Campione! Matsurowanu Kamigami to Kamigoroshi no Maou (Campione!)

The gods of the world are not myths or legends. They exist, unbeknownst to humans, fighting their battles and laying waste to land and life. People perceive the fights of such "Heretic Gods" as inexplicable natural disasters they cannot escape.

Sixteen-year-old high school student Godou Kusanagi travels to Italy at the request of his grandfather to return a particular tablet to an acquaintance for safekeeping. Godou does not expect to get drawn into a battle between two Heretic Gods alongside Erica Blandelli, a self-proclaimed witch fighting to protect people. Fortunately, he manages to defeat the god of war in mortal combat and becomes a "Campione"—or "God Slayer"—whose duty is to fight Heretic Gods to save humanity.

Godou's new status as a Campione attracts a bevy of Gods who wish to challenge him and a band of devout followers—mostly women—who are willing to aid him in his battles. Campione!: Matsurowanu Kamigami to Kamigoroshi no Maou follows Godou as he tackles dueling deities in a conflict between Heaven and Earth.

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The first episode was streamed on June 28, 2012 during a special event on Nico Nico Douga. The regular TV broadcast started on July 6, 2012.

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Tachiki, Fumihiko
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Nakayama, Nobuhiro

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Kawase, Kouhei

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Satomi, Tetsurou

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Kazumasa, Sanjouba

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"BRAVE BLADE!" by Megu Sakuragawa (eps 2-11)

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	1: "Raise" by Yui Ogura (eps 2-11, 13)
	2: "BRAVE BLADE!" by Megu Sakuragawa (eps 12)

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Mar 11, 2024

Samisami5253

Recommended

Well i should say this one's kind of Underrated. The story is somewhat simmiler to Strike the Blood. But not as cringe.
Here's what i like about it.

Animation:7/10
Story: Pretty Rushed. Alot of missing pieces. 5/10
Action:7/10
Harem:9/10. (I really like the main girl)
Ecchi:It has ecchi but not that lewd way.
Main character: Clueless typical.
Rommance:8.5/10
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Apr 18, 2021

Spartan322

Mixed Feelings

Campione is an interesting show, it reaches a fair level for story that doesn't care to investigate itself itself all that deeply. And perhaps that's to be expected of the romance harem ecchi realm it resides in, to not be taken all that seriously. Unfortunately it set its initial expectations too high and somewhat deceives you into thinking it will do more then it actually does.

Lets start with the plot and narrative of the story: Its not all that much to write home about. Its a common cliche hero's journey generally. The only major distinguishing feature is through most of the show (aside from building ... the harem) he doesn't really want to be special nor act all that uptight about being a chosen one, but unfortunately that also leaves the main protagonist as rather incapable of much character development. We basically expect him to already be mostly perfect in character, and nothing really redefines him. Who he starts at is most of what he'll stay as. Be prepared if you're fine with a somewhat shonen-esque action narrative and very little development because aside from the ecchi, that's most of what you get and there isn't all that much else.

For art: Its alright for this type of show, I wouldn't praise it as all that special, but then I also don't have much of an eye for art in most cases, so take my opinions on the art with a grain of salt.

For sound: Soundtrack is alright, fits well and doesn't conflict with the action and narrative, although nothing about it pops out, other then that nothing is out of place as far as sounds in the show, it all works fine enough to immerse you.

Next to characters: This is probably the biggest letdown. My usual expectation for a story that fits in a harem protagonist is that the girls are either interesting, deep, or to be well developed. (if not also the protagonist himself) This is usually the bread and butter of most harem stories that present themselves as actual cohesive narratives. The unfortunate thing about Campione is it does not do this. There are mainly four girls in the harem by the endpoint in the story:

There's the obvious main girl who we meet in the first few minutes and sticks around the whole time. There isn't all that much interesting about her. Initially I was thinking, based on how she's introduced and the initial interactions with the protagonist, that she wouldn't immediately fall in love with him and would follow a path of realizing her feelings or such as the show went on, one of those classic main girl syndrome type of deal. That's not really what happens, she instead falls in love with him somehow in the first episode. (not that I can really see it even when it tells me where, how, and why) Given what happened in the first episode I became immediately confused why she was all over the protagonist because there is no transition to it, she's presented like that without context or reason. (when originally in the first episode she was really mad at him for cliche ecchi reasons) As a result she becomes in my opinion quite annoying, which doesn't help when she also acts fairly smug making me start to wish, even just a little, that she'd eat dirt and be humbled. She also does not evolve as a character at all after the first episode, which is made worse when its expected that you accept that she loves the main protagonist without question which to my eyes was quite suspicious and I thought was gonna make her deeper then that. But to no avail.

The next girl doesn't require nearly as much to cover as she's a standard shy girl archetype, she isn't exactly open about what she wants and in this case neither is able to do all that much actione-wise. There isn't all that much to say about her as she just follows the standard shy girl archetype to a tee. In her case she probably gets the most actual development over the whole of the show compared to the other girls, but unfortunately its the cliche type of development for that archetype, being the "coming out of the shell a bit" development. Only major character trait outside the archetype is her being bad with technology, which is handled as a one-off throwaway joke anyway and not really worth mention.

The third girl we meet is in my opinion probably the most interesting as she at least has a complex and more defined character then everyone else. She also has a personal hobby that continually reoccurs in the story and speaks to actually being the deepest of the characters had it been better exploited. She also gets pretty good character development, nearly rivaling the previous girl, however reason I say this one is less developed mostly because of her short-lived characterization in comparison and how quickly the characterization is resolved. How I'd define her character mostly is innocently naive and extremely loyal, one of her biggest traits is how she doesn't actually understand her own motivations as part of the harem, which isn't developed on all that much, least not after the point where she develops feelings for the protagonist.

Last girl doesn't even really show up until the last few episodes and she isn't really characterized all that well, if at all. There isn't much to regard on her and a good chunk of her screen time is devoted to making her a puppet of an antagonist anyway. That's about all there is to say about her, she doesn't change.

For all the other characters that we see, they service their role fine, I wouldn't expect much development from secondary characters and for the most part that's how it functions, there aren't any real standout characters from a development view and we don't get any time with much of them.

As for enjoyment: I found show enjoyable to watch up to the end, but even then I can't help but rate it low since it seems to expect you don't think about what you're watching while also presenting a rather high level investigation of its main topic, that being a bunch of mythological gods and their background and history. (including how they were developed) The show really does not pace its expectations with its characters, but the narrative itself does most of what you're expecting it to that aside, though the characters are left feeling unfinished.

Overall I enjoyed the show while watching it, but was getting annoyed at the characters and their lack of development for the most part and the expectation to not think too much. These type of shows don't need a big twist even in the characters, but if its gonna be a decent romance, (even as a harem romance) you really should expect the romance to seem natural or make some semblance of sense, this show is not that unique just because of its action and subject matter. If you're fine with no thought action romance fantasy or without much character evolution then this show has got you covered, but if you actually enjoy developing romances and interesting harem girls, you probably should move.

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Jun 15, 2020

ceroto60

Not Recommended

This is by far the worst anime I've ever finished. It was painful watching at times. It was only 13 episodes, but it felt like it was 26. It felt like it would never end.

Story:
The show had the foundation to have a good story. Using mythology from various religions, it created a base story that wasn't half bad. But the story wasn't able to build off of it. It resorted to numerous cliches and anime tropes in order to advance the story. This was a real bummer, since it meant that nothing about the story was ever really unique.

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Easily the best part of ...

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