Kamisama no Memochou (Heaven's Memo Pad)

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Synonyms: It's the Only NEET Thing to Do, Kami-sama no Memo-chou, Kami-sama no Memo-chou, God's Notebook, Notebook of God

Japanese: 神様のメモ帳

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Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 2, 2011 to Sep 24, 2011

Premiered: Summer 2011

Broadcast: Saturdays at Unknown

Producers: Lantis, AT-X, Warner Bros. Japan, KlockWorx, ASCII Media Works

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: J.C.Staff

Source: Light novel

Genres: Drama, Mystery

Theme: Detective

Duration: 26 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.47¹ (scored by 95,419 users)

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Ranked: #1982²

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Popularity: #1007

Members: 239,475

Favorites: 793

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Synopsis

Narumi Fujishima may seem like a normal high school student at first glance, but in reality he is a pessimistic outsider. Due to his father's work, he had to constantly transfer schools, and thus he has never managed to become a part of society. When he is forced to join the gardening club by his cheerful classmate Ayaka Shinozaki, Narumi encounters the genius hacker Alice, who lives in isolation above Hanamaru, the ramen shop where Ayaka works part-time. He then discovers that Alice is running a special private detective agency, and that all her professional associates refer to themselves as "NEET"s: Not in Education, Employment, or Training.

Joining the NEET detective agency due to his personal connection with a criminal case, Narumi finds himself entangled in a world of dangerous investigations conducted by the ill-assorted group of detectives, all the while trying to track down the crime syndicate which seems to have mysterious ties to Alice.

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Episode 1 ran for 48 minutes. Every other episode ran for 24 minutes.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Shionji, Yuuko

Main

Ogura, Yui
Japanese

Fujishima, Narumi

Main

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu
Japanese

Shinozaki, Ayaka

Main

Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Hinamura, Souichirou

Supporting

Ono, Daisuke
Japanese

Kusakabe, Charunee

Supporting

Ogasawara, Saki
Japanese

Huang, Ming Li

Supporting

Nabatame, Hitomi
Japanese

Kuwahara, Hiroaki

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Mukai, Hitoshi

Supporting

Miyata, Kouki
Japanese

Nemo

Supporting

Taketora
Japanese

Hirasaka, Renji

Supporting

Suzumura, Kenichi
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Kawase, Kouhei

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Matsukura, Yuuji

Producer

Fukuda, Jun

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Yuasa, Takaaki

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Opening Theme

"Kawaru Mirai (カワルミライ)" by Choucho

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Ending Theme

	1: "Colorado Bulldog" by Mr. Big (eps 1)
	2: "Asunaro (あすなろ)" by Kenichi Suzumura (eps 2-12)

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Apr 12, 2022

tsujiri

Recommended

Originally discovered this anime thanks to Kyosuke_Kosaka's recommendation for 'similar anime to Sakurako,' which ya'll know I love. This series DID NOT DISAPPOINT. TLDR: The cast of Kamisama is well rounded, characters with more depth than Sakurako's, and the ending leaves you feeling quite satisfied - no loose ends or plot holes.

Now onto the nitty gritty for anyone who might be entertained by my fan girling:
OMG the character depth! In the beginning, we're introduced to various support characters and a large cast, but we gradually get more tidbits of their own lives and personalities with every episode. There's so much humor in their dialogue that ... I'm really not sure how this is missing the comedy tag. I think the creators deliberately paced everything slowly so that the audience wouldn't be overwhelmed with the details - especially while solving detective cases.

I wasn't sure if I was going to like Narumi going in, because it's a (sadly) common trope to have a male lead
a) "ordinary guy," with no special skills
b) fetishization or excessive romanticization of the females around him
c) no personality, no growth or character development
d) all the above = see 'harem' animes

Given the rise in popularity of such unattractive characters nowadays, I honestly thought Narumi was gonna be one of those 4, and if so, I'd probably drop the series.

But I was blown away. I was wrong. I was IMPRESSED.

Narumi seems pretty clueless and not exactly the most opininated person at the start. And his growth could be categorized as more reactive than proactive. But don't doubt it - it increases after each case, and soon enough. He learns to use his voice, his brain, and most importantly, his physical strength. As a woman, I gotta admit, I feel like Narumi became a real man over the course of the series, and there's nothing more attractive than that. His character arc reminded me of Zuko from ATLA, that's how good the transformation was - albeit ATLA's being much longer and more significant.

I'd even say that I liked Narumi as much as I liked Alice. Possibly even more than Alice, which typically doesn't happen when I watch shows with strong female protagonists. Narumi just felt like a 'real person' with human habits and emotions, and we see detective cases differently, precisely because of how human - and empathetic - he is towards others. His presence becomes the 'why' behind 'why are we doing this?', 'why do we care?', 'Why should we care?'.
Because HE begins to care and show that he gives a damn about the people they're trying to help.

The other thing I really like about Narumi is that even though there's light fan service moments, he doesn't notice, or take advantage of them. Compared to most anime out there, it's refreshing and practically record-breaking. It's just really positive and respectful towards female watchers imo, as if... the studio has (gasp) women working in it too! This is the primary reason why I think this anime is much better than Sakurako. It actually stays focused on the storyline. There's no excessive romance distracting the audience from the real plot. And the female characters who are presented, are far from one dimensional.

The pacing could've been a little faster, but after completing the series, I can see why they wanted to spend time on just a few cases. For them, it seemed more about quality than quantity. And giving more time to each case meant the studio, and writers, likely had greater flexibility in making each plot richer - it's fantastically done. It's because it's so well done, that I know I could've kept watching this series for a long time. I would've been happy if there were 2 - 5 seasons, so it's a little disappointing we only got 12 episodes.

But, despite that, the last episode is definitely what made me give them a 10. Unexpected case details, depth, and satisfying communication between all the characters to wrap it all up. It left me feeling very fulfilled. I'm really glad and grateful to have watched such a powerful and meaningful series, and highly recommend it to others too!

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Jun 15, 2021

The_Namer

Mixed Feelings

This was a decent mystery series, but it stumbled in a couple of key places. For starters, some of the mysteries were too easy to figure out. The ideal time for the viewer to figure out a mystery is a few seconds before the protagonist, not two episodes before. The other problem was the characters. The protagonist is bland, passive too much of the time, and suffers from that annoying trope where everyone he meets uses him as their personal manservant, while insulting and abusing him all the while. Alice the NEET detective girl reminded me of a much less endearing version of Victorique from ...

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Feb 6, 2021

EggheadLuna

Not Recommended

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 ⚠️

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