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Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#1: Jan 5th 2014 at 6:07:49 PM

Not to be confused with Norigami, the god of seaweed.

Noragami is a supernatural action series with some horror elements about a really incredibly lame god, Yato, who nevertheless regularly kicks ayakashis' butts and rescues adorable samurai kittens like a boss. A regular high school girl who can see him tries to save him from being hit from a bus and ends up getting killed. She gets better, but she has narcolepsy and a translucent pink monkey tail now.

I haven't read the manga and I don't know how this will turn out, but it deserves a trope page, at least.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
Arilou Taller than Zim from Quasispace Since: Jan, 2001
Taller than Zim
#2: Jan 5th 2014 at 8:28:05 PM

You forgot how she smites unclean spirits using her faith in....MMA.

"No, the Singularity will not happen. Computation is hard." -Happy Ent
Silentedge89 Since: Apr, 2012
#3: Jan 6th 2014 at 4:38:50 AM

Cat tail not monkey tail.

The title roughly translates to Straying God or Straying Mortality. Its a pun on the fact that (presumably) three main characters are all strays (a stray god, a stray soul, and I'm assuming Yukine is a stray weapon).

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#4: Jan 6th 2014 at 9:02:10 AM

[up]It looks and moves like a monkey tail. I refuse to call it a cat tail. (I sometimes feel like the length and flexibility of cat tails is exaggerated in animation, and it comes out looking like a monkey especially on another primate.)

[up][up]Oh yes.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#5: Jan 6th 2014 at 8:10:51 PM

[up] That strikes me as ignoring stylisation and the animal motifs for the sake of realism. While that's at odds with anime, I ordinarily wouldn't mind it except in this case the script is likely to actually contradict you in a thematically sound way.

Which is to say, they're never going to call it a monkey tail.

danna45 Owner of Dead End from Wagnaria Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Owner of Dead End
#6: Jan 7th 2014 at 2:15:52 AM

Saw the first episode. That Hiroshi Kamiya as Yato is god-tier. Damn.

Also, interestingly enough, Yato is written as 夜ト, with 'ya'(more often read as 'yoru' if I'm right)the kanji for 'night', but the 'to' is in katakana. Just something that stood out for me.

"And you must be Jonathan Joestar!" - Sue
fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#7: Jan 8th 2014 at 12:31:56 AM

Episode 1: This did turn out to be good. I already like the characters, especially the girl, and then she savate-kicks a giant spirit frog in the face. Niiiiice.

UltimatelySubjective Since: Jun, 2011
#8: Jan 8th 2014 at 12:59:26 AM

That sounded like some trance/relaxation music at the beginning during the monster fight.

Like something I've heard before.

Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#9: Jan 9th 2014 at 9:29:11 PM

Pretty tight, sweet show. Following.

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#10: Jan 10th 2014 at 6:58:20 PM

[up]x5 Yeah, you're right.

But I'm not taking it back.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
kiukiuclk from 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693 Since: Feb, 2013 Relationship Status: My TiMER is ticking
#11: Jan 11th 2014 at 12:28:53 AM

Don't cats and monkey's have pretty similar tails? Long, kinda used for balance, that sorta thing? Don't see a big difference really.

She may be the first girl in anime history to get a cat tail without the ears however.

[down]I think lions have tufts at the end of the tail, so probably not.

edited 11th Jan '14 10:16:56 AM by kiukiuclk

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#12: Jan 11th 2014 at 12:38:08 AM

May just be a lion tail that's too big for her body, y'know.

What's precedent ever done for us?
Greenmantle V from Greater Wessex, Britannia Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#13: Jan 11th 2014 at 3:31:05 AM

Or maybe something connected with a Bakeneko?

Keep Rolling On
PageofSpace from U.C. 0091 Since: Nov, 2013
#14: Jan 11th 2014 at 5:33:05 PM

Im interested in this. I'll wait for a few episodes to come out before I watch it.

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Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#15: Jan 13th 2014 at 6:40:04 PM

Second episode: better than the first.

Iki's ability to sleep anytime, anywhere would be cool except she can never drive a car...or operate heavy machinery...she can miss her stop easily on the train...she can burn her dinner easily (but I guess a timer may wake her up hopefully)...she had better not even try her luck with ladders...get hit by a truck...again...

So now Iki is susceptible to a Fate Worse than Death. How nice of you to save her, Yato! What a terrific idea!

Yato's Imagine Spot s are funny and have interesting animation and scenery, but I hope they don't over do them.

I like how Iki just leaves her prone body lying around anywhere.

Important God duty: cleaning mold off some guy's bathroom wall. Do try this at home, kids!

I personally think cyclops crab would have made a great shinki.

Seriously though, Yato, you couldn't have briefed her on this when she changed? Would that have just been too much exposition for one episode, Yato?

He's even unoriginal with his naming. Get it together, Yato! Oh well Yuki is a brat anyway.

This series really does have promise. grin

edited 13th Jan '14 6:42:10 PM by Ruise

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Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#16: Jan 13th 2014 at 7:50:52 PM

This ep felt less busy than the first, so it dragged in some spots. But still almost as good as the first ep!

Kiefen MINE! from Germany Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
MINE!
#17: Jan 13th 2014 at 11:39:18 PM

So after the first episode left me with mixed feelings, this one was a clear thumbs up.

I really like that Iki is confident and actually tries to help out and doesn't angsts around when she messes up. Yuki being a brat is also welcomed (I am sick of borderline shotas that act like pre-schoolers)

edited 13th Jan '14 11:40:07 PM by Kiefen

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#18: Jan 15th 2014 at 5:55:07 PM

So...Hiyori wouldn't work as a Shinki?

Does she have to be dead or something?

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#19: Jan 15th 2014 at 6:34:07 PM

[up]Probably, yes. I mean her and Yuki's situations are clearly different, given how he first appeared as a dandelion poof.

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fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#20: Jan 17th 2014 at 2:32:20 AM

I am really loving Hiyori and Yato. They're great on their own, and they play off each other well. I find it nice that Yuki is a brat. Because that means character-building!

edited 17th Jan '14 2:32:30 AM by fillerdude

danna45 Owner of Dead End from Wagnaria Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Owner of Dead End
#21: Jan 17th 2014 at 4:01:38 AM

That opening is ranking pretty close to OP of the season for me...

And Hiyori is adorable.

"And you must be Jonathan Joestar!" - Sue
Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#22: Jan 19th 2014 at 6:39:11 PM

Episode 3: Good, but confusing...Like was Hiyori or was she not in her physical body? Did she seriously just leave it collapsed in front of the family restaurant? If so, why would the train running her over even hurt her? Why does Yukine still feel cold and hunger? And yet he doesn't ever have to defecate, I guess, that's the only human thing he doesn't need.

Anyway, we meet a legitimate, Jerkass god and also see someone from a previous episode again...

"If people want to die, let them": I would see your point if they weren't being influenced by ayakashi to do so in the first place, much like the witches from Madoka Magica.

Creepy ayakashi, callbacks to previous episodes, new characters, awesome fight scenes, some gore, a jersey with a cartoon capybara on it, a cat, even some flowers...that's some good anime.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#23: Jan 20th 2014 at 2:58:10 AM

[up]If she has a tail, she's not in her physical body. They spell out why the train is a problem, too - if her tail gets severely damaged, she's Killed Off for Real. Having a train run over her would probably do that.

What's precedent ever done for us?
CmdrStriker Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
#24: Jan 21st 2014 at 5:52:51 PM

after episode 3, I think Noragami is what Kyoukai no Kanata wanted to be, and failed (pretty miserably) to achieve.

danna45 Owner of Dead End from Wagnaria Since: Aug, 2012 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Owner of Dead End
#25: Jan 22nd 2014 at 2:20:42 AM

[up]Not really sure if having a similar setting is enough to say that, but I can see your point...

...not really. To be honest I don't even know what Kanata is trying to achieve. Or do.

That aside, new episode, was afraid Yuki's gonna be more of an annoying brat, but overall he's a fine lad. Liking how Yato picks up whenever erotic thoughts come in his mind, that is annoying to deal with, but is funny to see.

Glad Ex-wife character is back actually, hope she's more of a recurring character. While the OP seems to sell a different ship, I would not mind Yato and Kotone/Miyu/whatever/Ex-wife to get in.

"And you must be Jonathan Joestar!" - Sue

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