Line #3 YMMV/TheWayToYourHeart


1	* AlasPoorScrappy: After [[spoiler: her offscreen DeathByChildbirth, Yayoi has become this for the readership. It was also helped by her father's [[{{Tearjerker}} genuinely heartbreaking reaction]] to this event that made her a lot less disliked.]]
2	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
3	** Miyabi. Opinions are split between those that see him as TheWoobie, those that see him as a JerkassWoobie, and those who see him as an UnintentionallyUnsympathetic {{Jerkass}}.
4	** Yumi is either a likable and realistically flawed sympathetic protagonist, or an ExtremeDoormat. Not helping is that [[WordOfGod Emi Muto has stated before]] that Yumi is [[AuthorAvatar based off of her own experiences]], but with the way how everything seems to work out for her is too suspiciously miraculous. Not only does everyone take Yumi's side, but she is also [[EasilyForgiven very overly forgiving]] of others' transgressions against her, and anyone that doesn't like her is portrayed as either misguided or a completely irredeemable jerk. If Yumi were TheScrappy, there's a guarantee she'd be a CreatorsPet.
5	* FanPreferredCouple: Yumi/Hugo rapidly became popular with the readers.
6	* TakeThatScrappy: Much of the fandom rejoiced when ''Akito'', out of all people, gives Yayoi a ShutUpHannibal over the phone, coupled with TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
7	* SacredCow: Any kind of criticism of the comic on either Emily's Facebook, the site's chat board, or other sites can be a sure way to incite some heavy backlash. In fact, Emily has apparently banned a few people [[http://pretzuls.tumblr.com/post/48336422255/a-rant-about-the-way-to-your-heart-the-webcomic for posting their criticisms]], regardless of whether they were constructive or not.
8	* TheScrappy: It's hard to find someone who is a fan of Yayoi, who gets the active brunt of hate from DieForOurShip Miyabi/Yumi fans. The fact that Yayoi is so well ''disliked'' is {{Lampshaded}} further by the fact that only Yumi, Toshio, Akito, and ''maybe'' Miyabi regard her kindly. Especially when she falls into her BitchInSheepsClothing and ManipulativeBitch tendencies, going so far as to [[spoiler:nearly strangle Yumi to death]], she's the most likely character anyone will name as their least favorite.
9	* ShipToShipCombat: [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Toshio/Yumi]] vs. [[BroodingBoyGentleGirl Miyabi/Yumi]].
10	* {{Squick}}: Miyabi's later attraction to Yumi can feel like the guy has a serious Oedipal Complex, since she bears a slight resemblance to his late mother.
11	* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Miyabi. Yes, his mother died and his dad withdrew from the family after her death; that is understandable. However, Miyabi also has friends that are always there for him, and a sister whose Number One concern has always been his well being. Plus he's the lead singer of a band with said friends that is very popular and is heading for mainstream stardom. Yet he treats these same friends like dirt, treats his fans with contempt (especially poor Eizo), and is a total bully towards the school faculty and other students. He bullies Yumi just for being at the wrong place at the wrong time and her [[IdenticalStranger slight resemblance]] to his mother, and then ends up falling for her, which he tries to deal with by leading another girl on and toying with her feelings (Yayoi may be nuts, but no girl deserves ''that''), nearly getting Yumi killed as well as [[spoiler:resulting in Yayoi's own {{death by childbirth}}, leaving her father (who is Miyabi's ''manager and mentor'') utterly devastated]]. And aside from not only never receiving any real punishment for his actions, he's forgiven by everyone who continue to hold him up as a good person for his musical talent and FreudianExcuse. While Emi did take steps to mitigate this by giving Miyabi some CharacterDevelopment, for some readers, it's way too little, way too late.
12	* ValuesDissonance: ''Sometimes'', since the comic is written by a Westerner and takes place in an Eastern setting, there's bound to be views and morals that don't exactly line up with Japanese society.

Context YMMV / TheWayToYourHeart