The Day I Became A God

From its cover, The Day I Became A God looks like another anime that is bound to take you on an emotional rollercoaster. We instantly get reminded of “Charlotte” because obviously, we’re talking about an anime that “Key” produced. So, we definitely get some sort of originality here.

The producer of this anime, Jun Maeda, is famous for producing heart-wrenching and tear-inducing anime like Charlotte. It really makes us wonder what tragedies Maeda-San had to go through in his childhood that he possessed so many emotions to create something so emotional.

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Most of the anime produced by Maeda-San starts with his usual classic way, centered around high school students and looking like a pure slice of life. However, they soon drift into tragedies and become truly melodramatic. They’re also given a hint of supernaturalism. It all sounds so appealing, but a few things really disappointed us watching this anime. Let’s just delve deeper into our review for the anime “The Day I Became A God.”

The story revolves around a high school student named Youta Narukami, who is preparing for his college entrance exam. It’s his summer break when he comes across a mysterious girl named Hina Sato, who claims that she’s a goddess and that the world will end in 30 days. Yota does not believe her ridiculous claims, but as soon as she shows her supernatural abilities, Yota becomes convinced instantly. Hina decides to stay at Yota’s house, and their adventure, full of fun, as well as heartbreak, begins.

Final Verdict The Day I Became A God is the worst work of Maeda-San, considering his previous masterpieces that were very impressive. It would’ve been a great anime if it was 2010. But times have changed, and it’s difficult to digest such anime. Overall, this anime has a pretty low rating due to the flaws we discussed earlier. But if you want to watch this anime just for fun, then go ahead!

Now it’s excruciating for us to say that the design, character, and soundtracks feel copy-pasted from Maeda’s previous works. It feels a lot like Clannad, but it’s a knock-off version. The plot is very confusing, and it’s all jumbled up, losing the actual essence of the story. We repeatedly get to see Meeda’s clichés from the previous anime he made, and it’s just a huge mess. The story followed the repetitive formula that ultimately disappointed us. Maeda’s earlier works were also quite similar to each other, but this one makes us wonder, “Where did things go wrong?”

There have been failed attempts to make the anime funny, and the element of “comedy” proved to be very detrimental for the anime itself. It’s less funny and more annoying. As soon as the “emotional” part of the story comes, the plot becomes stagnant and very dull. We were expecting some consistency within the plot, but all we got was a mess of many things mixed up.

We also find it very weird how none of the characters care about the world coming to an end? Instead, they’re busy with making their bonds stronger, as if they’re not dying in 30 days. It’s just straight-up ridiculous.

The only good part of the anime was in episode 5 with Kyoko. She seemed like an important character that would contribute to the plot, and we finally saw some hope. But after episode 5, Kyoko became a mere supporting character.

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Overall, the story is nothing but a mess of Maeda’s previous works distorted and mixed up. We were expecting it to have some degree of originality, but unfortunately, it disappointed us.

The characters are no different than the plot, plain and lacking originality. They don’t feel meaningful or even memorable to us. We were expecting them to have some sort of character development with the development of the plot. But they’re all just lost.

Hina’s character is very cringey and annoying. She expects everyone to worship her and do whatever she’s telling them to. It doesn’t suit her character and doesn’t do justice to the fact that she’s going around helping people in need. Surprisingly, she’s the center of all the comedic scenes. It only hinders her character development.

Yota is your very generic selfless male protagonist who accepts that he must get everything right. He is seen to lean more towards Hina than towards his actual crush, that is Kyoka. Overall, Yota is a very dull character with little to no character development.

We liked Kyoko, who is beautiful and seems like the only normal person. She had the best opportunity to have some character development in the episode, but it’s such a waste that she didn’t get it.

The animation is the only thing that we love about this anime. The colors are very bright, and the borders make everything look luminous. The characters are designed well and make us want to look at them again and again. The animation goes well with the overall lighthearted vibe of the story. The background, however, gets a bit plain and unidentifiable at times. They’re pretty straightforward and appealing at some points in the anime. So, we gotta give it to “The Day I Became A God” because of its colorful and pleasing animation. There was definitely some effort put into the art department.

The background music set the mood for the story. They’re reasonably good. The opening and ending theme songs, however, are not very impressive. They’re not very catchy or memorable. Most of the emotional scenes felt a little out of place when it comes to the voice acting because of the forced voiceovers. Overall, the sound department did not disappoint us.

The Day I Became A God is the worst work of Maeda-San, considering his previous masterpieces that were very impressive. It would’ve been a great anime if it was 2010. But times have changed, and it’s difficult to digest such anime. Overall, this anime has a pretty low rating due to the flaws we discussed earlier. But if you want to watch this anime just for fun, then go ahead!