History YMMV / Shitsurakuen

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: [[ShrinkingViolet Tomoko]] is a fourteen year old girl in a nightmarish situation... A number of forum goers have decided that she is a useless coward who shouldn't have the privilege of being Sora's slave and deserves whatever happens to her next. Some of those same forum goers have complained about the male characters all being utter bastards. And then there are the ''[[InternetJerk really]]'' [[InternetJerk scary internet dwellers]] (thankfully not many) who actually think a school like this is a ''good idea''.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A final chapter released with the bunkoban seems to have been written as an apology for the BaitAndSwitchLesbians implications in the original ending, having [[spoiler:Sora and Tsuki definitively tie the knot and the confirmation that some of her old partners still love her]].

* FoeYay: Reiko is (or claims to be, at first) [[HappinessInSlavery quite happy]] to be attached to the males of the academy, and hates everything Sora stands for...and Sora can only think of [[WhatBeautifulEyes what beautiful, strong eyes]] she has.

* EndingAversion: The ending involving [[spoiler:the boys being paired back up with their girls]] received pretty damn near universal dislike.

* ShockingSwerve: Chapter 22. [[spoiler: Tsuki is the BigBad.]] ''What?'' It doesn't help that the whole thing is presented as [[spoiler: a dream of Sora's. ''Because she fainted from learning that''.]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: [[ShrinkingViolet Tomoko]] is a fourteen year old girl in a nightmarish situation... A number of forum goers have decided that she is a useless coward who shouldn't have the privilege of being Sora's slave and deserves whatever happens to her next. Some of those same forum goers have complained about the male characters all being utter bastards. And then there are the ''[[{{GIFT}} really]]'' [[{{GIFT}} scary internet dwellers]] (thankfully not many) who actually think a school like this is a ''good idea''.

* LesYay

** Reversed. Yuki starts in a state of utter misery where her only comfort is a picture of Sora and Koharu. She becomes one of Sora's most confident allies and goes on to take a beating to protect another student.
** All the girls, really.
** Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tsuki. Orphaned as a child, taken care of by an abusive relative who is essentially the founder of the oppressive Iwahijiri system. She goes insane when she sees Sora "betraying" her, out of fear of being left alone again. Then, she's left with the choice of perfecting the Game, or allowing Sora's life to be ruined from the stigma of the incident. She chooses the former, but tries to tilt things in Sora's favor as much as possible (by appearing as X, and by bugging the system so she has the glove).]]
** Most of the [[spoiler:boys, aswell. Imagine having no choice but to treat half the people you know like shit, knowing ''they'' hate it, and not having any way to change that. Hell is being forced to be someone else.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: A girl is sent to a school where every single boy is a sexist bastard. That's half the audience lost right there.

* DoubleStandard: And how...it's bad for both genders:
** [[StrawMisogynist Misogynist:]] Girls are treated like objects and heavily abused.
** [[StrawFeminist Misandrist:]] Majority of guys are irredeemable sadists and enjoyed abusing the girls, though in later chapter they were forced to do it for getting away from penalty. but it still wouldn't condone for [[KarmaHoudini what they did]].

** [[StrawFeminist Misandrist:]] Majority of guys are iredeemable sadists and enjoyed abusing the girls, though in later chapter they were forced to do it for getting away from penalty. but it still wouldn't condone for [[KarmaHoudini what they did]]. and even worse most ''Yuri'' mangas can be [[{{Squick}} downright misandrist]] and awfully portrayed men as [[AllAbusersAreMale horrible abusers]] and [[AllMenArePerverts horny, blindly perverted]] [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapists]]. Some readers even wonder if the author has an issue with men.

* BellisariosMaxim: How else are we expected to believe that parents are not getting their kids out of this school ASAP?
** For that matter, why doesn't anyone call the police?
** The owner of the MegaCorp financing the school is said to be perfectly willing and able to destroy the lives of anyone who won't go along with his plans.

* TheWoobie: Reversed. Yuki starts in a state of utter misery where her only comfort is a picture of Sora and Koharu. She becomes one of Sora's most confident allies and goes on to take a beating to protect another student.

** Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tsuki. Orphaned as a child, taken care of by an abusive relative who is essentially the founder of the oppressive Iwahijiri system. She goes insane when she sees Sora "betraying" her, out of fear of being left alone again. Then, she's left with the choice of perfecting the Game, or allowing Sora's life to be ruined from the stigma of the incident. She chooses the former, but tries to tilt things in Sora's favor as much as possible (by appearing as X, and by bugging the system so she has the glove).]]

** Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tsuki. Orphaned as a child, taken care of by an abusive relative who is essentially the founder of the oppressive Iwahijiri system. She goes insane when she sees Sora "betraying" her, out of fear of being left alone again. Then, she's left with the choice of perfecting the Game, or allowing Sora's life to be ruined from the stigma of the incident. She chooses the former, but tries to tilt things in Sora's favor as much as possible (by appearing as X, and by bugging the system so she has the glove).

** Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tsuki. Orphaned as a child, taken care of by an abusive relative who is essentially the founder of the oppressive Iwahijiri system. She goes insane when she sees Sora "betraying" her, out of fear of being left alone again. Then, she's left with the choice of perfecting the Game, or allowing Sora's life to be ruined from the stigma of the incident. She chooses the former, but tries to tilt things in Sora's favor as much as possible (by appearing as X, and by bugging the system so she has the glove), but [[HateDumb people still bash her and call her a heartless bitch]] because she helped complete the system, ignoring that she had little choice, and that she's been actively interfering with it the whole time.]]
*** [[spoiler: She had a choice. She chose herself. All she wanted was Sora to herself, she never cared a whit about any other person. She was never sympathetic. Doesn't mean I'm a hater, but seriously, she was never the victim.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: Almost '''''every''''' single guy is a sadistic, misogynistic asshole. Whether or not "He's only doing it because of peer pressure," "He's afraid to go against the system," or "Those who try are doomed to fail, so no-one tries" mitigates this, or is just another kind of Unfortunate Implication, is a [=YMMV=] on its own. [[spoiler:Averted later.]]
** The final chapter. [[spoiler: Forgiving someone who beat you and tried to rape you is a good thing?]]

* FanDumb: Poor Tsuki seems like she's the new [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Shiori]] to [[HateDumb some]] of the fanbase.

* NightmareFuel: Shoujou. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shitsurakuen/v04/c012/30.html Just]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shitsurakuen/v03/c010/26.html look]]at his facial expressions.
** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shitsurakuen/v04/c012/24.html Sweet Mercy,]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shitsurakuen/v04/c012/26.html this boy is wacko]] .

** Special mention goes to [[spoiler: Tsuki. Orphaned as a child, taken care of by an abusive relative who is essentially the founder of the oppressive Iwahijiri system. She goes insane when she sees Sora "betraying" her, out of fear of being left alone again. Then, she's left with the choice of perfecting the Game, or allowing Sora's life to be ruined from the stigma of the incident. She chooses the former, but tries to tilt things in Sora's favor as much as possible (by appearing as X, and by bugging the system so she has the glove), but [[HateDumb people still bash her and call her a heartless bitch]] because she helped complete the system, ignoring that she had little choice, and that she's been actively interfering with it the whole time.]]

* GeniusBonus: The [[http://viewmangaonline.com/read/1076/Shitsurakuen/11/46/ code]] that accompanies the "symbol" on the special weapons is valid [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) Java]].

* SerialNumbersFiledOff: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No, it's]] ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial nothing]]'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial like]] RevolutionaryGirlUtena! [[SarcasmMode Whatever could make you think that?]]

** The final chapter. [[spoiler: Apparently easily forgiving someone who beat you and tried to rape you is a good thing. [[FlatWhat What.]]]]

** All the girls, really. [[spoiler: And later, the boys.]]

* FanDumb: Even in a lesbian harem series, readers will automatically interpret "Girls being friendly with boys and forgiving them for what they did" as "OMG romance!!!" Yeah, there was a lot of FanDumb after chapter 23 came out.
** Also, poor Tsuki seems like she's the new [[RevolutionaryGirlUtena Shiori]] to [[HateDumb some]] of the fanbase.

* UnfortunateImplications: Almost '''''every''''' single guy is a sadistic, misogynistic asshole. Whether or not "He's only doing it because of peer pressure," "He's afraid to go against the system," or "Those who try are doomed to fail, so no-one tries" mitigates this, or is just another kind of Unfortunate Implication, is a [=YMMV=] on its own.
** [[spoiler:Averted later.]]

** [[spoiler:Averted '''hard''' later.]]

* NightmareFuel: Houjou. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shitsurakuen/v04/c012/30.html Just]] [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/shitsurakuen/v03/c010/26.html look]]at his facial expressions.