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Chinese anime with a low production value. Despite this, it's passable and interesting.

The pacing is rough, but adequate. The art is sketchy, sparse, and recycled, but adequate. The voice acting is uninspired but does the trick. Characters are adequate but not deep.

The story channels a lot of chinese cultural tropes, so if you've mostly watched japanese anime, this'll have a refreshing change of pace and social dynamics. It's a fun ride if you don't expect a masterpiece!

My gripe is that this is the kind of anime where the main character gets everything handed to him and is very arrogant. Other characters tend to be incompetent ... or whiny unless the MC is leading them. The genre also shifts every 6 episodes, so it might not be for everyone.

Don't let me turn you off or onto this. It does all you'd expect from a shounen anime. Like mashed potatoes, it's not innovative but it sure is filling.

Overall, I really liked this series once it kicked into the more serious plot of the second season. The first season was a modest beginning to an action anime with some unique plot devices and reasonably good quality characters.

The comedy loses some punch as the same jokes repeat often. That said, the comedy is timed well so that it doesn't interfere with serious moments (and occasionally provides much needed relief of tension).

The characters are each memorable in a way that most anime just can't manage. I really appreciated that the plot is 'small' enough that solid closure and denouement were possible. The ending ... is very satisfying because it was done with finesse, but it leaves you wanting to hear more stories from the noragami universe.

The plot isn't fantastic, but the character development maintained a great lock-step with plot advancement. Despite the great character advancement, many of the characters having the emotional maturity of a 6 year old throwing a tantrum.

Artistically, the style is well-developed and comfortably shifts between the realism of serious plot points and the cartoonishness of the comedic relief.

There is enough good content in the anime to make it memorable, but there are some oversights. The framework of this series is remarkably mature and healthy, but unfortunately the execution of the manga wasn't always able to do it justice.

Many of you reading will be quite familiar with anime, but for those who aren't, welcome to a new type of media with its own unique conventions. Ore no bla bla bla is a reasonably good anime, and has a little bit of everything, but falls short in so many ways.

While the philosophical intro was quite a refreshing way to start a comedy, it spent far too long developing a really superficial thesis. That said, those with background in history, particularly Japanese history, are treated to many jokes about famous people and their choices. This kind of humour is an absolute pleasure in small, unexpected ... doses, but the intro was quite hamfisted.

Throughout the anime, there were many moments that gave the writers opportunity to explore characters and the choice plot device in more depth, but I constantly found myself disappointed by their refusal to explore. The few good plot twists in the series were heavily telegraphed up to 3 or 4 episodes early, and the choice mechanic rarely served a purpose other than comic relief.

The characters are fairly well-developed, but none of them had a significant character arc. By episode 10, even the protagonist was basically the same character we met in the first episode. While most of the plot was lackluster and dull, the charm of this anime comes from how outrageous some of the situations are. There was also quite a lot of fanservice and fetish fuel in the anime, though I'm quite neutral towards both.

NouCome is not bad. The problem is that it isn't really that great either. The art and characters are solid. The storyline and comedy fall flat quite often. It's hard to favour this one when there are so many excellent anime in the comedy genre already.

I didn't enjoy it much, but the anime has moe appeal for those who love cute and vulnerable characters.