ノラガミ
ノラガミ OVA
Aragoto
ノラガミ ARAGOTO OVA
"Homeless God" (Japanese: ノラガミ Noragami) - fantasy manga by Adatitoki. The first chapter was published in January 2011 by Kodansha in the January issue of Monthly Shonen Magazine. As of April 2015, the manga had 13 volumes. The limited edition of volume 9 also included a drama CD. The manga first entered the bestseller list in Japan in mid-June 2013, then in the second part of February 2013, the second part of October 2013 and mid-December 2013. The manga was also published in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd. . As of 2014, manga ranks 14th in sales. In Russian, the manga is published under the title “Homeless God” by XL Media.
The first message about the upcoming release of the anime film adaptation of the Bones studio appeared on September 6 in the autumn issue of Monthly Shonen Magazine. On September 30, 2013, the list of voice actors who voiced the characters became known. On November 10, the first episode of the anime was shown at the 2013 Asian Anime Festival. The first episode of the anime premiered on Tokyo MX on January 5, 2014. On October 3, 2015, Studio Bones released the second season of the anime.
Plot
Yato is a little-known god without his own temple. In order to get at least some recognition, he helps everyone he meets with any desires. One day, a girl named Iki Hiyori saves Yato. However, she has now partially become an ayakashi (spirit, ghost), and her soul is separated from her body from time to time. Hiyori asks Yato to help her.
Characters
Main characters
Yato (Japanese: 夜ト Yato) - the main character, the god of war, who dreams of his own temple. Wants to become the most revered deity, surrounded by many followers. To make his dream come true, he undertakes to fulfill any human request, including searching for missing kittens. In order to gain followers, he leaves his phone number in public places. For a completed request, he charges a fee of five yen (5 yen coin, a traditional offering to the gods during prayer in Japanese temples). He likes to drink, often acts stupid and smug, but can sometimes be frighteningly serious. He has a sharply negative attitude towards suicide, so much so that he flatly refuses to help people who are planning to commit it. Yato tries to take care of Yukine in his own way, and even promises that he will independently raise him to be a worthy shinki (Japanese: 神器, "sacred weapon"). Afraid of being forgotten by everyone. Real name is Yaboku. He dreams of becoming one of the gods of happiness, but, first of all, in order to make those who are dear to him happy.
Voiced by: Hiroshi KamiyaHiyori Iki (Japanese: 壱岐ひより Iki Hiyori) - the main character, a fifteen-year-old high school student. In the second season, she is 16 years old. Father is a doctor, owner of a large clinic. Has a brother who is much older than her. She carefully hides from her parents her passion for wrestling, which is inappropriate for the daughter of a respected family. Trying to save Yato from a collision with a bus, she herself falls under its wheels, as a result of which she finds herself on the verge of afterlife and the world of living people. Subsequently, the girl became ikiryo ː at critical moments her soul is separated from her body. When she is in her spirit form, she has a tail, which is a channel connecting her body and soul. If you cut it, she will die. In spirit form, he has superhuman agility, speed and strength. Like other spirits, she is able to smell the gods from a great distance.
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida
Yukine (Japanese: 雪音 Yukine) - died at a young age and does not remember anything about himself. At first he steals money, justifying himself by saying that he is already dead. One day, during a fight with an ayakashi (Spirit, ghost), Yato noticed him and made a contract, turning him into his shinki. In essence, a shinki takes on the appearance of a katana, only without a handle. Yato claims that Yukine is very talented and he would not like to lose him. After the cleansing ritual (ablution), I realized my mistakes and changed. He later sacrificed his life in a fight with Bishamon and became a sacred vessel, taking the form of two katanas. The vessel's name is Sekki.
Voiced by: Yuki Kaji
Minor characters
In addition to the television series, two additional episodes based on chapters of volume 7 of the manga were released. Intro music - "Goya no Machiawase" (Japanese: 午夜の待ち合わせ, Overnight Appointment)- Shuntarō and Hello Sleepwalkers. Closing tune - "Heart Realize" (Japanese: ハートリアライズ Hāto Riaraizu) - Supercell and Tia. Episodes of the second season Noragami: Aragoto opens - "Kyōran Hey Kids!!" (Japanese: 狂乱Hey Kids!!)- The Oral Cigarettes, credits music - "Nirvana" (Japanese: ニルバナ Nirubana) performed by Tia.
Noragami
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Title | Adapted manga chapters | Broadcast in Japan |
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| 1 | Domestic cat, homeless god and ponytail "Ieneko to Noragami to Sippo" (家猫と野良神と尻尾) | 1-2 | January 5, 2014 | |
| Yato answers the schoolgirl's prayer and ends up being rejected by Tomone's own sacred weapon. Having finally expressed a number of complaints against the former owner, the girl leaves. But you have to come to terms with it and start looking for a more suitable income. They are looking for pets. He is caught doing this by a 15-year-old schoolgirl, Iki Hiyori. | ||||
| 2 | Like snow "Yuki no Yo:na" (雪のような) | 3 | January 12, 2014 | |
| Hiyori insists on fulfilling her desire - to secure her soul in her body. Yato is preoccupied with finding a new sacred weapon. Helping out Hiyori, who again risked her life for him, Yato meets the spirit of the boy and gives him the name Yukine. | ||||
| 3 | Misfortune to choose from "Manekareta Yakusai" (招かれた厄災) | 4 | January 19, 2014 | |
| Yato gets a job with the god of science. | ||||
| 4 | The place where happiness lives "Shiawase no Arika" (しあわせの在処) | 6 | January 26, 2014 | |
| Yato takes Hiyori and Yukine to the goddess of poverty, Kofuku. | ||||
| 5 | Edge "Kyokaisen" (境界線) | 5 | February 2, 2014 | |
| Yato teaches Yukine to draw the line and warns him about ghosts. | ||||
| 6 | Scary man "Kowai Hito" (コワイヒト) | 6-7 | February 9, 2014 | |
| Yato meets Bishamon. | ||||
| 7 | Doubt and fate "Mayoyogoto, Sadamegoto" (迷い事、定め事) | 8-9 | February 16, 2014 | |
| Yukine runs away from Yato, but Nora, the servant of many gods, returns. Yato refuses Nora's help and sends her away. At this time, Shinki Bishamon Kazuma warns Hiyori about the corruption that has overtaken Yato because of Yukine. | ||||
| 8 | Beyond "Issen o Koete" (一線を越えて) | 10 | February 23, 2014 | |
| Yukine continues to lie and steal, which causes corruption to spread throughout Yato's body. Step by step, Yukine approaches the edge between worlds. | ||||
| 9 | Name "Namae" (名前) | 11 | March 2, 2014 | |
| Hiyori brings Yato to Kofuku and seeks out two shinki for Yukine's purification ritual. | ||||
| 10 | Hate connection "Imu Becky Mono" (忌むべき者) | 12+filler | March 9, 2014 | |
| Yukine finds a job and decides to study, which makes Yato filled with pride. He also finally decides to fulfill Hiyori's wish. Tenzin invites him to cut the ties between him and the girl. At the same time, rumors are spreading around the school about a new god of disasters - Lava. | ||||
| 11 | Abandoned God "Suterareta Kami" (棄てられた神) | filler | March 16, 2014 | |
| Nora takes Hiyori's memories of Yato. God wants to leave everything as it is so that the girl can live an ordinary life again, but when it turns out that Hiyori risks completely losing her memory and consciousness, he decides to act. Yato and Yukine go to meet Lava and Nora. | ||||
| 12 | Fragments of memory "Hitohira no Kyoku" (一片の記憶) | filler | March 23, 2014 | |
| Yato fights Lava. | ||||
| OVA 1 | Divine possession, divine curse "Kamigakari, Kamitatari" (神憑り、神祟り) | 25 | February 17, 2014 | |
| Hiyori's first day of high school turned out to be a nightmare. | ||||
| OVA 2 | Spring Promise "Haru no Yakusoku" (春の約束) | 24 | July 17, 2014 | |
| Hiyori invites the gods to a picnic. | ||||
Noragami Aragoto
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Title | Adapted manga chapters | Broadcast in Japan |
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| 1 | Finding a posthumous name "Imina, Nigirite" (諱、握りて) | 13-14 | October 2, 2015 | |
| 2 | One of her memories "Kanojo no Omoide" (彼女の思い出) | 15 | October 9, 2015 | |
| 3 | False Promise "Itsuwari no Kizuna" (イツワリノ絆) | 16-17 | October 16, 2015 | |
| 4 | Wish "Negai" (願) | 18-19 | October 23, 2015 | |
| 5 | Blessing, Curse "Kamuhosaki, Hosakiki" (神祝き、呪きき) | 20 | October 30, 2015 | |
| Kazuma and Hiyori try to escape. | ||||
| 6 | What needs to be done "Nasubeki Koto" (為すべきこと) | 21-22 | November 6, 2015 | |
| 7 | How to Worship God "Kamisama no Matsuri Kata" (神様の祀り方) | 26-27 | November 13, 2015 | |
| 8 | God of Disaster "Magatsukami" (禍津神) | 28 | November 20, 2015 | |
| 9 | The sound of a thread breaking "Ito no Kireru Oto" (糸の切れる音) | 29-30 | November 27, 2015 | |
| 10 | A certain desire "Kaku Arishi Nozomi" (斯く在りし望み) | 31-34 | December 4, 2015 | |
| 11 | Renaissance "Yomigaeri" (黄泉返り) | 35-36 | December 11, 2015 | |
| 12 | Hear my voice "Kimi no Yobu Koe" (君の呼ぶ声) | 37 | December 18, 2015 | |
| Hiyori suddenly realizes that the kaji named Yato can actually be read as Yaboku. With this name she calls him from imprisonment in the Underworld. | ||||
| 13 | Message from the god of luck "Fukunokami no Kotozute" (福の神の言伝) | 38-39 | December 25, 2015 | |
| Yato decides to become the god of luck and help people. In the presence of Yukine and Hiyori, he breaks the contract with Nora, who has to return to their father, who now owns the brush of the goddess Izanami. | ||||
Criticism
As of 2014, the manga ranks 14th in sales. The manga is licensed in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing Co., Ltd. . The anime is licensed in the United States by Funimation and Madman Entertainment in Australia and New Zealand.
Notes
- ja:「アライブ」あだちとか新連載、主人公は気分屋の自称"神"(Japanese) (undefined). Natalie.mu (December 6, 2010). Retrieved November 28, 2013.
Studio Bones took on the film adaptation of the Noragami manga, in the Russian adaptation known as the anime “Homeless God”. The series is worthy and worth watching, despite the fact that it is not completely consistent with the original. The cartoon comes with the seinen tag, it has a fairly serious theme and concept. and hooks you from the very first episodes. The plot may not shine with originality, but high-quality art, dynamism, a few spectacular battles, and an excellent soundtrack do not leave you indifferent. In The Homeless God, the characters are well thought out: each character is endowed with his own character, without the typical templates of modern Japanese anime.
Plot description
In addition to the familiar world, there is another one in which ghosts, spirits and even gods live. Usually every more or less decent god has his own temple and believers who bring gifts and praise him. What if you are God, but have neither a temple nor your own parishioners? Fame and fame, of course, too. Who would want to follow such a dubious homeless creature who can't even take care of himself? So what should we do? Give up the dream of getting into the pantheon of supreme deities or come up with something for your own good? The little unknown god Yato chose the second path and took into account the realities of our time. Advertising is a great force: distributing flyers and helping to get orders. The fee is purely symbolic - only 5 yen, but the quality is excellent. And it’s easy to contact the person who grants your wishes: just call the specified mobile phone number. Yato is not picky and takes on various tasks from cleaning the room to protecting himself from bullying by his classmates.
One day, a homeless god throws himself under the wheels to save a kitten. It's only a miracle that a car doesn't hit a young man. The name of this miracle is Hieri. A high school girl pushes him away at the very last moment, but she herself becomes a victim of an accident. And the consequences are more serious than ordinary injuries. Hieri is now part ayakashi (spirit) and may end up becoming a ghost entirely. To get rid of her newfound gift, the girl asks, naturally for a fee, for Yato’s help. The homeless god readily agrees, but is in no hurry to fulfill the order: he has enough problems and enemies that Hieri can help him deal with. And the boy’s ghost, chosen out of the kindness of his soul, constantly gets into trouble.
“Homeless God”: characters and their characteristics
Everything, both major and minor, is interesting and well thought out. First of all, the main characters attract attention, but the ghosts are no less impressive.
Yato
The name of the main character of the series is translated as “stopper of the night.” His father's real name is Hiiro, also known as Yaboku.
Handsome blue-eyed young man. He is one of the lower gods of war, but most have assigned him the “glory” of the deity of disasters and misfortunes, however, this does not stop him from trying to become one of the best. Yato is a homeless god. He does not have his own shrine, so he is little known among people and unpopular among his colleagues. Constantly wearing a tracksuit and rather rude behavior does not add confidence to the strange deity. But the young man has grandiose plans for the future: to become the most revered and respected god and acquire his own temple. For the sake of his dream, he is ready to work day and night. It turns out really bad. It’s so bad that Mayu’s own shinki has found another owner, and the collected donations (read: payment for hard work) are placed in an empty sake bottle. But the young man does not lose heart and continues to draw graffiti with his phone number and an offer to help those suffering. Only a select few can see it - those who really need it.
After the departure of the tavern, which had served faithfully for many years, things went very badly for Yato. Without weapons, the young man’s strength became significantly less, like that of an ordinary earthly magician. And who needs such a useless deity? Maybe just one 15-year-old high school girl. And that’s because there is no choice.
Hieri Iki
Life was not particularly pampering for the 15-year-old high school student: constant bullying from classmates, misunderstanding from parents who forbade martial arts just because it was not appropriate for a girl from a decent family. One day, her classmates drove the girl to the point where she locked herself in the toilet stall, crying. It was there that she saw a strange advertisement on the wall, promising help and relief from any problems.
Deciding that there was nothing to lose, the girl dialed the indicated number. Imagine Ika’s amazement when she saw the “benefactor” proudly calling himself a great god. Maybe the girl would have refused his help, but life decreed otherwise, and now this dubious god is her only hope for salvation. Realizing that Yato does not have enough strength, Hieri does not despair, but decides to help him. In addition, agility, strength and speed in her ikeryo state only play into her hands in confronting numerous dangers. The girl is not embarrassed by the need to find a new shinki for Yato and earn money for the temple. What you won't do to remain human.
Yukine
The homeless god drew attention to the boy while performing his next task. The young thief remembers nothing about his past, but is sincerely embittered by the world. He envies living teenagers who can do things that he cannot. However, Yato was able to see the potential in him and offered to become his shinki - a weapon in the fight against ghosts. Yukine doesn't want to miss the chance, but she doesn't let go of the past easily. The boy continues to lie and steal, which hurts Yato, but he does not refuse him and offers to undergo a purification ritual.
Even though Yukine undergoes the ritual, she continues to be annoyed that she serves an unknown petty god.
In battle, after saying "sekki" it turns into a silver katana.
He collects a variety of people around himself, and these are not always friends. But the presence of opponents only confirms the well-known truth: it means it is worthy of attention.
Bishamon
The homeless god Yato killed all the shinki of the powerful goddess in the past. For which he deserved her hatred and found a loyal and strong enemy.
Bishamon (sometimes translated as Bishamon) is the goddess of strength, wealth and prosperity, one of the most important in the pantheon. She looks like an 18-year-old girl, but her real age is 3000 years. Very caring when it comes to her food. Strong sense of justice. The goddess is friendly, unable to control her anger only when it comes to Yato. He considers him a real evil that needs to be destroyed.
Kazuma
The homeless god once fulfilled Kazuma's request, which earned him the hatred of Bishamon. As a result of the death of his elders, Kazuma became the main shinki. He analyzes the situation and coordinates the actions of his mistress. Takes the shape of a stud earring.
Kofuku
In the anime "Homeless God" the characters are very different, just like people in real life. Some are ready to do anything for the sake of revenge, others are able to delve into events and adequately perceive what is happening. The Goddess of Poverty is not afraid to go against public opinion and openly sympathizes with Yato. She is ready to do a lot for him, even shelter Hieri and Yukine. Due to his gift of scaring away luck and destroying everything when fighting, he is considered a dangerous opponent. Even Bishamon is wary of messing with her.
Daikoku
"Homeless God" is an anime where all the deities have their own shinki. Daikoku is the only weapon of the goddess Kofuku. He adores his mistress, Hieri and Yukine even thought that they married couple. Very suspicious. During combat transformation, it takes the form of a fan.
Nora
Shinki and Yato's sister. The Homeless God and Nora have the same father, but different mothers. From time to time he tries to return his brother to his father's house.
She does not sit in one place for a long time, has many names, which is why her body is covered with a large number of tattoos. Considers Yukine and Hieri to be a burden for Yato, only weakening him.
Controls ayakashi using masks.
Tomone
Yato's former shinki. After leaving for the god of science, Tenzin, she received a new name, Mayu. She looks like a young dark-haired girl with short hair and green eyes. In the homeless god it took the form of a dagger, in the service of Tenzin - a smoking pipe.
He despises Yato, but at the same time considers him a good god and can help.
The anime “Homeless God” is a beautiful fairy tale about good and evil, friendship and betrayal. There is no pronounced love line here, only hints and a casually thrown “I need you.” But the realism and wisdom of some moments captivate you and you believe the characters.
Aimi Tabata (Ami)
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One of Hiyori's school friends.
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Shinki Bishamon. In tavern form, she transforms into a costume with medieval European armor built around a dress.
Arahabaki
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The nature god of the northern country, who was destroyed along with other deities when they opposed Heaven. After his reincarnation, he was assigned new regalia, which taught him to appreciate and serve Heaven.
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One of Tenjin's current shinki. She is part of a group of four girls who are shinki and present themselves as the "Heavenly Sisters" (currently consisting of three members).
Bishamonten
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Also known as Viina and Madam Abnormal Baba.
She is considered the most powerful goddess of war, as she possesses many shinki. She treats them very warmly, calling them her "children." The most famous and important shinki is Kazuma. She has a total of 8 shinkas that are currently in use. She is one of the seven gods of happiness.
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Shinki owned by Kofuku. The name of the vessel is Koki. A man of strict bearing, suspicious of many things. Smokes. He respects his goddess and is very jealous of her, which is why Yukine and Hiyori decided at their first meeting that they were married. In essence, the Shinki takes the form of a fan, which, when waved, can open a hole into the Ayakashi dimension.
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Ebisu's mother.
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A calm character, analyzing the situation and coordinating the actions of his goddess. Chief Shinki Bishamon. Takes the form of a flower-shaped stud earring, capable of tracking enemies and seeing the accumulation of negative energy. Before it became a sacred weapon, it was a simple stud earring, for which it was despised by the elders of the clan, because the stud was not a weapon and also pierced the body of the mistress. He is loyal to Yato, as he has some debt to him. He was a member of the Ma clan before Yato massacred the entire clan. The name of the vessel is Tekki.
Fujisaki Kouto
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He is in his third year of school with Hiyori. At the same time, he is the ancient “father” of Yato and Nora.
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Goddess of Poverty. Very energetic, polite. Since she is the goddess of poverty, fighting can only destroy everything, which is why even Bishamon is afraid to face her. It has the ability to “scare away” luck. In order not to scare people away, he pretends to be Ebisu, the god of trade.
He does a lot for Yato.
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Shinku Bishamon. His form is a male lion with a scar on his right eye. The name of the vessel is Kinki.
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Minor character in manga and anime. A child who prays for Yato's safe return.
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Tenjin's Shinki, taking the form of a smoking pipe. She appears as a young girl with short dark hair and green eyes. At the beginning of the manga, there was Yato's shinki, which takes the form of a weapon resembling a dagger. Even if he despises Yato, he considers him a good god and sometimes helps him. She cares about Yukine and loves to talk to him. One of the shinki who performed the purification ceremony for Yuki. Yato's shinki name was Tomone.
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A character who has appeared once in manga and anime. Schoolgirl.
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Yato's former shinki. Wandering, has many names, which is why her entire body is covered with inscriptions. Yato, starting new life, tries to avoid her, but if necessary to kill a living person, he resorts to her services, not wanting to dirty Yukine. Under Yato she bore the name Hiro. Apparently, there is much more to it than just a Shinki. Akayashi can control using masks.
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A mysterious character who appears only in the anime. Often appears talking with Nora. A god of disasters like Yato used to work with him. Seeing how his old friend has changed, Rabo wants to bring back the old Yato.
Known for killing people, gods, sinki, ghosts - he doesn’t care what kind of work it is or how long it will take - the main thing is that he wants to do it
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Yato's former shinki. Accidentally gave him this name instead of his real one - Yabot.
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God of Sciences. Constantly quotes poetry. Owns big temple, which is why he likes to make fun of Yato. It was to him that his former shinki, Mayu, left Yato.
Hiyori Iki
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A fifteen-year-old senior high school student. She grew up in a wealthy family with strict rules. Father is a doctor, owner of a large clinic. She carefully hides from her parents her passion for wrestling, which is inappropriate for the daughter of a respected family. Trying to save Yato from a collision with a bus, she herself falls under its wheels, as a result of which she finds herself on the verge between the afterlife and the world of living people. At critical moments, her soul is separated from her body. While in her spiritual form, she develops a tail, which is a channel connecting her body and soul. If you cut it, she will die. In spirit form, he has superhuman agility, speed and strength. Like other spirits, she is able to smell the gods at a great distance.2 1
He died at a young age and doesn’t remember anything about himself, steals money, justifying himself by saying that he was already dead. One day, during a fight with an ayakashi (Spirit, ghost), Yato noticed him and made a contract, turning him into his shinki. In essence, a shinki takes on the appearance of a katana, only without a handle. Yato claims that Yukine is very talented and he would not like to lose him.
Yato (Yaboku)
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Little-known god. He dreams of having his own temple and becoming the most revered deity, surrounded by many followers. To make his dream come true, he undertakes to fulfill any human request, including searching for missing kittens. In order to get people asking, he leaves his phone number in public places. For a completed request, he charges a fee of five yen (5 yen coin, a traditional offering to the gods during prayer in Japanese temples). He likes to drink, often acts stupid and smug, but can sometimes be frighteningly serious. Afraid of being forgotten by everyone. Real name is Yaboku.
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One of the main characters of "Noragami" or "The Homeless God". He is God who is unknown to people. His current shinki and reference is Yukine becoming two silver katanas. He dreams of having his own temple, and also of being the most revered deity, surrounded by many followers. To make his dream come true, he undertakes to fulfill any human request, including searching for missing kittens. In order to get people asking, he leaves his phone number (090-xxxx-#) in public places. For fulfilling a request, he charges a fee of five yen (a 5 yen coin, a traditional offering to the gods during prayer in temples in Japan). Yato is called “a homeless guy in a tracksuit who calls himself God,” he himself calls himself “The Fast and Cheap God of I’ll call.”
Race: God,
Gender: Male,
Age: About 1000 years,
Hair color: Dark purple, Eye color: Blue,
Affiliation: God of War, God of Destruction,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Yato is very handsome in appearance - he is tall, with dark purple hair and blue eyes. He always wears a tracksuit with a crown badge and a scarf around his neck.
She is considered the most powerful goddess of war, as she possesses many shinki. She treats them very warmly, calling them her "children." The most famous and important shinki is Kazuma. She has a total of 8 shinkas that are currently in use. She is one of the seven gods of happiness.
Race: God,
Female gender,
Age: Unknown
Hair Color: Blonde (anime),
Silver (manga),
Eye color: Violet,
Affiliation: Goddess of War,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Bishamon is very beautiful in appearance. She tall(171 cm) and she has a good figure. Bisha has long blonde hair and violet Gano eyes. She is usually dressed in her armor, which consists of: a short gray skirt and jacket, a black bra, a black cap, a pistol holster, and long boots. All this resembles an army uniform. All her armor is shinki. She also wears a cherry blossom earring in her right ear. This is also a shinki - Kazuma, who is the coordinator for other weapons.
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Goddess of Poverty. Her shinki is Daikoku. As a Beangod - a goddess of poverty who is not actively worshiped - she was not "born" with a name; The name "Kofuku" was given to her by Daikoku. She calls herself "Ebisu Kofuku" to make others think she is the goddess of fortune.
Race: God,
Female gender,
Age: Unknown,
Hair color: Pink,
Eye color: Violet,
Affiliation: Goddess of Poverty,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Kofuku looks like a petite and attractive teenage girl. She wears a white shirt, black stockings, a pink plaid skirt and a tie, giving her a schoolgirl look. She has pink hair and purple eyes. Her height is 168 cm.
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He is one of the Seven Gods of Fortune. He is the God of fishing and trade. He first appears in the manga attempting to purchase Yukine (once he became a blessed regalia) from Yato for an incredible amount of money.
Race: God,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair Color: Black,
Eye color: Green,
Affiliation: God of fishing and trade,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: He almost always wears a black suit with a white tank top, a gray vest and a blue tie, sometimes along with a black coat and white gloves - which are actually his two shinki. He has short, neatly combed black hair and green eyes. His eyes typically appear to have no visible pupils. After his transformation, Ebisu is similar to how he was before. Instead of wearing a full suit like adult Ebisu, little Ebisu wears a vest over a white short-sleeved shirt and black shorts.
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He is one of the main antagonists of the anime Noragami. Not much is known about him. He is the God of Calamity, just like Yato. Nora is one of his shinki, her name is Furuhime, the name of her Reiki vessel.
Race: God of Disaster,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Gray,
Eye color: Yellow,
Affiliation: God of Calamity,
Status: Deceased.
Appearance: Rabo is quite tall, with long gray hair and bright yellow eyes, similar to those of a hawk. He wears baggy clothes and carries a sword on his back. His clothing is similar to that of a warrior. He also wears a mask to cover his left eye, where there is an empty socket. The image on the mask is similar to Nora's mask.
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God of Knowledge, he is one of the richest gods. Yato often stays overnight in one of his temples. Tenjin is also Mayu's new master.
Race: God (formerly human),
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Gray,
Eye color: Brown,
Affiliation: God of knowledge.
Appearance: Tenjin looks to be 50-60 years old. He has gray hair and brown eyes. He is usually dressed in black, the traditional robes of a priest. In the OVA episodes, he wears a brown suit and looks quite respectable.
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One of the three main characters of Noragami. His original spirit form is a ball of light. Yato discovers him as an uncorrupted wandering spirit while running away from the Phantom. Soon, Yato gives him the name "Yukine". In Shinki form, his name is Sekki. When summoned, Yukine transforms into a silver katana with the handle wrapped in tattered white bandages. After it became a sacred vessel, it began to transform into two katanas, of the same shape only of shorter length.
Race: Shinki, Human (formerly),
Gender: Male,
Age: 14,
Hair color: Blonde,
Eye color: Amber,
Affiliation: Shinki Yato (Leader),
Status: Alive, Deceased (as a human).
Appearance: In his human form, he appears to be a teenager with short blond hair and amber eyes. His height is lower than that of Yato and Hiyori - only 155 cm. After his first call, Yukine wore white clothes reminiscent of Japanese shinishozoku. He is later shown wearing a blue hoodie, gray jeans, and a hat with pom-poms. In episode 5 of the anime, he changes his clothes to a white T-shirt, dark blue jeans, and a green knee-length jacket with a fur hood. In his shinki form, Yukine transforms into a silver katana. The handle of the katana is wrapped in tattered bandages. After Bishamon broke it, it began to turn into a set of two katanas. The new blades are shorter than the first weapon, but they have the same design. In the second season of the anime, Yukine wears a variety of clothes
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Former shinki of Yato, as well as Rabo. She has several owners, one of them being Ebisu, although she has more often worked for Yato and Fujisaki.
Race: Shinki,
Female gender,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Black,
Eye color: Dark purple,
Affiliation: Shinki Fujisaki Koto,
Shinki Yato (formerly)
Shinki Rabo (anime only)
Shinki Ebisu,
Shinki Takemikazuchi,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Nora has short black hair and dark purple eyes. She wears a white kimono with a striped red sash. Wears a scarf on her head, indicating that she is dead as a person. Nora also wears black sandals with white socks and a pair of white cloth gloves. Sometimes wears a white, faceless Ayakashi mask. She is one of the shortest characters (154 cm). Her characteristic feature is the names all over her body - common feature for all Homeless people.
Personality: Nora was initially shown to be very gentle and kind. She seems to care deeply for Yato, and constantly encourages him to take advantage of her. She later tried to kill Yukine, and she also taunted him because she only wanted Yato to use her. She also tried to kill Hiyori due to her softening up Yato. She shows interest in anything beautiful, such as when she commented on Yukine's eyes. As Nora later said, she likes: the real color of blood, the sound of breaking bones, the sounds that a dying person makes. Perhaps this proves her bloodthirstiness and dislike for Yato.
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Shinki Kofuku appears. His real name is Kuro. His vessel's name is Koku, and as a sacred vessel, his name is "Kokki", he turns into a Japanese fan.
Race: Shinki,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Black,
Eye color: Red,
Affiliation: Shinki Kofuku,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Daikoku has black hair slicked back and red eyes. He has a little stubble on his chin. He usually wears a pink shirt and pants, sometimes he wears a black apron, and has a serious expression. Like Kokki, he transforms into a black Japanese fan. Personality:
Daikoku often has a serious expression on his face. Because of this, you might think that he is a scary person. However, in reality he loving person, and deeply devoted and affectionate to his owner Kofuku. He is also known for supposedly loving children. Since Kofuku is the Goddess of Poverty, he does not allow her to go anywhere without his permission. Daikoku is considered a reliable person. Yato tells Hiyori that if anything happens to him, she should contact Kofuku and Daikoku.
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Is the sacred shinki Bishamon. The name of his vessel is "Chokie". Kazuma transforms into a cherry blossom in the shape of a stud earring with the ability to navigate, track, direct other shinki, and coordinate. It also serves as a precise aim for the goddess.
Race: Shinki,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Dark brown,
Eye color: Dark green,
Affiliation: Shinki Bishamon (lead),
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Kazuma has short dark brown hair and dark green eyes. He wears classic glasses with black frames and is wearing a black jacket, black pants, a white shirt, and a purple tie.
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Yato's former shinki, she called him Yato instead of Yaboku. He continues to call himself Yato to this day. Because of Nora, she became an Ayakashi and Yato had to kill her.
Race: Shinki,
Female gender,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Dark brown,
Eye color: Brown,
Affiliation: Shinki Tenjin (formerly),
Shinki Yato (formerly)
Status: Dead.
Appearance: Sakura is a young girl with dark brown hair often tied into a ponytail. She wore the same outfit as Tenjin's other shinki, considering she was his shinki before Yato. What name Tenjin gave her is currently unknown. As Yato's shinki her name was Sakura, her vessel's name was Ou, her weapon's name was Ouki, and she took the form of a Japanese dagger.
Personality: Sakura has a very strong sense of morality. She is the one who showed Yato the difference between good and evil. Sakura enjoys sunsets, loves flowers and little frogs.
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One of Tenjin's shinki. She previously worked for Yato under the name Tomone.
Race: Shinki,
Female gender,
Age: Unknown
Hair Color: Black,
Eye color: Green,
Affiliation: Shinki Yato (formerly),
Shinki Tenjin,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Mayu has short black hair and green eyes. She usually wears a white kimono. When she worked with Yato, she wore a dark red kimono with light purple vertical stripes and a pink scarf around her shoulders. When she began working for Tenjin, she began wearing a red and white kimono. Like Tenjin's weapon, it turns into a smoking pipe. However, when working as Yato's weapon, it turns into a dagger.
Personality: Mayu is honest and has a strong sense of justice. During her time working with Yato, she couldn't stand him not only because he was always messing around, but he also often talked about killing and didn't care about the people who needed his help. Because of this, she complained a lot and always insulted Yato, after which she left him. Despite her attitude towards Yato, she also respects and cares for him. She often gets worried when Yato gets into trouble, even when she is serving Tenjin. At one point, she herself volunteered to help Yato, who was unclean due to Yukine's actions. Mayu is also known to be a brave person, as she takes the risk of being attacked by a phantom Yukine during a purification ritual to save Yato.
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The most famous shinki is Takemikazuchi. He takes the form of a lightning dragon. The name of his vessel is Oki.
Race: Shinki,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: White,
Eye color: Brown,
Affiliation: Shinki Takemikazuchi,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Kiun has dark eyes and light, almost white eyes. long hair, braided similarly to the hair of his master, Takemikazuchi. Some of them are combed back and tied with red, judging by the cover of the seventeenth volume, with an elastic band/ribbon/rope to emphasize what is needed. The rest of his hair is down, but two blond strands still hang in front of his ears. One of distinctive features are two horizontal scars on the neck and bridge of the nose. Kiun is dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, similar to the attire of Shinto priests. He smiles very rarely, but he has a very beautiful thin smile.
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Currently the regalia of Bishamon. His vessel's name is Saiki.
Race: Shinki,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Black,
Eye color: Brown,
Affiliation: Shinki Bishamon,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: He is of average height, with dark blue hair and brown eyes. In his human form, he wears the suit worn by all leading Bishamon shinki.
Personality: Despite the fact that he turns into a huge sword, he is a rather meek and calm person.
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Iki Hiyori.
One of the main characters of the Noragami series. After being hit by a bus while trying to save Yato, she gained the ability to astral projection, effectively allowing her to "drop her body" and become a semi-phantom. Although she tries to control this ability, she often leaves her body without even realizing it.
Race: Human,
to the Ayakashi part,
Female gender,
Age: 16 years old
Hair Color: Brown,
Eye color: Pink (anime),
Kariya (manga),
Affiliation: 1st year high school student,
3rd year student at Whitebird High School (formerly),
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Hiyori has long, dark brown hair and brown eyes (pink in the anime). She looks like an ordinary schoolgirl. She often wears her school uniform, which consists of a lavender shirt and knee-length skirt. Sometimes she changes her clothes by putting on a coat gray over the uniform and a pink scarf around the neck. When she transforms into a half-ayakashi, a purple tail that bears a strong resemblance to a cat's tail appears from her lower back. She is 162 cm tall. When she becomes a high school student, she begins wearing a new school uniform, both summer and winter versions, throughout subsequent chapters of the manga.
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Fujisaki Koto.
He has been studying at Hiyori's school for three years. For Nora and Yato he is "Father"
Race: Human,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Eye color: Brown,
Affiliation: Student,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Fujisaki is a young man of average height with neat light brown hair.
Personality: He is polite in front of "friends" and strangers, but in reality he is a sadist (in this he resembles Rabo). He is able to harm another person just to test his abilities. Due to his hatred of the gods, he treats them like toys, not caring how they feel. However, he cares about Yato and Nora (Mizuchi).
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Suzuha's friend, who comes to visit her grandmother for the summer.
Race: Human,
Female gender,
Hair Color: Black,
Eye color: Brown.
Appearance: Tomoko first appears in early childhood, when she wore orange shorts, a white and pink T-shirt and a white hat with a pink bow. Hair is short and loose. She had a green and white handbag and a fishing net with her. Later, Tomoko grows up and becomes taller. The hair remains short, the same white hat with a pink bow is on the head, but the clothes are different: a white short skirt and a yellow T-shirt, and high white socks on the feet. When Suzuha last sees Tomoko, she has already grown into a beautiful girl about his age. She was then wearing a white skirt, a striped T-shirt and a white hat with a pink bow. There was a bag hanging over his shoulder; bob hair
She also wears a long yellow frilly dress or a yellow kimono with flowers at some points, tied with a red obi, and wears her hair in a low bun.
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Known as Ami-chan, she is one of Hiyori's friends from school.
Race: Human,
Female gender,
Age: 16 years old
Hair color: Dark brown,
Eye color: Brown,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: She has short, dark brown, shoulder-length hair. She wears red glasses.
Personality: She is rarely shown, but is known to be kind and supportive of Hiyori. She often worries about Hiyori when she falls asleep (due to her soul leaving her body). She seems to be smart and gets good grades. She also enjoys teasing Hiyori, as shown when Hiyori mentions that she was dating a boy, Ami pretended to call Hiyori's mom to report that her daughter was having an illicit relationship with a boy younger than her. She is calmer than Yama.
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A character who appears in both anime and manga. The entire first chapter of the manga is dedicated to her, but in the anime she plays a cameo role.
Race: Human,
Female gender,
Age: Unknown
Hair color: Light brown,
Eye color: Green,
Affiliation: Student,
Status: Alive.
Appearance and Personality: Mutsumi is a high school student. She has long brown hair braided into two ponytails. Her eye color is green. She wears a gray sweater over a white shirt instead of a proper school uniform. In the anime, Mutsumi often misses classes due to illness, and for some reason the teachers always forgive her. Because of this, her classmates hate her and tell her that she is annoying and that she should just kill herself. In the manga, she refers to herself in the third person and does not understand why people are mean to her. When Mutsumi complains to Yato, he says that she is arrogant.
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A minor character who appeared in the manga and anime. He is the owner of the Overlord. He prayed to Yato to bring him home safely.
Race: Human,
Gender: Male,
Age: Unknown
Hair Color: Brown,
Eye color: Brown,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: Since he is still a child, he is quite small. He has short light brown hair and brown eyes.
Personality: Not much is known about Keiichi. He is affectionate towards cats, especially his cat. He is very upset when his cat, Lord, goes missing. He is very polite and well mannered and is trusted enough to answer the door himself.
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Known as Yama-chan, she is one of Hiyori's friends from school.
Race: Human,
Female gender,
Age: 16 years old
Hair color: Light brown,
Eye color: Green,
Affiliation: High school student,
Status: Alive.
Appearance: She has short light brown hair and green eyes.
Personality: She is a tomboy. She desires to be popular, as shown in episode 10 when she prayed twice to be popular, saying that it was important. Like Ami, she is kind and supportive of Hiyori, but also likes to tease her. She's not very smart. She often worries about Hiyori when she falls asleep (due to her soul leaving her body). She wanted to meet Yato, considering him Hiyori's boyfriend.
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Eh, another anime filled with rotten tomatoes without the caption "IMHO".
Well, of course, there’s nowhere to go: as many people as there are, so many opinions, but personally I wouldn’t want the subjective perception of individual individuals to spoil the impression for those who weren’t watching.
In general, a lot depends on what you want from anime. Because when my friend gave me this anime with the words “Well, it’s normal, such a standard shonen,” I had no idea that it would bring me to the extreme degree of despair, expressed in reading manga in Japanese.
Therefore, I will try to describe Noragami objectively.
So let's start with the shell.
Panache.
Impeccably good. God bless Bones: they managed to convey the original art without relegating it to the category of people-hawala™.
Special thanks to the original drawing. Two artists worked on the manga at once, and the result is obvious.
Animation.
I repeat, God bless Bones. Stamped inserts of henshin and other maho-shoujo bells and whistles are present, but they don’t completely fill up the time spent on the action, so you can put up with it and endure it.
Music.
Eh... A great opening, a non-irritating ending and some very impressive themes throughout the action. I will never forget the siren howling during Yato’s meeting with the ayakashi applicant for the position of shinki.
Voiced by.
I'm not an inveterate Kamiya fan, but I can't help but praise him. Because with such a memorable voice it is difficult to avoid being associated with other characters, but nevertheless he managed to do it. Same thing with Ono Daisuke (voiced by Daikoku). I had to go to the wiki to dispel doubts about the latter.
voice actor Hiyori - the girl shows promise.
seiyuu Yukine is the mother of God, is there really a seiyuu capable of crying SO believably?.. And expressing emotions in general, starting from embarrassment and ending with irritation. Prize for this comrade!
voice actress Bishamon - I have heard this young lady more than once, but here her work is beyond praise. Again, that rare case when you believe the voice actor. Stanislavsky would have praised her for her anger.
Kazuma's voice actor - oh, a difficult case... There are no complaints about the voice actor, he did an excellent job; there are complaints about the cast, see the “stamps” section below.
voice actor Kofuku - well, don’t repeat to me for the hundredth time that the work of a voice actor is beyond praise, okay?
Characters.
Golden theme. God without a fixed abode? A cute boy with the quirks of a noble gopnik? A quiet girl who can nevertheless roundhouse kick an ayakashi without being a total fucking tsundere? The beautiful and tender soul Bishamon, obsessed with revenge due to mental trauma, well, where would we be without her? Quiet yangire Kofuku together with noisy Yankee Daikoku? Suddenly not-hysterical Mayu, aka Tomone? And in general, adequate characters who are not stupid all the time?
Sorry, can I repeat the order?
As already noted, the female characters here are really smart. If you're a die-hard fan of flat-chested tsunderas, you've come to the wrong anime. Fans of moe sluts with breasts of a physically impossible size are also not here. Yangir scattering the remains of the object of sighing over the walls with an ax is again not observed.
It's another matter if you value naturalness. Welcome. No, the girls here are not the center of realism, of course, but they have a drop of naturalism and common sense (I can’t believe my luck). The figures of the heroines will also not disappoint you, and you won’t have to listen to the snot “I have small breasts,” which irritate a hundred times more than Oyashev’s sobs “ore ga mamoru,” by God.
By the way, Oyashev’s sobs of “ore ga mamoru” have not yet been observed, so we give it a big plus.
Regarding the male characters. Hang in there, female audience, a squad from the new host club is heading towards you. A goofball with piercing blue eyes; a kawaii boy stuck between cuteness and violence in the midst of a difficult period in his life; Yankee-kun, fiercely protecting his mistress from the whole world (or the world from her mistress, the devil knows); a little-gray-cardinal who does not forget debts; Well, a filler samurai-seeking-death, if Mademoiselle knows a lot about it.
Enemies.
Noooo, I won’t describe Nora (whose voice actress again pleasantly surprised me) or the filler villain now. I'd rather mention the secondary enemies, i.e. ayakashi.
So, design. Apparently someone complained about him, but I honestly don't understand why. Firstly, the designers didn’t mess around in the spirit of “it’s still an extra, let’s draw something ugly and it will do.” This is the case when they did a great job even on the background. The ayakashi turned out to be psychedelic and unique, and their voices, glued together from voices different people- this is truly a brilliant find. For ayakashi in Japanese folklore are spirits that feed on the negative emotions of people; and how well their psychedelic nature and voice, as if woven from the nasty thoughts of many people, fit into this idea!
An ayakashi clinging to a shinki is a really powerful move. Some people cringe with disgust, I cringe with admiration. We put a bold plus.
I was also pleased that the ayakashi were not portrayed as universal evil - negative emotions were and will be, but you need to start worrying only when these emotions get out of control. Due to this idea, the main characters do not walk along the streets, mowing down all the ayakashi left and right, but they may even be neighbors with them - not be friends, but just neighbors.
I would especially like to mention the cat from the fifth episode. Its kawaiiness goes beyond infinity:3
Plot.
He's still not bad. I won’t say that he is very original and sparkles with ideas left and right, but he is good. It is good even despite the fact that it was brutally torn up and altered in an attempt to cram 3 volumes into 10 episodes (the remaining two are filler, don’t forget).
The story with Yukine looks quite logical in both cases. In the manga, Yuki was initially a noble asshole, then his brain was set and he became quiet, in the anime, Yuki was at first quite tame, but went crazy due to imaginary loneliness (convince me that as a teenager you did not feel lonely even among your family and friends) and then was forcibly returned to the reels. Moreover, there are hints that in the manga the full story looked like this: during life, Yuki was a good boy, then his life went downhill, as a result of which he died with a disgusting character, then he was reborn into a shinki with the same disgusting character and as a result of the ritual purification was returned to a good-natured state.
So, in my personal impression, the plot in Noragami is still worked out, and even the broken anime version still looks logical and convincing. Although I can’t help but note that the shreddedness of the anime was reflected in the relationships between the characters, because at first I honestly believed that the main character would be shipped with Yukine. After the last episodes of the anime, I doubted it, but in the manga I finally saw who the authors were rooting for.
Regarding the ninth episode, separate applause. Everyone suffers so convincingly that the sadists died of happiness while watching it.
And there are no yaoi hints here either. Shippers will find it, of course, but I didn’t find it. Medal to the authors.
Humor.
He is here. Not stupid shonen jokes, but really good jokes, generated by the excellent work of a seiyuu or banter over cliches (my love for Noragami began with a skyscraper, anyone who has seen it will understand. Even the standard nature of such a move as boke-tsukkomi did not keep me from laughing hysterically). Well, plus some crazy jokes from the mangaka (what a pity that the anime didn’t include the story with the eyes on the shinki’s back, watching melodramas on TV while he sleeps XD)
Well, now I’ll move on to the unpleasant part of this anime.
Stamps.
So, this anime can boast as many as four striking intersections with other anime:
- Kazuma. It’s urgent to set the brains of those who carried out the casting. It wasn’t enough that Kazuma resembled Yukio from Ao no Exorcist in appearance, so they managed to choose the same seiyuu! The characters' personalities are still different, and the more I delve into the manga, the more they differ, but in the anime the similarity is simply unbearable.
- People turn into weapons (hello Soul Eater). But in general, as far as I know, this idea was found not only in Soul Eater, and does not cause irritation.
- The technique with which Yato either sharpens or illuminates the blade by running his fingers along the blade has already been encountered in D.Gray-man, hello Kanda.
- A blade without a normal handle, simply wrapped in a rag, can evoke associations with Bleach, and in vain. For wrapping a rag around the handle of a bare blade is a natural necessity.
In general, I am inclined to think that cliches are not so bad if they are used in reasonable quantities (two eyes in people can also be considered a cliche, for that matter). In this case, we can talk specifically about the moderate use of cliches.
Conclusion: universal sadness. Firstly, there will most likely not be a second season. Secondly, difficulties with translating the manga prevent people from getting to know a really good story, most of which was never told in the anime. How is Nora related to Yato? Why does Kazuma consider himself to be in Yato's debt? Who was Yukine during his lifetime? What's going on with Hiyori? And what, finally, are the authors going to do with the love line (and it will be there, I assure you)? The answers to all these questions will have to be sought in the manga, which has not yet been translated into Russian. And the answers there are interesting, because my manga is taking off despite my passionate desire to stop reading the dialogues. English connoisseurs can try their luck with English-language sources, and I will go on to train reading hiragana and memorize the meanings of hieroglyphs.
My rating is 10/10, don't blame the unfortunate fan.
Nanode shitsureshimasu.
