History YMMV / LogHorizon

** ''Tsumeta...tsumeta....''

* FanDumb: 娼姫 (literally "whore princess") , one of the subclasses mentioned by Shiroe (and shown via list in the anime) elicited a strong response among the English-speaking fandom, to say the least, due to how it can be translated as "prostitute" (most prefer "Courtesan" though). During the impromptu Q&A Mamare gave when he made a surprise visit to 4chan, he cited the real-world influences to this, and how viewers shouldn't see the subclass as the equivalent of a normal sex worker. For clarification, the closest modern equivalent would be an "escort". While sex is still implied to be part of the equation, mostly they provide companionship to the rich and powerful. It is this connection with holders of power that allow them to influence their clients, up to and including matters of national policy [[spoiler:which is ''exactly'' what Nureha, the user of the subclass, actually does]].

* FanDumb: 娼&#23019 (literally "whore princess") , one of the subclasses mentioned by Shiroe (and shown via list in the anime) elicited a strong response among the English-speaking fandom, to say the least, due to how it can be translated as "prostitute". During the impromptu Q&A Mamare gave when he made a surprise visit to 4chan, he cited the real-world influences to this, and how viewers shouldn't see the subclass as the equivalent of a normal sex worker. For clarification, the closest modern equivalent would be an "escort". While sex is still implied to be part of the equation, mostly they provide companionship to the rich and powerful. It is this connection with holders of power that allow them to influence their clients, up to and including matters of national policy [[spoiler:which is ''exactly'' what Nureha, the user of the subclass, actually does]].

* FanDumb: A certain sub-class can be translated as 'Prostitute', which makes some people uncomfortable, and said people are extremely loud. What doesn't translate is the cultural nuance of that sub-class should be translated as 'Courtesan'. The author himself descended upon the frothing hate machine to [[WordOfGod clarify things]]! At least it's not 'two years worth of load'.

** The comparison gets better: [[spoiler:The Landsfolk A.I. slowly grow to be more human-like through data gained from player existence. Can we say they are crowd version of... [[Franchise/DotHack Aura]]?]]

** ''Zuuto...zuuto....''

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: This is not the first anime to have a 'trapped in VR' storyline. SAO and [[OlderThanTheyThink .hack]] came before and some see no difference in this one.

* FanDumb: A certain sub-class can be translated as 'Prostitute', which makes some people uncomfortable, and said people are extremely loud. What doesn't translate is the cultural nuance of that sub-class, it really should be translated as 'Courtesan'. Heck, the author himself descended upon the frothing hate machine to [[WordOfGod clarify things]]! Hey, at least it's not 'two years worth of load'.

* MarySue: {{Downplayed}} greatly. Shiro used be a key member of the legendary raiding group Debauchery Tea Party, but due to the change of the world, now he must re-learn a lot of things. The re-learning takes some time. Another factor is that ''everyone'' is level 90 (the level cap) or near it, and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles when everyone's high leveled, no one will be.]]

* MarySue: {{Downplayed}} greatly. Shiro used to lead the legendary raiding group Debauchery Tea Party, but due to the change of the world, now he must re-learn a lot of things. The re-learning takes some time. Another factor is that ''everyone'' is level 90 (the level cap) or near it, and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles when everyone's high leveled, no one will be.]]

* AngstWhatAngst: The protagonists take their unexpected imprisonment in a video game surprisingly well, and complain that most of the other players are getting too worked up over it (possibly a subtle TakeThat to its [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline more angsty predecsssor]]).
** Notably, there are ''many'' players who angst about it, but those players are not the main characters.

* MarySue: {{Downplayed}} greatly. Shiro used to lead the legendary raiding group Debauchery Tea Party, but due to the change of the world, now he must re-learn a lot of things. The re-learning takes some times. Another factor is that ''everyone'' is level 90 (the level cap) or near it, and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles when everyone's high leveled, no one will be.]]

* MarySue: {{Downplayed}} greatly. Shiro used to lead the legendary raiding group Debauchery Tea Party, but due to the change of the world, now he must re-learn a lot of things. The re-learning takes some times, [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline unlike a certain swordsman]]. Another factor is that ''everyone'' is level 90 (the level cap) or near it, and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles when everyone's high leveled, no one will be.]]
** To be fair, Sword Art Online was already a VR game, while Eldar Tales was a normal computer MMORPG. There was nothing new to get used to in Sword Art Online, besides the perma-death.

* MaryTzu: {{Downplayed}} greatly. Shiro used to lead the legendary raiding group Debauchery Tea Party, but due to the change of the world, now he must re-learn a lot of things. The re-learning takes some times, [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline unlike a certain swordsman]]. Another factor is that ''everyone'' is level 90 (the level cap) or near it, and [[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles when everyone's high leveled, no one will be.]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans have complained about Shiroe actually taking significant damage in their first battle, instead of only trivial amounts in the novel... even though his dwindling health is only used as a cliffhanger for the InMediasRes opening scene, and isn't even brought up when the full battle is shown.
* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Good luck explaining how it's different from SAO or [[OlderThanTheyThink .hack]].

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Good luck explaining how it's different from SAO.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: Good luck explaining how it's different from SAO. Here's a fact: ''both'' web novels started around the same time (2011).

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans have complained about Shiroe actually taking significant damage in their first battle, instead of only trivial amounts in the novel... even though his dwindling health is only used as a cliffhanger for the InMediasRes opening scene, and isn't even brought up when the full battle is shown.

* {{Moe}}: Akatsuki. It's acknowledged in-universe.

* EarWorm: ''Database! Database! We're living in the database!''

* MaryTzu: {{Downplayed}} greatly. Shiro used to lead the legendary raiding group Debauchery Tea Party, but due to the change of the world, now he must re-learn a lot of things. The re-learning takes some times, [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline unlike a certain swordsman]].
* {{Moe}}: Akatsuki. It's even acknowledged in-universe.

* AngstWhatAngst: The protagonists take their unexpected imprisonment in a video game surprisingly well, and complain that most of the other players are getting too worked up over it (possibly a subtle TakeThat to its [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline more angsty predecsssor]]).