History YMMV / TheLegendOfMotherSarah

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The whole series, just like the other works of Otomo, has a clear GreenAesop about nuclear weapons and science left in the hands of corrupt leaders.
** Science isn't ''"bad"'' in itself, but it's just a tool and scientists, even benevolent ones, are powerless in the face of coercion and must be very careful about who gets to use their works' result. And thus...
** Scientists who let the powerful use their findings for malevolent purposes are [[AccompliceByInaction accomplices by inaction]].
** The perpetual victims of war and violence aren't men nor women but children.
** Religion is no substitute for action. One cannot hide behind God to justify their cowardice.
** While you're still alive and valid, you can always find a purpose in life.

* SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove: To Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo, creating anything on the same level as the worldwide massive hit ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' was an almost impossible task. Consequently, Mother Sarah never got the same recognition despite its length (took 16 years to complete) and the quality of the plot.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Takumi Nagayasu never made any other manga after that one and it's clearly his MagnumOpus. The exquisite amount of detail put in his drawings is indeed a bit reminding of the art of Creator/KentaroMiura.

* SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove: To Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo, creating anything on the same level as the worldwide massive hit ''Manga/Akira'' was an almost impossible task. Consequently, Mother Sarah never got the same recognition despite its length (took 16 years to complete) and the quality of the plot.

* AwesomeArt: Takumi Nagayasu never made any other manga after that one and it's clearly his MagnusOpus. The exquisite amount of detail put in his drawings is indeed a bit reminding of the art of Creator/KentaroMiura.
* NeedsMoreLove: To Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo, creating anything on the same level as the worldwide massive hit ''Manga/Akira'' was an almost impossible task. Consequently, Mother Sarah never got the same recognition despite its length (took 16 years to complete) and the quality of the plot.

* AuthorTract: Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo is quite known for his dislike of the military and anything nuclear, as ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' already displayed quite clearly. ''The Legend Of Mother Sarah'' is likewise quite unapologetic in its negative portrayal of both things.

* AuthorTract: KatsuhiroOtomo is quite known for his dislike of the military and anything nuclear, as ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' already displayed quite clearly. ''The Legend Of Mother Sarah'' is likewise quite unapologetic in its negative portrayal of both things.

* NeedsMoreLove: InAWorld where dynamic, un-objectified female characters are desperately sought after by female readers who want to read stories about women that don't revolve entirely around relationships, the fact that this series remains so obscure in the West is a real headscratcher.
* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Shoots for level 5 but combines elements of level 3 and level 7. Most romances are rather destructive or tragic for women and, on the whole, only men are really shown ''doing'' something in the story, with Sarah and Satoko standing as exceptions, and even then Satoko is no fighter. On the other hand, men are presented as almost universally violent, perverted, power-hungry, cruel and selfish, with the exceptions of Bard, Tsue and Harato.

* AuthorTract: KatsuhiroOtomo is quite known for his dislike of the military and anything nuclear, as Manga/{{Akira}} already displayed quite clearly. ''The Legend Of Mother Sarah'' is likewise quite unapologetic in its negative portrayal of both things.

* SlidingScaleOfGenderInequality: Shoots for level 5 but combines elements of level 3 and level 7. Most romances are rather destructive or tragic for women and, on the whole, only men are really shown ''doing'' something in the story, with Sarah and Satoko standing as exceptions, and even then Satoko is no fighter. On the other hand, men are presented as almost universally violent, perverted, power-hungry, cruel and selfish, with the exceptions of Bard, Tsue and very few others.

* NeedsMoreLove: InAWorld where dynamic, un-objectified female characters are desperately sought after by female readers who want to read stories about women that don't revolve entirely around reltionships, the fact that this series remains so obscure in the West is a real headscratcher.

* NeedsMoreLove: InAWorld where dynamic, un-objectified female characters are desperately sought after by female readers who want to read stories about women that don't revolve entirely around reltionships, the fact that this series remains so obscure in the West is a real headscratcher.

* CastOfTokens: Many of the secondary characters have foreign names such as Hamed, Bard, Bates etc., which may pass of as an instance of this.