History VisualNovel / KamigamiNoAsobi

%% * AnAesop

A visual novel for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable released by Nippon Ichi and Broccoli (after the success of the latter with ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrincesama'') with art by Kazuki Yone (of ''VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}}'' fame) in 2013, it was adapted into an anime by Creator/BrainsBase in 2014. A sequel to the original game called ''Kamigami no Asobi Infinite'' was released on April 21, 2016 for both the PSP and UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita.

* AllMythsAreTrue: The characters are gods from various mythologies such as [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek]], [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Japanese]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]], and [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]].

* OnceAnEpisode: An angry/annoyed Thoth [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace invades Yui's personal space]] by pinning her against a wall.

* PowerIncontinence: Their {{Power Limiter}} accessories keep the gods from using their powers voluntarily, but being under emotional distress can cause them to use it uncontrollably and break the accessory, which is clearly against the rules, as Takeru learns the hard way.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

%% * ThreeAmigos: Thor, Loki, and Balder.

%% * BareYourMidriff

%% * AnimeOfTheGame: Began airing in {{spring 2014| anime}}.

* ActionGirl: Yui learned swordsmanship at a young age and has kept practicing it since then.

* ChekhovsGun: The Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi in the anime. Also, on a darker note [[spoiler: the fact that Baldr can hurt himself.]]

* {{Fanservice}}/MrFanservice:

%% * YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue, purple, green.

* OnceAnEpisode: An angry/annoyed Thoth [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace invades Yui's personal space]] by pinning her [[FoeYay against a wall]].

%% * NotSoDifferent

%% * TheTrickster: Loki, of course.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Loki was shunned by most of the other gods as a child because he was always [[TheTrickster playing tricks on people.]]

* CrossOver:

%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The second "love" end with the gods in the game.

%% * YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue, purple, green.

* AllPartOfTheShow: During the school play, Thoth's script gets wet so he has to improvise his narration, which [[LemonyNarrator makes it more interesting considering all the chaos that ensued]]

%% * {{Kuudere}}: Tsukito.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In episode 7, Baldr tells Yui that nothing can hurt him, "But I can hurt myself if I trip and fall". [[spoiler: In episode 11, he jumps off a cliff.]]

* AllPartOfTheShow[=/=]ThrowItIn: During the school play, Thoth's script gets wet so he has to improvise his narration, which [[LemonyNarrator makes it more interesting considering all the chaos that ensued]]
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The ending of the anime.
* AnimeOfTheGame: Began airing in {{spring 2014| anime}}.

* BeachEpisode: The third episode.

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: The relation Yui has with some of the gods, such as Hades and Takeru.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Zeus does this to all the student Gods so that they'll be forced to stay in the school as humans
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Seeing as it's an OtomeGame, it comes with the territory.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The anime follows a pattern of episodes like this to create a BalancedHarem, while developing a plot.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Cassandra, as a ghost, does this to Yui with her permission in the anime]]
* DePower: Zeus seals the gods' powers for the duration of the school year...
** PowerLimiter: ...with fashionable accessories that the gods cannot remove.
* DisasterDominoes: How the end of the play gets ruined in episode 10.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: For both the anime opening and ending.

* DrivenToSuicide: In the anime adaptation, [[spoiler: Cassandra after Apollon gives her the power to see the future]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Akira aka [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Amaterasu]].

* {{Fanservice}}/MrFanservice: The guys get {{Shirtless Scene}}s such as during the BeachEpisode, in which some of their swimsuits are [[{{Fundoshi}} more revealing than others]].

* FantasticRacism: Loki was discriminated during his childhood by all except Balder and Thor.
* FieryRedhead: Loki.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The second "love" end with the gods in the game.
* GreenEyedMonster: Balder doesn't take it nicely when Yui starts spending time with Loki. In the anime adaptation, Loki gets jealous of Balder's closeness with Yui, as he doesn't consider her important enough to gain their trust or be with Balder. (Among [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt other reasons.]])

* GuiltComplex: In the anime, [[spoiler: Apollon for causing Cassandra's death,]]
* HaremGenre: A "Reverse" Harem with Yui as the lead.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Loki, Balder and Thor, with emphasis on the first two.
* HowWeGotHere: Episode 10 begins with the gods passed or dead on the floor and covered in what appears to be blood.

* {{Kuudere}}: Tsukito.
* LettingHerHairDown: Yui while [[spoiler: being possessed by Cassandra.]]

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Some of them have long hair, but Balder is the most prominent case.
** All of them (with the exception of the Egyptian Gods) get long hair in their god forms.
* TheLostLenore: Only in the anime [[spoiler: Cassandra to Apollon]]
* TheNicknamer: Apollon and Loki are the main cases. Thoth doesn't shy away from giving insulting nicknames to the other gods, either.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Takeru as Cinderella's step-sister in the school play.
* NotHimself: [[spoiler: Both Balder and Apollon when they lose control of their powers]]. Apollon also shows a case of this on Episode 9 of the anime.

* PluckyGirl: Yui.

* PungeonMaster: Hades. Most of the time no one else gets them.
* RunningGag: Hades wondering if he's to blame for any instance of misfortune.

* StudentCouncilPresident: Apollon.
* ThreeAmigos: Thor, Loki, and Balder.

* TheTrickster: Loki, of course.

* {{Tsundere}}: Takeru.
* TwelveEpisodeAnime

* WhatTheHellHero: Balder to [[GreenEyedMonster Loki]] for being mean to Yui.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blue, purple, green.

%% DarkIsEvil[=/=]LightIsGood[=/=]SuperpoweredEvilSide
%% StakingTheLovedOne
%% AFriendToAllLivingThings
%% TsurimeEyes[=/=]TaremeEyes
%% NotSoDifferent
%% AnAesop
%% YinYangBomb
%% PlayingATree
%% RodentsOfUnusualSize
%% SiblingTriangle
%% ShootTheShaggyDog
%% BareYourMidriff
%% AchillesHeel[=/=]LoopholeAbuse

* AllMythsAreTrue: The characters are gods various mythologies such as [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek]], [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Japanese]], [[Myth/NorseMythology Norse]], and [[Myth/EgyptianMythology Egyptian]].

* AttemptedRape: A PG version happens in the anime[[spoiler: Two times on episode 7, with Loki planning on doing ''something'' to Yui but stops when she believes he is implying that he wants to be friends and becomes happy with him. The second time is at the end of the episode with Balder [[ForcefulKiss trying to force a kiss on Yui]] in an attempt to make her "only see him." Loki prevents Balder that time.]]
* AttentionWhore: Loki, through out the series, but especially in episode 10. While the others (Hades, Balder, Apollon, Takeru, and Tsukito) want the prince role in ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}'' because they all like Yui (who they want to play Cinderella), but then Apollon mentions that the Prince is the "star that guides Cinderella to her happy ending". Loki hears the word "Star" and suddenly becomes interested. He then proceeds to derail the play after he gets a small part.

Yui Kusanagi is an average high school girl who also works as a {{miko}} on her family's shrine. One day, while she's at the shrine's warehouse, she finds a mysterious CoolSword, Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, that takes her to another world - a garden created by [[Myth/GreekMythology the mighty Zeus]] for the gods to live in. In the middle of the garden, there's a high school that some of the gods attend. Zeus gives Yui the task to attend the school and teach the gods about [[ThePowerOfLove love]] in a time where the worship to gods is slowly receeding. Thus, in the school she meets Apollon and Hades from Myth/GreekMythology, Tsukito and Takeru from Myth/JapaneseMythology, Loki and Balder from Myth/NorseMythology, and Anubis and Thoth from Myth/EgyptianMythology. However, there's a problem - she doesn't know anything about love, and if she refuses, she'll be punished by Zeus.

* [[spoiler:AttemptedRape]]: A PG version happens in the anime[[spoiler: Two times on episode 7, with Loki planning on doing ''something'' to Yui but stops when she believes he is implying that he wants to be friends and becomes happy with him. The second time is at the end of the episode with Balder [[ForcefulKiss trying to force a kiss on Yui]] in an attempt to make her "only see him." Loki prevents Balder that time.]]

** In a straighter sense, the video game has an inter-company crossover with ''Killer and Strawberry'' for both series' AprilFoolsDay pranks

A visual novel for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable released by Nippon Ichi and Broccoli (after the success of the latter with ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama'') with art by Kazuki Yone (of ''VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}}'' fame) in 2013, it was adapted into an anime by Creator/BrainsBase in 2014. A sequel to the original game called ''Kamigami no Asobi Infinite'' was released on April 21, 2016 for both the PSP and UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita.

* CrossOver: The point of the game itself: it is a giant crossover of gods from different mythologies... [[InSpace in]] {{high school| AU}}!

** A: [completely incorrect statement] B: [correction] A: "Yeah, you could also call it that." (between Melissa and Yui in ep. 5, and twice with Apollon in ep. 8)