History YMMV / FromTheNewWorld

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Tomiko Asahina.]]

** While the show doesn't have an official opening theme, episodes 1-7 opens with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qt4Je7JHWTE this track]]. And boy, is it simultaneously terrifying and glorious to listen to.

* CreatorsPet: Maria in the anime adaptation. It's obvious that she is Creator/A1Pictures' favorite character, as she gets loads of screen-time ([[spoiler:even after her death]]) and much more emphasis than in the original novel. Given that it comes at the cost of development towards Saki's and Satoru's relationship in the third story arc, [[BrokenBase quite a few fans are not impressed.]]

* SelectiveSquick: A lot of straight male viewers reacted badly to the yaoi/yuri elements ([[DoubleStandard the former moreso]] [[GirlOnGirlIsHot than the latter]]) that appeared in episode 8, many to the point of dropping the show entirely [[FanDumb despite the fact that those elements only form a small part of the story]].

** While the show doesn't have an official opening theme, episodes 1-8 opens with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Qt4Je7JHWTE this track]]. And boy, is it simultaneously terrifying and glorious to listen to.

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[BaitandSwitchLesbians Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where {{Everyone is Bi}}. Add buckets of {{Foe Yay}} between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a cast mainly comprised of bishonen]], and Saki's tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[BaitandSwitchLesbians Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where {{Everyone is Bi}}. Add buckets of {{Foe Yay}} between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a cast mainly comprised of bishonen]] and Saki's tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while {{Bait-and-SwitchLesbians Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.}} Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where {{Everyone is Bi}}. Add buckets of {{FoeYay}} between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a very small cast of female side characters]] yet [[MarySueSaki's]] tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[Bait-and-Switch Lesbians Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where {{Everyone is Bi}}. Add buckets of {{FoeYay}} between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a very small cast of female side characters]] yet [[MarySueSaki's]] tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[Bait-and-SwitchLesbians Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where {{Everyone is Bi}}. Add buckets of {{FoeYay}} between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a very small cast of female side characters]] yet [[MarySueSaki's]] tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[Bait-and-SwitchLesbians Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where {{Everyone is Bi}}. Add buckets of Foe Yay from all of the male between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a very small cast of female side characters]] yet Saki's tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[Bait-and-SwitchLesbians Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where Everyone is Bi. Add buckets of Foe Yay from all of the male between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a very small cast of female side characters]] yet Saki's tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[Bait-and-SwitchLesbisans Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where Everyone is Bi. Add buckets of Foe Yay from all of the male between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a very small cast of female side characters]] yet Saki's tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** On the other hand, [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Saki's relationship with Maria is extremely downplayed]] when compared to [[YaoiGuys Satoru and Shun]]. Satoru and Shun have a messy break-up that is heavily dramatized with lingering feelings while [[BaitandSwitchLesbisans]]Saki and Maria's feels more like a phase.]] Then Maria [[spoiler:dies]], [[SmurfettePrinciple leaving Saki the only female]] [[DoubleStandard in a group]] where Everyone is Bi. Add buckets of Foe Yay from all of the male between the male protagonists and male antagonists, [[CastFullofPrettyBoys a very small cast of female side characters]] yet Saki's tendency to outshine all of her male companions, and it isn't so inconceivable that [[GirlShowGhetto straight males stopped watching.]]

** [[spoiler:Squealer aka Yakomaru is also most likely this]]. Tomiko even compares what she's feeling from him to be the same as '''K'''.

** Gouma in general.

*** The normal Minoshiro seems to fit the description better: it has a big head, large eyes and stubby little limbs, but also gelatin-like skin and no proper mouth. The Minoshiro-modoki, on the other hand does away with most of the cute traits, instead possessing an elongated body with dignified proportions, but also the same grotesque elements as the normal Minoshiro. YMMV, ofcourse.

* NauseaFuel: The Queen of the Bakenezumi colony. Her appearance is one thing, [[IAmAHumanitarian but the way she treats her people...]]

** Why won't [[spoiler:Shun take off his mask]] in episode 10? Once you've seen [[spoiler:Subaru]], you can get a good idea as to why... [[spoiler:Fortunately, at least the eye we see just before his death looks perfectly normal -- not that it helps the TearJerker factor, mind you.]]

* BaseBreaker: Satoru's relationship with Shun in Episode 8 is a rather unfortunate example of this. Many viewed their relationship as heartwarming and were driven to tears when [[spoiler:Shun ends the relationship just before he transforms into a Gouma.]] Some however were disgusted by this development, ''to the point of dropping the show altogether.''
** The show's decision to [[spoiler:keep Satoru's and Saki's sex scene off-screen]] is quickly becoming a point of contention for fans who read the novel first and those still butt-hurt by Episode 8. [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt Like TV Asahi]] [[FanDumb would really show it.]]

** Despite being [[spoiler:the head of the Ethics Committee]], Satoru's grandmother Asahina Tomiko has earned this status thanks to her kind-heartedness with Saki and her willingness to tell her the truth about Akki and Gouma. [[GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave The fact that she remains physically attractive]] never hurts either.

** The show's decision to [[spoiler:keep Satoru's and Saki's sex scene off-screen]] is quickly becoming a point of contention for fans who read the novel first and those still butt-hurt by Episode 8. [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt Like TV Asahi (a national broadcast network)]] [[FanDumb would really show it.]]