THIS REVIEW INCLUDES SPOILERS: Tenshi ni Narumon! is not what I expected, and it's not what you expect if you only watch the first 13 episodes. A typical romance comedy anime about "girl meets boy" and that is what you get, a cute MC who wants to become an angel for her beloved mixed with love triangles, shenanigans, flamboyant villains getting in the way. That's what it seems like really. It's not that. Tenshi ni Narumon! is an Utena-type anime. Without spoilers it's hard to explain, but it's not what you expect. It turns physiological very fast thanks to characters who aren't the protagonist, Noelle. It reusesscenes which could be a product of a tight budget but it works somehow.

Of course the anime isn't perfect and leaves much to be desired, unanswered questions and motives, etc. But it does excel in its strange way since it answers the question: Who wants to become an angel? Since the start you believe Noelle is the girl who wants to become an angel, she spends the first episodes doing everything possible to do it. But the twist comes when it isn't her. Or it is her but just a part of her.

The twist comes from the fact that "I'm gonna be an angel!" is not referring to Noelle, but to her mentor, a character who only appears in the last seconds of the anime. Mikael is the true star of the show and it's present in how he changes in Episode 13 upwards when his lover and mentor, Raphael visits him. Mikael was a boy always seen smiling and calm who wants to help Noelle become an angel. Boy, does he change. He turns out to do anything to want to be angel, and the only thing he can do to become one is force Noelle even when she wants to stop trying for fear of hurting her family. The best aspects of the show truly come with the interactions between Mikael and Rapahel and Eros and Silky. While Noelle is happy, her other parts of the angel soul are sad, crazed and desperate. Mikael would do anything to become an angel, and Silky would do anything to not become one. It seems the only one who didn't know they were all part of the same soul was Noelle.

There are many characters that seem like comedy relief (Noelle's family) and including the most prevalent villain: Muse. Of course, your enjoyment of the show depends if you are fine with this characters, I was because they are exactly what makes this anime special, the characters. If you've watched Utena you know that there is a certain character who seems to be only there for strange comedy relief and to be a "villain who always fails" and Tenshi ni Narumon! is no different.

Still, the ending was disappointing. Huge build up only to find Silky disappears without a trace and everything is perfect and good. Many unanswered questions but then again, this was an anime made for enjoyment and not to over analyze. Though I would love to over analyze the complicated character of Mikael.

This anime is about family, about being careful of what you wish for, of love in all its forms, of selfish desires that could hurt other people, what it means to be an "angel".

It's a very cute, fun, entertaining but also strangely dark, physiological anime that deals with a variety of themes in each episode. Don't let the art fool you.