(L) Kamisama no Memochou

[Shadow5YA]

After reading the light novels, I can't help but feel the irony in seeing an anime adaptation that was accurate, but still mediocre at the same time.

This anime is nowhere near the levels of bad that the Chaos;Head and Tsukihime anime were at, because again, the story was left relatively intact. However, I feel that subtle differences that arose due direction may have been what kept this anime at only a decent level instead of outstanding. It's the same problem as the anime for The World God Only Knows.

Take the Hirasaka arc with Renji, where Yoshiki's true identity is pivotal to the case. In a mystery, half the suspense comes from the deprivation of information until the revelation at the climax. In the novels, Yoshiki's stomach wound was a small detail that the audience would normally overlook because no emphasis was placed on it. However, in the anime, Yoshiki's stomach area was dead centered on the screen. It was far easier to figure out that Yoshiki was Hison, who was alive and well. The audience is supposed to keep guessing until the climax where Alice shows at the scene to explain what happened, but since the anime made the mystery easier to solve, the suspense is lost.

[Molenir]

Terrible ending because of the execution.

I loved the ending. Bear in mind, that I haven't read the novels. Don't know anything about the story at all, outside of what I saw in the anime. But Ayaka waking up there at the end, gave us a sliver of happiness right there at the end. Joy amidst the tragedy and destruction. It was a good touch, well timed, without getting into details.

I really enjoyed this series, and am sad to hear it didn't sell well. As someone else said, this is not the first time that my tastes in anime have differed from what the anime buying public enjoy. This was a series I could see buying if I lived in Japan.

[Densetsuhakai]

Maybe a little late to ask this,but can anyone tell me why there isn't a new volume of the light novel for like 2 years? Was the Novel dropped or something? It would be really sad if this is really the case,because it's such a great series.Anyway, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me the answer since I couldn't find any information through google.

[aohige]

Soooooo.....

The author pretty much got caught with his pants down with the recent 2ch leak fiasco.
He was revealed to anonymously posting talking shit about other authors, manga artists, etc, and self-praising himself and his own works, anonymously on the net.

He's made a formal apology instead of making a futile attempt to defend himself.

People are datamining the leaked log deep to find other victims of similar cases...

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Densetsuhakai

Maybe a little late to ask this,but can anyone tell me why there isn't a new volume of the light novel for like 2 years? Was the Novel dropped or something? It would be really sad if this is really the case,because it's such a great series.Anyway, I would appreciate it if someone could tell me the answer since I couldn't find any information through google.

The Author is working on other titles.

Originally Posted by aohige

Soooooo.....

The author pretty much got caught with his pants down with the recent 2ch leak fiasco.
He was revealed to anonymously posting talking shit about other authors, manga artists, etc, and self-praising himself and his own works, anonymously on the net.

He's made a formal apology instead of making a futile attempt to defend himself.

People are datamining the leaked log deep to find other victims of similar cases...

AWKWARD

[sky black swordman]

^ No kiddding.

Originally Posted by aohige

Soooooo.....

The author pretty much got caught with his pants down with the recent 2ch leak fiasco.
He was revealed to anonymously posting talking shit about other authors, manga artists, etc, and self-praising himself and his own works, anonymously on the net.

He's made a formal apology instead of making a futile attempt to defend himself.

People are datamining the leaked log deep to find other victims of similar cases...

Can you name a few of the people, he was talking about?

[Shadow5YA]

Shitposting on the internet is a common thing, so I don't really see any reason to get upset over it, no matter who does it.

Losing your anonymity by getting called out on the internet is another issue entirely though

[aohige]

Originally Posted by sky black swordman

^ No kiddding.

Can you name a few of the people, he was talking about?

Since I actually do lurk in the WSJ Survival Thread, his bashing of Shinkai Hideo's work Soul Catchers comes to mind.

As for novel writers, apparently Tsumugu Hashimoto (Hanbun no Tsuki ga noboru sora) was the harshest.
Sugii called him all sorts of names including mentally retarded and nutjob.
Others include Shirou Ryusei, Ichiro Sakaki, etc.
Now the log leaked is just between the month of July and August of this year, and yet there were dozens upon dozens of these.
Who knows how long he's been at it and how many insults he's been throwing out daily.

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

Shitposting on the internet is a common thing, so I don't really see any reason to get upset over it, no matter who does it.

Losing your anonymity by getting called out on the internet is another issue entirely though

Shitposting about others is one thing, pretending to be a fan of his own work and praising himself anonymously is embarrassing as hell no matter how you look at it.

[sky black swordman]

Originally Posted by aohige

Since I actually do lurk in the WSJ Survival Thread, his bashing of Shinkai Hideo's work Soul Catchers comes to mind.

As for novel writers, apparently Tsumugu Hashimoto (Hanbun no Tsuki ga noboru sora) was the harshest.Sugii called him all sorts of names including mentally retarded and nutjob.
Others include Shirou Ryusei, Ichiro Sakaki, etc.
Now the log leaked is just between the month of July and August of this year, and yet there were dozens upon dozens of these.
Who knows how long he's been at it and how many insults he's been throwing out daily.

Shitposting about others is one thing, pretending to be a fan of his own work and praising himself anonymously is embarrassing as hell no matter how you look at it.

Seriously? I happen to be a fan of his and his work.

I completely agree!

[Wild Goose]

I think the final confrontation with the final villain of the anime was kinda anticlimatic. I mean, you had him taunting Alice and going on about being so much smarter etc etc...

...and then you find he's ODing in his hideout. What.

That said, it was entertaining, and I liked the OP and Alice. But it's overall not quite a series that has caught my fancy and remained in my mind.

...can still sing the OP from memory though. With the key transposed into the range a tenor could sing.

[Bakaizer]

I cant seem to find the novel thread for this, i want know hows the novel doing and if it has already ended what happened

[larethian]

I'm not following this but curious to know how he got caught in his 自演乙?

[kuroishinigami]

Originally Posted by nikohowell

I cant seem to find the novel thread for this, i want know hows the novel doing and if it has already ended what happened

The novel's been on hiatus for more than a year, and considering Sugii-sensei track recird, I considered the series as dead already

[Bakaizer]

Originally Posted by kuroishinigami

The novel's been on hiatus for more than a year, and considering Sugii-sensei track recird, I considered the series as dead already

well that sucks, what has he been doing lately? slacking off?

[ReinZwei]

Originally Posted by nikohowell

well that sucks, what has he been doing lately? slacking off?

Nope, instead it's the opposite, since there are several series newer than Kamimemo

He is currently focusing on his another series which is Gakusei Shoujo and Kirika... (the former is his newest)

[AP24]

After 3 years of hiatus, a new volume is finally coming out. Vol 9 is out on September 10th.

[Miraluka]

Hope the author just doesn't feel like ending it like Ichiban Maou's author did.

[mad_season]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

The emotional complexity of Narumi and Alice together there at the end was wonderful.

Originally Posted by BladeEntity

The strangest thing I couldn't place was the single tear from Alice at the end on the roof top...

I really like how the ending was played. It seems to me that Alice was resigned to the fact that she'll be a NEET detective forever. I guess for the first time she probably had fallen in love. And Narumi somehow represents her wish for a normal life. Episode 9 or the baseball episode look out of place but it really shows how Alice came out of her comfort zone which she started doing only after when Narumi arrived. But a crime takes place a little bit close to home. She fails to protect Ayaka which we can consider as her best friend. And she finds out that Ayaka was genuinely in love with Narumi which she can't compare.

All in all, this one is a very good series. Though in the back of my mind, the show might have greatly benefited if it was done after Hyouka. It could have started out light with slight dark undertones just brimming on the surface until the final arc wallops you.

[AP24]

Just realized vol 9 is the final volume. First season covered 3.5 volumes in 11 episodes so it's possible to cover the rest in another 12 or 13 episodes. But the BD/DVD sold badly (about 1k per vol) so it's very unlikely it will get another season. Although it was produced by JC Staff and the studio is known for adapting quite many series from light novels or manga until their story's ending, but most of them had at least decent sales.

Can anyone provide a summary of vol 9? I want to know how the story ended.

[Pablete]

Seconded.

I would like to know too.