The World God Only Knows

This show damn just makes me realize how awesome the manga/anime truly is! A real master piece if I do say so myself. Now if you are one of those people who don't like vague endings with girls that never have a true ending. DONT watch this. The show is about how Keima captures each girls heart to let the loose soul out. Once that is over she forgets of course the manga is farther than this and to a point where will thats a spoiler so nevermind. Anyway this isn't just a typical girl falls for guy anime, or even a harem at that, its hard to explain. But trust me I have been watching anime since I was a child and have never really found but a handful of anime that I can re watch over and over. and dont forget about the manga! which is actually my favorite one of all time

Primero, tengo que admitir que antes de ver la serie, pensaba que iba a ser un anime cualquiera de comedia. Pero esta se llevó el puesto de mi favorita en poco tiempo.



Esta serie es una que no se puede evitar ver. Si no la haz visto, hazlo. Te la recomiendo bastante (y también el manga)

At first glance, this anime looked to be a little on the hokey side. The premise was a little odd even for anime standards. However, after watching it all the way through, I would highly recommend it. The character development was on par with some of the best anime series I've seen. The plots, while often predictable at times, still had that captivating quality to them that you don't often find in some of the newer shows coming out. One can truly become invested in the show without realizing it until you've hit the last episode of Season 2 and are asking for more.

Having read the manga that goes along with this, I would caution any die hard manga fans that there were several liberties taken in the show versus the manga, but they were not so grievous that one would find it deplorable or in bad taste.

Overall, five stars it not in any way an overestimation of the quality of this series, and most people should enjoy it.

This story is HILARIOUS, and I don't mean that lightly.
The story surrounds Keima, a high school student obsessed with gaming of any kind, and a bubbly demon from hell, Elsie.
Elsie and Keima team up to round up a ton of souls which have escaped from hell and taken residency in any girls who have emptiness in their hearts.
Hilarity ensues, as does a bunch of amazing story arcs.
I highly recommend this anime to anybody.
5//5

This is a really fun show. I actually really like it even if it’s about something I’m not very interested in, dating sims... Now, I understand the leer that people have to them, guy gets girl with simple questions and answers. Unfortunately, that isn’t real life, and so I can never understand those that are stuck within the gaming world. That’s why this show is so hilarious to me and makes me want to keep watching this.

Keima is rather strange and interesting character, only interested in video game girls instead of real ones. The strange thing is, when he actually goes for getting the heart of real girls, he actually gets them. I guess it helps that he lives in the anime world anyway because most of what he pulls actually wouldn’t work. It’s funny because of all the cheesy lines that he uses and stocking the girls around to see their lives. I don’t know about you but if a guy dressed like a young Austin Powers reject was following me around, I would call the cops.

Elsie is… I don’t know how to explain her really. She is childish and crazy; most of the time she messes things up when she tries to do anything. The only thing she is really good at is cleaning.

It’s like his world itself is a dating sim because no girl in our world would ever go for the cheesy things he does from banners to strange stockings that he does. All the girls are pretty unrealistic stereotypes but it actually works for the story plot. The only episode that felt really bothersome was episode 4 with the loop. It only felt like it was there to show Keima’s personality a bit more.

The artwork seems rather good although it is really bright and ‘chubby.’ A lot of times, they seem like chibi’s or plastic doll. The ghosts look like strange blobs and seem odd. There’s not much I can say about the artwork since its pretty much like any other slice of life that has come out this around this time.

The voices are really interesting, and its fun hearing the English Sosuke Sagara from Full Metal Panic talking about dating sims! That’s right; Chris Patton is the voice of Keima Katsuragi. And his supporting character is Luci Christian’s voice, which also is the voice of Kaname Chidori from Full Metal Panic as well. She plays the Spirit Hunter by the name of Elucia de Rux Ima. Its strange hearing there voices in here because they the characters here are almost complete opposite the characters they did play in Full Metal Panic. Another opposite is Hilary Haag who not only plays Tessa from Full Metal Panic, but Mio Aoyama, the rather short and prideful rich girl in this, and the shy Shiori Shiomiya who is more like Tessa in a sense. Basically, if you love the English voices of Full Metal Panic, you’re probably going to like the English voices here.
I actually really like the opening song; it has a rather nice beat. The ending is alright, though not as good as the beginning.

I started watching this series with severe reservations. The premise is that a boy must literally play a series of girls like video games, in order to expel evil souls from their bodies so that his demon partner can bottle the souls and send them back to Hell. Reading the synopsis made me cringe, but morbid curiosity and the good reviews pushed me to give this a chance. In the end, I'm glad I did.

Most of the girls that Keima has to "conquer" do indeed fit into commonly found game/anime archetypes. In spite of this, they still managed to be fairly well rounded, for the most part. Each girl has her own fears and dreams, and Keima has to play detective to figure out the key to happiness for each of them.

As for Keima himself, I was expecting the protagonist of such a series to be a lecherous, entitled jerk who treats women like objects. Instead, I got a number-crunching, awkward cold fish, who has no interest in real girls at all, and doesn't like to be touched. The fact that Keima is not any kind of threat or predator, and is surprisingly insightful when it comes to human behavior, was what really made this series watchable for me.

Should this be the poster-anime for feminism? No. But it's funny, unexpectedly sincere, and contains a bare minimum of pointless fan service. I'll be tracking down the manga to find out what happens next.