Noragami focuses on Iki Hiyori and her adventures with the Delivery god, Yato. After an accident Hiyori gains the ability to transform into a half-ayakashi (spirit/phantom), unfortunately, she has no power over this phenomenon, and as a result, often transforms at inconvenient times. Hiyori then makes the wish to Yato for him to turn her back into a full human, and this is what defines the early half of Noragami.
This show has three main characters, Iki Hiyori, Yato, and Yukine. Hiyori is a 15 year-old Junior High student with an unhealthy obsession with professional fighting. Hiyori has a strong and loving heart, and soon becomes a kind of mother/older sister figure for Yukine.
Yato is a rude, unpolished, annoying, smelly, homeless, jersey-wearing god, seeking to build a shrine and have at least 1.2 Billion followers (way to aim high there, Yato). Though often laughed at by other gods, and made fun of by Hiyori and Yukine, it is later revealed that Yato is a powerful war god.
Yukine is the third and youngest of our trio. Yukine is the spirit of a middle schooler who died in an unknown accident. As Yato’s Shinki (weapon of the gods) he takes on the form of a handle-less katana wrapped in cloth. Though a good kid, Yukine turns out to be easily corruptible, as he is still in the hormonal age of 14. It is implied that Yukine also develops a crush on Hiyori, despite her viewing him as a little brother.
Now this is certainly rare. I actually noticed the music, and didn’t like it. Noragami only has a few background tracks, but their main action one is a strange mantra that seems out-of-place. Apart from that, the opening, Goya no Machiwase by “Hello Sleepwalker” is very good, arguably one of my favourite anime songs.
Providing that a Noragami season 2 is created, I’ll approve of the current ending. This one really snuck up on me, as there was so much action going on, I had assumed that this would be a 25 episode series, and didn’t even realize that it was over until I updated my MAL, I thought that it was just the good ending to an arc. Speaking of arcs, Noragami has the unfortunate problem that many manga adaptations run into, half way through, it completely breaks off from the original plot with the Rabo/memory arc.
I truly enjoyed Noragami and wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who likes comedy, fast-paced action, and the occasional thought-provoking scene. I’ll leave you with my final rating of 9/10.
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