Aug 4, 2019
Just finished the series and I must say, while Kamisama no Iutoori isn't a top-chef gourmet experience, it is more like a tasty, lunch-special, assorted 10-piece sushi. Fun, flavorful, and accessible yet sophisticated enough when you go through every fish on the plate.
I will talk briefly about both parts of the series, then get into the details on the controversial last parts of the Part 2.
(SLIGHT SPOILERS AHEAD)
The whole series revolves around difference characters playing various games with the rules set by Kamisama (god). A lot of these games are familiar to an average person, but the twist is that the consequences are dead
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serious. And by that I mean you can seriously die if you lose. What do you gain if you win, though?
Part 1 answers this by allowing the winners to survive and play the next game. Simple, yet still engaging.
Part 2 answers in a similar way up until near the end. Things start getting more philosophical, then it deepens.
While I could probably nitpick here and there, I was still with the mangaka (Author) until the very end, then SHBAM, in comes a gaping logic hole that makes the whole story feel rushed towards the end (nobody likes a negative after-taste). I go into details here,
https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582217#msg58109126
Anyway, the logical fallacy surrounding 3-kami game made it slightly less enjoyable, but ultimately did not change the core of the series. That we are born into a series of games, with everyone having different starts, then every action you take, every choices you make, changes you, and the ones who become stronger and/or blessed by RNG get to play the next game, but in the end, everyone plays their final game. Except those who don't.
Everyone has different interpretation of what this all means, not just the characters in the story but also the viewers who are reading the story. But some ideas are presented stronger than others, like how love and friendship prevails, how death gives life value, how RNG is a bitch, etc.
Unlike the commonplace Western philosophy with the idea of hell and heaven / good and evil, Kamisama no Iutoori leans more towards the Eastern concept of cyclic life, that everyone's inherently equal, and we are all interdependent. That we are who we are in relation to everything else around us. I experienced all of this in my head, but I've had hard time FEELING it in my heart. I'm guessing a lot of people would as well, either consciously or unconsciously.
All in all though, I enjoyed it.
I'd like to add an extra rating category of my own:
stimulation : 7.5/10 (breakdown below)
-fun : 9/10
-brain : 8/10 (that logic hole at the end... otherwise 7.5)
-heart : 7/10
-lesson : 6/10 (strong contents, weak delivery)
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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