Date A Live is an anime that has pleasantly surprised me. Only 12 episodes long as of now, but promising a second season, the first ends with as many questions unanswered as answered. The main character, Shido, is a normal high school student who lives in fear of the impending spatial quakes that have been devouring holes into the Earth for some years now. The day his life changes he finds himself staring down the blade of a beautiful woman, Tohka, who seems to have come right out of the spatial quake herself, but turns out to be the cause of it. Shido is then recruited by a secret organization that instead of killing these spirits that come bringing the quakes, they would like Shido to make them fall in love with him, in-tow sealing away their spirit powers.
One thing I liked mostly about this anime is that it was funny. A lot of anime today try to force their humor by throwing their character into outlandish situations, where don't get me wrong, this happens in Date A Live, but the situation is more believable. I found myself laughing because it just felt natural, not laughing because the writers tried to make something considerably funny rather than just letting it flow through the show. Also this anime is full of partial nudity which you should by now come to expect out of almost every anime, but they at least cover the shower scenes with some steam like they did in Sekirei season 2. All in all this anime is a great story and hopefully they do continue with a second season as promised at the end of the show.
