The World God Only Knows (manga thread)

[physics223]

I'm 70% sure Ayumi has a goddess in her. That leaves three.

Shiori, Sumire, and Nanaka/Hinoki are my picks.

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by physics223

I'm 70% sure Ayumi has a goddess in her. That leaves three.

I'm 80% sure it's a red herring and she has a crush on Kemia. But who knows ...

Originally Posted by physics223

Shiori, Sumire, and Nanaka/Hinoki are my picks.

I'm guessing only one of them will have a Goddess in them though. My bets are on Minami, Mio (yes, I refuse to give up hope till bitter end and still hold that Kemia is making mistakes in his reasonings), Sumire and Tsukiyo. Mind you those are just whom I'd love to come back, but I guess Tsukiyo, Shiori, Yui and Hinoki have the clearest signs to make them candidates.

[quigonkenny]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

I'm 80% sure it's a red herring and she has a crush on Kemia. But who knows ...

Only 80%? It seems far too obvious to be anything else to me. We have to have some pay off on the residual capture feelings that have been alluded to since the first chapter, and Ayumi's an ideal choice.

Keima is damn good at being Genre Savvy. He may just be the most genre savvy "harem protagonist" in history. But he's also prone to being Wrong Genre Savvy. Much like House, he far too often screws up before he finally figures things out. So I'd say no candidate is confirmed until we see her goddess, and likewise, I wouldn't cross any of the girls off the list until a) #6 is confirmed, or b) Nikaido/Akari/Diana/one of the other goddesses rules someone out.

[AlaAlba]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

but I guess Tsukiyo, Shiori, Yui and Hinoki have the clearest signs to make them candidates.

Tsukiyo, Shiori, Yui, Hinoki have the clearest signs? and what is that? XD
they barely had screentime in any arc since their own arc.

Tsukiyo and Shiori are the most forgotten ones as they havent made any have they, while Yui is the K-on member she shows up every now and then. Hinoki is abroad and Keima won't go that far to chase her XD
the slightest posibility is Yui.

I still think Keima's hyphotesis is that Goddesses would likely be at Kanon and Tenri's age. following his theory that "Kanon and Tenri is captured by me then the other goddesses would also be among my capture"
then it would be
"Kanon and Tenri is second year then the other goddeses would also be inside girls the same ages as them" XD XD

Spoiler for 120:

forgot to mention this
the best part is when Keima shows his list to Haqua
haqua: I, it were only 5 back then... you sure have captured a lot don't you. [sheesh, just what part is good from this guy]

lol Haqua sees the true greatness of Kami nii-sama

[omimon]

Originally Posted by AlaAlba

Tsukiyo, Shiori, Yui, Hinoki have the clearest signs? and what is that? XD
they barely had screentime in any arc since their own arc.

Tsukiyo and Shiori are the most forgotten ones as they havent made any have they, while Yui is the K-on member she shows up every now and then. Hinoki is abroad and Keima won't go that far to chase her XD
the slightest posibility is Yui.

I still think Keima's hyphotesis is that Goddesses would likely be at Kanon and Tenri's age. following his theory that "Kanon and Tenri is captured by me then the other goddesses would also be among my capture"
then it would be
"Kanon and Tenri is second year then the other goddeses would also be inside girls the same ages as them" XD XD

Spoiler for 120:

forgot to mention this
the best part is when Keima shows his list to Haqua
haqua: I, it were only 5 back then... you sure have captured a lot don't you. [sheesh, just what part is good from this guy]

lol Haqua sees the true greatness of Kami nii-sama

Oh man I actually think your theory is pretty smart since it clearly explains why Keima went to Jun and Minami this chapter. Haqua will probably say its stupid but it makes sense in terms of game mechanics.

[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by quigonkenny

Only 80%? It seems far too obvious to be anything else to me. We have to have some pay off on the residual capture feelings that have been alluded to since the first chapter, and Ayumi's an ideal choice.

Oh I agree it's too obvious, which is why I'm giving a 20% for the Untwist option. As we've seen previously, the author loves to throw us the occasional curve balls from time to time, and this seems a case where he is giving clues throughout the Manga to make Kemia believe that Ayumi is a candidate while the readers (already aware of Wakaki-sensei techniques) would be lead to believe that she had developed a crush on him, only for him then to reveal all along that Kemia was right. I personally don't think it's a very likely option, but I can still see it happening.

And as you can see, I'm one of the faction who are sure Kemia is making mistakes in his conclusions on this search. I'm not entirely dismissing his judgments, but it's quite clear he's making many mistakes along the way (your analogy with House fits quite well).

Originally Posted by AlaAlba

Tsukiyo, Shiori, Yui, Hinoki have the clearest signs? and what is that? XD
they barely had screentime in any arc since their own arc.

Having less screen time doesn't mean they have less of a chance of having a goddess in them.

Mind you, those 4 I've listed have the clearest signs due to the others having either no signs or extremely murky ones XD

But anyway, if you've read Shiori's omake, you'd see that she seems to be regaining some of her memories indicating she might have a goddess.

Tsukiyo at the end of her arc where she focused her telescope on Kemia and was seen blushing.

Yui is really going by Kemia needing to check back on her despite him already crossing her out along with Mio and Kusunoki (implying there is something he needs to check).

Hinoki is going by the end of her arc where she drove off into the sunset and her sisters comment during her arc.

Of course, we wont know until we actually see a goddess reveled.

[Alsagoz]

For Chihiro and Ayumi, either of them may think that their friend is in love with Keima (I think it doesn't matter either/both/neither of them has a goddess) and it might cause an interesting event of Matchmaker Crush

[Shadow5YA]

Yeah, I'm also wondering how Keima is going to juggle multiple goddesses at once. All the girls who have goddesses will certainly have affection for Keima, but it seems like they would all get jealous if Keima is with a girl that's not one of them.

[LeaD36]

Well he's God, so it'll work out.
I say his presence alone should suffice to please all their needs

[ellifeedn]

I would suggest that they would want, at the very least, equal treatment among themselves. However, what will happen to removing runaway spirits from new targets with that going on?

[Shadow5YA]

Diana wanted Tenri to marry Keima. Unless the goddesses support polygamy (doubtful, considering the jealousy) or are a lot more lenient, I don't see how Keima can keep them under control without a lot of harem fighting going on, Tenchi Muyo style.

[omimon]

Spoiler:

It's not said outright but it's pretty obvious that Keima's theory is that the nearer you are to him the more likely you are a goddess. With this being said I still follow my belief that Miyako is the goddess rather than any of the captured girls.

I personally think that it's a good idea that the author created a boundary rather than testing every girls since by the time we see all 16 girls again it's be 2011. I think we'll see Keima approach Shiori first next chapter and then Tsukiyo and Yui together since they are in the same class. I think what the author is going to do is after figuring out the candidates Keima is going spend the Dance festival reconquering the candidates so the power of love will fuel the goddesses.

Just for the record, even though Keima says he captured 16 girls, he's only actually done 14.

[Zekori]

Originally Posted by omimon

Spoiler:

It's not said outright but it's pretty obvious that Keima's theory is that the nearer you are to him the more likely you are a goddess. With this being said I still follow my belief that Miyako is the goddess rather than any of the captured girls.

Spoiler for Food for thought:

Actually, if Chihiro is a goddess and is the figurative "leader" so to speak of the sisters and through forming band she acts as a magnet for the other goddesses be it via subconsciousness, goddess influence, fate, coincidence, third party (heaven); and once Kanon gets all better and should she join Chihiro's group wouldn't it make for a nice cover for them all to collapse in a single spot without raising suspicion from non-involved individuals? This of course would probably mean Ayumi, and Yui are goddesses (thus possibly Miyako as well, unless she gets put on a bus and replaced by the fifth goddess in this scenario)?

Although, personally as interesting something like that or a pseudo goddess girls band (and how they could work around certain characters around it), I think the chances of this are pretty slim mostly depending on Chihiro's role in the overall story. But it would explain the major focus on Chihiro's band and its growth seen in the past chapters, outside of the unresolved sexual tensions between the girls to Keima and vice versa I guess.

[Clarste]

Keima's plan specifically denied the idea that fate or subconscious will was gathering the goddesses. When Haqua suggested it he thought it was absurd. So regardless of whether or not it's true, that's not what his theory is. His theory doesn't rely on coincidence disguised as fate, so it's probably not as simple as "near me". More likely, it's something practical that might cause the same effect in the long run, like "lived in this neighborhood when the spirits were released" or "around this age range" or both. Which would mean that they're local and his age range, so of course they'd very likely be in his class. Something like that.

[pampz21]

oh man~

Spoiler for ...:

wish wakaki-sensei add something to Keima lines before Jun gone back to class like when he did to Mio!
like" good luck, I'll meet you at school" then Jun turn around and doesn't see Keima anymore!

EDIT:
Seeing Kami-sama getting sentimental is an epic moment and its worthfit!

[Isekaijin]

But Ayumi has next to no reason to fall in love with Keima if she didn't remember the capture at least unconsciously. I'd accept it if Keima triggered another event with her, but he didn't. The next time they talked after the capture, she already showed conflicted feelings.

[MartianMage]

Originally Posted by Isekaijin

But Ayumi has next to no reason to fall in love with Keima if she didn't remember the capture at least unconsciously. I'd accept it if Keima triggered another event with her, but he didn't. The next time they talked after the capture, she already showed conflicted feelings.

Well Keima is a bishounen... and well Keima did help them study once. Sure you can say that those are hardly enough but you never know.... maybe Ayumi's just hopelessly in love right now.

[Darknemo2000]

Originally Posted by Arabesque

Tsukiyo at the end of her arc where she focused her telescope on Kemia and was seen blushing.

Mio at the end of her arc too looked at Keima and was blushing. So? That's really not an indicator.

[Clarste]

In the beginning every single arc ended like that. It's always been implied that they keep their feelings even without the memories.

[pampz21]

hmmm...
I just notice that Keima really know what part to play>!
First at Jun, he came for a friendly go!
then go bishounen for Minami
then go emo!