Kamisama Kiss
New ReleaseAn anime where divine power is measured not in thunder and lightning, but in the ability to support those who come to you with a plea — and to find love where she was only seeking a roof over her head.
TV Tokyo launched "Kamisama Kiss" in the fall of 2012 — an anime that became the gold standard of "shoujo-fantasy" for teenagers over 25 episodes. The premiere on October 1 introduces viewers to Nanami Momozono — a girl who is kicked out of her home by her debtor father, who saves a strange boy in a park and is rewarded with… a Shinto shrine and the status of a deity she knows nothing about.
The series works on the contrast between a modern girl and ancient traditions: Nanami tries to balance school life with fulfilling the wishes of her worshippers while navigating her relationship with her cold but loyal guardian — the fox yokai Tomoe. The tone is a romantic comedy with mystical elements: it features both "tsundere" dynamics and Japanese mythology, as well as issues of teenage identity. The format of 25 episodes + OVA and a second season (2015) allowed the story to unfold from an accidental appointment to a conscious acceptance of the role of a goddess.
If you enjoyed "Kamisama Kiss" or "Natsume" for the coziness and mythology, or "Code Geass" for the themes of power and trust — this has the same spirit of "warm fantasy." For comparisons with other "divine" anime, check out "Noragami" or "The Ancient Magus' Bride."
2 seasons (25 episodes + 12 episodes) + OVA.
Yes, the manga is finished, and the anime adapts the main arcs.
Yes, ideal age 13-18, romance without eroticism.
A fox yokai, the guardian of the shrine, who initially despises Nanami but gradually falls in love.
A Shinto symbol of divine power that Nanami receives from the previous god.