History YMMV / SeraphicBlue

* {{Squick}}: Georg's [[spoiler: Gaia Cancer form. Not only does it look like something Creator/HRGiger would be proud of but it's also rather... [[FreudWasRight phallic]] in one of his [[TooManyMouths mouths]]. This is fitting due to his creepy {{Yandere}} attitude towards Syria.]]

** Er is what happens when an EmoTeen gets godlike power to act on their nihilism. The result is a NoNonsenseNemesis who is obsessed with ending the world no matter what.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: This game is constantly in the player's face with its nihilistic characters, but it's trying to convey that a society that promotes abuse, overly cold pragmatism, and treating people like tools can suck all the joy out of life. This causes some (like Er) to sink into depravity and causes others (like Vene) to live half-heartedly.

** Subverted with her evil personality Er because while she shares Vene's painful memories, she fully [[TheMadHatter embraces her darkness]] and has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, disqualifying her as a {{Woobie}}.

** Morgan becoming [[spoiler: a Gaia Cancer]] would've been horrifying, were it not for the fact [[spoiler: his form is called Barbara]]. It's... rather hard to take him seriously after this.

* {{Narm}}: Morgan becoming [[spoiler: a Gaia Cancer]] would've been horrifying, were it not for the fact [[spoiler: his form is called Barbara]]. It's... rather hard to take him seriously after this.

* Narm: Morgan becoming [[spoiler: a Gaia Cancer]] would've been horrifying, were it not for the fact [[spoiler: his form is called Barbara]]. It's... rather hard to take him seriously after this.

* Squick: Georg's [[spoiler: Gaia Cancer form. Not only does it look like something Creator/HRGiger would be proud of but it's also rather... [[FreudWasRight phallic]] in the middle.]]

* CompleteMonster
** Ende and Er's cases are subverted since the former is an EldritchAbomination while the latter is a MadeOfEvil LiteralSplitPersonality, meaning neither are capable of making moral choices. The scary part is that the examples listed below are capable of morality, yet choose to be nearly as depraved as these two.
** If Georg's status as a remorseless and sadistic CorruptCorporateExecutive wasn't enough, he treats his daughter, Syria, as a trophy in a GildedCage and essentially wanted to [[ControlFreak control every detail of her life]]. When she gets pregnant and ruins his "pure" image of her, he abandons her to die in childbirth and has the audacity to continue sending assassins after her lover and son out of spite. Worse yet, he plans on killing Vene to take Syria's spirit, revive her in a clone body, and force her to become his trophy again. His atrocities go beyond his own family, since he convinces the Citizens of the Ground to go to war with Fezzite, knowing that most of them will probably die in the process (especially when he secreted planted a bomb on one of their own ships as a FalseFlagOperation). Eventually, he builds the LAJ mobile fortress with the intention of wiping Fezzite's capital off the map. Worst of all, he knows this war will accomplish nothing but helping Ende with his plan to destroy the world, but he goes through with it anyways for the sake of a power-trip.
** Siegbert Ansbach kills kittens with hammers in order to desensitize Vene and get her to do it too, turning her into an emotionally broken nihilist. Not to mention that his antics end up creating [[spoiler:Er]], who he then hid the existence of because her potential to destroy the world makes his "game" more fun. He also states that even if he didn't have Vene, he would have done the same to Fritz even though he wasn't Seraphic Blue, further subverting any of his claims of being a WellIntentionedExtremist.
** Morgan Douglas is already known to be a power hungry bully willing to torture innocents and screw over his own country if it means being ruler. He also approved of Siegbert's indoctrination of Vene while he was the Chairman of CMGC, making him partially responsible for [[spoiler:Er]]. And like Georg, he's willing to use Lucifers to wage a pointless war despite the fact that the world is already getting screwed by Gaia Cancers. [[spoiler:And the endgame reveals that he sold Neo-Lucifers to Abram to be used to scam members of the Khaos association into thinking the Lucifers were their children, all to fund his plans.]]

* TrueArtIsAngsty: The sheer amount of suicide and nihilism in this game is extremely depressing to the point where it borders on DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, but some see it as an effective critique of Japan's social issues and that SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped.

* NarmCharm: The game's PurpleProse can be amusing at times, but the cutscenes still capture the overall depressive mood of the game.
* ThatOneAttack: Void Finality certainly counts, since it plays with the player's expectations that they'll be safe as long as they prevent the enemy from spending field elements to cast their spells. And while the player can learn it too, it's AwesomeButImpractical for them due to the high TP cost and turn delay while enemies can wipe parties with it due to HealthDamageAsymmetry. Fittingly, the FinalBoss is fond of using this spell.

** Ende and Er's cases are subverted since they're pretty much MadeOfEvil, with the former being an EldritchAbomination and the latter being the manifestation of Vene's negative emotions. The scary thing is that there are regular humans who are nearly as depraved as them.

** Siegbert Ansbach kills kittens with hammers in order to desensitize Vene and get her to do it too. Not to mention that his antics end up creating [[spoiler:Er]], who he then hid the existence of because her potential to destroy the world makes his "game" more fun. He also states that even if he didn't have Vene, he would have done the same to Fritz even though he wasn't Seraphic Blue, further subverting any of his claims of being a WellIntentionedExtremist.

* CompleteMonster: It'd be easier to count the villains that don't fall under this trope.
** Ende and Er's cases are subverted since they're pretty much MadeOfEvil. The scary thing is that there are regular humans who are nearly as depraved as them.

* ThatOneAttack: Void Finality certainly counts, since it plays with the player's expectations that they'll be safe as long as they prevent the enemy from spending field elements to cast their spells. And while the player can learn it too, it's AwesomeButImpractical for them due to the high TP cost and turn delay while enemies can wipe parties with it due to HealthDamageAsymmetry.

** If Georg's status as a remorseless and sadistic CorruptCorporateExecutive wasn't enough, his treatment of his family will make players wish his boss battle happened sooner.

** Morgan is already known to be a power hungry bully willing to torture innocents and screw over his own country. [[spoiler:And the endgame reveals that he sold Neo-Lucifers to Abram to be used to scam members of the Khaos association into thinking the Lucifers were their children, all to fund his plans.]]

** Morgan is already known to be a power hungry bully. [[spoiler:And the endgame reveals that he sold Neo-Lucifers to Abram to be used to scam members of the Khaos association into thinking the Lucifers were their children, all to fund his plans.]]

** Ende's case is justified since he's pretty much MadeOfEvil. The scary thing is that there are humans who are nearly as bad as he is.

* NarmCharm: The game's overly poetic dialogue is strange at first, but for some, it becomes amusing in its own way.

** Morgan is already known to be a power hungry bully. [[spoiler:And the endgame reveals that he sold Neo-Lucifers to Abram to be used to scam members of the Khaos association into thinking the Lucifers were their children.]]