“Shidou must date and kiss Spirits to stop spatial quakes, working for his sister's organization.”
Date A Live
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Synopsis
Shidou must date and kiss Spirits to stop spatial quakes, working for his sister's organization.
Three decades ago, more than a hundred million people fell victim to an unprecedented disaster that came to be known as a "spatial quake." Ever since then, humanity has built countermeasures to mitigate the damage from future catastrophes such as instantaneous evacuation methods and immediate rebuilding of any architectural damage. At present, 16-year-old Shidou Itsuka lives alone with his sister, Kotori. One day, he gets caught in a spatial quake despite preemptive warnings. Miraculously surviving the blast, he meets a mysterious girl in its wake, who he soon comes to know as a "Spirit"—supernatural beings who are the cause behind these spatial quakes. Coincidentally, he learns of the "Anti-Spirit Team," a specialized military unit tasked with destroying these Spirits with brute force. As if these revelations were not shocking enough, Shidou finds himself recruited into working for Ratatoskr, an organization dedicated to peacefully reducing the threat brought by Spirits—with his sister as its commander! As the new weapon of Ratatoskr, Shidou must nullify the Spirits' powers to prevent them from causing more havoc. His line of attack: go on dates with them, sealing the deal with a passionate kiss.
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
What 9 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.36 · split reception
5.6 pts
Recommenders 9.6 · others 4.0
↑ 4.33
Running avg · Jul 2014 → Nov 2022
- 10 “I started watching anime when I was a kid, I first saw Naruto and started watching him and guess what? Yes, I got bored and quit. Then I found an anime site and it was a total treasure for me and...”
- 10 “Date A Live (DAL) Light Novel Review Story Okay, I will be honest here. The plot progress is so slow like a snail for the first 15 volumes. The first 15 volumes are more comedy and less story....”
- 10 “Date a Live has no complete reviews so here you go Story 10 The story starts of pretty goofy, the MC Itsuka Shidou meets spirits and seals their powers so they can live in society by making them...”
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 146 × 22 ch × vol
- Total read 19h 28m approx
- Published Mar 2011 – Mar 2020
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M18925 catalog