History YMMV / RecordOfRagnarok

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some of the Gods and even some of the heroes are subjected to being admired for their handsomeness and have several fanarts dedicated to how endearing they appear to be in contrast with reality:
** Poseidon is handsome, especially compared to his younger brother, Zeus in the context of the story, and often portrayed as a sulky TroubledButCute man who is [[PerpetualFrowner incapable of smiling]] in fan material. It's quite a different take from the kin-slaying, misanthropic and NotSoAboveItAll elitist the manga portrays him as. Some fans don't mind this and subject him to LoveToHate in addition to his looks.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Similar to the man he was based on, Nikola Tesla has many symptoms of OCD. The most clear example is his obsession with the numbers 3 6 and 9, which even affects his moveset.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Some of the Gods and even some of the heroes are subjected to being admired for their handsomeness and have several fanarts dedicated to how endearing they appear to be in contrast with reality:
** Poseidon is handsome, especially compared to his younger brother, Zeus in the context of the story, and often portrayed as a sulky TroubledButCute man who is [[PerpetualFrowner incapable of smiling]] in fan material. It's quite a different take from the kin-slaying, misanthropic and NotSoAboveItAll elitist the manga portrays him as. Some fans don't mind this and subject him to LoveToHate in addition to his looks.

*** ''The Knights of Gluttony'': [[AristocratsAreEvil Baron Chris Highton]], the wealthy leader of the Knights of Gluttony, is a sadistic elitist revealed to be a [[SerialKiller murderer]] of [[WouldHurtAChild children]]. Having his butler Alfred kidnap kids of the slums to satisfy his hatred of the poor, Hight dresses as a knight and kills them, claiming the lives of 10. Having tortured the young child Roger, [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming relishing in his screams]] before murdering him too. Highton would kidnap the boy's brother to taunt him of how much he made his brother screamed and beg before trying to kill him as well.

** Even among the rest of the Japanese fighters, Souji Okita is divisive in the fandom ([[AmericansHateTingle especially among Western readers]]), not only for being [[ItsTheSameNowItSucks another skilled Japanese swordsman like Kojiro Sasaki]], but also because he's a character [[{{Transplant}} transplanted]] from co-author Shinya Umemura's previous work ''Chiruran: Shinsengumi Requiem''. With that, you have a camp of fans who dislike him because he recycles Kojiro's shtick, and they think he will win his fight thanks to the favoritism of the author rather than for his own merit (also arguing he could've been replaced by some non-Japanese warrior), and another camp that likes him for his [[BadassAdorable fierceness despite his small stature]] and BloodKnight tendencies.

*** While the third battle is generally agreed to be good and [[MasterSwordsman Kojiro Sasaki]] remains a popular and likeable character, it was doomed to suffer from controversy, coming after [[spoiler:Adam's polarizing defeat in the previous round]] and featuring the first Japanese human fighter out of the four announced in the human roster back in chapter 4, which quickly divided the fandom when it was announced. [[spoiler:Kojiro winning his fight against Poseidon is either considered an amazing moment that changed the course of the tournament by giving humans the first taste of victory and [[CatharsisFactor giving Kojiro a deserved karmic retribution after losing through his entire life]] or a proof that Japanese fighters will receive a preferential treatment over the others and are going to win all their fights, with some claiming Poseidon not using his hydrokinetic abilities against Kojiro was done to give the samurai an advantage (ignoring Poseidon's arrogant personality) and others being angry because Adam lost in favour of a Japanese.]]

*** The following fight, Raiden Tameemon vs Shiva, also was a point of contention to some. Ignoring the fact another Japanese fighter was heavily hyped, the beginning of the fight wasn't particularly interesting (especially after coming from the well-liked 4th round), with fans complaining it was a rehash of Adam vs Zeus with both fighters limiting themselves to do little more than throw physical attacks to each other and even with a subplot focusing of Loki/Buddha interrupting the fight (a first for the manga) that merely served to hype future contestants such as Buddha himself or Bishamonten and that didn't lead to anything major. However, once the flashbacks of Shiva/Raiden were revealed (giving both of them the characterization they needed) and Shiva got finally serious after being on the receiving end of the fight for most of the match, most fans consider the fight improved considerably, and the final clash is believed to be awesome both in terms of storytelling and art. Also, [[spoiler:though some fans were quick to call Shiva's [[SuperMode Tandava Karma]] a convenient way for him to win the fight, Raiden's death is considered badass (as he never fall to the ground and went out with dignity, even being recognized by Shiva himself) and bittersweet (Raiden dies embraced by his valkyrie Thrud, who decides to die along with the man she loves).]]

** Ever since Kojiro [[spoiler: became the first fighter to earn a win for humanity, especially with his fight coming after [[EnsembleDarkhorse Adam's]] contentious loss]], a large number of fans have accused the author of having a bias towards Japanese characters, with many claiming that people of other nationalities will keep losing their fights just to make the Japanese characters look better; never mind how the BigBad of the story is [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Zeus]] and the BigGood [[Myth/NorseMythology Brunhilde]], in addition to how historical and mythological figures of Japan have had a largely minor role in the story so far. [[spoiler: Even after Jack the Ripper, an English figure, scored a second win for humanity, and Raiden Tameemon, a ''Japanese'' figure, lost his fight for humanity, the accusations haven't died down]].

* {{Padding}}: A major point of contention for the manga is its tendency to shove in flashbacks, backstory and CombatCommentator at practically ''every blow exchanged'', greatly breaking the flow of the fight itself. This problem has became more prominent in the anime, in where fights get dragged out over multiple episodes while the actual combat takes around 10 minutes at most.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Among other reasons, one of the things the fans disliked of the anime adaptation was the change of Brunhilde's over-the-top manga expressions for more normal or less exaggerated ones, citing that these faces are one of the things who make Brunhilde so fun as a main character, and both her and the series lose quite of their charm without them.

** Hades, oddly enough, can feel this way to some. His backstory isn't as fleshed out as his opponent's and receives less narrative focus, with Qin Shi Huang getting the lion's share of development. Some also consider his fighting style isn't very complex and too reminiscent of Poseidon's, instead of having his own one.

** Sasaki Kojiro's whole thing is learning from the opponents who defeated him. Miyamoto Musashi is known to have provoked him in various way during their duel, throwing him off and then winning. It's a theme of the series that gods are arrogant, and Poseidon particularly so, which is what leads to his eventual defeat, despite the gods winning their fights against far more powerful humans. It would seem that Kojiro learning from Musashi how to unnerve your opponent and use it against them would be the perfect fit, both thematically and logically, for this fight. Instead this occasion is completely lost by choosing to portray their duel as completely honorable instead.
** Despite being a critical aspect of Beelzebub's backstory and the very reason he's a DeathSeeker in the first place, [[spoiler:Satan, his murderous alternate personality, never appears during in his fight with Nikola Tesla. Though {{Justified|Trope}} as Satan is said to only emerge when Beelzebub's love for a person peaks and he ultimately feels nothing for Tesla besides contempt and grudging respect.]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: Adam is strongly coded in European Catholicism despite originating among the Hebrews.
** He's a [[RaceLift blue-eyed blond with pale skin]] rather than a more tawny color.
** Throughout his appearance, allusions to renaissance art can be seen. Watchful viewers will notice his half-lidded eyes.
** The soundtrack for his scenes incorporates choral and organ like in a traditional Latin mass.

** Also has one with ''Manga/RosenGartenSaga'', with both being over-the-top tournament manga about mythological and literature figures. Here the arguments are based around accuracy to the myths and legends the fighters come from, with ''Rosen Garten'' fans accusing ''Ragnarok'' of being comparatively more inaccurate while the latter series fans consider the former too crass.

* FandomRivalry: The series has one with the ''Franchise/FateSeries'', due to both being prominent works using historical and/or mythological figures fighting each other in a tournament (though the approach given to the tournament differs in both works). ''Fate'' fans consider the latter a rip-off that got its fame by following ''Fate's'' formula with slight changes, while the fandom of ''Shuumatsu no Valkyrie'' accuses the ''Fate'' series of being a bland, stagnant franchise that maintains relevance from relying on fanservice.

** The visuals of the anime as a whole are one of the biggest criticisms of the adaptation, with the fights being a mix of the worst aspects of both LimitedAnimation and {{Padding}} to reaction shots. This is all compounded by the animation studio, Creator/{{Graphinica}}, being both primarily a post-production and CGI support studio first and foremost with a [[Anime/ExpelledFromParadise rather]] [[Anime/HelloWorld spotty]] [[Anime/JuniTaisenZodiacWar reputation]] when leading anime productions. Other fans however, enjoyed the anime for its good soundtrack and voice acting, not minding the animation much and simply trying to enjoy the good things the anime has to offer.

** In a more [[BlackComedy morbid example]], along with reprising his role as Diarmuid from ''LightNovel/FateZero'', Creator/HikaruMidorikawa also gives voice to Red Hare in ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder''. For ''Shuumatsu no Valkyrie'', Midorikawa was casted for Thor, who not only [[spoiler:ends killing Red Hare's master in brutal fashion, but later kills Red Hare too]]. Even better, since Fate's Red Hare [[AmbiguousSituation may be or not a fusion of the horse with Lü Bu]], that means Thor (in a meta sense) [[spoiler:killed himself twice]].

** The visuals of the anime as a whole are one of the biggest criticisms of the adaptation, with the fights being a mix of the worst aspects of both LimitedAnimation and {{Padding}} to reaction shots. This is all compounded by the animation studio, Creator/{{Graphinica}}, being both primarily a post-production and CGI support studio first and foremost with a [[Anime/ExpelledFromParadise rather]] [[Anime/HelloWorld spotty]] [[LightNovel/JuniTaisenZodiacWar reputation]] when leading anime productions. Other fans however, enjoyed the anime for its good soundtrack and voice acting, not minding the animation much and simply trying to enjoy the good things the anime has to offer.

** Despite being a critical aspect of Beelzebub's backstory and the very reason he's a DeathSeeker in the first place, [[spoiler:Satan, his murderous alternate personality, never appears during in his fight with Nikolai Tesla. Though {{Justified|Trope}} as Satan is said to only emerge when Beelzebub's love for a person peaks and he ultimately feels nothing for Telsa besides contempt and grudging respect.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Sasaki Kojiro's whole thing is learning from the opponents who defeated him. Miyamoto Musashi is known to have provoked him in various way during their duel, throwing him off and then winning. It's a theme of the series that gods are arrogant, and Poseidon particularly so, which is what leads to his eventual defeat, despite the gods winning their fights against far more powerful humans. It would seem that Kojiro learning from Musashi how to unnerve your opponent and use it against them would be the perfect fit, both thematically and logically, for this fight. Instead this occasion is completely lost by choosing to portray their duel as completely honorable instead.

* AcceptableTargets: Any character who is portrayed as a sexual predator is shown to be killed in a gruesome fashion (e.g. Incubus and The Serpent).

** Raiden's introduction showed him [[ReallyGetsAround sleeping with a bunch of naked female deities]]. Among the group, one of them was a [[BeastMan humanoid female dog]]. This didn't got unnoticed by the fandom, that quickly created countless memes about Raiden being a [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry fan]] or being obssessed with commiting acts of bestiality. While the rest of women who slept with Raiden were fairly human-like and he has done a lot more of stuff since then, the fans will always remember Raiden as that guy who had sex with a dog.

*** Fortunately for Shiva, this feeling died down as his fight went on, thanks to a better showcase of his powers, having his personality fleshed out, and, especially, [[spoiler:after he ended victorious by the end.]]

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[Heartwarming/RecordofRagnarok Now with its own page]].

** Similar to the Salt Frog, the fabulous parakeet belonging to Hades quickly gained this status after its brief appearance during Beelzebub's flashback, where it is seen playing chess with its master and dominating Hades with a [[BeyondTheImpossible maneuver that should be impossible to pull off]] in a normal match, painting the parakeet as a being of unmatched intelligence that can make usually brilliant Hades look like a complete fool.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[HeartwarmingMoments/RecordofRagnarok Now with its own page]].

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** During his introduction much ado is made of Adam's hatred for the gods, how if any mortal deserves to hate them it's Adam. But during the fight Zeus remarks that he doesn't sense a hint of anger coming from Adam, questioning why he's fighting if not to avenge himself on the gods. Adam's response?
--> '''Adam''': Is there any man that needs a reason to protect his children?
** The entire relationship between Thrud and Raiden, where she doesn't find herself to be beautiful, but he is immediately infatuated with her and her appearance, but especially the end of the 5th Fight: [[spoiler:Raiden is about to die and asks Thrud to undo the Volund so she wouldn't die with him. She refuses because she promised herself that she would never let go of the man she loves. They embrace each other and [[TogetherInDeath decide to die together]].]]
--->'''Raiden, to Thrud:''' Damn, how much better a lady can I get than you?
** The people whose misery was taken away by [[spoiler:Zerofuku]] finally showing gratitude to him [[spoiler:after his death]], including the boy whose life he saved and grew up to be a {{Jerkass}} in his backstory. Even the bird that [[spoiler:Zero]] put back to its nest when it was a hatchling comes down to [[spoiler:mourn him]] despite how [[spoiler:Zero]] scared him off when he reached his breaking point at seeing his efforts to bring happiness to humans were in vain, proving the bird kept loving him even after that.
** Hades’ love for his brothers, as flawed as they are. He fought an entire army in Helheim to help his brothers above win the war against the Giants, he saved [[spoiler: Adamas’ life when Poseidon killed him by getting Beelzebub to remake him into the god Adamantine]], and his entire motivation for entering Ragnarok is to get revenge for the death of his brother Poseidon. The man deeply loves his family and as the eldest, he is willing to do anything to protect his siblings.

* TheWoobie: Many fans felt terrible for [[spoiler:Zerofuku]] after his backstory was revealed. He was originally an innocent and kind child god who only wanted to help ease the suffering of humanity, but his attempts to do so only made things worse for himself and the humans he helped. He drove humans to arrogance and hedonism by removing their hardships and solving their problems for them, and was left a broken shell after absorbing so much suffering into himself. His efforts are not acknowledged and he is insulted by the people he saved, only to get his failure rubbed in his face when Buddha appears and gets the hedonistic humans to change their ways without even trying. Buddha unintentionally destroys [[spoiler:Zerofuku's]] entire worldview with a single explanation of his philosophy, breaking the child god's will completely and causing him to hate humanity out of pure jealousy. Things don't get much better for him during the match proper, as Buddha seems to be actively mocking [[spoiler:Zerofuku]] during their battle without showing even a single ounce of pity for the one he accidentally broke. For the first half of their fight [[spoiler:Zero]] couldn't manage to land even one single successful attack on his opponent, and only grew more desperate and miserable as all his attempts failed, ultimately being forced to face the truth of his despair, that he simply wanted to be someone loved like Buddha is. This moment of self-reflection causes Buddha to start encouraging him to love himself first, which seems to turn things around for [[spoiler:Zero]], as he is able to experience true happiness in an honest fistfight with Buddha, finally redeeming himself and returning to his pure, original form... only to suddenly [[spoiler:be taken over by the demon Hajun, in a process where the poor boy is terrified as he is transforming, reaching out to Buddha and begging for help before being overcome by the evil demon. And he ends up dying with Hajun when Buddha wins.]] The poor kid just can't catch a break.

*** The following fight, Raiden Tameemon vs Shiva, also was a point of contention to some. Ignoring the fact another Japanese fighter was heavily hyped, the beginning of the fight wasn't particularly interesting (especially after coming from the well-liked 4th round), with fans complaining it was a rehash of Adam vs Zeus with both fighters limiting themselves to do little more than throw physical attacks to each other and even with a subplot focusing of Loki/Buddha interrupting the fight (a first for the manga) that merely served to hype future contestants such as Buddha himself or Bishamonten and that didn't lead to anything major. However, once the flashbacks of Shiva/Raiden were revealed (giving both of them the characterization they needed) and Shiva got finally serious after being on the receiving end of the fight for most of the match, most fans consider the fight improved considerably, and the final clash is believed to be awesome both in terms of storytelling and art. Also, [[spoiler:though some fans were quick to call Shiva's [[SuperMode Tandava Karma]] a convenient way for him to win the fight, Raiden's death is considered badass (cause he never fall to the ground and went out with dignity, even being recognized by Shiva himself) and bittersweet (Raiden dies embraced by his valkyrie Thrud, who decides to die along with the man she loves).]]

* DracoInLeatherPants: Some of the Gods and even some of the heroes are subjected to being admired for their handsomeness and have several fanarts dedicated to how endearing they appear to be in contrast with reality.
** Poseidon is handsome, especially compared to his younger brother, Zeus in the context of the story, and often portrayed as sulky yet cute in a troubled sort of way who is incapable of smiling in fan material even though he's a kin-slaying elitist who briefly smiled to mock his enemy in his otherwise stoic facade and doesn't really care for anyone than himself and his high standards of divinity. Some fans don't mind this and subject him to LoveToHate in addition to his looks.

** Hades, oddly enough, can feel this way to some. His backstory isn't as fleshed out as his opponent's and recieves less narrative focus, with Qin Shi Huang getting the lion's share of development. Some also consider his fighting style isn't very complex and too reminiscent of Poseidon's, instead of having his own one.

** Hades, oddly enough, can feel this way to some. His backstory isn't as fleshed out as his opponent's, his fighting style is less complex and more reminiscent of Poseidon's, and he barely was in control of his own fight, with Qin Shi Huang getting the lion's share of development.