History YMMV / Kakegurui

* {{Adorkable}}: The Vice-President. [[spoiler: She is only able to maintain to her confident persona whenever she has her mask on. The second it gets removed, she turns into a ShrinkingViolet. This tends to make her the butt of the joke during her interactions with Mary, who has little patience for both sides of her personality.]]

'''Instead:''' Rei, despite realizing what's going on, doesn't quit the game and loses all her votes.
* TheWoobie: It's hard not to sympathize with Tsubomi after it's revealed that her classmates used to abuse her very often, cutting her hair or forcing her to undress for guys. No wonder she turned into an EmotionlessGirl.

* AwesomeMusic: The OST has both exciting and downright haunting themes. One track that comes to mind is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbdP7WtzfH8 Something Like Joy]], that plays for the first time in episode 10 of the first season when Kaede is trying to break Sumeragi's sprit, while Yumeko is daring her take her life in her own hands and to bet everything. The music, with the crying violins and sublime piano, highlights the whole scene's gravitas.

* FanPreferredCouple: Thanks to the huge amount of ShipTease and FoeYay between Saotome and Jabami, not to mention the fact that they are both the main characters of this work, most fans want to see them together.

** Is Yumeko Jabami an insane and cynical monster that will do any immoral action if there is excitement in it, or is she just a ManipulativeBastard with a cold mind that masterly manages to manipulate people and punish scammers? Or is she, even if only in her mind, a NiceGirl trying to share her orgasmic love for gaming with her friends because she thinks everyone would feel the same thrill? Also on the matter of Yumeko, are her actions fueled only by her addiction to gambling, or are they also to provide support for her sister, who’s locked up in a mental asylum?

** What is the nature of the relationship between the three protagonists? Are Mary and Yumeko in love with Suzui and have a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship among themselves? Or is the LesYay between them in fact symbolizing their mutual lesbian feelings for each other, and Suzui is JustFriends for them?

** [[spoiler:Ikishima first gets an orgasm with all the details from the idea that Yumeko can kill her, and then in a state of hysteria professes her love for her while drooling excessively and either ''urine or vaginal excretions'' spilling off the table she's on.]] It's a wonder that Yumeko kept a straight face through all that...

** [[spoiler:Ikishima first gets an orgasm with all the details from the idea that Yumeko can kill her, and then in a state of hysteria professes her love for her while drooling excessively and either ''urine or vaginal excretions'' spilling off the table she's on. It's a wonder that Yumeko kept a straight face through all that...]]

** [[spoiler:Ikishima first gets an orgasm with all the details from the idea that Yumeko can kill her, and then in a state of hysteria professes her love for her while drooling excessively and either ''urine or vaginal excretions'' spilling off the table.]]

** [[spoiler:Midari Ikishima gouging her left eye herself to pay off her debt. Even Kirari (who unlike the viewers, watched it in front of her) got shocked for a while in the manga.]]

** [[spoiler:Ikishima first gets an orgasm with all the details from the idea that Yumeko can kill her, and then in a state of hysteria professes her love for her.]]

* NightmareFuel:
** Some of the character's NightmareFace moments can be quite unnerving, especially in the anime.
** The idea that Sumeragi took away someone else's nails as payment after a loss isn't very pleasant. It gets worse after Yumeko begins to fantasize about the pain and bleeding after removing the nails on both hands and feet.
** In the fourth episode it's shown that if a schoolgirl has too much debt, then the Student Council makes for them a "plan of life", which leads them to marry influential businessmen and politicians in exchange for paying off their debts. In particular, they even planned at what age Saotome and Jabami should give birth to children.
** Ikeshima's interrogation and punishment rooms looks like a TortureCellar. At one point we can even notice badly washed up traces of blood...
** Even the most seemingly cute and innocent looking characters can have their own scary moments, effectively shown with one of Runa's subordinates who appears as a cute and energetic girl, only to shoot ''one hell of a DeathGlare'' at Erimi Mushibami after she questions how they expect to maintain neutrality.

** In the anime, having Yumemite be defeated by Sumika singing something as cliche as AmazingGrace (a genre of song that's not particularly in her voice actress / singer Creator/AyahiTakagaki's wheelhouse either) comes off as more ridiculous than showing off Sumika's "superior" singing skills.

** Most of the emotional reactions of Yumeko, such as the scene in the second episode where she grabs own crotch and begins to sweat profusely, biting her finger after thinking about the awful state of the school.

* HardTruthAesop:
** The importance of having a choice is one of the central themes in manga and anime, in particular in one of the episodes Saotome abandons the ideal and successful life for the opportunity to personally manage her actions.
** The main character herself quite bluntly says that a person who does not try to change their position for the better, especially when they have such a chance, deserves said bad position.
** Episode 10 gives the message that people have to sacrifice something to achieve great results. Even if the risk is very high and in case of failure can bring you much grief, this is the price you have to pay for success.

* MisaimedFandom:
** While it definitely has a fair share of people who are extensively obsessed towards 1 character, with the most notable ones being Midari Ikishima (towards Yumeko) and ironically, Sayaka Igarashi (towards Kirari), it is not a show where you can find yanderes, in spite of its reputation.
** Despite having a gorgeous female cast with lots of deliberate LesYay, intentionally {{Fanservice}} scenes are quite few. An average chapter of an ecchi manga would have about as much {{Fanservice}} as the entire arc of Yumeko versus the Student Council combined.

* DieForOurShip: Poor Suzui, he was not lucky to be the only heterosexual LoveInterest in a work that is filled with LesYay and written by a YuriFan. In the best case, he will be simply perceived by people as a useless AudienceSurrogate.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop:
** The importance of having a choice is one of the central themes in manga and anime, in particular in one of the episodes Saotome abandons the ideal and successful life for the opportunity to personally manage her actions.
** The main character herself quite bluntly says that a person who does not try to change their position for the better, especially when they have such a chance, deserves said bad position.
** Episode 10 gives the message that people have to sacrifice something to achieve great results. Even if the risk is very high and in case of failure can bring you much grief, this is the price you have to pay for success.

** The OP of the anime, directed by Sayo Yamamoto, deserves a special mention, with the jazz music, colorful visuals, and 6 volumes worth of references in a minute and a half sequence. To the point that Mother's Basement [[note]]Who is not a huge fan of the work[[/note]] quickly [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkbpNu0xDcA discussed about it in under a month]].

* AntiClimax: The last episode of the first season is anime-original, and while it has input from the original author, [[spoiler:it's still a very basic game that ends up in a draw]], which doesn't make for a very exciting finale.

** Midari Ikishima has become quite popular due to the fact that she is considered too crazy even by the standards of the manga. The anime goes even further, turning the theory of fans that she masturbates thinking about Yumeko into reality. Thus, she got her own spin-off after Mary.
** Kirari Momobami gets a lot of attention because of her BigBad status and EvilIsSexy dynamics.

* NarmCharm:
** Extravagant opening and eccentric directing with a bunch of quirky reaction faces quickly made the anime adaptation famous as an example of this trope.

** In the Stuco Leader Election arc, the Narm being officially dropped out, given if the participants lost the first game and is willing to take on debt votes, they can have the chance quickly regain votes back to participate again. However, the charms shows best in [[spoiler: Sumeragi, not only the votes she lost to Totobami (200) is tough enough to win back, but her way to losing is to see whether she can bring back Manyuda from despair]].

* NarmCharm: Extravagant opening and eccentric directing with a bunch of quirky reaction faces quickly made the anime adaptation famous as an example of this trope.

* AntiClimaxBoss: [[spoiler: Marusame in the 2019 live action film, he won against Kirari once and defeated Mary & Kitawami due to having dynamic vision. However, in the finals he struggled immensely against Jabami & Suzui due to his teammate Arukubi turning against him and only got the chance to win due to Jabami's planning ([[note]] in deciding follow Arubuki's manners (i.e, lose on purpose) and teaming up with Mary in rallying The Village [[/note]].

** While it definitely has a fair share of people who are love obsessed, with the most notable ones being Midari Ikishima (towards Yumeko) and ironically, Sayaka Igarashi (towards Kirari), it is not a show where you can find yanderes, in spite of its reputation.
** Despite having a gorgeous female cast with lots of deliberate LesYay, readers will also be surprised with how many times the manga actually does a {{Fanservice}} scene. An average chapter of an ecchi manga would have about as much {{Fanservice}} as the entire arc of Yumeko versus the Student Council combined.