Always use protection, kids. Episode summary: Yato shows up at Hiyori’s school because his latest client is a bullying victim. He then gives the kid a pair of box cutters in case the latter wants to [...]
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Sometimes, we can't help it. Noragami Episode 8 Review "Over the Line" "Issen o Koete" (一線を越えて)The post Noragami Episode 8 – Crossing the line appeared first on Entravity.
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The youth is full of angst and drama, and in Noragami, that is no different. Yukine finally unleashes his rage, launching the plot forward and highlighting long required emotional development in this [...]
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Last week Hiyori and Yato decided not to give up onf Yukine, but if they’re to survive, Yukine has to not give up on himself. That becomes increasingly difficult when Yato’s next request for help [...]
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So, I thought I was getting sick of Yukine last week, but honestly I’m definitely over him after this episode. All those warm and cozy, fluffy feelings I had about him four episodes ago are gone. He [...]
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Nora, the creepy china doll girl. When we first saw her, she was watching Yato from the shadows and it gave me chills. Ever since then, I could not stop wondering just who or...The post Review: [...]
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「迷い事、定め事」 (Mayoigoto, Sadamegoto) "Uncertainty, Destiny" I pity Yato for putting up with Yuki even when he shouldn't have to.
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The latest few episodes of Noragami reveal the anime’s true point: a focus on relationships. These episodes focus on Yato teaching Yukine about being a Regalia, and about their struggling relationship [...]
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Has the show’s true villain finally appeared? Episode summary: Guess what? Yukine runs away yet again. Kazuma, one of Bishamon’s many Regalias, warns Hiyori that if Yato doesn’t get rid of Yukine, [...]
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Another week, another rock-solid episode of Noragami.You know the drill - every week Noragami just delivers the goods.  More than any new show this season this is the one that's managed to evade [...]
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Names of Regalia. Noragami Episode 7 Review "Uncertainty & Destiny" "Mayoigoto, Sadamegoto" (迷い事、定め事)The post Noragami Episode 7 – Names appeared first on Entravity.
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Noragami reduces the amount of alterations and proves much better as result. The regrettable part is that even when it achieves something positive, its past mistakes still weigh [...]
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Usually we like our anime series’ mythologies to be kept as simple and un-embellished as possible, but Noragami is a notable exception, where the more we (along with Hiyori) learn about the whys and [...]
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You’d think the giant antlion on the soccer field would mean a delay of game or something. Impressions: Well, at least it was a break from Yukine acting out. I can’t say that much of the humor worked [...]
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Maybe it’d be less annoying if they stopped enabling him. Apparently there was an OVA episode of this out a couple days ago. I’ll get to it after Wiz Bars. Or maybe before. Who knows! Impressions: [...]
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Medieval Otaku compares Rygart’s suffering in Broken Blade to the misery that Christians endure. [Medieval Otaku] Anime Commentary on the March’s writer provides insight about kami and ayakushi while [...]
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Impressions Noragami is getting into dark territory and […]
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In recent years, Japanese animators have had their fun with their various religious figures, from Jesus and Buddha to the host of kami in Shintoism.  Noragami continues this trend of poking fun at the [...]
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「コワイヒト」 (Kowai Hito) "Scary Person" Little boys aside, this episode was packed full of fast paced action and I loved seeing a war amongst Gods.
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Like many anime or manga that focus on the spirit world as found in Japanese belief systems and religions, Noragami presents us with a representation of how the lives of humans constantly intersect [...]
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