Noragami

I love this series so much.

I thought I'd check out the anime on a whim one day. I was bored.

Best anime-related decision I've made in a long while, and I really enjoy it so far. Got my best friend to watch it too, and I'm also in the process of catching up to the manga. Good stuff. I love the characters, and the concept; though a mix of things I've seen previously, is really intriguing. Don't regret getting into this one bit.

Watched the latest. Yeah, it's great. I just hate how others treated Yato, even though he REALLY is a God. But everyone says he calls himself a God or he really isn't..? Am I wrong? Anyway, I can wait for the next episode. *A*

Kamiya Hiroshi is everywhere ever since Shingeki! The humour in this anime is top-notch, but at the same time, I'm not entirely sure what exactly the plot is...Besides Yato trying to become a God.

Dropped this one.

Vanille Sky said:

Kamiya Hiroshi is everywhere ever since Shingeki!

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You are kidding, right?

-Lapras- said:

Dropped this one.



You are kidding, right?

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Sort of? He was well known before Shingeki, but maybe I've just been taking notice of him more ever since that series.

Surprised you didn't recognise him from one of his main and more notable roles to be honest. Surely you can't have missed Bakemonogatari, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Angel Beats and DRRR.

He's been everywhere for around a decade now.

Do we know if this is only going to be 12 episodes? I really hope they don't end the anime altogether after that. :/

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He's been everywhere for around a decade now.

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That is true, but sometimes people don't really look into seiyuu much until they land that one role that the person really, really likes. xD Like how Mamoru Miyano is all over the place, but some don't notice him at all until they find out "Oh, he's Light!", "Oh, he's Dento!"

-Lapras- said:

Surprised you didn't recognise him from one of his main and more notable roles to be honest. Surely you can't have missed Bakemonogatari, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Angel Beats and DRRR.

He's been everywhere for around a decade now.

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I've only recently started factoring in seiyuus into helping to choose which series to watch .___. Having said that, he was one of the main reasons I decided to watch this and remains the only reason \: It's not that the series is particularly bad, but I don't see it going anywhere...

Good, but I wished if it was a little fast paced/plot orientated, but at least the comedy's working.

Gods, I've picked this up, and I do indeed love the comedy:



#died ;o;

I'm really enjoying the neat blend of comedy and action. I became hooked within a few episodes, where episode 3 really stood out to me. Hiyori realized that shinki/regalia don't die through suicide, but that they're people who still want to live. Yato couldn't tolerate seeing others waste their lives in front of shinki.

...This realization makes episode 2 all the more sad. When Yato first gained Yukine, he sees flashes of Yukine's life. After the fight, Yato becomes teary-eyed. From the stills, we can see:

The luggage indicates someone is leaving. The handshake implies they're parting ways; divorce. Yukine is left with the father and shows signs of neglect.

Broken cup of coffee denotes anger. A male, assumed to be the father, stomps on unread letters, presumably from Yukine's mother and sister. Blood-stained bandages on a child's arm depict abuse and neglect. Signs of an empty wallet symbolize poverty while empty beer cans can imply alcoholism. The last image, judging from the haircut, has to be Yukine's sister.


Yato found Yukine's spirit near a post-office, where he was possibly waiting for the letters...


Note that Yukine's weapon form has bandages around the sword. Do you suppose the weapon that is made has some relation to what's happened to the shinki?

I've read through the manga, and the realization follows through two big themes coming up, but I won't spoil, haha. Go read it if you haven't!

Definitely curious on how weapon!Yukine is represented by a sword and bandages, so, yeah, maybe he had a troubled past where he had abusive trauma one way on another. If he lived with a male, probably his dad, then maybe his dad was abusive to the point on where Yukine maybe ran away from home and waited by mail posts.

Hmmm, maybe he was hospitalized in some way, and the coffee dropping was a sign that his parents heard the bad news about what's happening to him and thus consumed large amounts of alcohol (from those cans)? Something to think about indeed. @_@

But yeah, I'm leaning more towards the parental neglect though. His mother and sister left him when he was really young and I guess by depression, his dad took it all out on him.

Hmm, I didn't consider the thought of Yukine being a runaway child. Yukine would have likely been consumed by phantoms along the way if it was a reoccurring event, but he wasn't. I think he did die because of neglect through no fault of his own, with his dad to blame.

I'm rewatching episode 3 and I realized Tomone was a dagger under Yato's control and is a smoke pipe under Tenjin's control. So, the form may not be based on the shinki, but rather the god and what they feel is suitable. Certainly, Tenjin can't carry around like, 5+ weapons... Bishamon sure likes being a walking armory, though.

Definitely one of the best newer anime series. I usually don't pick things that are too new up without a lot of recommendations so due to that alone this one was quite special! I absolutely adore the two main boys, especially Yuki. Little guy is so precious.