Kamisama Kazoku

[Cal-Reflector]

So, anyone got any info on the OP and ED themes of this show? Oh, and how many episodes... dang it! 13... Well, probably due to the effects of the anime, the manga for Kamisama Kazoku has been on display up front and center in the stores. Wonder if I should buy that.

[Likely]

i wish this show had higher priority with the subbing groups. it's really funny.

[Itlandm]

It cannot easily be helped... there was a delay with both of the fansub groups, one of them is reorganizing and the other (only one person at the time) had problems translating ep 5, which has a lot of talking heads. So the whole thing was a few weeks delayed. Normally, two fansub groups should be plenty for a romantic comedy.

Another question, though: Anyone know if the novels are finished? I suppose we cannot expect a conclusion to the anime if there is not one to the novels. (I believe both the manga and the anime are based on the novels.)

[Chikushou]

Episode 7: http://raspberryheaven.net/~adtrw/to...5D.mkv.torrent

I'll be out of town this week, so I don't know when 8 will be done. Honestly, I rather hated the way 8 ended after so much good development, but we'll keep doing it anyway.

[Itlandm]

I understand how you feel about ep 8. But look at the bright side: It could have happened in the last episode. That would have been depressing. It's not like we haven't seen that happen in other anime recently.

But for now, thank you for subbing ep 7. A lot of people have been hungrily waiting for it, of course. Hopefully most will be able to take some kind of summer vacation while we wait for you to struggle through Ep 8 in the summer heat, after your week out of town. ^_^ Seriously though, thank you. It is like a small christmas every time a new episode of is out! Because right now, KK is my favorite anime and has been since you started translating it.

[lavielove]

Well said Itlandm. Wish you to have a nice trip Chikushou. Like Itlandm said above I'm sure I will come and silently celebrate in this thread every time the episode is coming out from you whenever you do.
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Quite weird that Ai chan grew up so fast in such a way.The girl in the wheelchair got me interesting in this episode.I belive she has a devil within her.I'm just wondering the little girl who stopping her is Ai chan.I hope she is.


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The screen saver for Kamisama Kazoku anime can be downloaded from the official site. http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/kamisa...er/index.shtml

preview

[Itlandm]

If you have watched Ep 7 to the end, I recommend you go back to Ep 5 and play the sequence where Shinichi and Samatarou are in the tree, and Shinichi points out the particular girl he is interested in. Do you see the same thing that I see? ^_^

[lavielove]

Yes, I played that sequence again. But no matter how I'm looking at , I still can't see a hint. >.< In that scene, Shinichi told Samatoru that he loves that girl and Samatorou felt de ja vu to her.Is that pillow a hint ?

[Itlandm]

Actually I was thinking about the one with the braids.

Spoiler for screenshots:

Creepy, isn't it?

[eggplant]

Just saw Episode 10.

Spoiler for Episode 10:

Story continues off from the previous episode, where Samatarou accepts Kumiko's confession, and tells Tenko about it, to her dismay. Kumiko is portrayed as a sweet but poor girl, living in a shabby apartment with her sickly mother, succeeding in earning Samatarou's concern (more out of sympathy).
Misa lectures out to Sam about his decision (barely clad, at that ), while Tenko, still devasted, hears the voice again telling her to go to heaven, to which she agrees on the condition she can stay in the house for three more days. Suddenly, she notices a piggybank, which starts to fly and talk. It's the owner of the voice in her head, Suguru the Archangel.
Suguru is spotted by the Kamiyama family (except Papa-san, who is still out on duty), who doesn't take notice of him, where Sam is skipping breakfast in favor of a morning date with Kumiko. Despite putting on a straight face, Tenko and Suguru follow him to confirm his feelings for Kumiko.

So, we have a rather emotional Tenko, an uneasy, but happy Samatarou, and a good-girl Kumiko, until the next episode preview, in which all hell breaks loose, with Kumiko acting like Jason Voorhees

An interesting set up for the action to transpire until the final episodes. Hm, Papa-san still away? Please, anything but the "I did this all for you" punch line.

[hi no ken Jebus]

Spoiler:

=ep 10]Hmm not sure what to make of this. At first I sort of pitied Tenko but then they threw in the comedy. The mom was very annoying this episode. The whole Suguru the archangel as a piggy bank thing was cute but kind of felt just thrown in to kill time.

Anyway Tenko has 3 days until she goes back to heaven which she wants to spend as a regular girl so should be interesting to see where this goes. I don't know why but I was laughing during the whole Kumiko thing it just seemed so forced and fake. Hopefully this goes somewhere next ep and not a big circle jerk that was Ai thing. Only 2 more to go no?

[Omniscient]

Episode 10 Screencaps and Summary

Spoiler:

I can't look at Kumiko anymore without thinking "eeeevil" in my head. The way she puppy-eyed/lured Samatarou into her house...

hi no ken Jebus, there are 3 more episode left. The final episode 13 will air on August 10th. See syoboi's calendar.

[NeoSam]

The first chapter of the seinen manga Kamisama Kazoku has been scanlated by Solaris-SVU group.

Link: Manganews.

Go to their IRC channel to get it.

[Ori]

O.o Oh the manga! I haven't been able to find that in Chinese (PM me if you have found it in Chinese though). I am glad to find it in English.

The only problem is I have forgotten how to use mirc. <.< Now I need to read through that blasted tutorial all over again.

[axeps2]

Hi, has anyone has any information on whether the novels has ended ? And how close do the anime follow the novel? is there enough material for a second season after episode 13?

[Cal-Reflector]

Originally Posted by Omniscient

Episode 10 Screencaps and Summary

Spoiler:

I can't look at Kumiko anymore without thinking "eeeevil" in my head. The way she puppy-eyed/lured Samatarou into her house...

hi no ken Jebus, there are 3 more episode left. The final episode 13 will air on August 10th. See syoboi's calendar.

Concur. This was not a very good episode, and quite a few inconsistencies appear, though that may be simply due to shoddy story editing. Most prominent of the problems is Samatarou's inconsistent attitude towards Tenko; upset at her forgetting their kiss one day, jealous of her the next, then repeating the mantra that she's just a childhood friend who has nothing to do with him.

Problem 2: The re-introduction of Kumiko is done poorly, in my opinion. How does she just pop back and ask Sam out, just like that? No lead up, no explanation, like a very unpersuasive con.

There are other holes besides these, but they were particular glaring in this episode. The poor transition in emotional development has been the primary weak point of this otherwise delightful and entertaining series.

Question: For those who've finished Eureka Seven, was anyone reminded of that chilling scene of Anemone when Tenko was laughing even as tears ran down her face? Eerie... even the laugh bore strong resemblance.

[physics223]

I liked ep7 a whole lot - I smiled throughout the episode.

[Miles Teg]

Originally Posted by Cal-Reflector

Question: For those who've finished Eureka Seven, was anyone reminded of that chilling scene of Anemone when Tenko was laughing even as tears ran down her face? Eerie... even the laugh bore strong resemblance.

It's probably because Anemone and Tenko share the same seiyu Ami KOSHIMIZU

[monir]

Originally Posted by cal-reflects

The poor transition in emotional development has been the primary weak point of this otherwise delightful and entertaining series.

The humorous moment in the episode also seemed forced and awkward. At the same time I'm intrigued by Kumiko and her latest return. If she is indeed the evil charming damsel with ulterior motifs, why did she leave in the first place? And what sort of changes in circumstances have brought her back this time?

As you said, an explanation is necessary, although the inconsistency in transition is nothing new for this series thanks to Samatarou the spoiled-brat.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Originally Posted by Cal-Reflector

...The poor transition in emotional development has been the primary weak point of this otherwise delightful and entertaining series....

It's almost one of the show's main characteristics. Within two episodes, we had just about the whole emotional story, and we've been running variations on it ever since, complete with resets. I'm inclined to think the producers don't care about things happening suddenly and out of the blue, that they think of it as part of life in the world of the gods. That's probably why it isn't really bothering me, yet.