History YMMV / Helck

* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: the forced Awakened human's transformation is a horrifying and painful sight. Their muscles grow to groteque proportions as their skin turns gray and their faces turn featureless while they scream in pain. Helck wasn't kidding when he said they were not human anymore. It's even worse for humans who do have potental, as they retain their personality even as the transformation corrupts it into the King's puppet.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: Pretty much everything about Helck after his past is revealed, from his [[FunnyAneurysmMoment tiny sword]] to his [[StepfordSmiler constant smile]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Helck really as nice as he acts? For some Helck's hatred of humans seems to contrast his overall kind personality. Given the life he has had some fans wonder if he would actually choose an alternative course of action that doesn't lead to humanity's extinction.
** The manga actively encourages readers to be uncertain about Helck and which way he'll go, though the precise spin on it changes as the plot continues and more is revealed.
** Chapter 69 more or less puts the theory to rest, by showing that it's not that Helck wanted to kill all the humans, it is that he had given up all hope that they could be saved; luckily Anne reignites that hope.

* {{Reconstruction}}: Of the ComicallyInvincibleHero. How do you create an antagonistic threat when the main character is a level 99 superhuman with perfect physical stats and no exceptionally crippling mental weaknesses? ''By souping up an entire nation's population of villainous PlayerCharacters'', Dark Souls resurrection, and an alternate win condition that has nothing to do with the hero. Most of the tension from the fights comes from a combination of power imbalance and attrition. One of the core themes is that brute strength is not everything; it's about using that strength to help others, who can help you in their own special ways. And in the last arc, it's revealed that there is a logical reason why Helck is so ridiculously strong: [[spoiler:The Will of the World tried to make him his champion long before Cless, augmenting his body and aura at a young age. The only thing that would have been exceptionally special about Helck otherwise was his iron will, which resisted the temptation]].
* {{Shipping}}: A few have popped up.

* TheUntwist: Long before it's revealed in-universe it was really ''really'' obvious to any reader that the sole female Winged Warrior attacking the Demon World [[spoiler:was actually Alicia.]]
** In fact, she draws the [[spoiler:half-broken Hero Killer sword in her ''very first appearance'' revealing her identity right there]], though it's easy to miss if you're not paying attention.

** Edil/Hyura, due to a rather large amount of FoeYay that even gets commented on InUniverse.

** Chapter 69 more or less puts the theory to rest, by showing that its not that Helck wanted to kill all the humans it is that he had given up all hope that they could be saved, luckily Anne reignites that hope.

* MemeticMutation: It was suppose to be a gag manga[[note]] The manga started as something of a gag manga with frequent jokes at Helck's insane power, but later chapters went heavy on the sadness of Helck's life [[/note]]

* TheUntwist: Long before it's revealed in-universe it was really ''really'' obvious to any reader that the sole female Winged Warrior attacking the Demon World [[spoiler:was actually Alicia.]]

* TheUntwist: At this point it's really ''really'' obvious to any reader that the sole female Winged Warrior attacking the Demon World [[spoiler:is actually Alicia.]]

** Anne/Helck is popular, though it's equally if not more so for them to [[JustFriends just be friends.]]

* MemeticMutation: It was suppose to be a gag manga[[note:Explanation]] The manga started as something of a gag manga with frequent jokes at Helck's insane power, but later chapters went heavy on the sadness of Helck's life [[/note]]

** Edil/Hyura, due to a rather large amount of FoeYay that even gets commented on InUniverse.

* HarsherInHindsight: Pretty much everything about Helck after his past is revealed, from his tiny sword to his constant smile.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Helck really as nice as he acts? For some Helck's hatred of humans seems to contrast his overall kind personality. Given the life he has had some fans wonder if he would actually choose an alternative course of action that doesn't lead to humanities extinction.
* IronWoobie: Helck has had one hell of a hard life but it never managed to really dent his overall kind and humble personality.

** Anne/Helck is popular, though its equally if not more so for them to [[JustFriends just be friends.]]
** Helck/Alicia became really popular during Helcks backstory
** Edil/Hyura do to a rather large amount of FoeYay that even gets commented on InUniverse.

* IronWoobie: Helck has had one hell of a hard life but it never managed to really dent his overall kind and humble personality.