It's an urban fantasy done right, basically.
Episode 3: This show just keeps on giving. The interactions were always sort of neat but it was only in this episode that I can say I genuinely enjoyed their conversations. Yukine turned out to be a pretty nice kid, and lets us see what being a god is like. Well, what being Yato is like.
@Ruise The ayakashi probably only amplify negativity. Meaning, you wouldn't kill yourself if you weren't considering suicide in the first place.
edited 22nd Jan '14 3:07:58 AM by fillerdude
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the urban fantasy setting is the most glaring similarity of the two series, but what I was referring to was world building and character introduction.
after three episodes, Noragami introduced a pretty functional set of rules that defines how the world works; there has been a minimum of necessary info dump from Yato, though not always directly from him, which is a nice way to convey information to the viewer without making a character the Exposition Fairy. more importantly, it showed us how spirits work, how shinki work, and now how gods relate to each other.
there's also the whole "spirits born of human afflictions coalesce and affect the living" side, which is common to the youmu of Kn K as well, but it's definitely done better here, considering that the stakes are higher.
the biggest difference, though, is that, at the end of Kyoukai no Kanata, I didn't really know how that world worked — it was the minimal amount of setting needed to hold up its (particularly flimsy) plot.
episode 4: that was one hell of a long free fall. Variable Terminal Velocity, with Lampshade Hanging from Yukine.
the guy superimposing Hiyori's face on top of Kofuku was hilarious.
suddenly, darkness and foreshadowing.
it seems the plot is kicking in at a higher gear now that we're one third through.
Episode four: Kofuku and Daikoku were nice. Hiyori and Yukine's reaction to Yato and Kufuku was hilarious.
Obligatory dark and troubled past for Yato. Hm. Obligatory shipping between Yato and Hiyori. Eh.
The really, really long fall was weird, but I liked that scene. Not the falling for an hour part as much as the guy's story and the imposing of Hiyori's face on his girlfriend (who turned out to be Kufuku).
It was cute how Yukine was actually happy about the "love at first sight" comment. Tsun-tsun, dere-dere. And then a cool-looking ghost is introduced at the end.
Also @laculus last page: I know about the tail thing, but I wouldn't have thought a physical train could even damage an ayakashi tail. I guess it can.
edited 28th Jan '14 6:49:09 PM by Ruise
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.God, I don't understand how this show gets that much better every week.
- The improved OP is nice; I like how Yato's expression shots before the refrain become more twisted compared to the previous episodes.
- That's one priceless look you got there, Hiyori.
- That must've been the longest freefall I've seen in a while, and what happened during the fall is hilarious.
- Your bubbly pink-haired girl is the god of misfortune — I didn't expect that.
- That smell-based shipping isn't good for my heart.
- We know things are getting real when the character responsible for first half of the show's title made an appearance and an ominous remark.
Okay... The Perpetual Poverty comedy and those conversational jokes are tired and over-used. They were before the first episode.
The fall distance... You know what, if this show had a more consistent tone I think it would be one of the best shows ever. Like if it went and became more comedy oriented. It could still pull off the serious bits, like how Gintama does it.
Anyway, it jumped around from comedy to drama to comedy bordering on parody, yet I still get the impression it wants to be serious.
At the very least they should focus on doing the jokes they do, really well.
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The whole falling-for-ten-minutes while holding a conversation was very jarring. Other than that, I find the tone consistent enough.
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Also I just realized the whole "smell-based shipping" thing is most likely ominous foreshadowing, given that Hiyori described Yato in the same way an ayakashi would.
The fact that these first few episodes have been pretty much comedy wouldn't worry me as much if that didn't seem like their focus. Even parts that the manga saves for dramatic moments (ex. Kofuku being the god of poverty) are played for comedy here, so it would seem to me they're making Noragami into a comedy - if that's the case, then it would be okay, but the end of the recent episode says they're not. What precisely are they doing?
Episode 4: We can stop Yato's dreams of grandeur now, thanks.
I found the free fall jarring too, but I enjoyed the sequence. Otherwise I haven't found the tone erratic.
The newly introduced characters are welcome additions to the cast. Damn I like the characters. Their expressions are good for laughs and whatnot.
That's rather odd. Will have to read the manga to compare.
Episode 5: Things are more dangerous than even Yukine and Hiyori know. We see Hiyori's parents and her Big Fancy Housenote — and Housekeeper. Yato is definitely Good Is Not Nice, not that he has any choice when he saves the day. And like most Gods, he's subject to Blue-and-Orange Morality.
Keep Rolling OnI just got that far in the manga (reading it pretty slowly)...Kofuku being a binbougami isn't played for drama. It doesn't involve falling from skyscrapers, but it's still played for comedy. Things happen differently, but the overall tone is pretty much the same in the anime and manga.
Yukine's character arc is interesting...
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
I'm sure a Buddhist would say evil exists because it lies within a person
, not due to a God of some form.

If anything perhaps this is more like Code:Breaker done right. Or Kamisama Kiss meets Kekkaishi (perhaps because of the female protagonist I get some shoujo vibes off it).
Enigma, I think that's what the Ayakashi music reminded me of. At least, without the rap.
So far I like... Well the main character's condition? The pace is just enough to keep me interested.
To be honest I'm finding the gags a trifle trite. Things like the overcompensating sulky male lead for instance.
edited 22nd Jan '14 2:49:16 AM by UltimatelySubjective