YMMV / Simoun

• Ensemble Dark Horse: Yun, Mamiina, and Rodoreamon have become the undisputed fan favourites, as has their subplot in general.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Angulas' refusal to say Aaeru's name when introduced to her was kind of amusing, right? Not so much when they reveal why...
• Genre Turning Point: What Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito and Destiny of the Shrine Maiden did for popular acclaim of Yuri anime, Simoun did for critical acclaim.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: The concept of the world's civilization being entirely female is later joked by the fandoms on another anime...
• Nightmare Fuel: In the second episode, after visiting the Spring for her gender assignment, one of the former Sibyllae of Chor Tempest leaves with this devastated look on her face. She starts to cry, and then collapses amid screaming tears. Since she still couldn't make up her mind after entering the spring, it chose for her.
• Spiritual Licensee: It can be described as an anime version of A Canticle for Leibowitz. With added Les Yay.
• Subbing Versus Dubbing: Actually, more of a Subbing Versus Other Subbing. With a two year delay between its airing in Japan and its DVD release in North America (Although incredibly fast when compared to some other Anime) there was already a fansub circulating on-line (and a few episodes' worth of a second) before an official version was presented. None differ from the others in any significant ways, but neither can any agree on the proper ways to spell the characters names, and there are many different ways to "really" translate certain sentences.
• Threesome Subtext: Yun, Mamiina and Rodreamon. Alternatively, Yun, Dominura and the Onashia. Actually...most pairings involving Yun end up being this.
• The Woobie:
  • Neviril, who loses her partner in the first episode and is left traumatized for a significant portion of the series.
  • Rodoreamon, a gentle and demure girl who is very much not cut out to be fighting in a war. She is also hit particularly hard by the death of Mamiina, given that the two were particularly close.
  • Paraietta, whose tough exterior conceals a lot of severe self-esteem issues.

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