[Review] Kamisama no Memochou

The anime is about Narumi Fujishima, a normal high school kid who recently moved to Tokyo. He’s a bit detached and keeps to himself. He always believes that he’s just a nobody and he has come to terms with that fact. One day, a girl named Ayaka Shinozaki invites him to join the school’s Gardening Club. She also introduced him to Alice, a NEET detective. Alice is a shut in girl who surrounds herself with technology. She’s super insightful and she can solve any case presented to her as long as someone makes a request. Alice has decided to make Narumi his assistant. Narumi is then plunged into the other side of Tokyo where shady dealings is something normal. More importantly, it seems that Narumi is no longer a normal high school kid.

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God’s Memo Pad is an interesting show. No doubt you’ll enjoy but it’s a bit hard to pin point why. At first I thought it’d be like Go Sick where a boy would be interested with this cute girl who happens to be a detective. This girl would be a bit tsun tsun and a bit dere dere when interacting with the boy but she is also very smart being able to solve mysteries using her delicious brain.

The elements for that kind of show are present here. We have a normal boy willing to entertain all of the cute girl’s whim. We have a girl who is a bit cold and mean but deep down she is actually a vulnerable sheep that needs cuddling. There are also certain cases both of them are involved with and they solve it together.

It’s Go Sick 2.0 at mere glance. It’s actually not. Go Sick is about a smart girl who solves cases with a boy looking after her. God’s Memo Pad is more simplistic. It’s just about the boy. Now the premise may have you convinced it’s about the willing boy and the smart girl but as you progress you can easily point out certain elements that seems a bit off.

The anime had a premise about the NEET detective agency. A rather redundant term for sure. NEETs are people who have no job and have no plans to look for one. They’re one of the problems of a growing nation. They’re lazy bums leeching off their relatives. So the idea of a NEET detective is redundant.

A detective is an occupation or a job. Anyways, the anime built the premise around that. It’s where audience will get the impression of Go-Sick. The same premise of this normal boy seemingly attached to this little cute girl. Actually, Alice and Victorique have the same personality. They’re both tsundere, they like to be alone, Alice surrounds herself with computers while Victorique loves being around books, they’re both small and they’re both cute. You’ll get the impression that God’s Memo Pad is Go Sick set in modern times. It’s not.

RATING
Plot: 9/10
Animation: 10/10
Sound: 8/10
Characters: 8/10

You should avoid using too many comparisons to make your point or to explain something. Not all of the people here already watched Gosick. What if they don't know Gosick? they wouldn't know what the hell you're talking about.

Didn't really understand the anime much the story is kinda complex for me. (Probably because of the lack of background stories of the characters especially Alice who is a main character of the story.)

Character Development was also kinda slow
(I expected some romance in it but all I got is a tsundere which is also not that bad.)

Overall it was pretty good but definitely not at the same level as Gosick , its just your typical anime that you'd really like to see a second season of.