YMMV / Final Fantasy: Lost Stranger

• Awesome Art: Whatever reservations critics have about the story, Itsuki Kameya's art is undeniably spectacular, with gorgeous wide spreads that verge into outright Scenery Porn, intricately detailed outfits, and flowing, action-filled fight scenes.
• Cliché Storm: The beginning of the story follows many of the clichés of the isekai genre. The heroes are fans of Final Fantasy and end up in an RPG Mechanics 'Verse incredibly similar to a Final Fantasy game after getting hit by a truck. They become adventurers and hope to find a way home. Then Yuko dies as a Sacrificial Lamb to motivate Shogo going forward. Despite these clichés, Tropes Are Tools, and it soon grows beyond them.
• Jerkass Woobie: The Magus Sisters are victims of Mysidia's corrupt caste system. Having been born into the lowest strata of Mysidian society, they were abused and exploited their entire lives for their prodigious talents, convincing them to join the Forbidden Arts Guild and commiting acts of terrorism allegedly in the name of bringing revolution in Mysidia. In reality, they're all too scarred by their pasts and are trying to lash out at the society that drove them to this point.
• Harsher in Hindsight: The story opens with Shogo screaming for Yoshi-P and Hajime Tabata to give him a chance to work on a Final Fantasy game. A year after the manga was published, Tabata left Square Enix entirely to start his own company.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: This manga, first published in 2017, uses the plot point of the protagonist entering a familiar-looking world with race names different from what he's used to. This setup would be reused in Shadowbringers, two years later.
• Pandering to the Base: It's obvious that the manga is tailored specifically to longtime fans of the Final Fantasy franchise. The story and setting are overflowing with Mythology Gags to the games, the protagonist is a Final Fantasy Otaku and disgruntled Square Enix employee, and the project is supervised by Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida. The first few pages of the story begin with Shogo screaming for Yoshi-P to finally give him the chance to work on a game.
• Spoiled by the Format: The first chapter's color spread depicts Yuko naked with a red crystal over her chest, her eyes closed and her arms spread seemingly in prayer or as part of a funeral arrangement, as she dies in the first chapter.