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First-Name Basis : Keima mostly calls the girls by their first names. Some of the girls also call Keima by his first name including Yokkyun. Minami's arc is also mainly from her perspective, as her capture is mainly driven by the over-bloated image she creates of Keima as a sempai. It's notable because the story being told from the girl's perspective is one of the biggest points of her arc. Flat Character : Invoked by Keima to explain why a group of thugs isn't dangerous. Unfortunately, he forgot that he isn't in a game Flight : Members of the Runaway Spirit squad are able to fly thanks to their celestial robes.

Haqua has also demonstrated the ability to fly independently using a spell. Floating Continent : New Hell is laid out this way, as a number of islands floating above the surface of the old Underworld. Foil : The goddesses so far have tended to act as foils for the hosts in question. The buddies and devils also tend to work like this. For example, there's clever but rude Keima matched with kind ditsy Elsie and perfectionist Haqua with slow, easy going Yukie.

Forceful Kiss : Keima plants one on Akari as part of his capturing route, thinking that it'll finish the capture. This actually makes Akari think that it can help her make a human faster, so she force kisses him several times on more than one occasion. Keima quickly regrets this and apologizes for planting the idea into her head in an effort to make her stop, to no avail. Foreshadowing : The author has put in a lot of effort into subtly giving out clues for the goddesses and future developments.

In Flag 1, Elsie mentions having terrible sempais. Many chapters later we are introduced to Nora, Cresta, and Camry. In Episode 7 of Season 1, during the first song of her concert, Kanon has a flashback to her time spent with Keima which shouldn't be possible because they kissed before the concert and the loose soul was captured, therefore removing her memories of Keima.

This was not in the manga. However, this is possibly the studio taking the liberty to hint at what is to come as it has been revealed in the manga that Kanon is the host of the goddess Apollo, resulting in her remembering Keima. In the manga, at the end of the arc, the star analogy is prominent. Elsie comments on how brightly Kanon shines, and Keima noted that Kanon's like a star.

The anime adds on to this by having the stage design use a lot of stars. Also, another way of describing Kanon's rise to fame is that she's a rising star. In an omake, Yui comments on how a dress would be nice for her groom. One omake is narrated by Tsukiyo's doll. Hilarity Ensues.

Until you realize that the doll was controlled by Vulcan all along. Yui's omake sketch. She's dressed like in her capture, but for her image in the lake, it's her image after.

Two parts of her, shown in a reflection Where have we seen that before? Keima making a mistake on the sentence "She regained her memories". There's a really subtle one for Chapter that's been there ever since Chapter 3. Come Chapter , it's been revealed that the school has some connections with Demeter the goddess herself. The chapter also reveals the name of the previous owner of the land, Shouzou Shiratori.

Later in Flag , 10 years ago, note time travel we are introduced to Urara Shiratori, a possible descendant whose family owns a construction company that is working on the Maijima coast. The splash page of Chapter features a mystery girl with her back turned. It turns out to be Urara, who Keima meets later.

Although, it seems their manner of speech didn't swap. At first. In chapter it's revealed that Keima swapped bodies with himself as part of the Mental Time Travel method used by the goddesses. Freefall Romance : Keima and Tsukiyo shared a mid-air kiss at the end of the latter's arc. From a Certain Point of View : Keima attempts to wriggle out of a difficult question using this technique in chapter His questioner is suspicious.

Full Moon Silhouette : Keima and Tsukiyo during their mid-air kiss at the end of the latter's arc. Furo Scene : Elsie in chapters 2 and , Tsukiyo in chapter 45, Haqua in chapters 48 and , Keima! Yui in chapter 83, Kusunoki in chapters 91 and 97, Hinoki in chapter 95, and Elsie and Haqua together in chapter Mari Katsuragi indulges in one in the 8th episode of season 1.

Gainax Ending : Played for Laughs. The first season ends with Keima trying to catch up on his gigantic backlog of games by using God of Conquest mode for twenty hours straight until he wears himself out.

While he's trying to keep himself conscious for long enough to finish the last game, the heroine suddenly comes to life, along with a hoarde of other Dating Sim heroines to cheer him on until he finishes, and then take him with them to "The Gaming World", aka a giant grassy field where they all frolic and play Dating Sims while a really bad karaoke ending theme plays.

Then they announce the second season. Gas Lighting : Played with in the Tsukiyo capture. Keima uses the same technique note altering her environment without her knowledge and denying it , but his goal is not to drive her mad but to break her dependence on her doll as a emotional support so he could fix the gap in her heart. He definitely is messing with her psychologically. Generic Cuteness : Some minor characters are explicitly drawn to be unattractive though not quite Gonk level but most minor characters, despite being stated to be rather plain because most people in the real world are rather plain, do not look that bad.

Genre Blind : Arguably, Keima. Although he is incredibly genre savvy when it comes to his targets, he fails to notice the obvious signs involving those girls who are developing feelings for him.

It might just be from the way he ignores everything except his games,. Subverted in Elsie's case. In chapter Keima consciously tries to avoid a romantic side-plot with her, though he may have failed Genre Savvy : Keima is a master of identifying the stereotypes embodied by his targets and the events needed to "capture" them.

Hell gets a little credit, too, for picking out a Dating Sim master in the first place. Indubitably the author, Tamiki Wakaki, himself. Where do you think all the allusions and Keima's Genre Savviness come from? The third season OP, being nearly 13 minutes long, takes this Up to Eleven , 6 out of the 8 sections of the song thematically depicting the story of each of the Goddess hosts for the entire season.

Gilligan Cut : From chapter 2 - Keima flat-out refuses to let Elsie come to his house. The very next scene, Mari's welcoming Elsie to the Katsuragi home. Or chapter Especially with 'real' women who call you things like cockroach!

Next scene, he's sharing cleaning duties with her. Girl Group : Citron before Kanon started her solo career. Which is later subverted, because she moved into the house right next door. All thanks to Elsie, who destroyed the neighbor's house with her broom. Girl of the Week : Each arc, Keima must romance a new girl, who then forgets the whole thing.

Though some start to remember Giving Someone the Pointer Finger : Keima is quite fond of this. The Glasses Gotta Go : Kanon's appearance is rather plain Glomp : Happens a few time. In FLAG 2 Elsie tried to do this to Keima after he agreed to help her fully clothed in the manga, wearing only her Hagomoro in the anime , he dodges her.

Even the Galge industry has to take his presence and influence into account; Hell certainly did. Chapter 86 graces the fact Godlike Gamer : Keima is one of the most impressive examples in the entirety of fiction. He spends almost all of his free time playing video games. He gets away with playing games in class because he still aces all his tests in school and holds perfect attention to the lecture. He also runs a gaming blog as the "God of Conquest", where he tackles on any game suggested to him, including mapping out every last possible route in an Obvious Beta Dating Sim game that the developers released without ever properly finishing.

When he builds up a backlog of dozens of games due to the events of the story, he decides to lock himself in his room and play all of his backlog, including numerous Role-Playing Games and Dating Sims. He enters into " God of Conquest " mode, and plays twenty-four games all at once. He completes 3 months worth of backlogs by the end of the day. If her grandmother, who looked the same as a child, is any indication, it won't last.

As demonstrated in the Sumire Arc, Keima can apply this to himself at will. Good Is Dumb : Haqua releasing Fiore was a very dumb thing to do. Good Is Not Nice : Diana may be a goddess, but she's blunt, rude, and selfish when it comes to restoring her power. Nikaido-sensei as well, who is powerful enough to seal up a giant Runaway Spirit all by herself, but otherwise lets the other characters do all the work while she acts like a royal bitch. Partly justified in that her mission on Earth seems to be more about catching "Vintage".

It turns out that Nikaido is Dokuro, which explains why she is so powerful. However, she has somehow become human, which prevent her from using all of her power, with the implication that she can only access it thanks to Rimyuel's assistance.

As an explanation to her generally aloof and sometimes irascible demeanor at school, it is most likely an act made specifically to be able to protect Keima while keeping Vintage and other enemy devils from realizing his real role and importance, as well as to prevent the Genre Savvy gamer from figuring things out too early. Gotta Catch Them All! Gradual Grinder : Haqua's human partner Yukie is explained to be a positive example of this in that she works on multiple targets at once, and very slowly gets them to open up to her by visiting them daily.

Gratuitous English : The anime openings. Unfortunately, her Heroic Sacrifice doesn't pan out the way she imagined it. Great Offscreen War : The civil war that happened in hell, which caused its surface to be uninhabitable and forced the people of New Hell to live in floating cities, is mentioned repeatedly. Chief Dokuro was a hero of this war. Green Lantern Ring : Celestial robes are part of the Squad's uniform.

They possess a wide range of utilities depending on the user's skill, including flight, restraints, and the ability to create various items. Green Rooming : In season 3 of the anime, Kanon, or rather her goddess Apollo, is taken out of commission right away in the first episode, and ends up causing Keima to undertake the conquest of the goddesses after witnessing Lune stabbing her.

She doesn't appear again until around episode 8, and even then just as a brief cameo to let Keima know she's still doing okay for the most part. This conveniently allows other girls and goddesses to have more screentime with him, some whom he conquered in earlier seasons, and some who only appeared in brief scenes due to the anime skipping many chapters in the manga between season 2 and 3.

Guile Hero : Keima is not a powerful champion that can force out evil spirits with bulging muscles, instead he plans out his moves way ahead and tops it off with charm he gains from his galges. In a later arc, Keima admits that he cannot possibly fight Vintage and protect the goddesses and everyone else, so he plans to find the goddesses and give them power via love so they can protect themselves instead. Hair Antennae : Kanon and Haqua even as a child.

Strangely enough Elsie disguised as Kanon initially lacks them, though she gets them later. Keima has only one, but in his case it's not Idiot Hair , since the antenna is pointing downwards.

Harem Seeker : In chapter , Keima decides to weaponize this - though that only becomes clear in the next chapter. Harsh Word Impact : A beautiful 4 hit combo string in chapter Jab to the face, punch to the stomach, a surge of flames, and a morph spell to seal the deal. Hatedom : Keima, more precisely Kanon 's alleged boyfriend, has one In-Universe. In FLAG , Shiori ran his name in a search engine to learn more about him and found tons of hateful comments in return. Hates Being Touched : Keima's not an extreme example; he will allow himself to be touched if he has to, he just doesn't like it.

Hellish Pupils : Keima has snake eyes when he asks Elsie "did we kiss? Hell on Earth : As revealed in chapter , Vintage's goal is to resurrect the Weiss and turn Earth into the new Hell once the goddesses are out of the way. He-Man Woman Hater : Keima, who likes girls just fine Alternatively , it may be an extreme case of Girls Have Cooties. Keima is undergoing a lot of Character Development , so both may be true at different moments of the manga.

See his entry on the characters' page for more details. Henohenomoheji : Tsukiyo's image of Keima's face with his "sense of beauty". Heroic BSoD : Sort of. After Chihiro called Keima out on his hypocrisy, he immersed himself even deeper into gaming and wouldn't even eat or talk to Elsie. He was then brought out of it half a chapter later by hunger and Ayumi. In Ch. Haqua suffers one in episode 4 of Season 2, which the loose soul of the week takes advantage of. In Chapter , Keima actually goes into one after coldly rejecting Chihiro and being rejected by Ayumi.

A bit surprisingly, he agrees with Ayumi that "he is the worst. He then gets a real one in the same FLAG upon meeting, of all people, Ayumi and Chihiro, and being reminded of the pain he caused them during the Goddess Arc. However, her body slowly morphs into water, and the goddesses explain to Keima that its a spell Apollo cast to delay the curse, and they are unable to retrieve her while this spell is active.

They mention that Mercurius may be able to recover Apollo, causing him to lament at having a new objective added to complete the quest like in a cliched RPG.

Chihiro's bike so he can collar his future targets. High-Pressure Emotion : In both anime and manga. Hollywood Tone-Deaf : As evidenced in the final episode of the first season. Keima's singing is atrocious. It's so bad it's hilarious.

Honor Before Reason : Despite having the girls' memories "erased", Keima still remembers and sticks to his promise to them, i. Which might actually pay back, since some of the girls remember the capture, and even if they see him as an n-timing scumbag, he at least keeps on the promises he made. And because he has to capture girls who remember him again , this is rather important as it means there is anything good about him in their eyes. Horned Humanoid : Some New Devils have horns, this denotes that they are from an old, distinguished family.

Hot Teacher : Keima's bosomy homeroom teacher Nikaido, with her tall and slender body, who always wears "revealing" clothes. Yui Lampshades the ridiculousness of the situation by asking her if she is practicing a human pyramid.

Hyper-Competent Sidekick : Keima is this in universe. Storyline Edit. Keima Katsuragi prefers immersing himself in the 2D world, chasing digital girlfriends. However, after answering a mysterious email he finds himself bound by a contract helping the demon Elsie capture 'lost souls' from the underworld. He must now win over these real-life ladies in order to fill the void in their hearts which these souls have entered, releasing the souls and allowing for their capture. Also to further motivate, if he does not perform this 'duty' a collar around his neck will explode.

Forced to date cute girls to free them from escaped demons from hell? This gamer can't lose! User reviews 6 Review. Top review. Pretty neat harem anime. I always say this in my reviews but I am very picky when it comes to the harem genre because it can be either the group surrounding the opposite sex are stupid, or the main person that is being surrounded by the opposite sex is mainly the stupid one.

However Keima is a pretty smart character who also acts the maggot the whole time but boy, he knows how to charm the ladies 2D and 3D lol. I like the fact he is using the type of consoles that any of us have used from childhood.

I'm surprised though the Nintendo DS console didn't appear on the anime. I'm sure I left others out but never mind , it was cool they made an appearance under different silly names lol! This anime was so funny and very well done. Irishchatter May 28, Demographic: Shounen Shounen. Score: 7. Ranked: 2 2 based on the top anime page. Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai. Ranked Popularity Members , Fall TV Manglobe. PV English dub version. More videos. More Videos. Episode 12 Episode 11 Episode 10 Episode 9.

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