History YMMV / KonoSuba

* TheWoobie: Poor, poor [[TheChewToy Yunyun]] needs a hug. Since [[FriendlessBackground childhood]], she was often [[ButtMonkey the object of ridicule from her peers]] and was [[TheRival obsessed with defeating Megumin]], who had her own troubles to worry about. She has tried to make friends ever since childhood (which even had [[AnimalsHateHer plants and animals ditch her]]), but either they often took advantage of her (especially her classmates as stated above), they considered her a weirdo because of the ways she tried to befriend them, or they were simply beginner adventurers who felt a bit uncomfortable due to the fact [[CrutchCharacter she's already a proper mage]]. Not to mention, whenever she rescues beginner adventurers and clearly had the chance of making friends with them after their rescue, her troubled nature causes her to end up apologizing for saving them and wandering away without them, thus [[NiceJobBreakingItHero there go what could've been a party for herself]]. Lastly, there's the fact once [[OnePersonBirthdayParty nobody showed up to a birthday party of her]]. No wonder why she clings onto Kazuma and his party so much -- despite still finding her strange, they are ''the only ones'' even willing to give her the time of the day (even Megumin). Despite most of the misfortunes Yunyun goes through being played for BlackComedy, many fans [[DudeNotFunny disagree]] and actually feel bad for her.

* TearJerker:
** Kazuma's background and his death can be considered this; particularly the fact that his parents, the medics, and the doctor who declared him dead [[BlackComedy laughed at the whole thing]] (though [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation it's possible that Aqua was making this up to be mean to Kazuma and rub in how senseless his death was.]]) Even if Kazuma can be a bit of a jerk, [[FridgeHorror that's pretty awful, and it shows how lonely and unloved Kazuma was]].
** Keele and his wife's backstory. Full on.
** Yunyun's loneliness. Obviously it's played as BlackComedy, but even then it's kind of sad seeing [[OnePersonBirthdayParty how no one even bothered to go to her birthday]].
** Megumin's childhood was quite miserable thanks to her poverty. She sometimes had a really hard time even finding stuff to eat and drink!
** [[spoiler:The deaths of Wolbach and (in the prequel spinoff) her two demon followers are all kind of sad, in large part because none of them are actually evil; Wolbach herself had saved Megumin's life when the latter was a child (an act which also inspired her lifelong passion for Explosions), and Hoost had built an OddFriendship with Megumin's little sister Komekko.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Arch-Devil Vanir]], one of the seven Dukes of Hell and retired general of the Demon Lord, renovates a dungeon to battle against adventurers and prank them, letting him feed of their negative emotions and keep himself entertained. Unable to enter the inner-sanctum of a dungeon because of a purifying circle, Vanir attempts to kill the drawer by body-jacking Darkness. Though struggling to take control of her body, Vanir eventually does so and even forms a cordial relationship with her. Accepting his defeat and remaining brave even in the face of seeming death, Vanir is revealed to have survived and now runs a magic item shop to help Kazuma on his future adventures. Later on, he takes advantage of [[spoiler:Darkness' debt-induced marriage to buy all of Kazuma's intellectual property, make a huge profit off of it (at least until Wiz wastes it), free his fellow Arch-Devil Maxwell from Alderp, and set up the wicked landlord's downfall.]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: Darkness being a blonde masochist was done a exactly a month before by Erina in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/GonnaBeTheTwinTail Ore, Twintails Ni Narismasu]]. Even Erina's older transformation bears a similar look in face, hairstyle and outfit as Darkness.

* SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel: Both ending songs are uncharacteristically comfy and lax considering the fact that the three heroines are singing them, and combined with the mundane activities they're shown doing, it makes it a very pleasant watch.

** When Kazuma selects Aqua as his Cheat Item, he gloats about how he is going to use her all up to have an easy life, to which Aqua reacts by calling him a creep and covering herself. The implication seems to be that Aqua assumes Kazuma is going to do something perverted towards her, but this comes across as a bit awkward because Kazuma's statement doesn't really have anything sexual to it. The dub actually clarifies this by having Kazuma refer to using Aqua's powers by saying he will; "tap that". "Tap that" is an english slang for wanting to have sex or having sexual interaction with someone, which makes Aqua's reaction make a lot more sense now.

** [[spoiler:The deaths of Wolbach and (in the prequel spinoff) her two demon followers are all kind of sad, in large part because none of them are actually evil; Wolbach herself had saved Megumin's life when the latter was a child (an act which also inspired her lifelong passion about Explosions), and Hoost had built an OddFriendship with Megumin's little sister Komekko.]]

** [[spoiler:The deaths of Wolbach and her two demon followers are all kind of sad, in large part because none of them are actually evil; Wolbach herself had saved Megumin's life when the latter was a child (an act which also inspired her lifelong passion about Explosions), and Hoost had built an OddFriendship with Megumin's little sister Komekko.]]

* [[spoiler:The deaths of Wolbach and her two demon followers are all kind of sad, in large part because none of them are actually evil; Wolbach herself had saved Megumin's life when the latter was a child (an act which also inspired her lifelong passion about Explosions), and Hoost had built an OddFriendship with Megumin's little sister Komekko.]]

** [[YuriFangirl Yurification:]] [[note]]Take one LesYay screencap or fanart (any franchise will do). Add an image of Aqua frantically trying to purify the crocodile-infested water, change her frantic screams of "Purification! Purification! Purification!" to "Yurification! Yurification! Yurification!", and voila. Photoshop changing her expression from terror to lust optional, but hilarious.[[/note]]

** In episode 3 of the ''Explosion'' anime, Yunyun names Chomsuke ''Kuro'', which means "black" in Japanese. However, probably because of racial sensitivity, it was changed to "Ink"[[note]] ''which is either'' sumi-e ''or just'' Inku ''in Japanese[[/note]] for the English subs.

** Would Kyouya Mitsurugi have actually used Gram against Kazuma in the duel he proposed? Given the series establishes him as a NiceGuy outside of his flaws and the fact that Kuzuma preemptively attacks him, it entirely possible he would have been willing to fight with a handicap.

** The second season was very divisive while it was airing. Debates on the second season range from the humor, which is either seen as a step up from the first season (since it grew beyond the parody humor), or is weaker since the style of humor wears thin and it begins to feel more like a typical fantasy with some jokes thrown in (rather than a parody of fantasy light novels). There's also the animation which is either praised as StylisticSuck or even praised for being creative and the animation style being seen as a complement to the humor the show is going for. Others were less forgiving of the animation actually seeing it as DEEN not caring or at worse being a sign of the second season being a phoned-in cash cow sequel.

* SignatureScene:
** [[FantasticNuke EXPLOSION!!!]]
** The [[HamAndCheese surprisingly-hilarious]] DownerEnding to episode 9 of season 2, where [[spoiler: Kazuma, after being hounded by Axis Cult members all throughout the town, runs into a little girl he figures is the sole non-cultist in town, and crosses the DespairEventHorizon after he finds out even she's a member of the Axis Cult]].
** Kazuma's [[SignatureMove signature]] "[[ImpossibleThief Steal]]" used to take a girl's panties.
** Also, [[https://archive-media-1.nyafuu.org/vp/image/1540/22/1540225024629.png Aqua freaking out]] and [[https://i.redd.it/mj9cq2lim6q11.gif Aqua's]] crying.

* MagnificentBastard: [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Arch-Devil Vanir]], one of the seven Dukes of Hell and retired general of the Demon Lord, renovates a dungeon to battle against adventurers and prank them, letting him feed of their negative emotions and keep himself entertained. Unable to enter the inner-sanctum of a dungeon because of a purifying circle, Vanir attempts to kill the drawer by body-jacking Darkness. Though struggling to take control of her body, Vanir eventually does so and even forms a cordial relationship with her. Accepting his defeat and remaining brave even in the face of seeming death, Vanir is revealed to have survived and now runs a magic item shop to help Kazuma on his future adventures.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Though it can be somewhat chalked up to the story's frivolous tone, [[spoiler:the Demon King isn't quite the threat he was hyped up to be, ultimately outwitted and defeated in a one-on-one with Kazuma.]]