Noragami Aragoto - Fall Anime Premiere - 1st Episode Review/Thoughts
I really have enjoyed the first season of this show (I finished it very recently). I reallly love this show's comedy, and its way of suspense (I binge watched it within 2-3 days) and now, the newest episode of season 2, episode 1? It was pretty good, I must say; and the newest opening song.... now the openings are awesome. I will link it a bit later. But first, the impressions!!!!!!!!! Let us rock!
Plot - In the second season of Noragami the main focus is on Bishamon, god of combat. She has many shinki due to her being unable to abandon spirits attacked by Ayakashi. She has a large group of shinki with her as leader, causing her trouble as she sometimes cannot tend to all of them properly, especially when one of them gets sick or is in pain. She has a strong hate for Yato, as a dark past binds the two of them. How will the horrifying events dated hundreds of years ago in combination with current evil happenings affect Yato and Yukine?
(Events of episode 1): Now, this episode takes place a few months after season 1, and its a new year, a new day. And well.... Yato is called to a baby-sitting job. Hiyuri tags along after her soul slips out... again. She and Yato and Yukine slay the phantom caused by the child after finding out it was created via room mirror. After that Yukine is off on his own all alone while Yato goes somewhere, all of this is going on while Bishamon it suffering from nightmares of the past and her pyhsical strain of handling so many regalia. Yukine meets an 'apparent' regalia of Bishamon and seems to be that he is working with the doctor that Bishamon called earlier in the episode.... Yep, this wont go well.
Animation and Sound: Animation generally looks better than last season; there is no real way to explain it... but it looks better. Music wise, its good. Same quality of music before, the music is good.
Characters :
Yato - "Gods can do anything they want. Including hurting someone... Or taking their lives."
Yato is a god who attempts to build his own shrine. He wears a jersey and so-called fluffy scarf and refers to himself as "Yato God" (Yatogami). When his current Shinki (Divine Weapon) quit, he was unarmed until he met Hiyori and Yukine. He calls himself "delivery god" and often puts his own cell number on several common places in case someone needs his help. He usually charges for 5 yen, what Japanese people usually give when praying at a shrine.
He used to be a feared God of War, known as a "God of Calamity." Bishamon despises him for killing Toma, her Shinki, that she vows to take vengeance for.
Kofuku affectionately calls him "Yatty."
Yuki:
He died at a young age, making him miss his normal life as a middle schooler. He acts like his age, and was once stealing money from people with the excuse that it's okay since he's dead. After being "saved" by Hiyori, he becomes more obedient and respects Yato and Hiyori.
When he was alive he had trouble with his father as seen by Yato when he first obtains Yukine.
In a katana form, he finds Yato's sweaty hands so disgusting that he calls him "Drippy."
Hiyori Iki:
Although the daughter of a respectable family, she's a martial arts-loving junior high-school student. After being saved by Yato, she becomes more prone to having out-of-body experiences. (She is a half-phantom)
She has an older brother. She also has a pink tail emerging from her body whenever she falls asleep.
Bishamon:
The strongest Combat God who possesses many Shinki due to being unable to abandon spirits attacked by Ayakashi. She wants to kill Yato because in the past he supposedly killed one of her Shinki, Touma.
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