Black★Rock Shooter (anime)/YMMV

Black Rock Shooter contains examples of YMMV:

General Tropes
"Examples:"
 * Crowning Music of Awesome:
 * The original song.
 * "NO SCARED", the opening for the game, is quite cool too.
 * Fan Dumb + Fan Nickname = Face Palm: This continues despite artbooks, figures, and titling by the creator himself displaying the official names for all to see. And it is not that these names are from the fandom community itself, it is people convincing others that these names are official.


 * Strength (STR) has been called: White Rock Fist, White Rock Strength, and Black Rock Strength
 * Black★Gold Saw (BGS) has been called: Golden Rock Saw, Gold Rock Saw, and Black Golden Saw

Black Rock Shooter (noitaminA 2012 Anime)
"Yuu: "Hey Mato, you want a boyfriend?"
 * And the Fandom Rejoiced
 * Reaction to the third trailer appears to be uniformly positive.
 * Disappointed that the OVA only had an instrumental version of the eponymous song? The anime has Miku Hatsune sing it for the OP.
 * Counterpart Comparison: Even though Black★Rock Shooter came first, comparisons with Puella Magi Madoka Magica were perhaps inevitable. The original OVA already had comparisons made to the Persona series, which are further amplified here.
 * Yuu even asks Mato
 * Kagari is voiced by Eri Kitamura, who also voiced Sayaka in Madoka Magica. Like Sayaka . Amusingly, she ends up more like
 * Die for Our Ship: Since Yuu's the main one getting in the way between Mato and Yomi, Mato/Yomi fans do not like her "interference".
 * The same thing happens with Kagari, with how she basically had Yomi on a leash. She made things even worse for herself
 * Growing the Beard: The first two episodes were mostly narmy melodrama focusing on the creepy but oddly boring Kagari. After that she's Demoted to Extra and things start getting bizarre.
 * It's the Same, Now It Sucks: Some fans dislike the fact that the anime appears to be an expansion of the OVA.
 * Les Yay: Oh dear Lord, so much so than the OVA.
 * To begin with, the redesigned Dead Master is wearing a wedding veil, and the trailer has her wrapping up BRS in chains...
 * The website takes this Up to Eleven, ranting about their "bonds" together and even dropping the word "love" semi-vaguely in there.
 * And of course the anime just completely runs with it in the first episode with Yomi calling Mato "beautiful".
 * The second episode has Yomi's mother refer to Kagari as having always felt "love" for Yomi since childhood. Wonder what kind of love that is...
 * This exchange should pretty much sum it up:
 * This exchange should pretty much sum it up:

Mato: (incredulous look) "Eh? Too soon!"

Yuu: (slyly) "I guess you have your Tiny Bird."

Mato: (flustered) "Don't make assumptions!""


 * Not to mention the whole "Mato and Yomi blushing at calling each others' first names", Mato and Yuu apparently the only ones to share a bed at the training camp, and the part where Yuu points out that Mato's been with her "Tiny Bird", Mato reacts all giddy and embarrassed.
 * And then we have
 * And in the final episode,
 * Narm: Most of the fight sequences are pretty violent and dramatic, but an unintentionally hilarious scene in Episode 7 has Strength grab BRS by the ankles and slap her against several walls like a wet towel (see page image for Amusing Injuries).
 * Nightmare Fuel: Kagari. Ye Gods Kagari.
 * The Dark World is pretty much nightmare fuel all the time when you think about the fact that this is where people's minds go to process PSYCHOLOGICAL PAIN.
 * "I'll carve the pain out of you."
 * It may be not so much but Yomi's Creator Breakdown painting of Mato can be considered as one. See Episode 5.
 * Again in the same episode. Yuu is grateful to receive a bracelet from Yomi,
 * Ship Mates: Yomi/Kagari shippers and Mato/Yuu shippers.
 * Ship-to-Ship Combat:
 * Not to mention the Kagari/Yomi shippers.
 * Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: It's okay to feel sad sometimes. You don't HAVE TO bear your sadness alone, after all.
 * They Changed It, Now It Sucks: The characters were redesigned between the OVA and the Anime, particularly Yomi and Dead Master. Some fans were displeased.
 * The Woobie: Arguably
 * Iron Woobie: She is very aptly named.
 * The Woobie: Arguably
 * Iron Woobie: She is very aptly named.

Black Rock Shooter (OVA)

 * Alternate Character Interpretation:
 * Is the Otherworld just symbolic? Are its denizens ?
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: The near-final scene,.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: The music used in the fight with all the chains.
 * Epileptic Trees: The story refuses to explain anything about Other World, or its denizens. As such, it is breeding grounds for Wild Mass Guessing.
 * Les Yay: There is quite a lot - Mato even tells Yomi "I love you!" at one point (she's joking... perhaps).  It's definitely a Romantic Two-Girl Friendship.
 * Les Yay: There is quite a lot - Mato even tells Yomi "I love you!" at one point (she's joking... perhaps).  It's definitely a Romantic Two-Girl Friendship.

Black Rock Shooter: Innocent Soul

 * Foe Yay: Gushing about Rock, being touchy-feely with Rock, and talking possessively about Rock are some of Dead's favorite things.

Black Rock Shooter: The Game

 * Critic Proof: Despite the bad reviews this game managed to be one of the best selling games on it's release week for the obvious reason(see Just Here for Godzilla below)
 * Just Here for Godzilla: Let's be honest here, we're not here for the game, we all here just because it's Black Rock Shooter voiced by Maaya Sakamoto.
 * Narm Charm: The first hour of the game runs on this, with the PSS best described as a Ragtag Bunch of Misfits who are desperate for hot chicks.
 * That One Level: The motorbike level in New York can easily become this if you don't get the hang of things. And there are Records which require you to finish it without hitting anything.
 * The Scrappy: Nana Gray and/or XNFE.