Summary:
Little Mikuriya Jin spots an evil spirit spider which he wants to use to scare his buddy Aoba Tsugumi (childhood friend alert). Before he can do it, however, a beautiful shrine maiden appears and vaporizes the spider before disappearing. Years later, the sacred tree protecting the land is torn down because of some land reclamation, and Jin uses some of the sacred wood to carve a statue of the miko for his district art festival. With Jin’s latent supernatural ability and the powers of the wood, guardian spirit Nagi pops out and is none too pleased to find her tree was chopped down.
Jin recognizes Nagi as the shrine maiden from his flashback, but Nagi doesn’t remember that incident. Without the tree, Nagi is too weak to vanquish Impurities without equipment. Nagi is inspired by TV to create a mahou shoujo wand, and Jin turns out to be fairly useful because he can spot and grab Impurities without getting tainted much (Nagi cannot touch the Impurities or she gets a bad rash). With that, it’s some moving-in hijinks as Jin tries to resist the temptation to molest Nagi in her sleep.
Reaction:
First off, I am declaring for the Nagi camp, simply because we finally have a girl who can appreciate puns. We haven’t even met the other characters, but I don’t care because Nagi is the only character I need. I liked her character design for the beginning, but the joke following the tai/taiyaki moment secured it for me. I liked the OP idea, with Nagi learning to dance and do idol stuff, but the music didn’t really do it for me (and the ED was just boring).
Jin putting all his naughty magazines in an unsealed box labeled “textbooks” was a total tactical failure. I am surprised he didn’t come back from late night shopping with some see-through lingerie, but clearly he is a cowardly pervert. Unlike other harem males, however, at least Jin will always have a purpose. Basically, Jin is like the tee in golf; he exists solely to help you hit your target.
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Kabitzin makes good puns.
Fufufufufufufufu…
I’m waiting for when Nagi makes like a tree and leaves.
Ah, I remember when I ready the first chapter of the manga. I thought it was pretty a the time. Hopefully the anime will take me further though since I fell off from reading.
Also, it’s great to see you starting on the fall season. I myself just started to let loose my entries for the fall. :P
“Jin putting all his naughty magazines in an unsealed box labeled “textbooks” was a total tactical failure.”
And you can see the blowback coming a while away as well.
My only complaint is that Jin seems like a closeted horndog. Either be blatant with it or don’t be one at all!
Otherwise, I liked this first episode.
that’s about as funny as a screen door on a battleship!
so… is it worth a shot? Haven’t tried this one yet.
When you watch the episode, the joke will be even funnier… well, ok maybe not.
I like Kannagi from what I have seen of the manga so far. I expect it to be simple and enjoyable, but hardly must-see anime.
I like her mokkori hair-cut but I’m not going to fall for it again. The bandana is a bit frightening anyway. Is she some super-powered tsundere, or what? She can call me anytime when she’s grown out of magic sticks.
Did someone say golf?
I feel the OP is most likely those kind which grows on you after a while with each listen, so I think you might still be able to like it! I however, totally forgot how the ED sounds like. I’m perfectly fine with the lead not getting lucky with Nagi, since I like to thing she’s available… for me.
Chris: I didn’t know what Mokkori was until your comment, and now I am kinda saddened. It’s all in the spin, though, as I learned from DMC and the death-mokkori haircut.
Hinano: There is golf in Tower of Druaga, too.
Shin: I usually skip the OP for most series, unless it’s really good (e.g. Xam’D, Utwarerumono, etc.) so it probably won’t grow on me too much. It wasn’t terrible, but it didn’t really catch my ear. I might be a Nagi fan, but I am kinda hoping Jin ends up alone.
The OP song and animation stuck with me quite well… I’ve already wrote out my schedule for the dance rehearsals! =3 I must admit though, with animation like that (for the OP at least) they better not disappoint! Shes got alotta nerve becoming a silhouette like the almighty Haruhi-sama!
I’m still abit confused on what this anime is all about. I mean, theres this girl who destroys evil bug things… and thats all I know. I’m not complaining, but when I think about it, it doesn’t sound like something to get excited about, but of course, THE PUNS SEALED IT FOR ME TOO!!! XD
This better not be a tease! She MUST continue the punage! *ba dum psh*…
Oh, and back to the OP animation, I liked how Nagi was all Ridin’ Dirtay! (you guys seem to enjoy motorcycles, so enjoy… you damn Fonzies Show ▼
Hmm, thats funny cause I always thought it was “50 Cent featuring Lil’ Kim”, not “Lil’ Kim featuring 50 Cent”. Guess I gotta listen to dat sawng again yo!
Me too, but I guess we were both wrong. I think Nagi needs to get herself a cult or something so she can get enough faith-power to take on the really big impurity bugs. I am just making stuff up, though.
I really enjoyed this quite a bit. And uh… tree, leaf, yes. Ha!
But aren’t you worried the animation will pull a Birdy Decode?
I am worried about that, but at least I know the story is way better than what I have seen so far in Birdy. Birdy just bores me to tears, and I am still trying to get myself to finish the last three episodes…
Are those true tears? You could sell them on emobay.
…or you could sell them to me… *stalker hat on*
btw, why the mention of Birdy? Does the same studio do this too? (sorry, I usually don’t check who does what)