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Sugii Hikaru, the author of the Kamisama no Memochou novel, disclosed in the afterword of the eighth volume of the novel that he wrote a scenario for the first episode of the TV anime. However, his scenario was turned down except for the introduction part and the rough outline. He said the final script was totally different from his idea. He put the rejected scenario in the eighth volume of the novel because it would have been wasteful if he had left the scenario unpublished.

Before the airing of the Kamimemo anime, the producer of the anime stated that the original part of the TV anime was produced in cooperation with the novel author.

Sources: Scan of the afterword, Mainichi

Well of course I can't read it, but I wonder if they choice to rearrange the cases was a mutual decision.

I ended up dropping the show during the Renji arc, but the first episode at least was quite good. Best one by far. So whatever was done differently, I guess it worked out anyway. Would have been interesting to see what was changed though.

You might consider picking it back up for the final arc. It's really quite good.

The in-betweens are so-so.

I thought the first episode was better than anything they have put on screen since then. I wonder if J.C. Staff actually improved something. Quickly! Do a RIE show! Oh, wait...

Interesting. Coz the only story/arc that I found to be interesting was that first episode. Rest was okay to meh, give or take a few. Last episode, particularly before the ED song, surprised me though. Why did they do that щ(ﾟДﾟщ)
Don't think this last arc will save the show overall but let's see.

i thought the first episode was rather interesting.

Shit sucks regardless. Ep1 was at least half watchable.

The first episode was kinda boring to be honest :P

I bet this is also what JC Staff did to Kamimemo.

Well, that explains why I don't like it... The first episode was kind of okay to me.

I drop the Anime because they fail adapt properly.2ep per volume is too little to tell a decent story ....

I thought first episode was better than rest of the show.

So it was original anime story after all, I felt a bit different from listening to Drama CD (I don't read the novels).

Don't forget that some of the JC Staff people made this fan-made anime.

I shudder every time I think about it.

JC Staff, not caring about the original authors wishes? Say it ain't so!

So wait, did they just turn down a suggestion and adapted the first volume normally or did J.C.Staff actually improve something on their own? Because that'd be some worldview-shattering stuff right there.

It seems like something that an original author would say when the adaptation is unpopular = =
I didn't read the light novel, but I really like the manga adaptation.
For me, the manga has better character development. The anime is just... meh... like common, at least stick with the part where Ayaka was in the hospital at the beginning

the latest episode was good... but if the authors concept meant that what happened in the latter part of episode 10 never happened, then i say.... BOO YOU, DIRECTOR!!!!

The first volume has been saved for the last arc of the anime.

What happened was that the original author created his own story to be used as the first episode. However, the anime producers (probably scriptwriter Seishi Minakami, who's renowned for co-writing Paranoia Agent and Paprika) rejected it and wrote their own script using his basic premise.

Minakami did an excellent job though.....so far, the first episode has proven to be better than the rest of the series both in tone and dialogue. It definitely played to his strengths as a screenwriter.