History YMMV / SSSSGridman

* CompleteMonster: The enigmatic [[ForTheEvulz Alexis Kerib]] manipulates mentally unstable people with reality warping powers; one of these people is [[TheHeavy Akane Shinjo]], who Alexis uses to create {{kaiju}} to cause mayhem and destruction throughout Akane's virtual reality version of Tokyo. With Akane falling into melancholy at her inability to stop the heroic Gridman Alliance, Alexis tries to force her to create more kaiju for him, and when she refuses, summons his own to wreck havoc on the virtual reality Tokyo. When the Gridman Alliance attempt to comfort Akane, Alexis turns her into a monster himself and brutally impales a friend of hers for trying to save her.

* CompleteMonster: The enigmatic [[ManBehindTheMan Alexis Kerib]] manipulates mentally unstable people with reality warping powers; one of these people is [[TheHeavy Akane Shinjo]], who Alexis, [[ForTheEvulz solely out of boredom]], uses to create {{kaiju}} to cause mayhem and destruction throughout Akane's virtual reality version of Tokyo. With Akane falling into melancholy at her inability to stop the heroic Gridman Alliance, Alexis tries to force her to create more kaiju for him, and when she refuses, summons his own to wreck havoc on the virtual reality Tokyo. When the Gridman Alliance attempt to comfort Akane, Alexis turns her into a monster himself and brutally impales a friend of hers for trying to save her.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Alexis Kerib]] is a mysterious being who is revealed to be the [[ManBehindTheMan sponsor]] of [[TheHeavy Akane Shinjo]], a virtual reality goddess prone to outbursts. Introduced as the [[FauxAffablyEvil affable]] and saner companion of Akane, Alexis reveals his true nature in the seventh episode by slashing the face of Anti, one of Akane's humanoid kaiju, with a motor saw after Anti made a kaiju in order to defeat the Gridman Alliance. After Akane slowly plunges herself into despair due to several failed attempts at eliminating the Gridman alliance, Alexis forces Akane to make more kaiju, and when the latter refused, Alexis let his kaiju cause destruction in Akane's virtual reality world. When one of the Gridman Alliance members tries to comfort Akane, Alexis turns Akane into a kaiju, and when Anti tries to rescue her from utter despair, Alexis then brutally impales Anti in the back. It was revealed that he had done his atrocities on other people with the same circumstances as Akane in the past and plans to do it again in the future, solely [[ForTheEvulz to satiate his boredom]].

* LesYay: There is some between Rikka and Akane, which is expected as their implied relationship is a nod to Takeshi Todo having a one-sided crush for Yuka Inoue. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRF11jznOVE An in-depth analysis]] of the queer themes of their relationship can be found here.

*** For that matter, the fact that [[spoiler:Gridman's "real power" that finishes Alexis Kerib off for good is "Grid Fixer Beam" - an ability that in [[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman the original toku show]] was just used to repair computers after the MonsterOfTheWeek was dealt with. What is it used for here? ''[[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Repairing a person's heart.]]'']]

*** For that matter, the fact that [[spoiler:Gridman's "real power" that finishes Alexis Kerib off for good is "Grid Fixer Beam" - an ability that in [[Series/DenkouChoujinGridman the original toku show]] was just used to repair computers after the MonsterOfTheWeek was dealt with. What is it used for here? ''[[HeartIsAnAwesomePower Repairing a person's heart.]]''

** The name of Alexis' spell, "Instance Abreaction", might be one. "Instance" can mean an example, illustration, sample or ''specimen'', which are all perfect descriptions of Akane's kaiju, and later, [[spoiler: herself]]. It is also a term in [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance_(computer_science) computer programming]]. "Abreaction" means [[https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/abreaction "the expression and consequent release of a previously repressed emotion, achieved through reliving the experience that caused it (typically through hypnosis or suggestion)"]] . Akane uses her kaiju to solve her problems, and [[spoiler: while as Zegga, she relives through the traumatic memories of her killing the people in the digital world]].

** The name of Alexis' spell, "Instance Abreaction", might be one. "Instance" can mean an example, illustration, sample or ''specimen'', which are all perfect descriptions of Akane's kaiju, and later, [[spoiler: herself]]. It is also a term in [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance_(computer_science) computer programming]]. "Abreaction" means "a psychoanalytical term for reliving an experience to purge it of its emotional excesses—a type of catharsis. Sometimes it is a method of becoming conscious of repressed traumatic events."- wikepedia. Akane uses her kaiju to solve her problems, and [[spoiler: while as Zegga, she relives through the traumatic memories of her killing the people in the digital world]].

** The name of Alexis' spell, "Instance Abreaction", might be one. "Instance" can mean an example, illustration, sample or ''specimen'', which are all perfect descriptions of Akane's kaiju, and later, [[spoiler: herself]]. It is also a term in [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance_(computer_science) computer programming]]. "Abreaction" means "a psychoanalytical term for reliving an experience to purge it of its emotional excesses—a type of catharsis. Sometimes it is a method of becoming conscious of repressed traumatic events."- wikepedia. [[spoiler: While as Zegga, Akane relives the traumatic memories of her killing the people in the digital world]].

** The name of Alexis' spell, "Instance Abreaction", might be one. Instance can mean an example, illustration, sample or ''specimen'', which are all perfect descriptions of Akane's kaiju, and later, [[spoiler: herself]]. It is also a term in [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance_(computer_science) computer programming]]. "Abreaction" means "a psychoanalytical term for reliving an experience to purge it of its emotional excesses—a type of catharsis. Sometimes it is a method of becoming conscious of repressed traumatic events."- wikepedia. [[spoiler: While as Zegga, Akane relives the traumatic memories of her killing the people in the digital world]].

* AbandonShipping: A number of fans stopped pairing Akane and/or Rikka with Yuta and/or Utsumi after [[https://imgur.com/UtJnXDf an interview in a magazine pointed out that]] [[LesYay Rikka is the only person in the digital world that Akane loves.]]

** In a past interview with Akane's voice actress, Rena Uena, she stated that, in episode 12, Rikka was supposedly very close to admitting that she loved Akane, but chose not to so then [[spoiler: it would be less hard for Akane to decide on returning to her own world ]]. However, with no official confirmation regarding the topic from anyone working on the show besides the voice actress, its debatable whether or not this information can be considered canon. The untranslated article can be found [[https://cho-animedia.jp/anime/76379/2/ here]], while the auto-translated version of the same article can be found [[https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&sp=nmt4&tl=en&u=https://cho-animedia.jp/anime/76379/2/&xid=17259,15700019,15700043,15700186,15700190,15700248&usg=ALkJrhgJcRjRT9G-YUxVaMh7tQ8yxNX3Vw/ here]].

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did his life actually ''improve'' because certain people (like maybe some of his students, some of his acquaintances, etc.) who died to the kaiju?]]

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did his life actually ''improve'' because of the people (like maybe some of his students, some of his acquaintances, etc.) who died to the kaiju?]]

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did his life actually ''impove'' because of the people who died to the kaiju?]]

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did the students and the other people who died actually ''improve'' his life?]]

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did the students and the other people who died improve his life?]]

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did the students and other people who died improve his life?]]

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did the students and people who died improve his life?]]

** This dwells into Fridge Funny, but did Gridman pick Yuta because he was the closest to Shinjo in the classroom (and in other, emotional ways), or did he pick him because of his ShonenHair? If Akane has a crush on IRL Yuta then it would make sense for her to give him ShonenHair.

** This dwells into Fridge Funny, but did Gridman pick Yuta because he was the closest to Shinjo in the classroom (and in other, emotional ways), or did he pick him because of his ShonenHair? If Akane has a crush on IRL Yuta then it would make sense to give him ShonenHair.

** Fridge Funny: Did Gridman pick Yuta because he was the closest to Shinjo in the classroom (and in other, emotional ways), or did he pick him because of his ShonenHair? If Akane has a crush on IRL Yuta then it would make sense to give him ShonenHair.

** Fridge Funny: Did Gridman pick Yuta because he was the closest to Shinjo in the classroom (and in other, emotional ways), or did he pick him because his ShonenHair was easy to spot?

** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did the students and people who died make his life better?]]

*** [[spoiler: Gridman's supposed influence on the homeroom teacher has several implications. Before, he didn't really care about the students or his job, but as the series went on he suddenly did. Was this CharacterDevelopment, or did the students and people who died make his life better?]]