History YMMV / Shiki

** Tohru had a very good reputation around town for how much of a NiceGuy he is. Then he's killed by someone who he did ''nothing'' to. Tohru awakens not long after and finds out he either kills or his family dies. He goes after Natsuno crying. [[spoiler:Finally, he's at his limit when Ritsuko rises and when she delivers a set of {{ArmorPiercingQuestion}}s.]]

** Tohru had a very good reputation around town for how much of a NiceGuy he is. Then he's killed by someone who he did ''nothing'' to. Tohry awakens not long after and finds out he either kills or his family dies. He goes after Natsuno crying.

** Tohru had a very good reputation around town for how much of a NiceGuy he is. He either kills or his family dies.

%%* TheWoobie: Where to start? It'd probably be easier to list characters who ''didn't'' qualify!

** Natsuno is a subversion of this and averts it by the end of his arc, he's unambiguously the most heroic out of the three despite ironically having the most abrasive personality at least prior to Toshio's TookALevelInJerkass. This is because he starts out rather cold and selfish towards others and doesn't really seem to care about Megumi's death, even rejecting Kaori's offer to give him a keepsake of hers(granted Megumi did stare through his window so it's understandable why he didn't like her). The trope becomes more averted with every episode as becomes a nicer person and goes out of his way to protect his friends and [[spoiler: dies not one but two heroic deaths, the first time he was trying to save Tohru and the second he blew up himself to put a permanent end to Tatsumi who was the most dangerous out of the Shiki's.]]

** Sunako is an AffablyEvil, well-mannered and intelligent BigBad who despite her short stature commands a large presence as leader of the Shiki family.

** Seishin is initially portrayed as a reliable and decent person who wants to help Toshio save the village from the "pandemic" and befriends Sunako when he believes she's a sad lonely girl who just wants someone to talk to. However, the trope arises when he finds out about Sunako's true nature as well as the Shiki and begins to move closer to her. While it's understandable that he felt awful for the Shiki(in particular Sunako) for their cursed existence and [[spoiler: that he condemned Toshio for his pragmatic cruelty regarding his murder of Kyouko, the issue arises when he sides with Sunako who did the same thing on a larger scale making him come across as a self-righteous hypocrite, persuading her that she wasn't an evil person while never offering the same comfort towards his childhood friend. He ends the show by becoming a Shiki, saving Sunako, and driving away with her in tow, essentially giving her another chance to keep killing innocents, and then there's the fact that we never actually know if he will also feast on blood in this state. Ironically Seishin started out as the most heroic out of the three but ended up being the one to side with the BigBad, although this is a result of Shiki's very grey portrayal of both the humans and Shiki.]]

* DesignatedHero: All three of the main protagonists can fall under this in different ways, owing to the cynical tone of Shiki:
** Natsuno is a subversion of this and averts it by the end of his arc, he's unambiguously the most heroic out of the three despite ironically having the most abrasive personality at least prior to Toshio's TookALevelInJerkass, he starts out rather cold towards others and doesn't really seem to care about Megumi's death, even rejecting Kaori's offer to give him a keepsake of hers(granted Megumi did stare through his window so it's understandable why he didn't like her). However, this trope becomes more averted with every episode as he goes out of his way to protect his friends and [[spoiler: dies not one but two heroic deaths, the first time he was trying to save Tohru and the second he blew up himself to put a permanent end to Tatsumi who was the most dangerous out of the Shiki's.]]

* EvilIsCool: Tatsumi, complete with obligatory sunglasses and motorcycle.

** The Shiki as a species can come across this way. The story tries it's best to make them seem like a WoobieSpecies who are only doing what they need to do to survive and they are a few sympathetic shiki such as [[spoiler:Tohru, and Ritsuko. To a lesser extent Sunako too]], but it doesn't change the fact that the ''overwhelming'' majority of them are unrepentant killers who casually and ''gleefully'' kill off innocent villagers including ''children''. So by the time the shiki are getting [[spoiler:massacred by the villagers]] it's not uncommon for some viewers to see this as an act of karmic retribution given the way the shiki have been characterized up until that point. It isn't helped by the fact that clearly, they don't have to kill anyone as they can't drink the entirety of their victim's blood in one go, something Natsuno rightly points out to Tohru. Instead of finding a peaceful solution or actually trying to talk to the village about their problem, they jumped straight to murdering innocent people and learnt the hard way that their prey will fight back. It isn't helped by Megumi and Sunako whining about how unfair it is to try to kill them.]]

** The Shiki as a species can come across this way. The story tries it's best to make them seem like a WoobieSpecies who are only doing what they need to do to survive and they are a few sympathetic shiki such as [[spoiler:Tohru, and Ritsuko]], but it doesn't change the fact that the ''overwhelming'' majority of them are unrepentant killers who casually and ''gleefully'' kill off innocent villagers including ''children''. So by the time the shiki are getting [[spoiler:massacred by the villagers]] it's not uncommon for some viewers to see this as an act of karmic retribution given the way the shiki have been characterized up until that point.

* {{Wangst}}: Masao tends to do this.

* EvilIsSexy: [[spoiler: Shiki!Megumi. She has great taste in clothing. Also, Chizuru counts as this trope despite being a FashionVictimVillain later on in the series.]]
%%** Also, Tatsumi.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The funeral scene in episode 15.

** Also, Tatsumi.

* NoYay: One or two scenes suggest that Masao may have a thing for his sister-in-law Chizuko.
* TheScrappy: Masao for being a whiny and self-centered teenager.

* UglyCute: Masao to some; possibly a few other characters as well.

* TheWoobie: Where to start? It'd probably be easier to list characters who ''didn't'' qualify!

* TrueArtIsAngsty: This extremely dark, depressing show all about exploring the dark side of human nature and presenting just how futile and pointless death can be has received lavish praise from most reputable critics and the vast majority of people who have seen it in some form.