History YMMV / GunslingerGirl

* HarsherInHindsight: The earlier deaths of [[spoiler:Elsa and Lauro]] helped foreshadow the deaths of [[spoiler:Henrietta and Jose]].

** Dante was already established as a very bad man, but his personal MEH was [[spoiler:orchestrating Sophie's death by car bomb, which also claimed everyone in the Croce family that wasn't named Jose or Jean]]. And it's implied by [[spoiler:Henrietta's reaction to an encounter with Ski Mask Guy in chapter 83]] that Dante himself had ordered [[spoiler:her family's murder shortly before the start of the story]]. Yep, he's the most evil character in the entire series. Next he'll probably be revealed to have financed the SnuffFilm that Triela got abducted for, convinced Angelica's father to kill his own daughter to cash in on the life insurance policy he recently got for her, and caused {{Chernobyl}} by shooting at the power lines bringing electricity to the plant (thus eventually causing Petra to fall into the SWA's care).

* PuritySue: Enrica is portrayed as the personification of innocence ([[ClingyJealousGirl until she meets Sophia]]) before her death in a carbomb intended for someone else. ''I lived for my art, I lived for love'' indeed...
** JustifiedTrope, as it is Jose and Jean's opinion of her. Considering she's their DeadLittleSister, it's be weirder to ''not'' have them idealize her.

* BetterThanItSounds: The name is likely to evoke images of a sexploitation SpaghettiWestern. The reality is not even remotely close. Similarly, the premise is likely to sound creepy and exploitative, but belies the maturity and nuance of the series, particularly the first anime.

* BetterThanItSounds: The name is likely to evoke images of a sexploitation Western. The reality is not even remotely close. Similarly, the premise is likely to sound creepy and exploitative, but belies the maturity and nuance of the series, particularly the first anime.

* MoralEventHorizon: Averted. When Pinocchio decides to kill Aurora for walking in on his affairs once too many (and given that he's falling in with some [[{{Understatement}} pretty shady]] people, he had every right to be concerned), [[spoiler:Flanca orders him to not pull the trigger, thus preventing Pino from actually crossing the MEH.]]

* TheWoobie: As a consequence of being an IllGirl, Angelica excites a great deal of sympathy from many readers - to the extent that many were actually dissatisfied with her appearance in ''Il Teatrino''. Although Angelica was alive at the equivalent point in the manga, the first series of the anime ended with her implied death and many considered her reintroduction to have spoiled a beautiful tragedy.
* WhatAnIdiot: Seriously, Jose, stay away from [[spoiler:Henrietta]] if you know she's damn near her snapping point! If you're the only living organism present when something [[spoiler:triggers memories of her being left for dead in a familicide, she ''will'' frag you. She does need someone living to take her anger toward her family's murderers out on, after all, and she ''will'' go into a blind rage and can't tell friend from foe when she's in that state.]]
** He doesn't have much choice in the matter -- she is his weapon, after all. And it's implied that Jose doesn't know what's going on in Henrietta's head re: her NightmareDreams.

* TheWoobie: As a consequence of being an IllGirl, Angelica excites a great deal of sympathy from many readers - to the extent that many were actually dissatisfied with her appearance in ''Il Teatrino''. Although Angelica was alive at the equivalent point in the manga, the first series of the anime ended with her implied death and many considered her reintroduction to have spoiled a beautiful tragedy.

* PuritySue: Enrica is portrayed as the personification of innocence (until she meets Sophia) before her death in a carbomb intended for someone else. I lived for my art, I lived for love indeed...
** Justified as it is Jose and Jean's opinion of her.

* AngstWhatAngst: Most cyborgs have their memories or their pre-Agency lives erased in order to remove the pain of past traumas (or make them easier to control, if you're cynical). Rico is unique in that she has full recollection of her time before she was given over to the Agency - which was not in itself a happy experience, with years crippled by birth defects and beset by quarreling parents - and is not at all troubled by years wasted in a hospital bed or being possessed by the Agency.

* TheScrappy: Allesandro and Petra in the eyes of some fans.

** This becomes a bit of FridgeBrilliance for the relationships between the girls and the handlers/staff because it represents just how ''uncomfortable'' everyone is around these walking killing machines. And the distance between Giuseppe and Jean is part of the ''point'', though many of the more background characters are straight examples.

* TheScrappy: Allesandro and Petra in the eyes of some fans. See this page's entry for Your Mileage May Vary.

* SuperlativeDubbing: Tthe dub is almost universally commended.

* SuperlativeDubbing: Despite a few script changes from the Japanese version, the dub is almost universally commended.
* TearJerker: The whole blasted thing.
** Special mention goes to the Claes-focused episode in the first season.

** Special mention goes to the Claes-focused episode in the first season.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Despite being based on what is generally agreed to be the best parts of the manga, ''Il Teatrino'' has been very poorly received in Japan and abroad for extremely poor animation quality, very low or incorrect details on the guns (in a series generally obsessive about firearms detail) and inferior music to the original animation (not to mention a [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks complete swap-out of the entire vocal cast in Japan]], which lead to some fairly intense debates). The choice to make it more action/thriller oriented than the first season was also criticized or praised.

'''Triela''': I'M CYBERNETIC!!! And I was beaten by ''HUMAN HANDS''!!!

* TearJerker: The whole blasted thing.