The story of Date A Live takes place in a world that has these phenomenons called spacial quakes caused by these things called spirits. Shido, the main protagonist, meets one of these spirits after a recent spacial quake and is later finds out his younger sister Kotori is head of a group called Ratatoskr. Their goal is to help the spirits by having Shido going out on dates with them. The "date experts" at Ratatoskr rig the dates, but Shido doesn't always follow their advice. He meets the same spirits again and gives her the name Tohka, but they are attacked by the Anti-Spirit Team (AST) as Shido asks Tohka out on a date. After events it is revealed that Shido can seal away a spirits powers by kissing them. Shido wants to save the spirits and help them live normal lives as people, but is afraid that he might not be able to. The anime follows volumes 1-4 of the light novels.
The animation is very good. The actions scenes are done very well.
The characters are all really good. My favorite is hands down Tohka because before she met Shido she would show up on Earth, buildings would be destroyed, and the AST would attack her. So when Shido takes her out on a date she experiencing emotions she hasn't felt. Shido is a generic main lead, but he is done well. Yohino is a spirit who has a hand puppet named Yoshinon and has kind of two personalities in which she conveys through Yoshinon using I guess ventriloquism. The last character is Origami a popular girl at Shido's school and has a prejudice against spirits because her parents were killed by one. She also has a weird love obsession with Shido. She is also both loveable and hateable. There is also Kurumi, but she is one those characters that shouldn't be talked about because she's that awesome and crazy.
I really enjoyed Date A Live. This show was just so entertaining from start to finish. The characters are enjoyable and comedic at times. That's why I'm giving this an 8/10.
