History YMMV / KatsugekiToukenRanbu

*** [[spoiler: Final battle in the last episode, '''Katsugeki''',]] may count as well.

** In the eleventh episode, after the destruction of Satsuma residence, [[spoiler:many people lost their lives to the tragic events caused by the Retrograde Army.]] Not even Izuminokami, Mutsunokami or Konnosuke expected the Retrograde Army to destroy the Satsuma residence. Horikawa only managed to save a young girl, who was the only one to survive the fire.
** In the twelfth episode, the Saniwa's body begins to [[spoiler:disappear due to reaching their limit for staying in the past for too long.]] If they don't make it back in time, [[spoiler:they will cease to exist.]]
** After the Saniwa reveals how many Revisionists will appear to the remaining Second Unit, this is one of the unavoidable situations that both units will be facing in the final battle. However, the First Unit has never faced this many before. There's a chance that [[spoiler:none of them will make it out alive after the final battle.]]

* HolyShitQuotient: Tonbokiri's fight in episode 5, and his critical injuries against the Ootachi is seen as this. Most people didn't think he'd be the first to get hurt like this, considering his position in the story and his middling popularity compared to some of the other swords. But when his cracking happened, Website/{{Twitter}} ''blew up''.

* HolyShitQuotient: Tonbokiri's fight in episode 5, and his critical injuries against the Ootachi is seen as this. Most people didn't think he'd be the first to get hurt like this considering his position in the story and his middling popularity compared to some of the other swords, but when his cracking happened Website/{{Twitter}} ''blew up''.

** At the end of "Battle of Hakodate", Tennosuke doesn't appear in this episode and has instead been replaced by Horikawa. It's possible that [[spoiler:Horikawa disposed of him in order to become closer to his former master, Hijikata.]]

** In the tenth episode, after Horikawa realizes that history is already starting to slightly change and alter because of instability of the Bakumatsu time-space, he thinks it would be of little consequence to [[spoiler:kill Ryoma, since this will prevent the eventual death and suffering of his former master Hijikata.]] Towards the end of the episode, it is implied that Horikawa is planning to [[spoiler: push through with his plan to kill Ryoma and thus change history,]] if it means saving his former master from his demise.

** At the end of "Battle of Hakodate", Tennosuke doesn't appear in this episode, but instead he's been replaced by Horikawa. It's possible that [[spoiler:Horikawa disposed of him in order to become closer to his former master, Hijikata.]]

** At the end of "Battle of Hakodate", Tennosuke doesn't appear in this episode, but instead he's been replaced by Horikawa. It's possible that [[spoiler:Horikawa disposed of him in order to become closer his former master, Hijikata.]]

** At the end of "Battle of Hakodate", Tennosuke doesn't appear in this episode, but instead has been replaced by Horikawa. It's possible that [[spoiler:Horikawa disposed of him in order to become closer his former master, Hijikata.]]

** Having another adaptation focused on some of TheShinsengumi swords. ''Hanamaru'' already focused on Kiyomitsu and Yasusada, and with the protagonists of ''Katsugeki'' being Izuminokami and Mutsunokami (sword of Sakamoto Ryouma, one of the Shinsengumi's more well known opponents), with Horikawa playing a major role in the story as well, some fans are sick of it altogether.
*** Somewhat alleviated with the full reveal of the first unit in episode 6 and their mission detailing that they will be visiting a time period that is not Bakamatsu ( or related to the Shinsengumi at all, for that matter) thus giving focus to the first unit as a group rather than having the entirety of the series revolve around the second unit and by extension, the Shinsengumi swords, to the relief of the fans.

** Almost out of the starting gate, with how Horikawa is portrayed in this adaptation. Since he's been newly summoned and is taking some pointers from Izuminokami, some fans think their dynamic is reversed from that of the game and that Horikawa's relative inexperience takes away the knowledge and efficiency he had as the game version. Others are happy to see Horikawa with characterization that isn't completely centered around praising Izuminokami or being his bodyguard, and yet still others are calling him a retread of ''[[Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru Hanamaru]]'''s portrayal of Yamatonokami Yasusada.

** Lazy Kebiishi/Kebiishi not doing their jobs.[[note]]Despite being known to show up during big time anomalies in the original game, the Kebiishi haven't shown up once to fight the Touken Danshi or the Retrograde Army with all the deviations that have been caused throughout the season. Some fans jokingly pit this against their behavior in ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'', where they showed up immediately to [[spoiler:stop Yamatonokami from interfering with Okita Souji's next to last battle.]][[/note]]

* MemeticMutation: "''Touken Ranbu'' is my favorite ''Fate'' anime".[[note]]Aside from the studio connections, some ufotable fans are calling it a stealth ''Fate'' series based on the title naming scheme ("[=Katsugeki/[X]=]" compared to "[=Fate/[X]=]") and its focus on some form of historical figures, and started matching up certain plot beats and characters to keep up the joke.[[/note]]
** As shown above in HilariousInHindsight, Tonbokiri is a Lancer.
** Yamanbagiri [[https://twitter.com/sayox102/status/896368357984747520 is]] [[https://twitter.com/engw13/status/893869770960916481 apparently]] ''Katsugeki'''s version of Saber--in this case, her ''[[FatePrototype Prototype]]'' universe counterpart.
** After episode 10, Horikawa's character is getting [[https://twitter.com/aya30ro/status/904017902830882816 compared to]] [[spoiler:Sakura circa ''Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel'']].

* Lazy Kebiishi/Kebiishi not doing their jobs.[[note]]Despite being known to show up during big time anomalies in the original game, the Kebiishi haven't shown up once to fight the Touken Danshi or the Retrograde Army with all the deviations that have been caused throughout the season. Some fans jokingly pit this against their behavior in ''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'', where they showed up immediately to [[spoiler:stop Yamatonokami from interfering with Okita Souji's next to last battle.]]

** In "Former Master", It doesn't explain how Ryouma managed to get way from the Retrograde Tantou, but it's possible that his bodyguard protected him and bought some time for him to escape. We see that Ryouma's bodyguard received a shallow wound on his head already, so one can piece together that he might have fought the Retrograde Tantou and managed to defeat it, but at the cost of getting injured.

** In "Iron Law", The reason why Sakamoto Ryoma and his companions left the Satsuma residence early, instead of departing in two weeks time as recorded was because [[spoiler: history is starting to slowly change due to the instability of time-space.]] It's a good thing though, since [[spoiler:the Retrograde Army burned down the Satsuma residence later that night, thinking Ryoma was still inside.]] Had Ryoma not left earlier on, [[spoiler:he would have been killed by the Retrograde Army along with his companions.]]

** In "Iron Law", The reason why Sakamoto Ryoma and his companions left the Satsuma residence early, instead of departing in two weeks time as recorded is because [[spoiler: history is starting to slowly change due to the instability of time-space.]] It's a good thing though, since [[spoiler:the Retrograde Army burned down the Satsuma residence later that night, thinking Ryoma was still inside.]] Had Ryoma not left earlier on, [[spoiler:he would have been killed by the Retrograde Army along with his companions.]]

** In "Iron Law", The reason why Sakamoto Ryoma and his companions left the Satsuma residence early instead of departing in two weeks time as recorded is because [[spoiler: history is starting to slowly change due to the instability of time-space.]] It's a good thing though, since [[spoiler:the Retrograde Army burned down the Satsuma residence later that night, thinking Ryoma was still inside.]] Had Ryoma not left earlier on, [[spoiler:he would have been killed by the Retrograde Army along with his companions.]]

** In "Iron Law", The reason why Sakamoto Ryoma and his companions left the Satsuma residence early instead of departing in two weeks time as recorded is because [[spoiler:history is slowly starting to change due to the instability of time-space.]] It's a good thing though that Ryoma and his companions left early since [[spoiler:the Retrograde Army had burned down the Satsuma residence later that night, thinking Ryoma was still inside.]] Had Ryoma not left earlier on, [[spoiler:he would have been killed by the Retrograde Army along with his companions.]]

** In "Iron Law", The reason why Sakamoto Ryoma and his companions have to leave the Satsuma residence early instead of waiting two weeks to depart it's because [[spoiler:of his encounter with the Retrograde Army,]] he realizes that it's not safe to lay low in Kyoto. It's a good thing that Ryoma and his companions left early since [[spoiler:the Retrograde Army had already burned down the Satsuma residence as they thought Ryoma was staying at the Satsuma residence.]] If he hadn't left the Satsuma residence early, [[spoiler:he would have been killed by the Retrograde Army along with his companions.]]

* FridgeBrilliance: In "Former Master", It doesn't explain how Ryouma managed to get way from the Retrograde Tantou, but it's possible that his bodyguard [[spoiler:protected him and bought some time for him to escape.]] We see that Ryouma's bodyguard received a shallow wound on his head already, so one can piece together that [[spoiler:he might have fought the Retrograde Tantou and managed to defeat it, but at the cost of getting injured]].

** We get a cameo of Okita Souji during Episode 10, showing a more accurate depiction of him as he looks more in line with his real-life historical counterpart, (including the topknot hairstyle, making him look less [[AdaptationalAttractiveness attractive]] than how he normally looks in fiction). Given that Yamatonokami heavily bases his appearance off of his master, and that in ''Hanamaru'' he and his old master look almost exactly alike, one can joke if Yamatonokami ended up looking the same as Okita here as well.

** In the eleventh episode, after the destruction of Satsuma residence, [[spoiler:many people lost their lives in the tragic events caused by the Retrograde Army.]] Not even Izuminokami, Mutsunokami or Konnosuke expected the Retrograde Army to destroy the Satsuma residence. Horikawa only managed to save a young girl, who was the only one to survive the fire.

* FridgeBrilliance: In "Former Master", It doesn't explain how Ryouma managed to get way from the Retrograde Tantou, but it's possible that his bodyguard [[spoiler:protected him and bought some time for him to escape.]] We see that Ryouma's bodyguard received a shallow wound on his head already, so one can piece together that [[spoiler:he might have fought the Retrograde Tantou and managed to defeat it, but at the cost getting injured]].

** Yamanbagiri is [[https://twitter.com/engw13/status/893869770960916481 apparently]] ''Katsugeki'''s version of Saber--in this case, her ''[[FatePrototype Prototype]]'' universe counterpart.

** In the fourth episode, Yagen is outnumbered by the enemies, with his life on the line, with his leg badly injured and unable to fight back. This is one of the situations where he fears to face an unavoidable death. If Tsurumaru hadn't appeared and saved Yagen, his life would have come to an end.