History YMMV / DescendantsOfDarkness

* MagnificentBastard: Muraki is either this or a very charismatic and efficient SmugSnake.

* LawfulGood: Chief Konoe

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The OP of the TV series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0n62l2EfTM To Destination's EDEN.]]

* MartyStu: One could make a case of this for Tsuzuki; he has a DarkAndTroubledPast that's played up as being even darker and more troubled than any of the other characters, has an unusual eye color, is extremely powerful, is nice to everyone, has almost otherworldly handsomeness and is loved by everyone (even ''the villain!''). That being said, his derpiness seems to balance this out a little.

** FromBadToWorse you recall that by typical rights of succession, Nagare's older brother Iwao should have been clan head. [[spoiler: His father simply hated him enough to appoint him head of the family so he would be doomed to this fate.]] And here's some extra FridgeHorror, for good measure: Had Hisoka lived, [[spoiler: he would have been next in line to house Yatonokami. Essentially, he was doomed to being raped and an agonizing death ''no matter what''.]] LikeFatherLikeSon, I guess.
*** And for worse? [[spoiler: Hisoka's mother has been pregnant [[LongestPregnancyEver for]] ''[[LongestPregnancyEver at least two years in-story]]'' with said snake god's spawn]]

* CompleteMonster: Handsome, charming Dr. Kazutaka Muraki. As of the start of the series, he's already spent several years systematically kidnapping, dismembering, and vivisecting small children (like [[spoiler: InnocentFlowerGirl Eileen, whose heart he harvests for her friend, Tsubaki]]), raping adolescents and infecting them with slow, agonizing fatal diseases (like [[spoiler: Hisoka]]), and seemingly murdering every grown woman he comes across, whether to use them in scientific experiments to attract the attention of the Shinigami or just for lulz. All of this murder, torture, and rape is really only the means he uses to the end of fashioning a good old MindRape, whether it's mentally torturing a girl madly in love with him into developing split personalities (like [[spoiler: the aforementioned Tsubaki]]), mind-controlling suicidally depressed pop stars into becoming blood-drinking monsters (like [[spoiler: Maria Wong]]), or stalking and harassing one of the Shinigami ([[spoiler:Tsuzuki]]) with so much misdirected guilt that he finally manages to drive him into a [[HeroicBSOD catatonic state]], in which state he fully intended to vivisect the guy and use his powers [[spoiler:to bring his older brother Saki back to life, ''so that he could kill him more slowly and painfully''.]]

* CompleteMonster: Muraki, too. While many of the villains in the series are utterly despicable ([[WouldHurtAChild Demon Sangatanus]] and [[WickedStepmother Mother Wong]] being particularly prominent), none of them compare to how nasty and horrific Muraki is.

* CompleteMonster: Muraki, too. While many of the villains in the series are utterly despicable ([[WouldHurtAChild Demon Sargattinus]] and [[WickedStepmother Mother Wong]] being particularly prominent), none of them compare to how nasty and horrific Muraki is.

* CompleteMonster: Muraki, too.

* CreepyAwesome: Muraki.
* CompleteMonster: Muraki, too.

* MemeticMolester: Muraki.

* TheWoobie: Most main characters qualify to some extent. Except [[MagnificentBastard Muraki]].
* {{Wangst}}: Tsuzuki wangsts a bit much over every single person's death considering that he's an [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld ancient god of death]]. This is actually explained in canon: he feels so much pain over each person's death because [[spoiler:he doesn't think that someone who committed suicide has the right to end the life of someone else who wants so much to live.]]

* MagnificentBastard: Muraki is either this or a SmugSnake.

* MagnificentBastard: Muraki.

* LesYay: Self-identified lesbian Rika seemed to have a thing for Chizuru, while [[ThoseTwoGirls Saya and Yuma]] go around groping each-other in [[HotSpringsEpisode onsens]].

* FromBadToWorse you recall that by typical rights of succession, Nagare's older brother Iwao should have been clan head. [[spoiler: His father simply hated him enough to appoint him head of the family so he would be doomed to this fate.]] And here's some extra FridgeHorror, for good measure: Had Hisoka lived, [[spoiler: he would have been next in line to house Yatonokami. Essentially, he was doomed to being raped and an agonizing death ''no matter what''.]] LikeFatherLikeSon, I guess.

* CreepyAwesome: Muraki

* HoYay: ... and how.

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: See HoYay above -- ''everyone'', but especially Tsuzuki. There's enough backstory, mental trauma, and suggestive panels in this series to give canon backing to pretty much any ship. Take your pick. There's Hisoka, Muraki, Tatsumi, The Count, Hijiri, Byakko, Touda...

* TheChrisCarterEffect: Affected a lot of fans. What was [[spoiler:Sagadalius]] talking about in the Devil's Trill arc? What does Konoe have to do with it? What happened to [[spoiler:Ruka]]? What was up with [[spoiler:the hints of incest in volume 2]] of the manga? [[spoiler:If not a human, what the hell is Tsuzuki?]] Is [[spoiler:the child in his head]] a real entity or was he just imagining it? [[spoiler:Why doesn't he remember anything about his stay in the hospital?]] How did he manage to [[spoiler:actually die after failing so many attempt because his body was just indestructible?]] What was the significance of the panel [[spoiler:where they show some of the Count's face in the manga]]? What's the deal with Tatsumi's [[spoiler:mom]]? What's the story behind Tatsumi and Tsuzuki's first meeting? Is Enma [[spoiler:evil or not]]? Complete anime series and we're at volume 11 of the manga, and none of these questions have been answered yet, and they keep building as we continue through the latest arc. After nearly a ten year hiatus, some fans have abandoned ship.
* TheWoobie: Most main characters qualify to some extent. Except Muraki.
* {{Wangst}}: Tsuzuki wangsts a bit much over every single person's death considering that he's an [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld ancient god of death]]. Actually explained in canon: he feels so much pain over each person's death because [[spoiler:he doesn't think that someone who committed suicide has the right to end the life of someone who wants so much to live.]]

* LauncherOfAThousandShips: See HoYay above -- ''everyone'', but especially Tsuzuki. There's enough backstory, mental trauma, and suggestive panels in this series to give canon backing to pretty much any ship. Take your pick. There's Hisoka, Muraki, Tatsumi, The Count, Hijiri, Byakko, Touda...
* MindGameShip: Any relationship involving Muraki, played fairly canon with Tsuzuki.
* NightmareFuel:

* FromBadToWorse you recall that by typical rights of succession, Nagare's older brother Iwao should have been clan head. [[spoiler: His father simply hated him enough to appoint him head of the family so he would be doomed to this fate.]] And here's some extra FridgeHorror, for good measure: Had Hisoka lived, [[spoiler: he would have been next in line to house Yatonokami. Essentially, he was doomed to being raped and an agonizing death ''no matter what''.]] LikeFatherLikeSon, I guess.
*** And for worse? [[spoiler: Hisoka's mother has been pregnant [[LongestPregnancyEver for]] ''[[LongestPregnancyEver at least two years in-story]]'' with said snake god's spawn]]
* {{Wangst}}: Tsuzuki wangsts a bit much over every single person's death considering that he's an [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld ancient god of death]]. Actually explained in canon: he feels so much pain over each person's death because [[spoiler:he doesn't think that someone who committed suicide has the right to end the life of someone who wants so much to live.]]

* TheWoobie: Most main characters qualify to some extent. Except Muraki.

** Volume 11 of the manga, all the way through. There's a ''reason'' it's rated M+. Wait, it's not? ''Well it should.''
*** To clarify: [[spoiler:Hisoka's father Nagare made [[DealWithTheDevil a deal with a freaky snake god]] and every night the thing tentacle rapes him. Not everything is shown, but it's pretty goddamn obvious. Cue the BrainBleach.]]
**** Actually... [[spoiler: Nagare didn't make a deal with Yatonokami. His ancestor wasn't strong enough to kill the god, and instead imprisoned it in his own body. To keep it from escaping and murdering everyone in the village the god has been passed down from father to son for generations, each clan head bearing it - and taking the brunt of the rape.]]

* TheChrisCarterEffect: Affected a lot of fans. What was [[spoiler:Sagadalius]] talking about in the Devil's Trill arc? What does Konoe have to do with it? What happened to [[spoiler:Luka]]? What was up with [[spoiler:the hints of incest in volume 2]] of the manga? [[spoiler:If not a human, what the hell is Tsuzuki?]] Is [[spoiler:the child in his head]] a real entity or was he just imagining it? [[spoiler:Why doesn't he remember anything about his stay in the hospital?]] How did he manage to [[spoiler:actually die after failing so many attempt because his body was just indestructible?]] What was the significance of the panel [[spoiler:where they show some of the Count's face in the manga]]? What's the deal with Tatsumi's [[spoiler:mom]]? Is Enma [[spoiler:evil or not]]? Complete anime series and we're at volume 11 of the manga, and none of these questions have been answered yet, and they keep building as we continue through the latest arc. After nearly a ten year hiatus, some fans have abandoned ship.

* ItGetsWorse when you recall that by typical rights of succession, Nagare's older brother Iwao should have been clan head. [[spoiler: His father simply hated him enough to appoint him head of the family so he would be doomed to this fate.]] And here's some extra FridgeHorror, for good measure: Had Hisoka lived, [[spoiler: he would have been next in line to house Yatonokami. Essentially, he was doomed to being raped and an agonizing death ''no matter what''.]] LikeFatherLikeSon, I guess.