Gosick/YMMV

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 * Awesome Anachronistic Apparel: See Gorgeous Period Dress on the main page.
 * Ass Pull: Crime scene details, more or less, come and go as plot demands it. For example,
 * The mystery-solving relies on a wholesale rejection of all things supernatural; the typical criminal in-universe is some devious person manipulating the superstitious into believing a falsehood. From this, a person might successfully deduce their way to
 * Complete Monster: This is not a series that places much store in making its Big Bad sympathetic.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: Both ending themes qualify, especially the full versions available on the ED single.
 * Just Here For Victorique: Quite a few people watch the show for the singular reason that Victorique is adorable.
 * Magnificent Bastard: The alchemist Leviathan, who manipulated the king for years  and even.
 * Mood Whiplash: Frequently changes from dramatic crime-solving, to humor, to d'aww, often within seconds.
 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Nightmare Fuel: Whilst the series had touched on somewhat dark subject matter before, Episode 19's flashbacks were still quite remarkably disturbing both for what they showed and what they implied.
 * The fortune tellers. The looks on their faces are absolutely terrifying.
 * The sudden closeup on The Fake Avril's face in episode 4 was downright creepy.
 * Episode 24 when Kujo
 * Nightmare Retardant: Herminia from the Horovitz arc. Whatever the writers intended with her loony facial expressions and completely over-the-top psychosis, utter hilarity probably wasn't it, and yet...
 * Tear Jerker: Take the time period of the series. Add the 20 years foretold to the dutiful third son of an Imperial Army Officer. It makes every episode heartwrenching. And then comes episode 15....
 * Wham Episode:
 * Episode 19, which shows just how horrifying Victorique's Backstory really is.
 * Episode 22 when
 * Dear God, Episode 23.
 * The Woobie:
 * Victorique, especially as more details about her past come to light. Let's just say that living alone in a giant library which she needs special permission to leave was a big improvement on her previous situation.
 * Her mother seems to be a good candidate for the trope, as well. She lost her home twice over, as well as her daughter
 * The Hares in the first crime.