Ichi the Killer/YMMV

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• Adaptation Displacement: The film of the manga.
• Complete Monster: The twin brothers Jiro and Saburo. Kakihara, despite not being a rapist, is also this trope, torturing and murdering people at the drop of a hat.
• Crosses the Line Twice: For the most part the manga series just stay past the line, dark, gritty and brutal, but then you get to the point where a crying Ichi chases after a nude, bleeding and split-dicked masochistic mafioso and the scene gets described as "romantic", framed in a bubble shot and all at that point it just swings around to twistedly funny.
• Designated Hero: Ichi, Jijii, or Kakihara - pick one, then designate them the "hero".
• High Octane Nightmare Fuel: At least one instance per chapter.
• Narm: The faces of many of the characters are drawn in a somewhat comical and exagerated way, diminishing the terrifying effect.
• Special Effects Failure: Any time Kakihara drops his jaw in the film. Really unfortunate, as it's otherwise effectively REALLY disturbing.
• Squick: Can't have Gorn without it.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Ichi's memories of horrendous abuse in his high school, which the cunning Jijii uses to drive Ichi into a teary-eyed Roaring Rampage of Revenge against bullies.
  • Ichi's relationship with the poor abused prostitute in the manga. It's painfully clear that he really sympathizes with her, but can't control his own violent insanity.
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Ichi.