Audience reviews
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ephemerry
Kamisama no Memochō is a series that I bought on a whim from a RightStuf sale and even though the pacing can be glacial, the last three episodes rewarded the audience's lenience, after having to sit through many scenes with alienating dialogue and lackluster writing. Moments with the criminally cute Yūko and her interactions with the "NEET"s could be charming, though sometimes, it felt as if Kamisama no Memochō may have been too ambitious and overwrought with dangling strings to really be effective as a single cour anime!
⚠️ This review of Heaven's Memo Pad will contain spoilers ⚠️
—Story/Characters
Instantly, I found the character of Yūko to be immensely interesting, not only is she a government-level security hacker, but she also manages to survive her day-to-day existence, despite be…
Read at the sourceEthan_07
" I'm not a detective. I'm a NEET detective. Speaker of the dead. " - Alice
The story is not that great, the art is fine as well but the characters are the things that stole my heart. Different from other detective-style anime where the side characters are not the main attraction, this anime defined the side characters quite well, from a mafia boss that looks tough but has a soft side, an agile ex-boxer who represents the strength, a university student known as 'major' specializing in surveillance system, a playboy with extensive roots with the girls, to our lead characters.
Alice is the center of the team, being the expert loli hacker and the master of deduction, collecting info from all sort of Internet-related technology to deploying strategies to solve the cases requested, while taki…
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I can't reiterate this enough: WATCH THIS ANIME. No matter who you are or what kind of anime you like, you should like this anime.
Summary: This is my new second favorite anime (nothing it going to top Mia-Hime I think). After finishing an anime I like to read the top reviews to see if there was anything I missed based on the reviews and to confirm how I felt was in line with the general consensus. ON this one I couldn't find a single highly rated review that did it justice. This isn't just some anime about a NEET detective who is a loli, this is deep on so many levels and has characters that are unforgettable and a perfect ending. That being said, this is the first anime I have ever seen that has a perfect ending but made me want more because it was just so good that I could have watched…
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Kamisama No Memochou (Heaven’s Memo Pad)
= Minimal Spoilers: There will be some references to traits of the story/plot and characteristics of characters in the anime, but no details that would spoil the enjoyment of the anime will be included. =
//There are only two professions in the whole world that give meaning to those who have died and what have been lost... They're writers and detectives. Writers are the only ones able to revive what was lost through their visions. Detectives are the only ones able to dig up the grave and bring back lost information. But the information us detectives dig up is nothing more than the truth as recorded in Heaven's Memo Pad.// - Alice
If I were to pick a word to describe my feelings towards Kamisama No Memochou, it would probably be ‘ambivalence’- I lo…
Read at the sourceAlphXcalibyr
First of all, I don't write reviews. I just watch the anime, take note of it, put a score on it, and remember it if was good. The fact that I'm writing this is quite important.
Now I gave this a 10.
Story: 10
I had just finished watching "The Mentalist", a television show about crime and mystery, with comedy in between. So landing on Kamisama no Memochou was great for me. I was able to enjoy the story because, like "The Mentalist" the story was well thought out. The story starts and follows the general mystery solving format that makes it good. First, recognition of the crime, planning, first scouting, planning, first action, and then the reveal. Or something like that. I really appreciate that the series takes ~40 minutes to start and end a mystery. This shows that Alice and the detec…
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Overall [9/10]
This was.... amazing. Throw away the typical geniuses (although the characters are in their own way) and place people who decide to find something better in the world in a different ways.
Plot [8/10]
The plot may seem a bit of a lackluster at first but before you know it, you're stuck in their loop, unable to tear your eyes away from the screen. Watch the protagonist go from someone who barely interacted with anyone and threw around fake smiles to one of immeasurable power and find his own worth, neither exaggerated nor underestimated. Narumi was heartbreakingly human.
Character [9/10]
Alice; the speaker of the dead. While uncovering, she shoulders the burden that she could have done something had she been earlier, but she always reaches one scene too late.
Renji, Hiro and M…
Read at the sourceEmmyBomb
Kami-sama no Memo-chou is not a typical mystery anime when the "detective character" seems to be a little like Sherlock. This anime is about "NEETS" or school drop outs that take requests from clients who need help in finding someone or figuring out why someone did something. Each of the characters in this anime have distinct personalities. There are some typical anime tropes where characters represent a certain stereotype. One example is Alice; typical Gothic loli who is a bit of a tsundere - She is quite similar to the girl in Gosick.
The anime is short but has a great storyline. I really got into it. I love the art and how the characters developed over the 12 episodes. It also makes you think of events that can take place in real life that we usually don't think about.
I tend to be…
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Kamisama no Memouchou (God's Memo Pad) is a story about a boy who meets a girl, and in turn meets a group of NEETs led by Alice, the ultimate NEET detective who solves multiple crimes and mysteries in the city with little more than just her set of computers in front of her. It is short, so the maximum score that I can give this anime is 8 points, 8 points being the perfect 13-episode anime (such as Angel Beats!). 2 points are automatically deducted from both/either story and/or character respectively, since it is virtually impossible to produce a complete story and comprehensive character development in such a short number of episodes.
But on to review proper.
TL;DR
Story: 5/10
Art: 8/10
Sound: 10/10
Character: 7/10
Enjoyment: 6/10
Overall: 6/10
Good points:
-Very interesting character…
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I can't say that i was looking forward for the "next episode". The way the plot starts and the way the story goes it makes you feel a bit bored. Only in a few occasions you find yourself interested but only when something is about to be revealed. From the characters only few have their own back-story, but not that many details. It's not an anime you are going to watch again but just another title on your list.
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Heaven's Memo Pad may seem like a noteworthy anime at first glance. I mean, the concept is a fairly interesting one. A bunch of NEET's spending their days solving mysteries? I for one, found this to be an intriguing premise, and as several fans of the show compared it to the excellent Durarara!! and the somewhat disappointing but still decent Eden of the East, I pre-ordered this show and couldn't wait to watch it. Imagine then my disappointment when I finished the last episode, only to feel cheated, angry, and somewhat sad as just how much of a missed opportunity this show turned out to be.
I could go into depth about each and every single character, but I really don't see any point to it, as not a single one of them has anything noteworthy about their personalities or designs that make t…
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Kamisama no Memochou (Heaven's Memo Pad) has really good art and character design. The animations by J.C. Staff once again are on par with shows like Railgun and Index the environment design especially are great however the story is dreadful and doesn't even make sense half the time. I was truely disappointed by this such a good art style and character design yet such a shit and terrible story. If your looking for a 12 ep filler because your bored or have nothing else to do its worth watching however if you are wanting some good story and enjoyment don't go anywhere near this shit show.
Read at the sourceAsfaria
Kamisama no Memochou (God's Notebook) is one of the slightly darker "high school mystery" anime I have watched. It may not seem like it at first, but this anime is not as lighthearted as something like Hyouka. Hyouka doesn't have anything like suicide attempts, money stolen from the yakuza, or mind-altering drugs.
Story - 7/10
The only real problem with the story of Kamisama no Memochou is it's slow and cliche start. The first four episodes are really nothing special, but after that, the latter two slightly longer arcs that make up the remaining 8 episodes are almost as good of mystery arcs as some of the Death Note arcs.
The story follows Fujishima Narumi. At the beginning, Narumi's nothing more than your usual male protagonist who is somewhat forced into an uncomfortable situation (he…
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Mod Edit: Review may contain spoilers.
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Kamisama no Memochou is more than just a detective anime featuring not-really-NEETs and a loli mastermind. It's an anime that really takes the time and effort to create a realistic yet fantastic world and populate it with some of the most endearing characters in all of anime. The plots of each mystery is engrossing and exciting; the characters are not at all static, growing and changing as the anime moves forward.
When it comes to good detective animes, this is about as close to perfection as you'll get.
Story (9/10)
Art (8/10)
Sound (9/10) Character (8/10)
Enjoyment (9/10)
The story of KamiMemo is both cliche as well as original. The first episode starts off pretty predictably: ordinary high school boy accidentally encounters strang…
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Considering I personally own this within my collection, I chose to resume watch of this since I had dropped it nearly two years earlier. While I find the premise on a detective agency of NEETs to be somewhat absurd, I do admit that Heaven's Memo Pad has its high points. The series features the mentioned NEET detective agency tackling different cases involving some touchy areas of Japanese society like compensated dating, the yakuza and a drug trafficking ring. For the most part, the storylines for the cases are handled quite seriously with Alice, her assistants and other contacts investigating them and the show exploring the ramifications concerning those caught up in the questionable activity. Some of the cases, in particular, involve some of the major characters on a personal level as th…
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Kamisama no Memochou is an amazing anime that shows how a little girl can solve different cases. Age does no really matter in being a detective. You just need good observation skills and the wits. ;) The main character really has a high pride about herself.. She is not just a detective... She is a NEET detective. ^^ I really liked this anime and the characters.. :D
Read at the sourceRei-chii
I am a fan of detective-like stories. And being a NEET myself, I can somehow relate here to Alice. And just as she said
"I have been gazing through windows across the internet to see the world. A grossly limited and twisted world, isn't it?"
Anyway, I just finished seeing this anime. Knowing it's been completed quite a while back, I've only got the time to watch it recently. And I'm glad to have watched this series. It got me really satisfied with all the turn of events.
This was another series that got me really hooked up from the very first episode up to the last. if only I could watch it continuously without stopping, I might have.
Story: Great stories. There are some episodes that kinda throw me off a bit. Like I would have thought to myself "seriously, this is just a stupid kind o…
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Imagine a riding a rollercoaster. It starts off by building up your excitement as you are slowly ascending the tracks while, at the same time, speeding up. The rest of the ride then consists of ups and downs, loops and turns, and random spins, before ending with a final surge of exhilarating speed. That is how I felt when watching Kami-sama no Memo-chou. The first episode made the series seem promising but it eventually failed to deliver, despite having a decent ending. Let's see how it fared in the usual four categories of art, character, sound and story.
Art (7/10)
Animation quality usually takes a backseat to the characters and the story when I watch anime. However, when those two categories end up being bland and uninteresting, I am forced to focus on other aspects of the episode jus…
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One of the most annoying things about the anime industry is the seemingly ingrained belief that bandwagons, when jumped upon, have the mystical ability to carry studios into money. It's a sad fact that every season will undoubtedly see the release of one or more shows that clearly attempt to piggyback on the success of something that has gone before. Thankfully following trends isn't necessarily a bad thing, and every so often a series comes along that can be considered a superior example of its genre.
Unfortunately that also means that the majority of titles that do jump on the bandwagon are mediocre at best.
Originally a light novel series by Sugii Hikaru, Kamisama no Memochou (God's Memo Pad), tells the story of a socially awkward high school student, Fujishima Narumi, and his exploit…
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Kami-sama no Memochou (God's notebook) is a must-see series. Bottom line.
Like any series, it is hard to be hooked in right from the start, but there are dozens, literally, HUNDREDS of animes that start off that way but are now beloved by millions. This short 12-episode series is among them.
As the story progresses, it keeps throwing you cliffhangers that make you want to see another episode and another and another and then BOOM! PLOT TWIST!!!!! TRAGEDIES!!! CONSPIRACIES!!! DRUGS!!! GANG WARS!!! EVERYTHING IS MOVING SO FAST!!! The writing for this show got really intense midway through.
And even though it's done...
...I still want more
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The word "NEET" is used almost interchangeably with "bum" and "hikikomori" in Japan. KamiMemo is about NEET detective Alice and her so-called assistant Narumi solving various cases in Tokyo with the help of three other NEETs and a Yakuza group. While the premise and the main characters are strikingly similar to that of Gosick, they are very different shows in that KamiMemo is more about the drama than mystery.
The story is arc-based with at most two characters for every case. This ensured great character development for the featured characters, which is the driving force behind this series. Unlike your typical detective show, the cases are often simple. They're often very much solvable thanks to the abundance of hints planted throughout each arc. KamiMemo was far more engaging than Gosick…
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