History YMMV / KagerouProject

* MoodDissonance: [[CanNotSpitItOut Yuukei Yesterday]] is a cute, fun song about Takane's feelings for Haruka, except towards the end, when we see [[JustBeforeTheEnd her video game persona]] running up a hill and crying... Oh god. That means that [[spoiler: the song ends with Takane in the Daze, going through the events of Headphone Actor]]. The song, however, never loses its cheery vibe.

** There seems to be a division within the fandom Shaft's renderation of Kagepro. Some people believe Shaft is doing an amazing job at it while others feel Shaft is being lazy. [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Any more on either side seems to light very heated discussions.]]

* {{Narm}}: Ayano's Theory of Happiness in the anime is... [[NightmareFuel something, alright.]]

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Kuroha]]'s expression in the [=MekakuCity Records=] crossfade PV.

** If you're depressed or harboring emotional baggage, ''speak up about it'', you're only going to hurt yourself and possibly others by trying to tough it out. Shintaro, [[spoiler:Kano]], and Ayano ''all'' could've spared themselves and their loved ones alot of anguish if they opened up about their issues sooner.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Konoha. For all of his importance in the story, he ends up [[spoiler:possessed by the Snake of Clearing Eyes, revealed to be the result of Haruka's body on "autopilot", and in the most positive route uses his base snake to give Haruka back control of their body, resulting in him [[CesationOfExistence ceasing to exist]]. While fans are more than happy to have Haruka back and participating in many illustrations, some are miffed that Konoha is narratively shafted in favor of the boy.]]

** Kano was [[AbusiveParents beaten by his mother]] from a young age, but he still loved her anyway. Trying to protect her jewelry from robbers, both he and his mother were stabbed to death. He came back with the Snake of Deceiving Eyes, who [[BecomingTheMask Encouraged him]] [[ConsummateLiar to lie.]] Then, when he finally found a [[HappilyAdopted new family]] his new [[CoolBigSis big sister]] and rolemodel committed suicide. He was forced to work for the Snake of Clearing Eyes after that, practically scheming against his own family under the risk that they'd be killed otherwise. He has to shoulder this all on his own, and keep up a masquerade that everything's okay.

* {{Narm}}: Ayano's Theory of Happiness in the anime is... [[NightmareFuel Something, alright.]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Ene's detractors have a ''very'' difficult time looking past episode 5 of the anime, where she's at her most [[NoSympathy pointlessly]] [[{{Jerkass}} cruel.]]

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: If you're depressed or harboring emotional baggage, ''speak up about it'', you're only going to hurt yourself and possibly others by trying to tough it out.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Konoha. For all of his iportance in the story, he ends up [[spoiler:possessed by the Snake of Clearing Eyes, revealed to be the result of Haruka's body on "autopilot", and in the most positive route uses his base snake to give Haruka back control of their body, resulting in him [[CesationOfExistence ceasing to exist]]. While fans are more than happy to have Haruka back and participating in many illustrations, some are miffed that Konoha is narratively shafted in favor of the boy.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Konoha. For all of his iportance in the story, he ends up [[spoiler:possessed by the Snake of Clearing Eyes, revealed to be the result of Haruka's body on "autopilot", and in the most positive route uses his base snake to give Haruka back control of their body, resulting in him [[CesationOfExistence ceasing to exist]]. While fans are more than happy to have Haruka back and participating in many illustrations, some are miffed that Konoha is narrative shafted in favor of the boy.]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: So far, every route in the series except for ''Anime/MekakucityActors'' has ended with [[spoiler: the Clearing Eyes Snake [[TheBadGuyWins winning]]]]. Some fans have gotten upset that both the light novels and manga, which they had been following for ''years'', both ended with [[spoiler: Clearing Eyes killing most of the cast and Marry rewinding time again.]]

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: So far, every route in the series except for ''Anime/MekakucityActors'' has ended with [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins the Clearing Eyes Snake winning]]]]. Some fans have gotten upset that both the light novels and manga, which they had been following for ''years'', both ended with [[spoiler: Clearing Eyes killing most of the cast and Marry rewinding time again.]]

** The Kagerou Daze time loop, and its affect on Hibiya in Otsukimi Recital. The poor kid is literally having flashbacks from minor things like seeing a cat or a child on a swing.

** Is Shintaro a cruel and selfish person who needlessly lashes out at basically everyone and pins the blame of things on others? Or is he a [[AmbiguousDisorder blatantly]] [[NervousWreck mentally]] [[DrivenToSuicide ill]] character with emotional problems and a TraumaCongaLine only making said problems worse?

** There seems to be a division within the fandom Shaft's renderation of Kagepro. Some people believe Shaft is doing an amazing job at it while others feel Shaft is being lazy. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Any more on either side seems to light very heated discussions.]]

* CounterpartComparison: The characters and some of the plot bare some notable similarities with those of the Persona series.
** Hibiya can remind some of Ken. It helps that both are basically the youngest of their respective groups.
** Kano is practically Junpei.
** Kido shares some with Mitsuru.
** Ayano and Maya.
** The Mekakushi Dan with the Masked Circle in regards to origin and background.
** Shintaro and Shinjiro.
*** Also possibly Futaba.
** Momo and Rise.
** Marry and Rei.
** Kunoha and Aigis.
** [[spoiler:Kuroha]] and [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep]].

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: ''Moon Viewing Recital'' as a whole. Especially considering it came after many really [[TearJerker depressing songs.]] [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Momo's]] interactions with [[DeadpanSnarker Hibiya]] are all too cute, and it's nice to watch Momo help Hibiya slowly get over his SurvivorGuilt was very nice to watch. [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther Shintaro watching out for Momo at the end made it sweeter.]]
** ''Summertime Record'', and the fandom's response to it. [[spoiler: Ayano would be proud.]]

** For the {{Ho Yay}} variant we have [[ChildhoodFriends Seto/Kano]], [[FoeYay Shintaro/Kano]] and [[HeterosexualLifePartners Konoha/Shintaro]] or [[spoiler: [[{{FoeYay}} Kuroha/Shintaro]]]]. For the {{Les Yay}} variant we have [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Kido/Momo]] and [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Momo/Marry]].

** [[spoiler: Haruka]] is the person that offered Shintaro his first Cola... which is his {{trademark favorite drink}}.

* MemeticMutation: "May soda be eternal" and [[CargoShip Shintaro/Soda]] in general
** [[spoiler: Kuroha]] being associated with bees, in reference to his color scheme.

** The order in which the music videos were released as well. After Konoha's State of the World, a continuation of Heat Haze Daze, Kisaragi Attention was released, which is one of the happiest songs in the series. And following Yuukei Yesterday's release was the [[NightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel-induced]] Outer Science. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming Summertime Record]] was completed two days after.

** [[spoiler: Kuroha crosses it prior to the series' beginning]], when he [[spoiler: tricks Ayano into committing suicide.]] Or, arguably even earlier when he [[spoiler: manipulates Azami into creating the Daze, knowing fully that she'd suffer forever because of it.]]

* SacredCow: The original Vocaloid songs are so universally treasured that merely criticizing them is considered blasphemy. Part of the backlash against the [[MekakucityActors anime]] was how much it diverged from the original. Its rendition of ''Ayano's Theory of Happiness'' was particularly loathed for turning one of the most beloved songs in the fandom into a poorly animated CGI nightmare.

** '''Instead:''' She believes everything he says and [[spoiler: jumps off the school roof to her death. Surprise, surprise, the Snake was lying and Ayano killed herself for no reason, and with her out of the picture, the Snake goes about his plans to kill Haruka and Takane without interference.]]

** Kanokido has caused some fights to break out, especially with Kidomomo fans. Some see it as [[BrotherSisterIncest an incestuous ship,]] and others [[NotBloodSiblings don't see them as brother and sister at all.]] After the Future anthology was released, it led to some really nasty spats and threats from both parties.

* CompleteMonster: [[TheChessmaster The Snake of Clearing Eyes]], or [[ManipulativeBastard Wide-Open Eyes Snake]], [[FanNickname nicknamed]] [[spoiler:Kuroha]] [[FanNickname by the fandom]], is one of [[GorgeousGorgon Azami's]] snakes, and is the BigBad of the entire franchise. After scoffing at [[spoiler:Shion and Marry's]] deaths, he manipulates Azami into letting him and the other snakes free so they can live, allowing him to escape into the real world and possess Kenjirou Tateyama. He then goes about granting his host's subconscious wish to see his deceased wife again by taking over his body while he sleeps and [[WouldHurtAChild arranging the murders of his students]] [[spoiler:Takane and Haruka]]. When [[spoiler:Kenjirou's daughter Ayano]] discovered his plans, he tricked her into killing herself in an ill-fated attempt to thwart him, smirking sadistically as the Daze swallows her. He then forces her stepbrother Kano to help him cover up her fate as a regular suicide before carrying out his murders without incident. Two years later, he still hasn't fulfilled Kenjirou's wish since doing so would end his existence, and when the [[spoiler:Mekakushi Dan]] discover him, he injures and possesses Konoha and proceeds to murder all of them in quick succession, forcing Marry to reset the timeline to avert this tragedy. He repeats this an unknown amount of times before finally being defeated in [[Anime/MekakucityActors the anime]]. Murdering the same group of teens over and over again partly to maintain his own existence and partly because [[{{Sadist}} the suffering of others amuses him,]] the Snake of Clearing Eyes was willing to lock the entire world in a GroundhogDayLoop just to maintain his existence for eternity.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Though Ayano obviously always meant well, and everything she did was for the sake of her friends and family, many of those things were... not very well thought out. [[spoiler: Such as pulling off her suicide stunt when ''Kano was right there'', and just in general getting him involved in a situation that ultimately made his already poor emotional health even worse. Not to mention Kido and Seto who also suffered from losing her. Ayano was so concerned for her adopted sibling's lives that the emotional impacts her death would have on them apparently slipped her mind.]]

** The Mekakushi Dan with the Masked Circle.

* CounterpartComparison: Persona.
** Ken and Hibiya

** [[spoiler: Kuroha]] too in some smaller circles, due to the fact he mostly serves as a plot device and originally wasn't even supposed to be part of the story until he was inserted into an official Music Video. There are also people who get annoyed whenever [[DracoInLeatherPants fans are diehard for him]], finding him overrated.

* HoYay[=/=]LesYay: With mainly the pairings Kidomomo, Setokano and Konoshin.

** Name one Konoshin shipper that doesn't [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130614170930/kagerouproject/images/8/82/Reason3.jpg dig this.]]

** Kano also has a pretty large fanbase due to both being funny, and also having a heartwrenching backstory. Some, though, feel the [[TraumaCongaLine his backstory and subsequent suffering]] make him narmy and a [[SpotlightStealingSquad jerk who gets too much attention]] both by Jin and the fandom itself.

* Ken and Hibiya