Noragami Review

Title: Noragami, Noragami Aragoto (season 2)

Genre: Shounen, Supernatural

Written By: Hitomi Mieno

Release Date: Season 1 January 5 2017 - March 23 2017, Season 2 October 2 2015 - December 25 2015

Synopsis: In times of need, if you look in the right place, you just may see a strange telephone number scrawled in red. If you call this number, you will hear a young man introduce himself as the Yato God.

Yato is a minor deity and a self-proclaimed "Delivery God," who dreams of having millions of worshippers. Without a single shrine dedicated to his name, however, his goals are far from being realized. He spends his days doing odd jobs for five yen apiece, until his weapon partner becomes fed up with her useless master and deserts him.

Just as things seem to be looking grim for the god, his fortune changes when a middle school girl, Hiyori Iki, supposedly saves Yato from a car accident, taking the hit for him. Remarkably, she survives, but the event has caused her soul to become loose and hence able to leave her body. Hiyori demands that Yato return her to normal, but upon learning that he needs a new partner to do so, reluctantly agrees to help him find one. And with Hiyori's help, Yato's luck may finally be turning around. (https://myanimelist.net/anime/20507/Noragami)

(Yato calls Yukine as Sekki if he's going to use him as a Shinki or a weapon)

 

(The power of a God to cleanse an evil spirit or Phantom)

Thoughts: If I am going to rank this anime among with my favorite animes, Noragami ranked up to #3 as soon as I finished the whole anime series. Shingeki no Kyojin is no.1 and Gintama is no.2. I am into fantasy animes and Noragami had the things that I want in an anime. This anime is a combination of Bleach and Soul Eater that were ones my favorite anime before so that's why Noragami got in my ranked lists so easily. In bleach, they are killing hollows in which we can compare it to Phantoms in this anime and In Soul Eater, they are using weapon who were spirits as well. The good thing in this anime, everything is so cool except from the protagonist which is Yato. A God of Calamity who acts like a retarded seal, but that makes the anime so funny. 

                           

(A God who is a fan of a mascot)

I read the manga of this anime unfortunately, it is still on going. Maybe I'll just post another review for the manga version of this anime once it was finished. I am hoping that this anime willhave it's next season soon. Noragami is one of the animes that needs big attention like One Piece, Naruto and Bleach.

The concept of the story is, a God of Calamity wants to have his own shrine and a lot of worshippers. He grants wishes of the people for a 5 yen and plans to build his own shrine. However, he's a God of Calamity, who would want to worship a God of Evil? 

(Yukine turning into a Shinki "Sekki")

Animation: 10/10

Of course! I fell in love with this anime as soon as I saw first scene of the first episode. While I was doing the gifs for this post, I noticed that even for the small transition of the frame, every frame is so detailed, fromthe wave of the hait, the eyes are clear and backgrounds are awesome. Unlike to other animes, each frame is like a scribble. This is definitely a high quality anime.

Soundtrack: 10/10

I WANNA GIVE 15/10! When I am hooked up with an anime, their soundtrack is one the reasons. For example, inShingeki no Kyojin, it's OST are awesome to the point that I downloaded the whole OST albums of that anime. And I am listening to it even though it's just an instrumental music. In Noragami's OST, I already have it in my files! The music makes the anime even cooler. 

(Serious Yato and Yukine in a battle against Bishamon, the God of War) 

Overall: 10/10

THIS IS SOOOO RECOMMENDED ESPECIALLY TO GUYS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A COOL ANIME. This anime is so funny tooo that you might want not to finish this quickly. Unluckily, once you started watching this anime, you cannot stop.

Hunter x Hunter 2011 Review

Title:  Hunter X Hunter (2011)
Genre:  Action, Adventure, Super Power, Shounen
Written By: Yoshihiro Togashi
Release Date:  Oct 2, 2011 to Sep 24, 2014

Synopsis:  Hunter x Hunter is set in a world where Hunters exist to perform all manner of dangerous tasks like capturing criminals and bravely searching for lost treasures in uncharted territories. Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss is determined to become the best Hunter possible in hopes of finding his father, who was a Hunter himself and had long ago abandoned his young son. However, Gon soon realizes the path to achieving his goals is far more challenging than he could have ever imagined.

Along the way to becoming an official Hunter, Gon befriends the lively doctor-in-training Leorio, vengeful Kurapika, and rebellious ex-assassin Killua. To attain their own goals and desires, together the four of them take the Hunter Exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death. Throughout their journey, Gon and his friends embark on an adventure that puts them through many hardships and struggles. They will meet a plethora of monsters, creatures, and characters—all while learning what being a Hunter truly means.   (https://myanimelist.net/anime/11061/Hunter_x_Hunter_2011)


Thoughts: When I was still in grade school, I used to watch anime shows aired in a TV station ever afternoon. That includes HxH. From back then, this anime was one of the best anime. From the idea of the plot to the animation. It was one of the favorites of my mom. Yes, My parents were anime fans back then that's why I am here now in this fandom. Anyway, that time I was not able to understand the full story cause I haven't watched the whole series. Watching this anime in it's new version is a good idea after all. The characters are well-built. Gon and Killua has the best friendship award. This anime involves deep connection through friends and family so it somehow touched my heart. 

Their powers were really thought about by the producer and the tactics were really planned. It was a great anime. The only thing that it made me bored is when waiting for a fight scene to come and when a fight scene came it lasted just a couple of minutes. But that was one of the things that made me stay for watching the whole series. It makes me hooked up every episode.

Leorio using his Nen to punch Ging

Killua's God of Lightning in Chimera Arc

Kurapika fighting with one of the members of Spider

I intend not to post Gon's power cause it's a major spoiler.

Animation: 10/10
If you are going to compare the old version of this anime to the new one, of course the 2011 version was better (obviously). I am too observant when it comes to animation and this anime has my taste. That made me say that this is one of the best anime in history. My favorite fight scene was with Chairman Netero and Meruem. It was superb to the point that I was screaming "WOAAAAAAAH!!!" in the whole fight scene. beside from the animation of course the clashing of their ultimate powers is overwhelming.

Soundtrack: 10/10
YES!! YEEEESSSS! I love the soundtrack of this anime. It fits perfectly with the scenes. If the producer wants you to be tensed along with the situation in the episode, the music makes you feel tensed. The background music somehow manipulating your emotions or feels as you watch the series.

Overall: 10/10
I would recommend this anime to anyone. But ofcourse this anime is not fit with kids because of it's some semi gore/ bloody scenes in the anime. Besides on that this anime is perfect!