Review of The World God Only Knows

I don't know if the Dub for this anime was just plain bad but it just left me flat. I have the next two seasons and I can't find myself being bothered to watch them. The initial premise strains suspension of disbelief. You literally have to work to not think about the situation that drives the story. It's like a toothache, you know if you probe it, it will hurt but you just can't stop. You just can't help but ask "What's in this deal for him". If you think the obvious answer is a compelling answer you should never negotiate for yourself. The showis episodic with an overall arc, which is nowhere near resolved in the first season. The episodes are composed along the lines of the equivalent of romantic word problems. Main character has to win the heart of girl with quirk. It's the kind of thing that works for a monster of the week show only because you can kill just about anything in half an hour or less. Not so much for the 30 minute romance.

As a comedy it's a flat out fail. I didn't laugh once. There were parts where you could see it making a half hearted attempt at humor, but the timing and spirit just weren't there.

I am glad there are nice things to say about this. I admit my take on the art and sound may be less than useful as I really love the anime style of art but this show does a really nice job of it. It play with style while still having that nice clean colorful presentation. The music in general is also very pleasing, even if the to voice acting at times could be like chalk on a blackboard.