needless murder of Mina, and his utterly horrific IHaveYouNowMyPretty treatment of Kuroha taken UpToEleven has got the vast majority of the fanbase screaming for his blood, and they don't care who does it or how.

** The second opening "Virtue and Vice" might be unfitting and the vocals are weird, but it's an awesome song in its own right. And did we mention that it was performed by ''[[Music/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas]]''?

** [[MadScientist Kogorou]]. He seems almost universally well-received by the fandom, who consider him [[BadassBookworm badass]], [[CrazyAwesome Crazy Awesome]], and [[HotScientist attractive]]. It also helps that he's actively helping Ryouta as much as possible, rather than being a total JerkAss who's only interested in himself.

** The second opening "Virtue and Vice" might be unfitting and the vocals are weird, but it's an awesome song in its own right. And did we mention that it was performed by ''[[Music/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas?]]''.

* AlasPoorScrappy: Many fans were not happy with Kazumi, especially considering her flanderization. Still, her HeroicSacrifice in chapter 179 has left the fanbase completely teary-eyed.

** The second opening "Virtue and Vice" might be unfitting and the vocals are weird, but it's an awesome song in its own right. And did we mention that it was performed by '''''[[Music/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas FEAR, AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS!?]]'''''.

** During the hospital arc, the security guard charging up his attack gets eaten while he's just standing there going "not yet... Not YET!" It's a very serious situation, but it's hard to supress a chuckle at the obvious parody of Shonen Jump protagonists.

* PlayerPunch: The fan base has taken Mina's permanent death hard. The fans will not be happy until Machina dies gruesomely, preferably screaming.

** During the hospital arc, the security guard charging up his KiAttack gets eaten while he's just standing there going "not yet... Not YET!" It's a very serious situation, but it's hard to supress a chuckle at the obvious parody of Shonen Jump protagonists.

* CompleteMonster: [[AliensAreBastards Loki]] is a member from an ancient and extinct alien race that created [[ToServeMan humans as food]]--and is strongly implied to have [[GenocideFromTheInside caused the extinction of said race]]. Faking unconsciousness for thousands of years, Loki waits until he is "awakened" to fulfill the plans of [[BigBad Takachiho]], leader of Vingulf, before starting a massacre, devouring every human in his way and taking a human form, enjoying the horror that he induces in his victims. After fulfilling his goal of eating a Valkyria class Magician to recover his complete form, his first action is swallowing an entire city with the intention of [[KillAllHumans doing the same to the entire human race]].

** Machina's explanation of Vingulf's motivations is filled with this. As if wiping out all life on Earth wasn't horrific enough, the fact that Vingulf, as a whole, and he, in particular believes, wholeheartedly, that Sorcerians are completely immune to Granii's effects, despite the fact that Vingulf's founder discovered alien ''corpses'' in a "manmade" artificial construct which is evidence that begs to differ. In addition, the self-proclaimed "Adam" is piss-poor father material, a {{Domestic Abuse}}r at best, a murderous thug prone to OffingTheOffspring, at worst. [[{{Hypocrite}}And he calls ''humanity'' a failure.]] Not to mention that the "Eve" is merely a host to an alien parasite that could hatch at any time, with little to no warning, and, is dependent on a "medicine" that Machina has shown neither the ability nor the knowledge to produce or procure, and those that do would all be dead if Vingulf's plan succeeds.

** Machina's explanation of Vingulf's motivations is filled with this. As if wiping out all life on Earth wasn't horrific enough, the fact that Vingulf, as a whole, and he, in particular believes, wholeheartedly, that Sorcerians are completely immune to Granii's effects, despite the fact that Vingulf's founder discovered alien ''corpses'' in a "manmade" artificial construct which is evidence that begs to differ. In addition, the self-proclaimed "Adam" is piss-poor father material, a {{Domestic Abuse}}r at best, a murderous thug prone to OffingTheOffspring, at worst. [[{{Hypocrite}} and he calls ''humanity'' a failure.]] Not to mention that the "Eve" is merely a host to an alien parasite that could hatch at any time, with little to no warning, and, is dependent on a "medicine" that Machina has shown neither the ability nor the knowledge to produce or procure, and those that do would all be dead if Vingulf's plan succeeds.

** Machina's explanation of Vingulf's motivations is filled with this. As if wiping out all life on Earth wasn't horrific enough, the fact that Vingulf, as a whole, and he, in particular believes, wholeheartedly, that Sorcerians are completely immune to Granii's effects, despite the fact that Vingulf's founder discovered alien ''corpses'' in a "manmade" artificial construct which is evidence that begs to differ. In addition, the self-proclaimed "Adam" is piss-poor father material, a DomesticAbuser at best, a murderous thug prone to OffingTheOffspring, at worst. [[{{Hypocrite}} and he calls ''humanity'' a failure.]] Not to mention that the "Eve" is merely a host to an alien parasite that could hatch at any time, with little to no warning, and, is dependent on a "medicine" that Machina has shown neither the ability nor the knowledge to produce or procure, and those that do would all be dead if Vingulf's plan succeeds.

* DieForOurShip: Justiedly subverted. While the fans are divided which girl should be Ryouta's ultimate girlfriend -- Neko and Kazumi being the two most popular choices -- none of the viewers/readers wants anyone of the harem to die, as death is always present in this series and [[spoiler:Kotori having died during the first part of the story]].

* {{Narm}}:
** The anime likes to use a lot of conveniently-placed {{Censor Steam}}s or strategically-positioned pieces of environment (like a log for Shino's death) in order to censor the gorier parts, likely due to the infamously traumatizing ''Manga/ElfenLied'' preceding it (which is made by the same author and anime studio). Unfortunately, the censorship can take a lot of the intensity away from otherwise deadly-serious scenes. Fortunately, there is the uncensored blu-ray version.
** "I want to eat donuts… I want to eat donuts…" Said by [[spoiler:a melting Kotori just after Ryōta had to make the heart-wrenching decision to eject her]]… You can guess what the author was ''trying'' to do, but… it doesn't quite work and it's hard to keep a straight face.
** During the hospital arc, the security guard charging up his KiAttack gets eaten while he's just standing there going "not yet... Not YET!" It's a very serious situation, but it's hard to supress a chuckle at the obvious parody of Shonen Jump protagonists.

** The second opening "Virtue and Vice" might be unfitting and the vocals are weird, but it's an awesome song by its own right. And did we mention that it was sung by '''''[[Music/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas FEAR, AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS!?]]'''''.

* CompleteMonster: [[AliensAreBastards Loki]] is a member from an ancient and extinct alien race that created [[ToServeMan humans as food]]--and is strongly implied to have [[GenocideFromTheInside caused the the extinction of said race]]. Faking unconsciousness for thousands of years, Loki waits until he is "awakened" to fulfill the plans of [[BigBad Takachiho]], leader of Vingulf, before starting a massacre, devouring every human in his way and taking a human form, enjoying the horror that he induces in his victims. After fulfilling his goal of eating a Valkyria class Magician to recover his complete form, his first action is swallowing an entire city with the intention of [[KillAllHumans doing the same to the entire human race]].

* CompleteMonster: [[AliensAreBastards Loki]] is a member from an ancient and extinct alien race that created [[ToServeMan humans as food]]--and is strongly implied to have [[GenocideFromTheInside caused the the extinction of said race]]. Faking unconsciousness for thousands of years, Loki waits until he is "awakened" to fulfill the plans of [[BigBad Takachiho]], leader of Vingulf, before starting a massacre, devouring every human in his way and taking a human form, enjoying the horror that he induces in his victims. After fulfilling his goal of eating a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Valkyria class Magician]] to recover his complete form, his first action is swallowing an entire city with the intention of [[KillAllHumans doing the same to the entire human race]].

* CompleteMonster: [[AliensAreBastards Loki]] is a member from an ancient and extinct alien race that created [[ToServeMan humans as food]]. Faking unconsciousness for thousands of years, Loki waits until he is "awakened" to fulfill the plans of [[BigBad Takachiho]], leader of Vingulf, before starting a massacre, devouring every human in his way and taking a human form, enjoying the horror that he induces in his victims. After fulfilling his goal of eating a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Valkyria class Magician]] to recover his complete form, his first action is swallowing an entire city with the intention of [[KillAllHumans doing the same to the entire human race]]. Strongly implied to having caused the extinction of his own species, the alien known as Loki is ultimately a power-hungry monster feared by both humanity and his own species.

* CompleteMonster: [[AliensAreBastards Loki]] is a member from an ancient and extinct alien race that created [[ToServeMan humans as food]]. Faking unconsciousness for thousands of years, Loki waits until he is "awakened" to fulfill the plans of [[BigBad Takachiho]], leader of Vingulf, before starting a massacre, devouring every human in his way and taking a human form, demonstrating clear understatement of human consciousness and morality and enjoying the horror that he causes to his victims. After fulfilling his goal of eating a [[PersonOfMassDestruction Valkyria class Magician]] to recover his complete form, his first action is swallowing an entire city with the intention of [[KillAllHumans doing the same to the entire human race]]. Strongly implied to having caused the extinction of his own species, the alien known as Loki is ultimately a power-hungry monster feared for both humanity and his own species.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome:
** The anime's first opening theme, "BRYNHILDR IN THE DARKNESS -Ver. EJECTED-" combines a haunting soprano voice and symphony with techno elements, complimenting the mixture of technology, magic, and German myth referenced in the story itself.
** The second opening "Virtue and Vice" might be unfitting and the vocals are weird, but it's an awesome song by its own right. And did we mention that it was sung by '''''[[Music/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas FEAR, AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS!?]]'''''.