Oct 2, 2016
Noragami is a very enjoyable and fun anime in today's modern anime seasons filled with pretty bad generic ecchi and shounen boy content over and over. It has a very deep underling to the story itself and expands on it pretty well to a point. The soundtrack is absolutely stunning and fits the mood of the story very well both in up and down moments.
Unfortunately the story actually does fall very short to what would be considered a very complete storyline. It feels very rushed and goes from a very good story arch that was continued from the previous season, with the God of War,
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to a tacked on story about randomly controlling phantoms. This pretty much happens in the span of a few episodes, and fills the role of the climax of the show. With little to no build up to this plot point. It felt almost rushed to guarantee they got this point of the plot in the season so they didn't have to hope they got a season 3 to continue it, all while dropping the "to be continued" ending. It tried to make me care for a character with little screen time prior to these episodes, and therefore i didn't really feel too much a connection with them. All while shotgunning their life in about one episode. While it was a good plot line and it was a good character, it was very rushed to a point it was annoying to watch. The other points in the plot dealing with the more main characters were very good, and the development of those characters over time were really interesting to watch. However, the main focus of the anime seemed to steer off the development of these characters and made it more of a side point.
The artwork and sound were absolutely amazing. The OST is probably one of the most enjoyable OSTs I've ever listened to. The sound as well in conjunction with the OST in important parts or low parts in the anime matched perfectly and heightened my enjoyment of the show. The colors bursting from the screen to help give the show more flair is a huge enjoyment boost, and made the viewing experience enjoyable.
Overall the show was extremely enjoyable, the characters were lovable and interesting, the comedy in the show didn't distract from the serious parts. Combined with the sounds and art, the show was absolutely great. However the main story seems to be thrown into a disarray about halfway through, and it feels rushed.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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