Story: 6
For the above reason.
Now don't get me wrong, it's a nice story and the main characters where enjoyable, but the entire premise of the plot is that these middle school girls are chosen to protect a god from some monsters. The reason why the god is a jerk will be discussed at the end for spoiler reasons.
Art: 7
World design, monster design and character design all good, nothing really went wrong or seemed out of place
Sound: 7
Same story
Character: 8
Solid main characters, all of them have a purpose that was met by the end of the story. Although very little backstory information was given, except 1 where lots of backstory happened, all the girls were fleshed out and no one was really left for the "why are you here" question.
*Spoilers ahead*
So going back to why the god of this world is an asshole, in this world you can use god powers in exchange for bodily functions. But why though? In the end they are 100% ok which means that the god could maybe not need these girls to sacrifice themselves to protect it? Even if it did, would it not make more sense to return the girls to a healthy state, it clearly can and it would be beneficial to the girls mental state. And I would think that you would want your protectors to be in top shape to protect you, no?
