Tsukihime/YMMV


 * Alternate Character Interpretation: Kohaku probably lends herself to this more than any other character.
 * Anticlimax Boss: The game made you think that he is a truly Badass enemy that  or . When we have the Shiki Vs. Big Bad fight, what happens?  . I know that Shiki's eyes are the killing weapons, but still...
 * Complete Monster - Even  and  get a somewhat sympathetic backstory and pet dogs respectively. The remaining 4 antagonists  being major Woobies result in Roa and Makihisa ending up here anyway, simply by comparison.
 * Strangely, actual motivation is far more neutral:  His monstrosity comes from how he stays alive and the alternate apathy and sadistic pleasure he takes in it. The game even calls him a Complete Monster, when Shiki and Arc are talking about him.
 * Crazy Awesome - When Shiki snaps, he snaps awesomely, and in ways that put Ryoma Nagare to shame.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome: Say what you like about it not existing, but the one thing the Shingetsutan Tsukihime anime got absolutely PERFECT was Toshiyuki Omori's opening theme, 'The Sacred Moon'. One of the most outright beautiful anime openings ever made.
 * 'Justice' (the song playing in the background during the Shiki/SHIKI fight in the anime) is not half-bad either.
 * Fan Nickname - "The Tohno Gland" (Shiki's ability to attract women no matter what he does - fans joke it's pheromones).
 * It would be more correct to say "Nanaya gland" though since he is biologically a Nanaya. However, since it's just a joke it doesn't really matter.
 * Funny Aneurysm Moment: Once you go through Hisui's route becomes very, very cringe inducing.
 * High Octane Nightmare Fuel - So, so much Nightmare fuel.
 * All routes have insanity creeping into Shiki's head at some point, but the entire middle part of
 * And the very worst part of this is when, locked in the throes of madness, you see for the first time.
 * Shiki going into Tranquil Fury mode is either this or completely fucking awesome.
 * The manga, by virtue of being illustrated, shows off much better why Shiki's Mystic Eyes nearly drove him insane at first. Having the entire hospital, and especially all the people in it, covered with the lines makes them look both incredibly fragile and freaky as all hell.
 * It Was His Sled: Most newcomers to the series know all of the spoilers that are supposed to be surprising twists, because of the amount of side-stories and sequels written for the game.
 * Memetic Mutation - Many. It comes with the territory.
 * Moe Moe: When she isn't, Arcueid is frankly the sweetest and cutest "girl next door" you'd ever have the good fortune of meeting.
 * Taking her on a date, though... that'd be tough. And you actually have to do that at some point in the game. Hilarity Ensues.
 * Moral Event Horizon - Makihisa Tohno seems to embody this in just about everything he does, despite being a Posthumous Character.
 * Offscreen Moment of Awesome - Neko Arc and Satsuki in the Plus Disc cheerfully hint at the details of the Satsuki route climax. It involves And something about a magic cannon, but they refuse to elaborate since Satsuki will be getting her route any day now, right?
 * To be fair, Neco-Arc was probably embellishing a little bit or outright lying - especially on the cannon. But Satsuki does seem to be listed among the heroines in the Enhanced Remake coming out, so the truth might soon be there...
 * Player Punch - Arcueid's route:
 * Happens in Hisui's route twice within about a 20-minute span.
 * Tear Jerker - See Utsuge. See it so very much.
 * Special mention for the music. If you've played the game, this will make you cry.
 * Another special mention for death early in the Far Side routes, especially Akiha's.  God. Damn.
 * Still another for the Kagetsu Tohya sidestory Dawn.
 * The death of qualifies as this, hardcore. It's made even worse as they both occur within about 20 minutes of real time - just when you're recovering from the shock of one, the other comes up and pimpslaps you twice in the eyes.
 * The Woobie - Oh where to start? There's all 5 main heroines to start with. Then there's Len, Sacchin, and Nanako. But above all of those is
 * Becoming the monster he is now can be blamed on at least three things beyond his control, . He didn't really have much of a chance.
 * The side-story game Kagetsu Tohya gives a small amount of closure to this with the final, hidden Tear Jerker bonus story "Drinking, Dreaming Moon" where
 * Shiki has had more than a few traumatic experiences in his backstory too. Getting kicked out of his home by his father for having a near lethal injury that made him see death everywhere is only the beginning, and that's not even getting into the more spoilerrific elements of his backstory. Though to give an example of one of those bits,  He's remarkably well adjusted in spite of it.
 * Shiki has had more than a few traumatic experiences in his backstory too. Getting kicked out of his home by his father for having a near lethal injury that made him see death everywhere is only the beginning, and that's not even getting into the more spoilerrific elements of his backstory. Though to give an example of one of those bits,  He's remarkably well adjusted in spite of it.