YMMV / Tamako Market

• Broken Base:
  • Upon the first episode's airing, many complained about Dela taking up too much screentime, annoyed by it, considering he's probably the farthest from a typical Kyoto Animation character. For some, this has been enough to consider dropping the series. As the series progresses, Dera's character is worked into the story considerably better.Indeed. from episode 7 onwards, he may be the most important supporting character
  • Then, there is the ending, a fitting way to close out a Slice of Life story, or cheap cop out that deliberately avoids even trying to resolve anything and renders the entire series pointless. But, as Dela points out, things are changing, little by little.
• Die for Our Ship: Midori is receiving a lot of this for interfering with Mochizou/Tamako as of episode 5. By extension, Mochizou is this for Midori/Tamako shippers.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Some fan circles see Kanna as "best girl" in the show and call her ungodly awesome, since she builds things instinctively due to being the daughter of a carpenter, carries a hammer around with command, speaks in a cool monotone, has epic lines, and trolls Dera.
  • Kaoru the flower shop owner is a minor character, but she has quite a few LGBT fans due to the implications that she's a trans woman.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: The movie reveals Tamako's obsession with mochi to stem from when she was a small child being comforted with 'mochi faces' made by her father and Mochizou in the time when her mother passed away. She even states that she's become the lovable and easygoing girl she is now in an attempt to bring happiness to everyone in the same way mochi does. Though it's implied that she's actually trying to be the person she thinks her mother was (a kind woman loved by everyone) as a way of honoring her.
• Les Yay: Shiori watched Tamako for some time before finally becoming friends with her.
• LGBT Fanbase:
  • Gay and bisexual women symphatize a lot with Midori.
  • Kaoru's ambiguously transgender nature, and the fact she's never noted as particularly unusual in-series, has resulted in Kaoru having a lot of trans woman fans.
• Moe: It's a KyoAni show so it's to be expected, but many people have started thinking the same of the men as well as the girls. You'd be hard pressed to find a fan of the show that doesn't find Mochizou endearing or cute in some way.
• Sequel Displacement: Many people have seen Tamako Love Story without even hearing of the anime.
• Ship-to-Ship Combat: Midori/Tamako vs. Mochizou/Tamako. There are also people out there that ship Mochizou/Midori

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