Since everyone is showing their great love and appreciation for Noragami on its 10 year anniversary .... I might as well do. Sorry if this is a long post... But I NEED to appreciate Noragami enough.
Firstly, before I begin anything I want to state that I LOVE analyzing. Whether it's literature novels, shows or movies... I love finding themes and symbolism. What's the point you may ask??
1) To understand the deeper messages, instead of mindlessly just watching/reading
2) Taking in the beauty and complexity of the work and appreciating the authors who made it.
And that's where Noragami hooked me. OK, I'll be honest... It started with Pinterest bombarding me with images of Yato and in my mind I was thinking "Ooo, he hott 😻". But after reading the manga, I realized how much of a masterpiece this manga really is. Not shallow like many anime/manga I read/watched. Which is so sad seeing how often underrated it is and how it seems to have just been forgotten after the second season ended. But this manga, the storytelling, the plot and the art... Nothing won over my heart like Noragami did. And it's LOADED with themes and symbolism for me to analyze. I'll probably make a post about the themes and symbolism in Noragami soon but not this post.
I also want to compliment the amazing portrayal of relationships in Noragami. The relationships you see in Noragami. Whether it's Yato and Yukine's complicated father/son relationship that had been filled with many hardships and misunderstandings since day one. Yato enduring so much for Yukine, hoping to give him a better life 😢😢
Or Yatori. Probably one of the healthiest and god-tier ships I've ever seen. Firstly, it wasn't love at first sight. You can actually see them grow together and gradually fall in love. They don't need to kiss for you to know they're a couple... And that's how you know, it's a well-written pairing. (Also let's not forget the tragic fact that having a mortal and immortal in love never goes smoothly).
Trash Dad and Yato's toxic relationship of well... Basically slavery. Or Kazuma and Yato's benefactor-bromance-of-the-ages relationship. There's so much I could go on about here with the different relationships in Noragami which Adachitoka are absolute masterminds at portraying.
The art is a huge thing for me. I consider myself an artist. Maybe not a great artist, but an artist. The covers are just GORGEOUS. And of course, after seeing the latest chapter, it was basically one big art flex for Adachitoka.
Last but DEFINITELY not least (I could go on ranting on and on about the beauty of Noragami but I don't have time), the characters themselves. The majority of the characters in Noragami are round characters. Meaning they aren't one-sided, they contain depth in their personalities, not shallow basically. Writing round characters is difficult for any writer. Like I for one, suck at it😀☝️
Yato is SO WELL-WRITTEN. This man has my heart and soul. He lives in my mind rent free, and I have a close emotional attachment to him. Yes for his gorgeousness and mystic eyes but also, I've never seen an anime charachter so close to real life as him. He feels so human, even though he isn't human. He doesn't have a 'dere' like most anime charachters do because let's be honest, charachters that have 'deres' are confined and defined by their 'dere'. There's no room for real growth in their personality because they can only be a tsundere, or a yandere etc etc.
Yato has so many sides to his personality, it honestly astounds me everytime I analyze him (lmfao, try searching up his MBTI personality type, you'll see people fighting about it in the comments- that's how complex he his). He is basically everything I ever wanted in a MC (and husbando❤️)
Not just him. But Yukine and Hiyori as well (I love how Hiyori is badass yet feminine. Breaking a common stereotype that a badass female character has to be masculine in nature and hella sexy to be considered 'badass')
In conclusion to a super long post that I doubt anyone would read..... THANK YOU ADACHITOKA FOR THIS MASTERPIECE!!!👏👏👏👏
They are two geniuses and I think we need to spread the message as to why more people should read Noragami. If we work together and turn this into a propaganda... I'm sure many more people will give in and start reading our painfully, heartbreakingly beautiful manga...
Happy 10th Anniversary peeps 😉✌️🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊
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