YMMV / MegaMan NT Warrior (2001)

• Angst Aversion: In a similar vein to Mega Man Megamix, the darker tone can be this for some.
• Awesome Art: The entire manga is full of this, especially during the final battle with the Super Cybeast.
• Complete Monster:
  • Volumes 1-2: Dr. Wily is the head of the terrorist organization known as World Three, and the first Big Bad of the series. A bitter, misanthropic old man who believes that humanity is ugly, stupid, and deserving of destruction due to his robotics research being ignored, Wily wishes to bring about the end of Net Society itself. To that end, he oversees a number of terrorist attacks that endanger thousands of innocents, such as having a school set on fire; trying to painfully brainwash children into becoming World Three's slaves; and trying to demolish a Metroline's security network in order to put its passengers at risk. After obtaining the powerful Life Virus, Wily causes an outbreak of chaotic accidents all across Dentech City before hijacking all of the world's military satellites, which he proceeds to use in an attempt to annihilate major cities around the globe with missiles. Lacking the redeeming qualities of his game and anime counterparts, this incarnation of Wily dies hateful and unrepentant, utterly hell-bent on killing millions of innocents over a petty grudge.
  • Volumes 7-9: The obscenely sadistic MegaMan DS is a Darkloid born from the original MegaMan's feelings of hate and anger, and proves to be among his most threatening foes. Obsessed with wanting to fuse with the powerful Navi Bass, DS seeks to make MegaMan hate him with all his heart so he can utilize his hatred as the energy needed to make the fusion a success. To do this, DS commits a slew of horrible crimes such as slaughtering two companies of military Net Navis and framing MegaMan for the act; converting his friend GutsMan into a hateful berserker against his will before forcing him and MegaMan to fight to the death; and trying to have his ally ShadeMan try to murder his human partner Lan in front of him. After gathering enough hate energy, DS fuses with Bass and opens up an enormous dark hole, looking to swallow the Net and its denizens in pure darkness itself. A monstrous psycho with no moral boundaries whatsoever, DS crosses lines even his fellow Darkloids don't and has no problem betraying his own allies, such as provoking MegaMan into brutally killing ShadeMan, and forcibly devouring the essence of his loyal partner LaserMan for a power boost.
  • Volumes 9-11: Dr. Regal, introduced as the weapons development director for the Netopia Military, is the leader of Nebula and the man behind all the Darkloids that have infiltrated the military to commit their acts of terror. A fanatical worshiper of darkness, Regal generates Nebula Gray into Cyber World, intent on fusing MegaMan and Bass' powers so that Nebula Gray can absorb it and become unstoppable as it ravages the entire world. Regal subjects MegaMan to Mind Rape and physical deformity when infecting him with Dark Power, driving him into a frenzy where he hacks down Regal's Darkloid underlings and even threatens his own partner Lan, powerless to stop what he's aware is happening to him the whole while. After taking MegaMan's power in a torturous process, Regal sets Nebula Gray loose upon Netopia to annihilate the military's best fleet and leave a trail of destruction in its wake. In the following battle, Regal has Nebula Gray brutalize and consume MegaMan's friends, fuses his Darkloid proxy CosmoMan into Nebula Gray as it tries to devour Bass, and orders MegaMan be crushed to death under the dark beast's fist.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Both Dex being laughed up by the class when he brings up Mu, and the entire backstory of PharaohMan being from an advanced ancient civilization when taking into account Anime!Duo, Nobody and Sherrice.
  • The first thing World Three does is attack a school, with Mr. Match being the one to carry out the operation with a fire-based Navi; come Battle Network 6, he would become a school teacher using a fire-based Navi.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: From Lan's delinquent-like status in the early chapters, many characters bleeding on-screen, all the internet fight scenes, several instances of character death, and so on. And the English version kept this unedited.