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** It's even worse than that. They actually were friends up until the point where Hinohara ''lost'' to him in a race, and he thinks he did it deliberately. See, [[spoiler:his mom walked out on him and his dad]], and he thinks Hinohara lost to him because he felt sorry for him. Yeah. This twisted asshole's murderous hatred and years of cruelty is because, from his perspective, his ''best friend'' didn't have the heart to beat him immediately after his mom disappeared. Oh, and if that weren't bad enough, what really ends up setting him off is getting knocked out. In a challenge ''he'' made to Mr.Arata[[spoiler:actually the other Arata]] after he asked if they were friends or not. So, not only is all the death on account of his misplaced spite for a downright understandable action that didn't even ''happen'', it turns out to be hypocritical bullshit, to boot. ''And we are suppose to take him seriously?!''
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** It's even worse than that. They actually were friends up until the point where Hinohara ''lost'' to him in a race, and he thinks he did it deliberately. See, [[spoiler:his mom walked out on him and his dad]], and he thinks Hinohara lost to him because he felt sorry for him. Yeah. This twisted asshole's murderous hatred and years of cruelty is because, from his perspective, his ''best friend'' didn't have the heart to beat him immediately after his mom disappeared. Oh, and if that weren't bad enough, what really ends up setting him off is getting knocked out. In a challenge ''he'' made to Mr.Arata[[spoiler:actually the other Arata]] after he asked if they were friends or not. So, not only is all the death on account of his misplaced spite for a downright understandable action that didn't even ''happen'', it turns out to be hypocritical bullshit, to boot. ''And we are suppose supposed to take him seriously?!''
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** Yataka. We are suppose to sympathize with him because Kikuri broke off their relationship and Yataka seeing the intentions for why she did it made him even more guilty and heartbroken as he was willing to give up everything for her. However, his action and decision to assassinate Kikuri despite his motive was to put her out of her misery makes him borderline looks like an abusive boyfriend instead.
* {{Wangst}}: The common criticism of the series is how much we are suppose to sympathize or root for some of the characters due to their sad or tragic backstory. But depending on your sensibilities, the backstories of some of the Shou may or may not feel like this. Hinohara is typically considered guilty of this more often than the others since he constantly wins over the Shou by highlighting his past which annoys some readers. However, the biggest problem is the series treated Arata and Kadowaki's conflict as a main serious thing when theirs is arguably minor and contrive compared to many other characters who suffered ''much'' more than them, some dealt with poverty, slavery, abusive family, disability, etc.
* {{Wangst}}: The common criticism of the series is how much we are suppose to sympathize or root for some of the characters due to their sad or tragic backstory. But depending on your sensibilities, the backstories of some of the Shou may or may not feel like this. Hinohara is typically considered guilty of this more often than the others since he constantly wins over the Shou by highlighting his past which annoys some readers. However, the biggest problem is the series treated Arata and Kadowaki's conflict as a main serious thing when theirs is arguably minor and contrive compared to many other characters who suffered ''much'' more than them, some dealt with poverty, slavery, abusive family, disability, etc.
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** Yataka. We are suppose supposed to sympathize with him because Kikuri broke off their relationship and Yataka seeing the intentions for why she did it made him even more guilty and heartbroken as he was willing to give up everything for her. However, his action and decision to assassinate Kikuri despite his motive was to put her out of her misery makes him borderline looks like an abusive boyfriend instead.
* {{Wangst}}: The common criticism of the series is how much we aresuppose supposed to sympathize or root for some of the characters due to their sad or tragic backstory. But depending on your sensibilities, the backstories of some of the Shou may or may not feel like this. Hinohara is typically considered guilty of this more often than the others since he constantly wins over the Shou by highlighting his past which annoys some readers. However, the biggest problem is the series treated Arata and Kadowaki's conflict as a main serious thing when theirs is arguably minor and contrive compared to many other characters who suffered ''much'' more than them, some dealt with poverty, slavery, abusive family, disability, etc.
* {{Wangst}}: The common criticism of the series is how much we are
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* CriticalResearchFailure: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Kikutsune was originally a Roman citizen who grew up to be a popular musician. Judging by the popularity of his status, Watase doesn't seem to know that in ancient Rome, being a musician was regarded as a low-class job. An aristocrat or upper class man who practiced such music wouldn't be regarded well by others in the same rank (one of the reasons why Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} was disliked by the Senate, as he fancied himself as a singer and lyricist). So in this context, Kikutsune wouldn't receive any honor, glory, or even get installed to become a noble for this achievement.]]
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The ''remastered'' edition is this with tons of redraws and new scenes that Watase didn't get to include in the serialization and to add more nuance in the story.
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* FoeYay: Hinohara and Kadowaki. [[spoiler:The more overt hints don't come until after TheReveal that the two used to be friends. Sort of lampshaded when Miyabi suspects that Kadowaki actually likes Hinohara, then immediately adds that she doesn't mean it in a "weird" way.]]
** Similarly, Akachi and Kannagi. [[spoiler: Their friendship is meant to parallel Hinohara and Kadowaki's in some ways. Akachi and Kannagi's interactions in the past could definitely be seen as something more than just friendship. Not to mention that when Emisu died, Kannagi was only shown to be tearing up a little bit, but when Akachi died, Kannagi was shown to be crying with six lines of tears pouring down his face. Also, Kannagi is the last thing Akachi thinks of before he dies for the first time, and when Okoro is making the deal with him, it's Kannagi who Akachi says he wants to see again.]]
** Similarly, Akachi and Kannagi. [[spoiler: Their friendship is meant to parallel Hinohara and Kadowaki's in some ways. Akachi and Kannagi's interactions in the past could definitely be seen as something more than just friendship. Not to mention that when Emisu died, Kannagi was only shown to be tearing up a little bit, but when Akachi died, Kannagi was shown to be crying with six lines of tears pouring down his face. Also, Kannagi is the last thing Akachi thinks of before he dies for the first time, and when Okoro is making the deal with him, it's Kannagi who Akachi says he wants to see again.]]
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: With a lot of characters that has a DarkAndTroubledPast, there's are some that bounds to fall into this for many viewers:
** Kadowaki is the most guilty of of this as this is the prime reason for his TheScrappy status (see above). He has the strongest FreudianExcuse for all of his actions. His excuses was that Hinohara purposely lost a race against him, losing the ability to run, his parents divorced, and his father neglected him as a result. The author wanted us to get on board with him and take him seriously as a character with Kadowaki's main goal is to be equal to him. But this did not convince nearly every viewers because all of his actions comes off absolutely petty and hideous to root and/or even sympathize with him, *especially* his bullying toward Hinohara.
** Akachi, whose conflict with Kannagi was meant to be the {{Foil}} to Kadowaki and Hinohara's. While he has a horrible past and his hatred for Kannagi was reasonable due to being brought as slaves, forced apart from Emisu as a result by Kannagi for many years, tortured to death, and Kannagi failing to protect Emisu, this does not justified his actions to slaughter Kannagi's clans (including a ''pregnant'' woman). And no, wanting to be Kannagi's equal does not absolve that whatsoever. This was {{Lampshaded}} by Kannagi, but later double subverted as he forgiven Akachi.
** Yataka. We are suppose to sympathize with him because Kikuri broke off their relationship and Yataka seeing the intentions for why she did it made him even more guilty and heartbroken as he was willing to give up everything for her. However, his action and decision to assassinate Kikuri despite his motive was to put her out of her misery makes him borderline looks like an abusive boyfriend instead.
** Kadowaki is the most guilty of of this as this is the prime reason for his TheScrappy status (see above). He has the strongest FreudianExcuse for all of his actions. His excuses was that Hinohara purposely lost a race against him, losing the ability to run, his parents divorced, and his father neglected him as a result. The author wanted us to get on board with him and take him seriously as a character with Kadowaki's main goal is to be equal to him. But this did not convince nearly every viewers because all of his actions comes off absolutely petty and hideous to root and/or even sympathize with him, *especially* his bullying toward Hinohara.
** Akachi, whose conflict with Kannagi was meant to be the {{Foil}} to Kadowaki and Hinohara's. While he has a horrible past and his hatred for Kannagi was reasonable due to being brought as slaves, forced apart from Emisu as a result by Kannagi for many years, tortured to death, and Kannagi failing to protect Emisu, this does not justified his actions to slaughter Kannagi's clans (including a ''pregnant'' woman). And no, wanting to be Kannagi's equal does not absolve that whatsoever. This was {{Lampshaded}} by Kannagi, but later double subverted as he forgiven Akachi.
** Yataka. We are suppose to sympathize with him because Kikuri broke off their relationship and Yataka seeing the intentions for why she did it made him even more guilty and heartbroken as he was willing to give up everything for her. However, his action and decision to assassinate Kikuri despite his motive was to put her out of her misery makes him borderline looks like an abusive boyfriend instead.
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* AmericansHateTingle: While Kadowaki is generally a hated character, he does has ''some'' share of fans in the east (both native Japan and China) due to his character development. However, nothing can withstand the '''sheer''' amount of hatred and contempt he received in the west. This could largely be due to ValuesDissonance. In Japan, bullying was rarely brought up and wasn't taken seriously unless an authority was involved. Although the manga absolutely does not condone this, Kadowaki is still a KarmaHoudini who becomes the main antagonist, meaning he gets the amount of attention. This threw off many western readers who wished that Kadowaki can just dropped dead already. See TheScrappy below for more details.
* AuthorsSavingThrow: The ''remastered'' edition is this with tons of redraws and new scenes that Watase didn't get to include in the serialization and to add more nuance in the story.
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** Out of the Six Shou members, Kikutsune is easily the most popular among the fans judging by the Japanese and Chinese forums.
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** It's even worse than that. They actually were friends up until the point where Hinohara ''lost'' to him in a race, and he thinks he did it deliberately. See, [[spoiler:his mom walked out on him and his dad]], and he thinks Hinohara lost to him because he felt sorry for him. Yeah. This twisted asshole's murderous hatred and years of cruelty is because, from his perspective, his ''best friend'' didn't have the heart to beat him immediately after his mom disappeared. Oh, and if that weren't bad enough, what really ends up setting him off is getting knocked out. In a challenge ''he'' made to Mr.Arata[[spoiler:actually the other Arata]] after he asked if they were friends or not. So, not only is all the death on account of his misplaced spite for a downright understandable action that didn't even ''happen'', it turns out to be hypocritical bullshit, to boot.
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** It's even worse than that. They actually were friends up until the point where Hinohara ''lost'' to him in a race, and he thinks he did it deliberately. See, [[spoiler:his mom walked out on him and his dad]], and he thinks Hinohara lost to him because he felt sorry for him. Yeah. This twisted asshole's murderous hatred and years of cruelty is because, from his perspective, his ''best friend'' didn't have the heart to beat him immediately after his mom disappeared. Oh, and if that weren't bad enough, what really ends up setting him off is getting knocked out. In a challenge ''he'' made to Mr.Arata[[spoiler:actually the other Arata]] after he asked if they were friends or not. So, not only is all the death on account of his misplaced spite for a downright understandable action that didn't even ''happen'', it turns out to be hypocritical bullshit, to boot. ''And we are suppose to take him seriously?!''
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* {{Wangst}}: Depending on your sensibilities, the backstories of some of the Shou may or may not feel like this. Hinohara is typically considered guilty of this more often than the others.
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* {{Wangst}}: Depending The common criticism of the series is how much we are suppose to sympathize or root for some of the characters due to their sad or tragic backstory. But depending on your sensibilities, the backstories of some of the Shou may or may not feel like this. Hinohara is typically considered guilty of this more often than the others.others since he constantly wins over the Shou by highlighting his past which annoys some readers. However, the biggest problem is the series treated Arata and Kadowaki's conflict as a main serious thing when theirs is arguably minor and contrive compared to many other characters who suffered ''much'' more than them, some dealt with poverty, slavery, abusive family, disability, etc.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Kikutsune was originally a Roman citizen who grew up to be a popular musician. Judging by the popularity of his status, the author doesn't seem to know that musical practice was regarded to be low-class work. An aristocrat or upper class men that practices such music won't be regarded well by others in the same rank (one of the reasons why Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} was disliked by the Senate). So in this context, Kikutsune wouldn't receive any honor, glory, or even get installed to become a noble for this achievement.]]
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* CriticalResearchFailure: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Kikutsune was originally a Roman citizen who grew up to be a popular musician. Judging by the popularity of his status, the author Watase doesn't seem to know that musical practice in ancient Rome, being a musician was regarded to be as a low-class work. job. An aristocrat or upper class men that practices man who practiced such music won't wouldn't be regarded well by others in the same rank (one of the reasons why Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} was disliked by the Senate).Senate, as he fancied himself as a singer and lyricist). So in this context, Kikutsune wouldn't receive any honor, glory, or even get installed to become a noble for this achievement.]]
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** There's a lot between Kikutsune and Isora. But in particular, Kikutsune explicitly told Isora that he's the only person that matters to him and that he won't release him even after they return to their world.
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* PeripheryDemographic: The series is mainly targeted for boys as it serialized in ''Shonen Sunday'', but it ends up getting more female fans than the former due to its overwhelming {{bishounen}} and shojo feel (thanks to {{Yuu Watase}}'s influence as a shojo mangaka.) However, it led to some dispute whether the series should be categorized as shojo or not.
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* PeripheryDemographic: The series is mainly targeted for boys as it serialized in ''Shonen Sunday'', but it ends up getting more female fans than the former due to its overwhelming {{bishounen}} and shojo feel (thanks to {{Yuu Watase}}'s [[Creator/YuuWatase Yuu Watase's]] influence as a shojo mangaka.) mangaka). However, it led to some dispute whether the series should be categorized as shojo or not.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Kikutsune was originally a Roman citizen who grew up to be a popular musician. Judging by the popularity of his status, the author doesn't seem to know that musical practice was regarded to be low-class work. An aristocrat or upper class men that practices such music won't be regarded well by others in the same rank (one of the reasons why Emperor UsefulNotes/{{Nero}} was disliked by the Senate). So in this context, Kikutsune wouldn't receive any honor, glory, or even get installed to become a noble for this achievement.]]
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Judging by Watase's notes in the backs of some volumes, Kannagi does ''very'' well in character popularity polls.
** Out of the Six Shou members, Kikutsune is easily the most popular among the fans judging by the Japanese and Chinese forums.
* FoeYay: Hinohara and Kadowaki. [[spoiler:The more overt hints don't come until after TheReveal that the two used to be friends. Sort of lampshaded when Miyabi suspects that Kadowaki actually likes Hinohara, then immediately adds that she doesn't mean it in a "weird" way.]]
** Similarly, Akachi and Kannagi. [[spoiler: Their friendship is meant to parallel Hinohara and Kadowaki's in some ways. Akachi and Kannagi's interactions in the past could definitely be seen as something more than just friendship. Not to mention that when Emisu died, Kannagi was only shown to be tearing up a little bit, but when Akachi died, Kannagi was shown to be crying with six lines of tears pouring down his face. Also, Kannagi is the last thing Akachi thinks of before he dies for the first time, and when Okoro is making the deal with him, it's Kannagi who Akachi says he wants to see again.]]
* FridgeHorror: When a person from Amawakuni crosses over into the real world, they end up in the exact same place the person from Earth crossed over into Amawakuni from, and vice versa. [[spoiler: Five out of the six shinsho (not including Harunawa) are actually from Earth. So far, we've seen that they all entered Amawakuni at really awful times - such as Kikutsune crossing over after falling through a crack in the earth, in Pompeii, '''when the volcano was going off''', and Isora being prosecuted as a witch and being dunked in the water, presumably before being burned at the stake.]] The real Fridge Horror sets in when you realize that some innocent citizens of Amawakuni, having no clue what was going on, crossed over to Earth and were mistaken for the [[spoiler: shinsho]] they replaced and died horribly in their place.
* HoYay:
** Not much yet, but Hinohara seems to like Kannagi's transvestite version way too much. Also played with during the Kugura arc, wherein [[spoiler:Kugura falls in love with a cross-dressing Hinohara, much to the latter's chagrin. The BishieSparkle that Kugura views Hinohara with ''after'' the UnsettlingGenderReveal don't help matters much]].
** Rami's declaration of [[spoiler: "Mikusa-sama's the only one for me!" isn't so LesYay to the cast who are in the dark about Mikusa's true gender, but it's another thing for the audience who found out before the characters. Even Kotoha, the only other member of the group to know Mikusa's secret at the time, admits to being impressed by the strength of Rami's love.]]
** Hiruha, originally one of Kagura's Zokushou, later chooses to join up with Hinohara's team. He says that it's because Hinohara looked cool when fighting Kagura, blushing as he says it. He later leaps on the opportunity to ask Hinohara to wash his back during the HotSpringsEpisode.
* MemeticMolester: Harunawa received this reputation to this degree by the partial fandom. He teased Oribe in a creepy way, inserted his sharp nail between a girl's breast, grab Oribe's breast with the latter under his mind manipulation, hunted and killed little girls...
* {{Moe}}: Kotoha, so much. Then there's Miyabi...
* NightmareFuel: Chapter 23, "Behind the Curtain", makes chilling use of the GoryDiscretionShot. The double-spread in chapter 46 that introduces [[spoiler:Orochi]] ain't pretty, either - not to mention [[spoiler:what Orochi can actually ''do'' to people, as we see with Eto later on]].
** The first two times [[spoiler: Hinohara demonizes]] are pretty scary - the third time, when he's almost entirely [[spoiler: demonized and has partially merged with Tsukuyo]] and is chasing after Kadowaki in an UnstoppableRage is absolutely ''terrifying''.
** [[spoiler: Ameeno forcing Ikisu to submit to him.]] It's arguable the most violent fight we've seen so far, and the worst part? [[spoiler: Ameeno]] isn't using his Hayagami at all. The most he uses it for is to [[spoiler: demonize,]] but that's pretty much it. For the majority of the fight, he's just using his brute strength, and at the end, he literally ''rips'' [[spoiler: Ikisu's onigami form]] apart.
* PeripheryDemographic: The series is mainly targeted for boys as it serialized in ''Shonen Sunday'', but it ends up getting more female fans than the former due to its overwhelming {{bishounen}} and shojo feel (thanks to {{Yuu Watase}}'s influence as a shojo mangaka.) However, it led to some dispute whether the series should be categorized as shojo or not.
* TheScrappy: People aren't fond of Kadowaki. There are characters who are jerks, [[EnsembleDarkhorse but popular]] [[LoveToHate because they're fun to watch]], and then there are jerks who people hate just as much as they would hate if they were to encounter them in real life. Kadowaki is the latter. He's a bona fide rich kid {{Jerkass}} whose only justification for his cruelty to Hinohara is the fact that he has a neglectful father and that [[GreenEyedMonster Hinohara is better than him at sports.]] Naturally, when he [[spoiler:comes to the other world to hinder Hinohara's efforts to save it]], his hatedom only increases. Once in the other world, he reveals himself to be a full-blown [[TheSociopath sociopath]]: he treats everyone like crap and sets out to kill powerful Shous just to gain power, and ruthlessly kills anybody who gets in the way of an already murderous goal. The biggest problem with this series is that this fucker isn't dead yet.
** It's even worse than that. They actually were friends up until the point where Hinohara ''lost'' to him in a race, and he thinks he did it deliberately. See, [[spoiler:his mom walked out on him and his dad]], and he thinks Hinohara lost to him because he felt sorry for him. Yeah. This twisted asshole's murderous hatred and years of cruelty is because, from his perspective, his ''best friend'' didn't have the heart to beat him immediately after his mom disappeared. Oh, and if that weren't bad enough, what really ends up setting him off is getting knocked out. In a challenge ''he'' made to Mr.Arata[[spoiler:actually the other Arata]] after he asked if they were friends or not. So, not only is all the death on account of his misplaced spite for a downright understandable action that didn't even ''happen'', it turns out to be hypocritical bullshit, to boot.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks : A lot of fans of the manga had this reaction to the anime, seeing how it changed a majority of the plotline - they took out Oribe, Seo, the Island of Lost Children arc, ignored the original story of the Suzakura arc, told us about [[spoiler: Kannagi and Akachi's past friendship]] way too early, etc.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot : The setup seems interesting with Arata pretending to be a maiden, getting framed, they switch....and it turns into a fairly normal TrappedInAnotherWorld type thing. It's well executed an all, but it seems like there was a bunch of awesome in the setup that just didn't get used.
** Readers are underwhelmed by this series for its lack of world-building as it doesn't revolve much with the Hayagami and the history of the fantasy world, which many people felt it would had been a better story focusing on those elements, but instead got the boy TrappedInAnotherWorld and dealing with characters who has {{Wangst}} backstories.
* {{Wangst}}: Depending on your sensibilities, the backstories of some of the Shou may or may not feel like this. Hinohara is typically considered guilty of this more often than the others.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Judging by Watase's notes in the backs of some volumes, Kannagi does ''very'' well in character popularity polls.
** Out of the Six Shou members, Kikutsune is easily the most popular among the fans judging by the Japanese and Chinese forums.
* FoeYay: Hinohara and Kadowaki. [[spoiler:The more overt hints don't come until after TheReveal that the two used to be friends. Sort of lampshaded when Miyabi suspects that Kadowaki actually likes Hinohara, then immediately adds that she doesn't mean it in a "weird" way.]]
** Similarly, Akachi and Kannagi. [[spoiler: Their friendship is meant to parallel Hinohara and Kadowaki's in some ways. Akachi and Kannagi's interactions in the past could definitely be seen as something more than just friendship. Not to mention that when Emisu died, Kannagi was only shown to be tearing up a little bit, but when Akachi died, Kannagi was shown to be crying with six lines of tears pouring down his face. Also, Kannagi is the last thing Akachi thinks of before he dies for the first time, and when Okoro is making the deal with him, it's Kannagi who Akachi says he wants to see again.]]
* FridgeHorror: When a person from Amawakuni crosses over into the real world, they end up in the exact same place the person from Earth crossed over into Amawakuni from, and vice versa. [[spoiler: Five out of the six shinsho (not including Harunawa) are actually from Earth. So far, we've seen that they all entered Amawakuni at really awful times - such as Kikutsune crossing over after falling through a crack in the earth, in Pompeii, '''when the volcano was going off''', and Isora being prosecuted as a witch and being dunked in the water, presumably before being burned at the stake.]] The real Fridge Horror sets in when you realize that some innocent citizens of Amawakuni, having no clue what was going on, crossed over to Earth and were mistaken for the [[spoiler: shinsho]] they replaced and died horribly in their place.
* HoYay:
** Not much yet, but Hinohara seems to like Kannagi's transvestite version way too much. Also played with during the Kugura arc, wherein [[spoiler:Kugura falls in love with a cross-dressing Hinohara, much to the latter's chagrin. The BishieSparkle that Kugura views Hinohara with ''after'' the UnsettlingGenderReveal don't help matters much]].
** Rami's declaration of [[spoiler: "Mikusa-sama's the only one for me!" isn't so LesYay to the cast who are in the dark about Mikusa's true gender, but it's another thing for the audience who found out before the characters. Even Kotoha, the only other member of the group to know Mikusa's secret at the time, admits to being impressed by the strength of Rami's love.]]
** Hiruha, originally one of Kagura's Zokushou, later chooses to join up with Hinohara's team. He says that it's because Hinohara looked cool when fighting Kagura, blushing as he says it. He later leaps on the opportunity to ask Hinohara to wash his back during the HotSpringsEpisode.
* MemeticMolester: Harunawa received this reputation to this degree by the partial fandom. He teased Oribe in a creepy way, inserted his sharp nail between a girl's breast, grab Oribe's breast with the latter under his mind manipulation, hunted and killed little girls...
* {{Moe}}: Kotoha, so much. Then there's Miyabi...
* NightmareFuel: Chapter 23, "Behind the Curtain", makes chilling use of the GoryDiscretionShot. The double-spread in chapter 46 that introduces [[spoiler:Orochi]] ain't pretty, either - not to mention [[spoiler:what Orochi can actually ''do'' to people, as we see with Eto later on]].
** The first two times [[spoiler: Hinohara demonizes]] are pretty scary - the third time, when he's almost entirely [[spoiler: demonized and has partially merged with Tsukuyo]] and is chasing after Kadowaki in an UnstoppableRage is absolutely ''terrifying''.
** [[spoiler: Ameeno forcing Ikisu to submit to him.]] It's arguable the most violent fight we've seen so far, and the worst part? [[spoiler: Ameeno]] isn't using his Hayagami at all. The most he uses it for is to [[spoiler: demonize,]] but that's pretty much it. For the majority of the fight, he's just using his brute strength, and at the end, he literally ''rips'' [[spoiler: Ikisu's onigami form]] apart.
* PeripheryDemographic: The series is mainly targeted for boys as it serialized in ''Shonen Sunday'', but it ends up getting more female fans than the former due to its overwhelming {{bishounen}} and shojo feel (thanks to {{Yuu Watase}}'s influence as a shojo mangaka.) However, it led to some dispute whether the series should be categorized as shojo or not.
* TheScrappy: People aren't fond of Kadowaki. There are characters who are jerks, [[EnsembleDarkhorse but popular]] [[LoveToHate because they're fun to watch]], and then there are jerks who people hate just as much as they would hate if they were to encounter them in real life. Kadowaki is the latter. He's a bona fide rich kid {{Jerkass}} whose only justification for his cruelty to Hinohara is the fact that he has a neglectful father and that [[GreenEyedMonster Hinohara is better than him at sports.]] Naturally, when he [[spoiler:comes to the other world to hinder Hinohara's efforts to save it]], his hatedom only increases. Once in the other world, he reveals himself to be a full-blown [[TheSociopath sociopath]]: he treats everyone like crap and sets out to kill powerful Shous just to gain power, and ruthlessly kills anybody who gets in the way of an already murderous goal. The biggest problem with this series is that this fucker isn't dead yet.
** It's even worse than that. They actually were friends up until the point where Hinohara ''lost'' to him in a race, and he thinks he did it deliberately. See, [[spoiler:his mom walked out on him and his dad]], and he thinks Hinohara lost to him because he felt sorry for him. Yeah. This twisted asshole's murderous hatred and years of cruelty is because, from his perspective, his ''best friend'' didn't have the heart to beat him immediately after his mom disappeared. Oh, and if that weren't bad enough, what really ends up setting him off is getting knocked out. In a challenge ''he'' made to Mr.Arata[[spoiler:actually the other Arata]] after he asked if they were friends or not. So, not only is all the death on account of his misplaced spite for a downright understandable action that didn't even ''happen'', it turns out to be hypocritical bullshit, to boot.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks : A lot of fans of the manga had this reaction to the anime, seeing how it changed a majority of the plotline - they took out Oribe, Seo, the Island of Lost Children arc, ignored the original story of the Suzakura arc, told us about [[spoiler: Kannagi and Akachi's past friendship]] way too early, etc.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot : The setup seems interesting with Arata pretending to be a maiden, getting framed, they switch....and it turns into a fairly normal TrappedInAnotherWorld type thing. It's well executed an all, but it seems like there was a bunch of awesome in the setup that just didn't get used.
** Readers are underwhelmed by this series for its lack of world-building as it doesn't revolve much with the Hayagami and the history of the fantasy world, which many people felt it would had been a better story focusing on those elements, but instead got the boy TrappedInAnotherWorld and dealing with characters who has {{Wangst}} backstories.
* {{Wangst}}: Depending on your sensibilities, the backstories of some of the Shou may or may not feel like this. Hinohara is typically considered guilty of this more often than the others.
