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* IKnewIt: In a roundabout way, some message board theorists were ''right'' about certain developments:
** The theory that there was a Film/FightClub -esque relationship between two of the characters is eventually confirmed that [[spoiler: Masaki and Reiji]] share a relationship like this, with [[spoiler: Reiji]] as the imaginary person.
** Yottsun and Judgeness [[spoiler: really weren't dead after all]], though this has its roots in HesJustHiding.
** The theory that there was a Film/FightClub -esque relationship between two of the characters is eventually confirmed that [[spoiler: Masaki and Reiji]] share a relationship like this, with [[spoiler: Reiji]] as the imaginary person.
** Yottsun and Judgeness [[spoiler: really weren't dead after all]], though this has its roots in HesJustHiding.
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** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Narna/Naana]], the woman with the beanie and who offers candies to the rest of the group, surprisingly has her share amounts of fans, especially in [[Website/FourChan /a/]], thanks to her cute design. Some people even joked that she was the mastermind behind the events of the series, and that she was a drugdealer whose candies were actually drugs.
* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon. She's batshit insane, but is also a very cute psychopath. The series plays with this too, as Mitsumune at the end of the third episode blushes while seeing her wet shirt... [[MoodWhiplash while she's trying to strangle him in the river that cross the village...]]
* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon. She's batshit insane, but is also a very cute psychopath. The series plays with this too, as Mitsumune at the end of the third episode blushes while seeing her wet shirt... [[MoodWhiplash while she's trying to strangle him in the river that cross the village...]]
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** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Narna/Naana]], Narna/Naana, the woman with the beanie and who offers candies to the rest of the group, surprisingly has her share amounts of fans, especially in [[Website/FourChan /a/]], thanks to her cute design. Some people even joked that she was the mastermind behind the events of the series, and that she was a drugdealer whose candies were actually drugs. \n* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon. She's batshit insane, but is also a very cute psychopath. The series plays with this too, as Mitsumune at the end of the third episode blushes while seeing her wet shirt... [[MoodWhiplash while she's trying to strangle him in the river that cross the village...]]
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* TheWoobie: Everybody whose backstory is shown grows into this. Even AxeCrazy Lovepon gets some pity.
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* WhatAnIdiot: The series has so many of these moments, thanks especially to the incompetence of the cast, that listing them all would take a lot of time. One of the most obvious ones however, is their attitude towards Lovepon. After showing herself to be the more unstable and insane member of the group, always trying to get someone executed and later trying to strangle Mitsumune in the river, one would expect them to lock or at least keep an eye on her in case things may get worse (especially since they did the same with Jack after he tried to kill Hyouketsu no Judgness), but they either treat her as a nuisance, or react with indifference to her antics, like if she was just an annoying kid, instead of a potentially dangerous psychopath.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep in a place with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep in a place with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: The series has so many of these moments, thanks especially to the incompetence of the cast, that listing them all would take a lot of time. One of the most obvious ones however, TheWoobie: Everybody whose backstory is their attitude towards Lovepon. After showing herself to be the more unstable and insane member of the group, always trying to get someone executed and later trying to strangle Mitsumune in the river, one would expect them to lock or at least keep an eye on her in case things may get worse (especially since they did the same with Jack after he tried to kill Hyouketsu no Judgness), but they either treat her as a nuisance, or react with indifference to her antics, like if she was just an annoying kid, instead of a potentially dangerous psychopath.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep in a place with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].shown grows into this. Even AxeCrazy Lovepon gets some pity.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep in a place with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].
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* FanNickname: "Murderbus" for the show in its early episodes. As the series went on it sometimes became known as "Anime ''Series/{{Lost}}''".
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the finale. Not everyone's personal issues can be fixed so easily, and everyone has different versions of coping with their issues. Sometimes people will choose to run away from their problems, and that might be the best thing for them. Not exactly a happy or uplifting message, but not invalid either.
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* HolyShitQuotient: For a given value of "Holy Shit!" but after several episodes of increasingly tense and eerie events, including disappearances and near deaths, episode 4 ends with a sizable portion of the group following train tracks into a tunnel, before running out after seeing something horrifying. You might expect it to be dead body or evidence of the strange creature that's been stalking the group. Instead, Maimai screams that it's [[spoiler: a ''giant version of the main character'']]. Unfortunately, the episode ends before the viewer gets a chance to make sense of it.
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* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon.
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* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon. She's batshit insane, but is also a very cute psychopath. The series plays with this too, as Mitsumune at the end of the third episode blushes while seeing her wet shirt... [[MoodWhiplash while she's trying to strangle him in the river that cross the village...]]
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** Photoshopping [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/140/015/3b4.jpg Narna's beanie]] and [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/140/021/ee2.png Lion's hoodie]] into other characters were also popular memes back when the series was airing.
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* WhatAnIdiot: The series has so many of these moments, thanks especially to the incompetence of the cast, that listing them all would take a lot of time. One of the most obvious ones however, is their attitude towards Lovepon. After showing herself to be the more unstable and insane members of the group, always trying to get someone executed and trying to kill Mitsumune in the river, one would expect them to lock or at least keep an eye on her in case things may get worse (especially since they did the same with Jack after he tried to kill Hyouketsu no Judgness), but they either treat her as a nuisance, or react with indifference to her antics, like if she was just an annoying kid, instead of a potentially dangerous psychopath.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: The series has so many of these moments, thanks especially to the incompetence of the cast, that listing them all would take a lot of time. One of the most obvious ones however, is their attitude towards Lovepon. After showing herself to be the more unstable and insane members member of the group, always trying to get someone executed and later trying to kill strangle Mitsumune in the river, one would expect them to lock or at least keep an eye on her in case things may get worse (especially since they did the same with Jack after he tried to kill Hyouketsu no Judgness), but they either treat her as a nuisance, or react with indifference to her antics, like if she was just an annoying kid, instead of a potentially dangerous psychopath.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep in a place with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep in a place with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all people]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: The series has so many of these moments, thanks especially to the incompetence of the cast, that listing them all would take a lot of time. One of the most obvious ones however, is their attitude towards Lovepon. So, they are in a secluded village
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], of all people.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], of all people.
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* WhatAnIdiot: The series has so many of these moments, thanks especially to the incompetence of the cast, that listing them all would take a lot of time. One of the most obvious ones however, is their attitude towards Lovepon. So, After showing herself to be the more unstable and insane members of the group, always trying to get someone executed and trying to kill Mitsumune in the river, one would expect them to lock or at least keep an eye on her in case things may get worse (especially since they are in did the same with Jack after he tried to kill Hyouketsu no Judgness), but they either treat her as a secluded village
nuisance, or react with indifference to her antics, like if she was just an annoying kid, instead of a potentially dangerous psychopath.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of allpeople.people]].
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], [[TooDumbToLive of all
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the [[BigBeautifulWoman robust bodied]] [[AmateurSleuth detective girl]] is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of the cast.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: EnsembleDarkhorse:
** While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the [[BigBeautifulWoman robust bodied]] [[AmateurSleuth detective girl]] is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of thecast.cast.
** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Narna/Naana]], the woman with the beanie and who offers candies to the rest of the group, surprisingly has her share amounts of fans, especially in [[Website/FourChan /a/]], thanks to her cute design. Some people even joked that she was the mastermind behind the events of the series, and that she was a drugdealer whose candies were actually drugs.
** While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the [[BigBeautifulWoman robust bodied]] [[AmateurSleuth detective girl]] is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of the
** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Narna/Naana]], the woman with the beanie and who offers candies to the rest of the group, surprisingly has her share amounts of fans, especially in [[Website/FourChan /a/]], thanks to her cute design. Some people even joked that she was the mastermind behind the events of the series, and that she was a drugdealer whose candies were actually drugs.
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* LoveToHate: Lovepon is a complete [[AxCrazy psycho]] who cannot said anything without saying the word "execute" at some point, and her actions through the series nearly cause the deaths of some characters (sometimes even trying to kill them herself), but many viewers found her derranged behaviour very amusing, often citing her as one of the most entertaining aspects of the show.
* MemeticMutation: Lovepon's gotten the fans on board the "Execute!" ideology. Also, [[http://i.imgur.com/dvAOUVf.jpg this image]] is often used as a reaction image during episode discussions.
* MemeticMutation: Lovepon's gotten the fans on board the "Execute!" ideology. Also, [[http://i.imgur.com/dvAOUVf.jpg this image]] is often used as a reaction image during episode discussions.
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* LoveToHate: LoveToHate:
** Lovepon is a complete [[AxCrazy psycho]] who cannot said anything without saying the word "execute" at some point, and her actions through the series nearly cause the deaths of some characters (sometimes even trying to kill them herself), but many viewers found her derranged behaviour very amusing, often citing her as one of the most entertaining aspects of theshow.
show.
** It can also be applied to the rest of the characters, really. While they are [[BystanderSyndrome apathetic]], uncaring, [[TooDumbToLive take very dumb decissions, and, in some instances, take the whole supernatural stuff of Nanaki as a trivial matter]], some fans claim that it's the sheer stupidity of the cast what makes the series enjoyable.
*MemeticMutation: MemeticMutation:
** Lovepon's gotten the fans on board the "Execute!" ideology. Also, [[http://i.imgur.com/dvAOUVf.jpg this image]] is often used as a reaction image during episode discussions.
** Lovepon is a complete [[AxCrazy psycho]] who cannot said anything without saying the word "execute" at some point, and her actions through the series nearly cause the deaths of some characters (sometimes even trying to kill them herself), but many viewers found her derranged behaviour very amusing, often citing her as one of the most entertaining aspects of the
** It can also be applied to the rest of the characters, really. While they are [[BystanderSyndrome apathetic]], uncaring, [[TooDumbToLive take very dumb decissions, and, in some instances, take the whole supernatural stuff of Nanaki as a trivial matter]], some fans claim that it's the sheer stupidity of the cast what makes the series enjoyable.
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** Lovepon's gotten the fans on board the "Execute!" ideology. Also, [[http://i.imgur.com/dvAOUVf.jpg this image]] is often used as a reaction image during episode discussions.
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* WhatAnIdiot: The series has so many of these moments, thanks especially to the incompetence of the cast, that listing them all would take a lot of time. One of the most obvious ones however, is their attitude towards Lovepon. So, they are in a secluded village
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], of all people.
** Mikage also deserves an special mention. After leaving clear to the rest of the group that he doesn't trusts in them and that he's not going to sleep with people who may kill him in his sleep, what he does after that? Allying himself with [[AxCrazy Lovepon]], of all people.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: A number of fans initially picked up the series since it was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, who also directed ''Literature/{{Another}}'', expecting a thrilling and gruesome supernatural murder mystery... which they didn't get.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: JustHereForGodzilla:
** A number of fans initially picked up the series since it was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, who also directed ''Literature/{{Another}}'', expecting a thrilling and gruesome supernatural murder mystery... which they didn'tget. get.
** There was also another camp of viewers (who appeared after the series reached its middle point), who started the show due the [[BileFascination infamy]] it gained after its first episodes aired.
* LoveToHate: Lovepon is a complete [[AxCrazy psycho]] who cannot said anything without saying the word "execute" at some point, and her actions through the series nearly cause the deaths of some characters (sometimes even trying to kill them herself), but many viewers found her derranged behaviour very amusing, often citing her as one of the most entertaining aspects of the show.
** A number of fans initially picked up the series since it was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, who also directed ''Literature/{{Another}}'', expecting a thrilling and gruesome supernatural murder mystery... which they didn't
** There was also another camp of viewers (who appeared after the series reached its middle point), who started the show due the [[BileFascination infamy]] it gained after its first episodes aired.
* LoveToHate: Lovepon is a complete [[AxCrazy psycho]] who cannot said anything without saying the word "execute" at some point, and her actions through the series nearly cause the deaths of some characters (sometimes even trying to kill them herself), but many viewers found her derranged behaviour very amusing, often citing her as one of the most entertaining aspects of the show.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the robust bodied detective girl is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of the cast.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the [[BigBeautifulWoman robust bodied bodied]] [[AmateurSleuth detective girl girl]] is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of the cast.
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Series/{{Lost}}'' meets numerous anime tropes.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Pretty much any of the main characters have their share of fans and critics. Lovepon especially. There isn't a single scene where she isn't [[spoiler:screaming for someone to be tortured or executed based on half-assed evidence]], you either love her for her [[AxCrazy Ax Craziness]], or hate her because of it.
* TheChrisCarterEffect: The series lost quite a bit of fans for its slow beginning and not really going anywhere with the mystery aside from giving us details [[CaptainObviousReveal that could be seen a mile away.]] But see GrowingTheBeard below; the story picks up steam and finally works on developing the mystery and giving the viewer information.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the robust bodied detective girl is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of the cast.
* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the finale. Not everyone's personal issues can be fixed so easily, and everyone has different versions of coping with their issues. Sometimes people will choose to run away from their problems, and that might be the best thing for them. Not exactly a happy or uplifting message, but not invalid either.
* GrowingTheBeard: Around episode 7, when the show starts to explore the characters' pasts and motivation, adding a lot more depth and explanation to the behaviors of some of the weirder characters. More effort is put into moving the plot forward and exploring what's happening and why, and the bickering between characters adds more towards the plot, instead of grinding the story to a halt and running around in circles.
* HarsherInHindsight: Everything about Hayato and Mitsumune's friendship gets fucked up when you see [[spoiler: Hayato confessing that he just wanted someone weaker than him to control, like his parents control him.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: During the early episodes, a popular theory was that Hayato was not actually real, but an ImaginaryFriend of Mitsumune. [[spoiler:Turns out, that theory was correct... for Masaki and Reiji]].
* HolyShitQuotient: For a given value of "Holy Shit!" but after several episodes of increasingly tense and eerie events, including disappearances and near deaths, episode 4 ends with a sizable portion of the group following train tracks into a tunnel, before running out after seeing something horrifying. You might expect it to be dead body or evidence of the strange creature that's been stalking the group. Instead, Maimai screams that it's [[spoiler: a ''giant version of the main character'']]. Unfortunately, the episode ends before the viewer gets a chance to make sense of it.
* JustHereForGodzilla: A number of fans initially picked up the series since it was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, who also directed ''Literature/{{Another}}'', expecting a thrilling and gruesome supernatural murder mystery... which they didn't get.
* MemeticMutation: Lovepon's gotten the fans on board the "Execute!" ideology. Also, [[http://i.imgur.com/dvAOUVf.jpg this image]] is often used as a reaction image during episode discussions.
** "Man, who cares at this point?" a statement made by Toriyasu. Fans often use it to {{handwave}} issues or concerns, feeling that nothing really matters.
* {{Narm}}/NarmCharm: The anime is filled to the brim with this, though some suspects that it's [[StealthParody done on purpose]]. Others think that the {{Narm}} is the best part of the show.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Mitsumune gained many sympathizers after his backstory was revealed on episode 7, and gained even more when [[spoiler: his best friend Hayato revealed that he only ever saw him as a puppet to control. Ironically after this very same episode this has led Hayato, who used to be one of the more well-liked characters for being one of the few level-headed ones, to become a BaseBreakingCharacter at best for his possessive {{Yandere}} tendencies.]]
** Though Mitsumune's continuous obsession and defending of Masaki, [[TheDulcineaEffect a girl he literally met a few days ago]], might have sent him into BaseBreakingCharacter territory again, maybe due to Masaki being a BaseBreakingCharacter herself.
* SoBadItsGood:
** Most watchers commenting on the internet concur that the series is badly written and the characters are awful, but they [[BileFascination cannot stop watching]] every week.
** Nick Creamer argues in his review ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-07-06/is-the-lost-village-actually-a-comedy/.103621 Is The Lost Village Actually A Comedy?]]'' that the show creates humor by subverting all of the audience's expectations about how a psychological horror show should be structured and presented, speculating that the whole thing might have even been a subtle and deadpan parody.
* {{Squick}}: Masaki getting carsick and throwing up all over the bus driver in the first episode.
* TheWoobie: Everybody whose backstory is shown grows into this. Even AxeCrazy Lovepon gets some pity.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Most will agree that the concept of the story is not a bad one, but that the execution of it is rather lacking.
** The general consensus is that the exploration of characters' backstories was one of the more compelling parts of the series, but it happened far too late to save the series.
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* TheChrisCarterEffect: The series lost quite a bit of fans for its slow beginning and not really going anywhere with the mystery aside from giving us details [[CaptainObviousReveal that could be seen a mile away.]] But see GrowingTheBeard below; the story picks up steam and finally works on developing the mystery and giving the viewer information.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: While various characters such as Pink Goddess are getting love for their design and the few characteristics they showed so far, Nanko, the robust bodied detective girl is loved by all fans. It helps that Nanko isn't a screaming, irrational dumbass like the rest of the cast.
* EvilIsSexy: Lovepon.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: In the finale. Not everyone's personal issues can be fixed so easily, and everyone has different versions of coping with their issues. Sometimes people will choose to run away from their problems, and that might be the best thing for them. Not exactly a happy or uplifting message, but not invalid either.
* GrowingTheBeard: Around episode 7, when the show starts to explore the characters' pasts and motivation, adding a lot more depth and explanation to the behaviors of some of the weirder characters. More effort is put into moving the plot forward and exploring what's happening and why, and the bickering between characters adds more towards the plot, instead of grinding the story to a halt and running around in circles.
* HarsherInHindsight: Everything about Hayato and Mitsumune's friendship gets fucked up when you see [[spoiler: Hayato confessing that he just wanted someone weaker than him to control, like his parents control him.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: During the early episodes, a popular theory was that Hayato was not actually real, but an ImaginaryFriend of Mitsumune. [[spoiler:Turns out, that theory was correct... for Masaki and Reiji]].
* HolyShitQuotient: For a given value of "Holy Shit!" but after several episodes of increasingly tense and eerie events, including disappearances and near deaths, episode 4 ends with a sizable portion of the group following train tracks into a tunnel, before running out after seeing something horrifying. You might expect it to be dead body or evidence of the strange creature that's been stalking the group. Instead, Maimai screams that it's [[spoiler: a ''giant version of the main character'']]. Unfortunately, the episode ends before the viewer gets a chance to make sense of it.
* JustHereForGodzilla: A number of fans initially picked up the series since it was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, who also directed ''Literature/{{Another}}'', expecting a thrilling and gruesome supernatural murder mystery... which they didn't get.
* MemeticMutation: Lovepon's gotten the fans on board the "Execute!" ideology. Also, [[http://i.imgur.com/dvAOUVf.jpg this image]] is often used as a reaction image during episode discussions.
** "Man, who cares at this point?" a statement made by Toriyasu. Fans often use it to {{handwave}} issues or concerns, feeling that nothing really matters.
* {{Narm}}/NarmCharm: The anime is filled to the brim with this, though some suspects that it's [[StealthParody done on purpose]]. Others think that the {{Narm}} is the best part of the show.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Mitsumune gained many sympathizers after his backstory was revealed on episode 7, and gained even more when [[spoiler: his best friend Hayato revealed that he only ever saw him as a puppet to control. Ironically after this very same episode this has led Hayato, who used to be one of the more well-liked characters for being one of the few level-headed ones, to become a BaseBreakingCharacter at best for his possessive {{Yandere}} tendencies.]]
** Though Mitsumune's continuous obsession and defending of Masaki, [[TheDulcineaEffect a girl he literally met a few days ago]], might have sent him into BaseBreakingCharacter territory again, maybe due to Masaki being a BaseBreakingCharacter herself.
* SoBadItsGood:
** Most watchers commenting on the internet concur that the series is badly written and the characters are awful, but they [[BileFascination cannot stop watching]] every week.
** Nick Creamer argues in his review ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-07-06/is-the-lost-village-actually-a-comedy/.103621 Is The Lost Village Actually A Comedy?]]'' that the show creates humor by subverting all of the audience's expectations about how a psychological horror show should be structured and presented, speculating that the whole thing might have even been a subtle and deadpan parody.
* {{Squick}}: Masaki getting carsick and throwing up all over the bus driver in the first episode.
* TheWoobie: Everybody whose backstory is shown grows into this. Even AxeCrazy Lovepon gets some pity.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Most will agree that the concept of the story is not a bad one, but that the execution of it is rather lacking.
** The general consensus is that the exploration of characters' backstories was one of the more compelling parts of the series, but it happened far too late to save the series.
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