Heaven on earth...

Overview

KAMICHU! is created by Besamemucho. The story is focusing on a protagonist named Hitotsubashi Yurie (pron: Yuri-e). She is just a regular middle school student who resides in the city of Onomichi situated on Japan's inland sea. The time of the plot is during the laid-back 1980s. Like the rest of school girls Yurie spends her days distressing about exams, assignments, homework and other mundane day-to-day chores. Her other prominent activity is trying to get Ninomiya Ken, the oblivious boy she adores, to notice her. However, this activity is put on-hold when on one momentous night, she is appointed as a Goddess!

The next day, during lunch day she nonchalantly announces to her friend Shijou Mitsue about her newfound divinity. Upon hearing the news, another classmate of her, Saegusa Matsuri, quickly secures on to Yurie’s divinity. Since her family's shinto shrine is on the brink of bankruptcy, Matsuri sees Yurie’s holiness as a way to promote her family Shinto shrine. She hopes that by replacing their ill-starred and hapless rockstar-wannabe god, Yashima-sama, this will make the shrine more popular and definitely, profitable. Matsuri eventually appoints herself as Yurie’s manager. Now, with a self-professed manager, Yurie has to do all normal goddess regimes such as granting wishes, revoking curses, meeting aliens, and not forgetting attending gods conventions. She does this at the same time as attending school and working-up the courage to confess to her object of affection, Ken.

My two cents

Frankly speaking, For some reasons I really enjoyed watching this series on Animax. What I like the most about this anime is the way it depicts the protagonist. Yurie is depicted as a candid and ditsy young school girl however when certain situations call for her she can very responsible and dependable. It is proven that maturity doesn't come with age, it comes naturally. Great power comes great responsibility.

So much I hate to admit it, the whole idea of a human transforms into a goddess is a tad ludicrous but this anime is not crammed with over-the-top magical scenes or events. There are some scenes but they are shown intermittently throughout the whole series. On top of it, tt doesn’t showcase any gruesome and awe-inspiring scenes or events but it displays the theme of carefree and capricious at a different level. Sometimes, simplicity is all it takes!

Another aspect that I really relish about this anime is the presentation of chaste and pure young love. It doesn’t need any blatant or bold love confession. From the Yurie’s blushing face and Ken’s mannerism and gestures we know that both of them are deeply in love...

Other reasons that attract me to this series are the amazing animation and exquisite details. They represent a rich and lush palette of colors. The animation so smooth that when these characters move around, the detailed little eccentricity, mannerism and expressions are beautifully displayed and that make anime more natural and lifelike. A certainly top-notch quality!

I would love to recommend this to all... Download the series HERE if you are interested.

[Note]

1. The title KAMICHU! is actually derived from two Japanese words Kami (God) and Chukagusei (school girl).
2. Some fans dub this series as Spirited Away, the TV.