Review of Kamigami no Asobi

Amusing and surprisingly creative, Kamigami no Asobi was far more enjoyable that I thought it was going to be. Not only is the art lovely, but all of the characters were surprisingly likable. One would think that in a show that's basically about tons of guys having the hots for the main girl, there would be one douchebag that you pray the heroine won't fall for. Not so with this. Like its brother anime Uta no Prince Sama, pretty much all of the male cast were decent guys, if not somewhat one dimensional. One character I found surprisingly lovable was the god of the Underworld himself,Hades.

Unlike Prince Sama, however, this anime had a more creative spin to it. I mean, it's not every day that you see mythological gods as love interests. I have to be honest, I was kind of disappointed there were no Old Ones in this. Having the Great Cthulhu sparring for the love of the main girl against gods like Thor and Apollo would have been the best thing ever.

I have to be totally fair in my review, however, so I must mention the anime's flaws. As always, when dealing with shows based on dating sims, the main character is kind of bland. She's not unlikable, and she's not even that dimwitted, but there's nothing too memorable about her. Her only main feature is that she is good at sword play, but that is almost forgotten near the end and the makers of the show don't use that quality to her advantage. Instead of saving the day when the show's climax is in full swing, she just follows the others and doesn't do much. In a show where gods of mythos have to learn how surprisingly strong and admirable humans are, we don't see the heroine do much except encourage and support, and while those are good qualities, it would have been refreshing to see her be the one to actually save the day; to rescue the knight in distress, so to speak.

All in all, the show is a solid 7. It's good. It won't blow you away in its story, character development, or even romance, but it's good.