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Mar 23, 2014 7:20 PM

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That ending was sweet haha. Actually satisfied with this ending, and I do hope for another season. They've done a great job in entertaining me throughout the whole season. I'm not sure yet if I'll designate it as my favourite anime this Winter, but if not, it will be really close.
Mar 23, 2014 7:27 PM

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8/10 for me. Enjoyed every bit of the show. If anything's wrong its too short and I couldn't really feel for the characters.
Mar 23, 2014 7:30 PM
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I really loved this episode, especially the conclusion.
I mean, most anime that stray from the manga in order to end tend to disappoint me, but I really enjoyed Noragami's end.
I hope that they will make a season 2 because there are LOTS of plot holes like, who the eff is 'Father' for one
I'd enjoy seeing the Bishamon arc also
Mar 23, 2014 7:31 PM

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I quite liked this series. It had fantastic animation, and an awesome soundtrack especially in this episode! The characters were all interesting, but I didn't really have an emotional connection with them, but I would certainly love to see more!

The series is a success with fans, now if only it could sell enough, a second season could definitely happen. The manga has received a huge boost in sales, so it has that going for it! The AO stuff didn't directly impact the plot, so a second season could be in the cards.

Anyway, I enjoyed it! I'll give it an 8.5/10 but since that can't happen on here very easily, I'll round up to 9.
Mar 23, 2014 7:47 PM

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It was really awesome, niceto ending. Though it feels like I started watching it just yesterday. This freaking time is moving so fast. Doesn't let you enjoy something to the max.

Nonetheless, it was a decent series. I'd cheer for season 2 any day. Might read the manga.
Mar 23, 2014 7:51 PM

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8.5 rounded up to a 9. Loved every second of it and really hope for a season 2.
Also yes, more heroines like Hiyori plz !
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Mar 23, 2014 7:56 PM

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Satisfying ending. One of my faves of the season, lets hope for more.
I ship Hiyori x Yato hard. That blush.
Mar 23, 2014 8:00 PM

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The perfect ending for this show, I suppose. I'm hoping for a season 2 and a official DVD or Blu-ray release in the States.

8/10 Meaning it was one of the best of this season and memorable.
Mar 23, 2014 8:04 PM

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I ship Hiyori x Yato hard. That blush.

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Mar 23, 2014 8:30 PM

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I'm still trying to figure out how such a generic anime can be praised so highly. 7/10 and I'm being generous.
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Mar 23, 2014 8:36 PM
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Oh, too short, i needed way more episodes of Yato. Now got to find something to fill the void of not having more Noragami.

The animation was amazing in the fight scene as it was in all the other episodes. 9/10 from me
Mar 23, 2014 9:02 PM
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Goddamn I couldn't get Ruouni Kenshin out of my head during this episode.

I expect good sales considering this is pretty much the only good show of the season.
Mar 23, 2014 9:03 PM

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Great episode I'm so glad I started watching this
That was a nice way to end the anime even though it's very different from the manga they still managed to make it awesome.

Noragami you will be missed


Mar 23, 2014 9:16 PM

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Keetriver said:
Goddamn I couldn't get Ruouni Kenshin out of my head during this episode.

I expect good sales considering this is pretty much the only good show of the season.
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Omg, glad I wasn't the only one. I had some major Kenshin/Kauru flashbacks. xDD
Mar 23, 2014 9:18 PM

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well it was good so needless to say 7/10 all in all

I wouldn't mind paying 5 yen for a sequel
Mar 23, 2014 9:31 PM

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PrimeX said:
well it was good so needless to say 7/10 all in all

I wouldn't mind paying 5 yen for a sequel
I'd fucking build Yato a shrine for a sequel.
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Mar 23, 2014 9:48 PM

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good final,anyone knows if is well adapted to the manga?and on which chapter does the manga continue?


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Mar 23, 2014 9:52 PM

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Hmm why did Nora mention her father? possbile 2nd season foreshadowing?
Mar 23, 2014 9:58 PM
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Rabo and Yato fight was reminiscent of kenshin vs Jin-e in rurouni kenshin.

Sad to see this show come to a close.... 2nd season please!
Mar 23, 2014 10:00 PM
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The reason why the Bishamon arc was cut from this season is because the director has expressed that the arc would not fit into a 1-cour anime; not wanting to cut anything out, Bishamon's arc would be around 10 episodes. Noragami is something that he wants to stay as close to the source material as possible. As we have seen from the show, the anime adaptation has been faithful for the most part aside from some minor details and Rabo (who was designed by Adachitoka themselves).

With that being said, there are talks about a season 2, but nothing is confirmed yet.

Yes I am aware that's what they wanted to do, 1 cour. I just wanted to express why I didn't think the anime was as good as it could've been, which is that if they weren't under episode number constraint, finishing Bishamon's arc would be best. Even if they were to make a 2nd season, it felt like to me, the anime original arc disrupted the flow of the story. I didn't hate the Rabo arc, but neither was it great. It didn't bring any unique to the overall anime :P I would still look forward to another season though because I enjoyed the second arc even more so than the first.


I both agree and disagree with you. The Rabo arc did disrupt the story a bit, especially in terms of Yukine's development. (I am quite looking forward to that if we ever get season 2 as that was the plot point that completely made me fall in love with the story.) However, at the same time, we also see Yato's character fleshed out - he's not the same god who was alive 500 years ago; he's become someone who understands compassion and has come to treasure people and his relationships. He's also come to see how important Hiyori is to him (as seen with how desperate he was to get her to remember him), whereas judging from the Rabo arc, I don't think he would have understood these "humanly" emotions/concepts before. We're going to see this theme time and again in the latter arcs; whilst, the arc could have had better execution, the Rabo arc fit quite nicely with Adachitoka's story.

But yes, hail the Bishamon arc. That was by far the best yet.
Mar 23, 2014 10:09 PM

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Hmm why did Nora mention her father? possbile 2nd season foreshadowing?

Not her father. His father.

SharifEbeefE said:
I'm still trying to figure out how such a generic anime can be praised so highly. 7/10 and I'm being generous.

Presentation and the music.
Mar 23, 2014 10:48 PM

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Time to read manga I guess..first 9 episodes were good but AO arc didn't strike me as something that much interesting than the previous episodes. I think I need to download Noragami's OST now. c:
Mar 23, 2014 10:50 PM

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Well it was fun. I really like Yato :D

It was only 12 episodes so I guess they had no choice but to not include the Bishamon arc. It would have been awesome and I would gladly hand out a 10 if it was included lol

IIRC, the manga got a significant boost in sales so hopefully that's enough to warrant a second season.
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Mar 23, 2014 11:04 PM

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Not bad, 7/10.

Hiyori getting her memory back just by smelling Yato was a little asspullery, since the sphere was shattered. But... ok. The fight was good and I liked the music.
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Mar 23, 2014 11:10 PM

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And thus ends my favorite show from this season. Its a shame that it wasn't 2-cour. This was a great final episode with the action being really well done, though rabo's motive for fighting Yato left me with mixed feelings. Overall i give Noragami a 8/10 and am incredibly hopeful for a season 2. Good job Bones!
Mar 23, 2014 11:27 PM

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I didn't know that was an anime original ending. Still good, though.

Second season please. And more Bishamon.
Mar 23, 2014 11:28 PM

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Loved it! This show gets a solid 8/10. I would have loved to give it a 9.. but I just couldn't. This show could have greatly benefited from being 2 cour and not 1. I really, really hope there will be a second season as I want more Yato x Hiyori!! <3

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I loved this show though. It was very great. Would definitely watch a 2nd season.
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Mar 23, 2014 11:29 PM

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First Log Horizon ends this season and now Noragami, going to miss watching this every week. Favorite anime this season. Soundtrack surprised me as well, and I always listened to the OP and ED every time.

Like many others have said, I wish it went in depth with the story between Bishamon and Yato.

Overall, amazing anime I give it a 8.5/10
Mar 23, 2014 11:56 PM

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I didn't like how Yato just raped Rabo all of a sudden when he couldn't do anything to him at first.

Nevertheless, still a satisfying ending. Hiyori x Yato is good!

I must say the usage of the soundtracks was really awesome throughout the series.

7/10
Mar 24, 2014 12:15 AM

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hope for a season 2.. Q_Q

til then its manga Q_Q
Mar 24, 2014 12:45 AM

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The cuteness that made me fall in love with this series returned in this episode! :D

NOT TO MENTION YATO TURNING BADASS. I can never get enough of that kind of stuff. I thought for sure something would happen with Yukine though... Feels like they kind of forgot about the whole "This may kill you" thing.

Overall, I am happy with this series, but I will probably be more happy with the manga. Needs more resolution!
Mar 24, 2014 12:48 AM

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Liked the finale, but didn't like the fight, lots of asspulls..
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Keetriver said:
Goddamn I couldn't get Ruouni Kenshin out of my head during this episode.


Omg, glad I wasn't the only one. I had some major Kenshin/Kauru flashbacks. xDD

and this. ^
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Mar 24, 2014 1:04 AM

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I loved all those Yato and Hiyori moments!!<3

10/10
Mar 24, 2014 1:32 AM

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The battle animation is superb!

This series needs second season!!!
I love every minutes i watch this series...
Will be miss hiyori x yato..
Mar 24, 2014 1:49 AM

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Enjoyable series.

Wasn't a fan of the feelings powerup or the reset ending but overall it was pretty good.
Mar 24, 2014 2:29 AM

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Very much enjoyed the ride! Liked the Yato x Hiyori pairing! Just wished there was a resolution to the Bishamon case. Aside from that, great overall! 8/10
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Mar 24, 2014 2:30 AM

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Well executed show, had fun watching it.

I give the show a 9 out of 10 for the actual target audience (I'm guessing middle school to early high school)

However, ultimately compared to other anime/Television shows though I'm going to give this a 6.5 out of 10.
The show had a very simplistic approach to the age old Light vs. Dark concept, the fight scenes were repetitive (and frankly I'm a bit too old for this show), and nothing stood at as unique. I mean, the whole Rabo arc is basically a rip off of ruroni kenshin/batousai with Gods. I feel like there are already dozens of shows just like this, just not as well executed.

I know this is just a shounen show so I shouldn't expect the writers to try to pull anything too hard to understand for you younger viewers out there, but when you have shows like hunterxhunter, I can't help but criticize it.

That's my two cents on the show, I probably won't pick this back up for another season if one does arise
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Mar 24, 2014 2:38 AM

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Awesome show! The character designs and development were off the scale.
I'm hoping for a second season :)
Mar 24, 2014 2:38 AM

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That was a good series.
Nice animation, good OST, interesting characters, some comedy bits here n there.

If only more series were produced with these values..sigh

6.5/10
Mar 24, 2014 2:43 AM

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8.5/10. Loved everything about it. One of the better winter series.
Mar 24, 2014 2:49 AM

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This anime's title give me the idea that everything is focused around Nora.
If you read the title you will see - "Nora" "Gami" - Nora meaning that shinki girl, and Gami meaning God - it gives me the idea that Nora is also a god. I don't know what to think now.


I don't agree with you...



Nora means Stray in Japanese and Gami is just a prefix meaning "God"...
I think it's just an ungracious title for the wandering god Yato XD

Mar 24, 2014 3:06 AM

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Really loved this series. It had lovable characters, nice music, decent action, good animation and just overall solid. I espically loved the relationship between the trio main characters. I just wished that it was 2 cour, so they wouldn't have to go original in the last episode.

Imma pick up the manga. The last scene was cute <3. 8.5/10
Mar 24, 2014 3:26 AM

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Simply Brilliant! Simply Outstanding! Simply Marvelous! Simply Beautiful! This deserves another season with 24 more episodes.

It was a great ending in my opinion. The fact that Rabo desired Yato to be the god of calamity he once knew, striked an impact in me that Yato will never go back to being what was once him. Hiyori's memory returning when she embraced Yato, very heart warming. I'll give it a 9/10 because of a little mistake that took in the fight scene.
Mar 24, 2014 3:39 AM

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I give the show a 9 out of 10 for the actual target audience (I'm guessing middle school to early high school)

[...] (and frankly I'm a bit too old for this show)

I can see where you're coming from, but upon reading this I kinda have to smirk. Looking at your profile, you're 2 years older than me... I find it rather sad when people say "I'm too old for this". I just recently started to re-watch an anime that I first saw when I was 4 years old. And guess what? I'm still able to enjoy it.
The age card is just a sad excuse in my opinion.
Mar 24, 2014 4:28 AM

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It was a decent anime original ending to the series, given I follow the manga I hope BONES will consider a second season.

8/10
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Mar 24, 2014 4:42 AM

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This was definitely one of the cream of the crops for the winter anime season. It never felt rushed, it had a lot of good characters, Yukine was kind of annoyance for most of the show and personally he didn't do anything to redeem himself. He actually started to get pretty bland after he lost his rebel side.

Finally this episode, the ending, I had fun with it but it wasn't anything special that it would bump up the grading that has been between a 8 or 9 this entire season. I'm going to settle on 8.4, 8/10. I have no doubt if a second season comes around with longevity of character development that it'll bump itself up.
Mar 24, 2014 4:43 AM

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I loved this anime - it made me go read the manga.
Though the anime didnt follow the manga completely, with the last few episodes being completely different, i think they did a nice job giving us an ending we'd like.

This last episode wasn't my favourite, but i liked it all the same.
I will be thrilled if theres a second season. I really really hope there is. I haven't liked an anime this much for a while!

This episode was an 8/10 but overall the anime was a 10/10 for me.
Mar 24, 2014 4:54 AM
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A solid 9/10 from me. Good job with anime original ending BONES.
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Mar 24, 2014 4:59 AM

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Damn! I wanted Yato to kill Nora too. I cannot stand that evil, little witch!
I guess there won't be a season 2, though I would have really liked for it to have one.

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Mar 24, 2014 5:05 AM

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For me personally, Noragami was the best anime this season.
Loved every second of it.The OST, characters, cast, humour, action, everything.
Rabo was a good anime original character, definitely pushed Yato to his limits in this fight.I'm craving for a second season of this so much.Can't wait till the second OVA gets released.

9/10.
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