D.Gray-man/YMMV
- Alas, Poor Villain:
- Skinn is killed by Kanda, and the other Noah mourn his death, holding a memorial service and even crying.
- Eliade.
- Angst? What Angst?:
- Allen isn't anywhere near as traumatized by his sucky life as one might expect.
- Subverted by Lenalee; she has a horrible past and generally acts upbeat and cheerful, but it's mostly an act; she's been harboring a deep hatred of the Order for years and is terrified of the Inspectors from Rome.
- Base Breaker:
- Lenalee, mostly for Shipping reasons.
- Kanda's sort of a lesser example. He's a gigantic, unrepentant a-hole, with no heart of gold underneath, which turns plenty of people off of him. However, he still ranks very high in character popularity polls, even ranking higher than the main character at least once, and has a strong female fanbase. All Girls Want Bad Boys in action?
- Complete Monster: What the Earl of Millennium he truly is beneath that facade of being a jolly old gentleman.
- Creator's Pet: Many fans argue Johnny Gill is this.
- Creepy Awesome:
- All Noah are this by default, but the Millennium Earl is particularly Badass even by their standards.
- Tyki Mikk. He's a sexy badass, yes, but he's a Noah, which means Nightmare Fuel is just part of the package.
- Critical Research Failure: A priest marrying a nun. The anime fixed this, thankfully.
- Die for Our Ship: Poor, poor Lenalee...
- Dude, Not Funny: Cross is a complete dick to Allen, with Training From Hell, emotional abuse, physical abuse, abandonment, and a nasty habit of forcing a 15-year-old to pay off debts that reach upwards of tens of thousands of dollars. This is usually played for laughs.
- Ensemble Darkhorse: In one character popularity poll, Kanda managed to steal the #1 position away from Allen despite having been absent for nearly three entire story arcs.
- Evil Is Cool: The Noah. And how.
- Evil Is Sexy:
- Tyki Mikk. The author admitted that Tyki exists because she wanted to draw a handsome guy. One of the Creepy Twins, Devit, is also really popular among female fans (and perhaps even Jasdero). And new character Wisely appears to have been a big hit despite only appearing in the few latest chapters.
- Road has been known to invoke this as well, even with non-Lolicon fans. And don't forget Lulu Bell!
- Eliade fits this trope to a T, using her good looks to her advantage.
- Devit. And possibly Jasdero to a certain extent.
- Lulu Bell.
- Wisely.
- The 14th.
- Growing the Beard: The manga starts off as a Monster of the Week story, introducing new Exorcists, it did not develop completely until the Ark story arc.
- I Knew It!: The Earl has horns! (Disappointing those who preferred the joke idea of bunny ears...) Doubly so for those who read Zone, the oneshot that provided the inspiration for the entire series.
- Iron Woobie:
- Allen Walker. Why yes, that wide-eyed smiling boy was abandoned by his parents, raised in an abusive circus, watched the only good foster father he'd had die, was cursed by said father after some asshole in a top hat tricked him into bringing him back and then was forced to kill him personally, was then taken in by the biggest asshole known to man who stuck him with all his debts, has at least once watched close friends die because of aforementioned asshole in a top hat, is constantly stuck with the missions that carry heavy emotional baggage, was betrayed by the organization he works for, and then found out his foster father was crazy and may have never actually loved him, but the soul of the evil 14th Noah that was sealed inside him. Isn't it obvious?
- Jerkass Woobie: Yu.
- Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Allen, Allen, Allen.
- Magnificent Bastard: The 14th Noah-"Neah Walker".
- Memetic Sex God: Everyone wants to kidnap Allen and make him their pet. No exceptions.
- Moe: Allen Walker. Among fandom, he's commonly described as "cute" and "very huggable." Also, being a wide-eyed Cheerful Child helps.
- Moral Event Horizon: The Second and Third Exorcist projects.
- Narm Charm: Jasdevi's Fusion Dance. Relatedly, the Level 4 Akuma would look outright stupid if they weren't so terrifying.
- Real Women Never Wear Dresses: Lenalee. Being girlish, pretty and sweet makes her hated by some fans, who love to accuse her of being a Purity Sue or a Flat Character and/or subject her to Die for Our Ship.
- Rescued From the Scrappy Heap: Quite a few people found Miranda Lotto to be incredibly annoying during the Rewinding Town arc. Fortunately, it doesn't even take until the end of the arc for her to get a lot better.
- The Scrappy: Chaozii Han to a lot of the fans of the series, probably due to being one of the few non-bishonen male characters.
- Squick: Cyril is way too touchy-feely with Tyki (who may - pending canon confirmation to take this out of Fanon - be his brother) and Road (his adopted daughter). Cyril loves "playing house" so much, it gives him a Nosebleed. For their part, Tyki thoroughly dislikes Cyril's attentions while Road is either oblivious or doesn't care Being way older than she looks and possibly being a Shotacon might have something to do with that.
- Tear Jerker: Has its own page.
- Too Cool to Live:
- Cross Marian, who receives a head wound that would kill any human. Although they Never Found the Body...
- Daisya Barry.
- Skinn Bolic gets killed by Kanda.
- Eshii. He had Frieza as his seiyuu, beats two Badass Exorcists, and forced a third to go all out, has gravity powers, and is a capable fighter. He's also the only Level Three, That doesn't get reduced to a humiliating state or beaten easily.
- Uncanny Valley:
- Level 4 Akuma.
- Fiddler. Something is not right about his face.
- Cardinal.
- Unpopular Popular Character: Kanda
- Viewer Gender Confusion:
- This is a guy? Seriously?
- The bald guy's a girl?
- What an Idiot!: Jasdevi could probably have ended the fight on the Ark instantly if they'd done the right thing.
- The Woobie:
- Allen. Not that he seems to notice.
- Lenalee.
- Miranda.
- Reever Wenham has the unenviable position of being one of the only woobies in the series who isn't badass enough to be able to do something about it.
- Johnny Gill also applies.
- Only Six Faces: During certain transitions of at characters become hard to distinguish, notably Link and Bak.
