History YMMV / Nanbaka

* FanNickname: Officer [[Manga/OnePunchMan Saitama]] for Hajime.

* HoYay: Jyugo and Uno are ''very'' close, and it was stated that the two have known each other for a long time. Uno is shown to be caring and protective towards Jyugo, such as when [[spoiler:he tries to stop the latter's rampage at the New Years' Tournament, then practically explodes on Hajime for nearly beating him to death.]] On the other hand, Jyugo finds comfort in Uno's friendship, and even states that he found a reason to look forward to the next day due to a conversation the two had.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLdYDZZqJfU Rin! Rin! Hi! Hi!]] is an unexpectedly catchy tune.

* AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLdYDZZqJfU Rin! Rin! Hi! Hi!]] is an unexpectedly catchy tune.

* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLdYDZZqJfU Rin! Rin! Hi! Hi!]] is an unexpectedly catchy tune.

** ''[[TheProtagonist Jyugo]].'' As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and then, when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he breaks down and admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends in Cell 13 because they had their own goals, hobbies and motivations for breaking out of the prison, while he has never had any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking, and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation he considers himself as an idiot for this,]] and not only an idiot, [[IAmAMonster he also thinks he is a monster because of TMWTS's experiments on him]]. If this wasn't bad enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he unintentionally revealed that is a 'monster'. Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be one of the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies escape alone]]. Said fight ends with with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them. And ''then,'' it is later revealed that '''''his past could possibly be even darker than initially shown''''' because he eventually realizes that large parts of his memories are missing, and that they were likely wiped out by The Man with the Scar experimenting on him more intensely than he initially recalled.]] ''Phew''.

** ''[[TheProtagonist Jyugo]].'' As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and then, when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he breaks down and admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends in Cell 13 because they had their own goals, hobbies and motivations for breaking out of the prison, while he has never had any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking, and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation he considers himself as an idiot for this,]] and not only an idiot, [[IAmAMonster he also thinks he is a monster because of TMWTS's experiments on him]]. If this wasn't bad enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he unintentionally revealed that is a 'monster'. Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be one of the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies escape alone]]. Said fight ends with with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] ''Phew''.

** ''[[TheProtagonist Jyugo]].'' As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and then, when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he breaks down and admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends in Cell 13 because they had their own goals, hobbies and motivations for breaking out of the prison, while he has never had any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking, and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation he considers himself as an idiot for this, and not only an idiot, he also thinks he is a monster because of TMSTS's experiments on him]]. If this wasn't bad enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he unintentionally revealed that is a 'monster'. Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to escape [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies alone]]. Said fight ends with with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] ''Phew''.

* TheWoobie: As the series goes on, nearly every character falls into this at one point or another:

** [[TheProtagonist Jyugo]]. As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and then, when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he breaks down and admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends in Cell 13 because they had their own goals, hobbies and motivations for breaking out of the prison, while he has never had any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking, and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation he considers himself as an idiot for this, and not only an idiot, he also thinks he is a monster because of TMSTS's experiments on him]]. If this wasn't bad enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he unintentionally revealed that is a 'monster'. Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to escape [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies alone]]. Said fight ends with with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] ''Phew''.

** [[TheProtagonist Jyugo]]. As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and then, when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he breaks down and admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends in Cell 13 because they had their own goals, hobbies and motivations for breaking out of the prison, while he has never had any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking, and [[HeroicSelfDeprecation he considers himself as an idiot for this, as well as a monster because of TMSTS's experiments on him]]. If this wasn't bad enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he unintentionally revealed that is a 'monster'. Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to escape [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies alone]]. Said fight ends with with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] ''Phew''.

** [[TheProtagonist Jyugo]] As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he himself admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends of Cell 13 for having their own goals, hobbies etc, because he doesn't have any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking. And the If this wasn't enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he is a 'monster'.Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to escape [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies alone]]. Said fight ends with with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] ''Phew''.

** [[TheProtagonist Jyugo]] As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he himself admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends of Cell 13 for having their own goals, hobbies etc, because he doesn't have any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking. And the If this wasn't enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he is a 'monster'.Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[ OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to escape [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies alone]]. Said fight ends with with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] ''Phew''.

** [[TheProtagonist ''Jyugo'']] As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he himself admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends of Cell 13 for having their own goals, hobbies etc, because he doesn't have any of them. And who can blame him? The only things he ''has'' any knowledge about are prisons and jailbreaking. And the If this wasn't enough, he is now utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he is a 'monster'.Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against [[ OneManArmy Hajime]], who has already beaten the shit out him once, to escape [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies alone]]. Said fight ends with a [[Heartwarmingmoments heartwarming note]] with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape and convincing him to stay with them. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] ''Phew''.

** {{ ''Jyugo.'' TheProtagonist}} As stated above, with the progression of the series, almost every character falls into this at one point or another. But Jyugo ''deserves'' a mention. Poor guy was born in prison and literally ''grew up in prisons'', can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days and when Hajime says that he is 'empty', he himself admits that he has never wanted anything, and that he was jealous of his friends of Cell 13 for having their own goals, hobbies etc, because he doesn't have any of them. And who can blame him? If this wasn't enough, he is utterly terrified that his friends won't accept him as he is a 'monster', Things get better after he is released and accepted back into Cell 13 and Rock, Nico and Uno cheer him up. And after all this, when he finally feels that he can look forward to the next day and is really ''happy'', Elf appears, brutally threatening him that the next person subjected to The Man with The Scar's experiments could very well be the only friends he absolutely ''treasures''. Jyugo, convinced that he will doom them if he stays there any longer, goes up against {{Hajime OneManArmy}}, who has already beaten the shit out him once, to escape {{alone ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies}}. Said fight ends with a {{heartwarming note heartwarmingmoments}} with Rock, Nico and Uno blocking his escape. While it is a happy moment, he now has to live with the constant fear that Elf might one day come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]] Phew.

** ''Jyugo.'' The guy was born in prison, can't really function outside of it, and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light, and he's unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage, nearly killing his friends in the process. Afterwards, he's locked up in the underground cells for several days, and lives with the constant fear that Elf (one of the people who experimented on him) might come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]]

* BrokenBase: The total mood of the series is hard to read, and not everyone is pleased with the darker turn the series took after we're introduced to Musashi and we learn about the [[spoiler:human experiments done to him and Jyugo]]. Some wanted a straight prison escape comedy, and others wish that they'd quit with the comedic bits since they're trying hard to make the serious moments serious.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The inmates of Building 5 (Liang, Upa and Qi) are quite popular amongst fans, particularly after Season 2 gave them some well-received backstories and CharacterDevelopment. The same can be said for Building 3's inmates, Trois and Honey, whose personalities were fleshed out throughout the second season.
* HoYay: Jyugo and Uno are ''very'' close, and it was stated that the two have known each other for a long time. Uno is shown to be caring and protective towards Jyugo, such as when [[spoiler:he tries to stop the latter's rampaging at the New Years' Tournament, then practically explodes at Hajime for nearly beating him to death.]] On the other hand, Jyugo finds comfort in Uno's friendship, and even states that he found a reason to look forward to the next day due to a conversation the two had.
* JerkassWoobie: Building 5's supervisor, Samon Gokuu. He's prone to angry outbursts, particularly at Hajime, but in the second season [[spoiler:it's revealed that his brother, Enki Gokuu, had previously killed an inmate when he still a guard, and Samon had to deal with the aftermath of his arrest as well as the nasty rumors and taunting from other guards who believe him to be like his brother. Then Enki escapes, badly beating Samon and imprisoning him in the underground cells for the rest of the season.]]
* {{Moe}}: Most fans of the series love Nico, and his optimistic personality and {{Otaku}} hobbies endear them to him.

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Nico and Seitarou looked female to viewers at first glance. On the flip side, many mistook Momoko as male as well, probably due to her SpikyHair and this being a CastFullOfPrettyBoys.

** ''Jyugo.'' The guy was born in prison, can't really function outside of it and often gets teased for being incapable of anything except jailbreaking. [[spoiler:It only gets worse during the New Years' Tournament, where his past of being cruelly treated as a test subject comes to light and is unwittingly sent on a vicious rampage where he nearly kills his friends. Afterwards, he is locked up in the underground cells for several days, and lives with the constant fear that Elf (one of the people who experimented on him) might come back and kill his friends if he keeps hanging around them.]]