Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai (generic anime discussion thread)

[Saturn Beaver]

Great episode, the pacing is just perfect this episode. What's more interesting is that the memory loss doesn't seem to be perfect it seems, if Mio staring in the last part of the episode is any indication...I really enjoy the 'teaching Keima' moments as well, BMW last episode and a Heidi this episode. Like Elsie, it looks great voiced and animated.

I don't know why it takes 3 episodes, but the opening is now stuck in my head, I've been humming "God only knows" since this morning...

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Sprite_Coke

I think Katsuragi's school uniform makes him look more elegant than the suit did though.

I'll agree with that, and i'm sure a lot of people here will, though we have to remember that it's a school uniform, one that the students see everyday, so it's no way near as special looking as we make it out to be.

That especially goes for Mio, who looked down on commoners.

[Clarste]

Keep in mind that he also took off his glasses, so he has a different image overall.

[tsunade666]

even the moon adds the dazzling aura to the god, Mio can't resist it

and when Mio touch kami... blush and mio blush too. It's just too sweet. also when after the memory lost when Mio ask how much to buy the bread. kami also blush

kami is being too sensitive towards the reality even though he rejects it.

[applejuice]

Is it just me, or ending theme is getting more and more likeable each time I hear, and now taking over my love for OP theme? I just love how it sounds, especially the violin parts.

[DestinyShinigami]

[coderlan]

When is the OP going to be released?

[MrTerrorist]

Originally Posted by coderlan

When is the OP going to be released?

The 3rd of November.

[ImAKami]

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Spoiler:

But Kyon did in Endless Eight.

Spoiler:

Endless Eight was more like a while loop, given that there was a terminating condition. It seemed endless, but Kyon proved that it wasn't, didn't he?

[ID555]

Zaku carriage...

Elsie wanting to dress up too was just too much cute.. hngggh

It's becoming apparent why Keima's VA was chosen - he sounds absolutely hilarious when he shouts/screams.

[Sackett]

I think this episode was key to showing why God Only Knows is more than just a galge fantasy played out in Keima's "real life". Keima isn't really releasing the spirits by romancing the girls. He's actually healing the "gaps in the heart" that each one has. He helps Ayumi overcome her fear that she'll let the team down during the big race. Now he helps Mio come to accept her father's death.

His "romantic" antics from the gaming world get him attention and make him a part of their life, but they actually don't get him anywhere with the girls. It isn't until he finds the true concern and addresses it that he succeeds in romance.

The obvious conclusion is that it isn't the romance that is necessary, it's just the need to heal the emotional wounds that each girl has. Keima is just using romance as his framework since it's the only way he has of managing to relate to real girls. (By pretending they are 2D girls.)

[haiz123321]

Hmm I don't know if anyone else has the same opinion as me but somehow, the part where it was getting towards the climax/kiss scene seemed kinda...bland? I'm not sure why but it felt really, REALLY stale, as if something was missing. I guess? it was due to the lack of "oomph" to it.

The carriage part was one of the parts I was really looking forward to from the manga. A bike pulled by a train xD.

[Sackett]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

Meh decided to skip blogging episode 2 due to exams and time issues. Going straight for episode 3 this time.

Mistake. You'll miss out on the moment Keima's mother finds out about Else, and the Mio arc started in episode 2.

[MeoTwister5]

Originally Posted by Sackett

Mistake. You'll miss out on the moment Keima's mother finds out about Else, and the Mio arc started in episode 2.

I've seen it and read the manga. Just decided not to blog it and skip blogging to episode 3 because my brain was too shot last week from exams.

[tsunade666]

Originally Posted by Francismeunier

The kiss scene!

Can I have this?

EDIT:

way to big for avatar

Originally Posted by Francismeunier

Can I use this?

[Himeji]

Originally Posted by Midonin

Spoiler for TWGWOK 03 - The Fanfare of Hiro Shimono:

The part in the title was the best part. Shimono does have a tendency for manic characters, and that part emphasized it best. I also liked the ever-expanding carts. Apparently someone borrowed Doc's train from Back to the Future III for the last one.

Spoiler for Kami nomi 03:

The other carriages were already getting ever more ludicrous, but he train was really excessive - no wonder he collapsed. wtf was Elsie thinking?

Also when she was going to the ball, did anyone notice the Cinderella reference? When Cinderella went to the ball, she went in a carriage transformed from a pumpkin, so he came and took her in a pumpkin carriage.

Then, when Elsie appeared in that cute Maid outfit, Mio suddenly got totally jealous and dragged over Keima to teach him dancing.

What I wondered was - where's Mio's mom? One of the rich fags on the ball mentioned that she was living in the appartment with her mom, but we never see her.

Originally Posted by videoman190

Spoiler for The best way doing the waltz is the Konami code almost!:

Up Up Down Down L R L R

That's how I remember it as well, but there were several variants of the Konami code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami_Code

The Japanese page lists all games with Konami code ("Konami command" in Japanese) in more detail:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%...83%B3%E3%83%89

Originally Posted by NecocYaotl

Spoiler:

I hope they make the capturing god mode and the cake as independent episodes and not mix them though

Spoiler:

Cake? Which cake? The cake is a lie!

Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

Anyway, here's an AMV TWGOK with the full version of "The Dream Traveler of The Integrated Circuit (The Third Act)"

Thanks, the full version is great!

Originally Posted by Saturn Beaver

What's more interesting is that the memory loss doesn't seem to be perfect it seems, if Mio staring in the last part of the episode is any indication...

I think that while the memory loss is complete, the girls retain an indistinct sympathy for Keima. So, the girls still like him somehow, even if when asked, they probably couldn't explain why.

Originally Posted by Francismeunier

Loved the cuteness of Mio when young particularly at these parts=>

Spoiler:

One thing I found a little strange is that she seems to be too young to already be in school, much less carrying that type of roll you usually get when you graduate from some type of school, so she would be going to middle school next already. She doesn't look like that at all, but rather very much looks like a kindergarten kid there
That does remind me very much of Suzu.

[tsunade666]

Originally Posted by Himeji

Spoiler for Kami nomi 03:

The other carriages were already getting ever more ludicrous, but he train was really excessive - no wonder he collapsed. wtf was Elsie thinking?

Also when she was going to the ball, did anyone notice the Cinderella reference? When Cinderella went to the ball, she went in a carriage transformed from a pumpkin, so he came and took her in a pumpkin carriage.

Then, when Elsie appeared in that cute Maid outfit, Mio suddenly got totally jealous and dragged over Keima to teach him dancing.

What I wondered was - where's Mio's mom? One of the rich fags on the ball mentioned that she was living in the appartment with her mom, but we never see her.

Spoiler for 3:

The zaku is the one of the heart of an otaku and even some otaku likes trains it's hard for a gamer like katsuragi to actually pedal it. It's over kill. And the sudden change of attitude of Mio is fun. Who would have thought of a tsundere and a dominatrix combo. The whip isn't in the calculation of kami.

I also having seen Mio's mom but we did see Mio in that elegant dress plus Elsie in maid outfit so I didn't care much.

Spoiler:

Cake? Which cake? The cake is a lie!

Spoiler for 3:

that's a manga reference. A chapter with divided into 2. The first part is for Elsie and the other is Kami. Divided from their perspective on what's happening

I think that while the memory loss is complete, the girls retain an indistinct sympathy for Keima. So, the girls still like him somehow, even if when asked, they probably couldn't explain why.

Spoiler for 3:

I think the memory loss is a plot device to help the story to move on and the capture makes less harder. But even if the memory is erase it doesn't change the feelings from your heart. Kami fill in the gap of the heart that's been occupied before by the Weiss or loose spirit. By feeling that gap the loose spirit is force to go out

One thing I found a little strange is that she seems to be too young to already be in school, much less carrying that type of roll you usually get when you graduate from some type of school, so she would be going to middle school next already. She doesn't look like that at all, but rather very much looks like a kindergarten kid there
That does remind me very much of Suzu.

Mio is overkill cute for me and among all the girls she's my favorite my avatar:sig combo tell so

Suzu from setokai nice reference. Both twintails too >< so adorable

[Francismeunier]

Originally Posted by tsunade666

Spoiler for 3:

I also having seen Mio's mom but we did see Mio in that elegant dress plus Elsie in maid outfit so I didn't care much.

I will agree with that and that dress was elegant particularly with the flowers on it.

Originally Posted by tsunade666

Spoiler for 3:

that's a manga reference. A chapter with divided into 2. The first part is for Elsie and the other is Kami. Divided from their perspective on what's happening

I would not mind going to that part to find out what's it about....reference chapter please or PM me that.

Originally Posted by tsunade666

Mio is overkill cute for me and among all the girls she's my favorite my avatar:sig combo tell so

Now I know your sig better.
Suzu from setokai nice reference. Both twintails too >< so adorable[/QUOTE]
I think this part=>
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/t...4/e2e02c56.gif
of her is hard to beat and I would not mind for that to see Mio in casual clothing like this but being in the dress was fine too.

[tsunade666]

I would like to see the omake animated too.....dvd/bluray extra?

suzu is adorable specially when it's her what to call it omake or show it suzu portion.

Tsundere girls are just adorable and I rarely find any of that kind in the real world. Pure sure are rare.

flowers would also be adorable with laces on it.

[mangatron]

I find it strange, or weird, that there's two things I laughed the most about in this episode: Elsie trash can, and... it seems like the loss of memory erases more than just, well, memories.

Someone explain to me where did all that bread go It's obvious there was no way to finish all that for even a week, so I say it went into the Elsie trash can

(yeah I'm just joking, but that's important too. Despite the loss of memory she still knew what [bread] she wanted. Makes me wish I remembered the taste of that great Bratwurst and Brochen combo back in Germany.)

Originally Posted by tsunade666

I think that while the memory loss is complete, the girls retain an indistinct sympathy for Keima. So, the girls still like him somehow, even if when asked, they probably couldn't explain why.

I wonder if it's something like those memory alteration theories or something, like about the forceful (non-self inflicted) removal of memories, which apparently doesn't entirely erase memories. Hmm...