YMMV / Dying Soul

• Accidental Innuendo: The rampant Rouge Angles of Satin gives us gems such as this one from Chapter 20:
  “NOOOOOOO” Flower yelled and the hole forest turned into kaos.
• Alternative Character Interpretation: Very easy due to the heroes' less-than-heroic actions.
  • Is Flower really as innocent as the author tries to make her seem, or is she an ax-crazy bitch?
  • Similarly, is Gakupo really a loving master to his sex slaves, or is he just as much of a psychopath as his wife?
• Ass Pull: Meiko being revealed as The Mole in Chapter 9 comes out of absolutely nowhere. She hadn't even appeared in the story prior to that chapter, and she's not even named until she reveals that she's working with Gumi's gang.
• Designated Hero: All of the "good guys" to some extent, but Flower and Gakupo the most, especially after the cannibalism scene in Chapter 7.
• Fetish Retardant: The sex scene in Chapter 8 is meant to be fanservice-y, but instead comes off as incredibly cringey due to the rampant spelling and grammar issues, the beige prose, and the IKEA Erotica.
• Moral Event Horizon: Hoo boy, where to start.
  • Flower crosses it after killing Kaito and Fukase and making their organs into a stew for Gakupo to eat.
  • Maika crosses it in the very first chapter, shooting and killing Rin and severely injuring Len, even though Gakupo was the one leading the attack, not them.
  • Gakupo seems to have crossed this before the story even starts. In his very first appearance, he attacks Fukase's gang and starts chopping people's heads off left and right, and in the second chapter, it's revealed that not only is he the most powerful gang leader in all of Japan, he owns sex slaves, some underage at that.
• Narm: The story is filled with this.
  • Although Chapter 7 is filled with Squick and Nightmare Fuel, it's softened somewhat by the chapter ending with theincredibly narmy line "Sexy times would begin".
  • Meiko reveals herself to be a member of Gumi's gang in Chapter 9 with the line “I AM……………………………………………MEIKO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”, likely making readers think of Albert Dumblydore.
• Nausea Fuel: Gakupo eating the aforementioned stew in chapter 7.
• Squick: The story is filled with this.
  • In the second chapter, it's revealed that Oliver and Len are members of Gakupo's harem. Keep in mind, Oliver is 16 in this story, and not only is Len 18 and supposed to be his boyfriend, Gakupo is 21.
  • The entirety of Chapters 5, 6, and 7. In Chapter 5, Miku gives Flower a knife and instructs her to gut Fukase and Kaito and put their organs in a pot. In Chapter 6, not only does she do this, but she stabs Fukase in the eyes and gives him a Glasgow Grin. In Chapter 7, Gakupo happily eats the stew, and then Miku drugs Maika and Flower with cookies and milk that cause their breasts to expand and rip open their dresses. Gakupo then carries him up to his bedroom for "sexy times".
• Troll Fic: Several signs point to it being one:
  • The spelling and grammar seem to get worse over time, not better, indicating that they might be deliberately bad.
  • Similarly to Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls, it uses a lot of anime tropes that were already on the way out by the time the story was written.
  • Some of the source materials in the sequel, such as The Twilight Saga and The Heroes of Olympus, were also far past their peak by its publication.
  • The rambling Author's Notes that interrupt the story are very similar to those in My Immortal, and there's this bit in Chapter 10 to boot:
    ”Whose ur leader” said Piko suspichisly.
    ”ME!!!!!!!” A voice said it was……………………………………MAYU!!!
  • The author's screenname and the appearance of The Heroes Of Olympus characters in the sequel could be a reference to Moon Daughter.
  • The usage of the phrase "hawt yuri and yaoi sexy times" in Chapter 14.
  • Chapter 18 references the "Hit or Miss" meme.