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The name Jun Maeda might ring a bell to fans of anime adaptations of visual novels from Key that were popular in the 2000s and early 2010s like Kanon, Air, and Clannad with his involvement in their writing. These titles were well known for having light comedy mixed in with heavy drama, romance, and fantasy elements that pushed things rather heavily with suspension of disbelief. Unfortunately, pushing out the same type of storytelling formula with all your works can lead to audiences tiring of someone’s creative works over time. Such is the case with Maeda’s most recent anime made, The Day I Became a God, focused on high school student Yota Narukami meeting a strange girl in nun attire named Hina who claims that the world will end in 30 days and promises to help Yota with his affairs in the…
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It was really a fun ride. watchers will really enjoy the first six to seven episodes. it is really engaging and entertaining.
However, after some time lapse the whole plot experiences a 180 degree flip.
But overall, it is a really nice show... don't know why many people criticized it. And the ending was really emotional . I found tears running down my eyes at one moment...not because OF sadness, but I was overjoyed and happy.
Also the animation was good.
The ending is really grt.
everyone should watch this anime. if you haven't watched it yet...watch it immediately... otherwise you are missing a masterpiece.
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Infuriating. When I consider every aspect of this anime, that is the first word that comes to mind: The infuriating characters, plot, dialogue, music, art, and acting. It's fascinating. I never thought I'd actually find an anime so blatantly terrible that I cannot stand even a single second of it.
For some background, this is Jun Maeda's third original anime—if you're familiar with Charlotte and Angel Beats, you'll know his writing formula. His stories begin as comedy/slice-of-life centered around high school students; in the second half, an incident occurs. Everything becomes melodramatic—with a supernatural twist. In Charlotte, it was superpowers. In Angel Beats, it was the afterlife. In The Day I Became God, it was the end of the world. Like his prior anime, the story is much more comp…
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Jun Maeda is a Japanese writer mainly known for his work on Angel beats and Clannad, at least when it comes to anime. After being met with success early in his career because of the influential shows he wrote, and for pioneering the Nakige genre, people began to become more "critical" of his later work. This probably sounds like a story you've heard time and time again, a young visionary writer becomes successful and then compromises on the things that made them great... but this type of sentiment in my personal opinion shouldn't be applied to Jun Maeda's work, because Maeda's work has never gone down in quality, and I hope to illustrate that point with this review.
Before I get into the meat of this review, I want to really explain how this show's reception has affected Jun Maeda, and ho…
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Kamisami ni Natta Hi currently holds the worst rating on my anime list. Never before have I been compelled to give an anime just 1 out of 10, but this took the cake. It is so bad, so chock full of cliche bullshit, so exploitative and just such a poor effort. By the time the last episode rolled around, I was practically laughing my ass off. The 'emotional' moments were so bad they were funny. This also has one of the worst (and most creepy) romances of all time.
Because I hate this anime so much, I will be totally lenient with spoilers. So if you care about the plot of this dreadful show, you can go ahead and skip over my review, but I promise you that you aren't missing anything.
I've said this before, but if they stuck with the formulaic structure of the first 5 episodes or so, where Hi…
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I loved it. It was very emotional and refreshing at the same time. I just wish that there were more episodes. This anime was amazing there is no denying that but it could have been even more amazing. I had this issue with Charlotte. He should've done more episodes so we could get more emotional. There is so much potential. But the ending made me cry and I'm happy with the ending. The anime was amazing. Time to wait 5 years for a new anime from my man.
I can understand why some people are upset, even I am upset but at the same time, I'm really happy. It made me cry, it made me feel emotions and it made me feel good. I don't care what others have written because in the end what really matters is how I feel about the anime. My only complaint is that the anime was too short just like charlott…
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I’m not going to stand for this; shame on you, Jun Maeda. Shame on you for using the mentally disabled as a way to get your audience’s empathy. Of all of the possible story routes you could’ve went through, this is the most vile, most sickening ways you could’ve made this story end.
Story:
In front of Narukami Youta stands a small girl named Hina wearing a nun outfit who claims herself to be Odin or some form of god. She comes bearing a warning: “The World will end in 30 days”. And she has come to him hoping that perhaps he can help stop that from happening before his last summer break as a high schooler can end.
Given the absolute trainwreck that was Charlotte’s second half and especially its finale episode, I’m legitimately surprised that P.A. works gave Jun Maeda a second chance to m…
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So for a starters, after finishing the last EP up until now. I feel satisfied to a good extent, because not only was it jovial ending, but my heart was filled with filicity, I felt as if I had a door leading to freedom opened. To be blatant, each episode was performed and executed brilliantly, each episode always had a pinch of amusement lingering around, and each episode was just overall cromulent. The scenery-superb, the sound and music-outstanding, and the characters themselves including the respectable voice actors was peerless. I feel that the anime didn't jolt numerous characters at us and kept it at a good number. This indeed, gives each one of them a acceptable amount of screen time, allowing the audience to grasp their person…
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This anime was such a dumbster fire. It was so trash to the point where I thought Jun Maeda's writing became worse after his surgery. It must have changed him because the script for this anime was horrendous. Let me start with the story.
1/10 - Storytelling/writing
The plot is terrible and trying to copy Clannad's flow. It ended up worse than I imagined. The plot was very generic and predictable and the "plot twist" was very bad because it was seen from a mile away and it didn't feel impactful more like a cryfest. They should've stuck with the world ending scenario, it would've been at least tearjerking seeing all the characters die. Also its writing was soo 2010, fun and giggles in the beginning and then on the later half comes with it's trash plot twist incident that felt incomplete. Y…
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Gaijin being Gaijin, Id give this a Ten! Jun Maeda always had passion, Even came back to write Music for his Stories again!
Story as a Storywriter, does not follow a textbook format, people may say he uses same format all the time, but he is one of the few people to use this in the world.
Art was the same as it was for his previous works, but with more of a modern detail. Rendering of light and advancements in digital workshops, were taken advantage of, not causing people to be lazy. The director seems to be new and if I can guess Jun Maeda hand picked him.
Sound. Thank you again for Bringing out your Original Passion Jun Maeda!
Characters, Memorable within the context of Story, sadly not enough time to flesh out.
Thank you so much! Hope you keep writing! Glad your passion for music i…
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Look, I’m an anime fan, I like my melodrama as much as the next guy. You give me some Clannad: After Story, Violet Evergarden, or Bunny Girl Senpai and I’ll get teary-eyed along side you.
But the problem with melodrama in general is that it falls apart very quickly if the fails to make you feel emotion. This is ultimately the downfall of The Day I Became a God.
As you all know, this anime was created by Jun Maeda, the creator of many melodramatic hits like the Clannad series, Angel Beats, and Chrolette. Say what you will about these anime, but there is no denying their popularity and recognition within the anime community. However, the problems in these anime are only magnified within The Day I Became a God and their good aspects feel stale and uninspired.
The Day I Became a God follows…
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"Tis pointless. We mean there is no point to you studying. The world shall end in 30 days." - Hina Satou
First of all, I'm surprised about what Hina said about the apocalypse of the world, but what could it be? Could it be a zombie invasion or could it be a nuclear fallout? Nope! There's nothing like that will happen in the anime, but what Hina announced is very mysterious!
But is it really true that the world will end in 30 days? After Hina's prediction of the weather changes and the horse racing outcomes, everything is confirmed to be true. But I feel like it's too coincidence to be true. If she has checked the weather report and the power level of the horse racer before she meets Youta, that will make sense. But still, her prediction ability is too mysterious to be true. Throughout th…
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Now this review might be a bit based since I'm a sucker for Jun maeda's work. almost all of his works (charlotte, angel beats and now Kamisama ni Natta Hi) always start of with an interesting premise then follow up with a sort of slice of life story introducing some mellow dramatic plot point in between and ending the series of with a somewhat sad ending and this anime for the most delivers to that same formula. It starts of with our dear loli hina barging into the story and declaring she's a god to our dear mc yota narukami and that the world would end in 30 days, now our mc as (most normal people would) think she's just spouting bs but then she demonstrates her omnipotent power by predicting the weather forecast and accurately predicting the winner of a live horse race. Interesting premi…
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Ok so basically I started this anime looking to have a few good laughs and chill and I believe this anime provides an avenue for just that. It is funny, sweet, a little dramatic and also pulls us into a completely different world. It is the kind of anime with multiple plot twists and this is what made me love this anime so much.
The last episode was da bomb. It was the perfect combination of love, drama and emotion. I am cent percent sure that anyone who watched it would have gotten the feels. I think it is highly underrated and so please watch it with an open mind and you are sure to fall in love with the complex relationship of Hina and Yota
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Please note that this review is intended to be ready by those that have finished watching The Day I become a God and while care has been taken to minimize spoilers there may still be spoilers present within character analysis. You have been warned.
Based on an original idea by PA works Kamisama ni Natta Hi which is better known to western fans as The Day I Become a God is a Drama and fantasy genre anime that gives us the unique opportunity to see what will happen if one day during the last summer vacation of the year before the dreaded college entrance exams that in the midst of the frantic preparation for it that Youta our little hero was to one day after enjoying a game of basketball with his best friend Ashura was to encounter a mysterious young girl named Hina who proclaims to him th…
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Maeda Jun is back with another original work to break our hearts yet again.
You know, over the course of the final quarter of Kamisama ni natta hi, I genuinely asked myself multiple times a day, “what the hell happened to Maeda Jun in his childhood to give him this much pain to express in every series he writes?” While I still don’t have the answer to that, it’s apparent this man has something that enables him to be able to break our hearts like this.
Disclaimer, this show is heartbreaking. Not in the sudden hit by a car type of pain that we felt in Angel Beats and Charlotte, but more slow burning, death by a thousand cuts type pain. Without spoiling much, this show goes from very happy slice of life moments to prolonged despair, sadness and watching characters we just saw being upbeat a…
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I probably should have noticed from a mile away. Its "interesting" premise of a mysterious girl followed by slice-of-life episodic episodes until its big twist and pandering for a few episodes until the story gets wrapped up quickly to its “emotional end.” But instead of an enjoyable experience, all you get is a bad taste in your mouth because you realize, what was the point of this show?
Oh, is this another Charlotte?
This was probably the one show that I REALLY wanted to like this season, and at the same time, the largest disappointment this season. Everyone already knows the creator behind this anime, Jun Maeda, his other works such as Clannad, Angel Beats!, and Charlotte, and even the formula he uses to create his material: the first half of a show is to introduce the characters, the…
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"The world will end (and surpass) in 30 days...in a common figure of empty, draining and manipulative-feeling rhetoric and hyperbolic sense." What happened to you Jun Maeda, the "god" that could do no wrong (well, Strike 1 for Charlotte)?
Jun Maeda: The Day I Became a "emotionally-pulling heartstrings" God. If you recognize this name even in an inkling of coincidence, he's the one who has produced instant classics of Kanon, Air, Clannad and few others. Amongst them all, the prolific ones are the 5-year-gap collaborations with himself, Na-Ga, Aniplex and P.A. Works, with the massively popular Angel Beats! in 2010, and the somewhat controversial love-hate relationship of Charlotte in 2015. Now, in 2020, after suffering from Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) and recovering from a heart transplant…
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One of the most curious questions about mankind is how did we come to exist. Is it from natural evolution or is there a higher being such as God that created us? The Day I Became a God gives off a strange vibe but not only its title but also premise. What is this show that P.A. Works and Aniplex have bene working on after all these years?
It shouldn’t be a big surprise that director Yoshiyuki Asai returns to direct this anime original. Coming into this show, I am reminded of another anime that premiered nearly 5 years ago. Remember Charlotte? If not, that’s fine because this anime isn’t connected to that show at all. Still, that does raise some concerns as the director made some rather questionable decisions. The big question to ask yourself is what does The Day I Became a God offer for u…
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Coming out from "Kamisama ni Natta Hi" (KS) with questions is par for the course. How on earth does an original Key anime, helmed by none other than Jun Maeda himself, struggle to barely crack the Top 10 for Fall seasonals on MAL? How did a promising premise from a strong first episode morph into a completely different show in its second week? Also, why was I OK with that? Also also, when did I stop being OK with the narrative?
What in god's name is going on?
If you're looking for answers, you've come to a terrible place; but I'll do my best to give my take on all the above points and more. This review contains mild spoilers, so feel free to skip ahead to my Tl;Dr if you'd like to go in blind.
"What happens when you have both the power of god and anime on your side?" KS introduces the aud…
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