Running time: half hour
Number of episodes: 13
Vintage: 2006-05-18
Age rating: ???
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Source: Anime News Network
Kamisama Kazoku or God’s Girlfriend, is exactly what you make of it based on its name alone. It stars Samatarou, the son of God who is the lucky guy with whom Tenko is in love. Tenko is an angel sent from Heaven to look over and protect Samatarou in the real world.
The basic premise to this entire show is that God and his family have settled on Earth in order for Samatarou to live a normal human life. The whole idea is for Samtarau to learn how humans behave and interact so that he can have the experience he needs to become God after his father steps down. His mother is a Goddess and so are his two sisters, and they help out from time to time. Tenko lives under the same roof as Samatarou, and although they are very close, Samatarou looks at Tenko as just another sister in the house.
One day a new girl arrives at school and Samatarou falls in love for the first time. Now that he’s on Earth he is completely human so it just happened by chance. This is when Tenko realizes she isn’t going to have Samatarou all for herself and things get a little out of hand. Tenko ends up in a turmoil when Kumiko, the new girl, ends up hanging out with Samatarou and Tenko feels alienated. From here on end the story starts revolving around the slow build up of romance between these characters.
This show is definitely funny, and I’m sure you’ll laugh at least once or twice, but most of the show carries itself with the heartwarming romance that will develop between the main characters. One of the more original aspects of the show is Tenko’s jealously. She gets jealous very easily and they visualize it extremely well with steam bursting out from her head like a tea kettle with boiling water. I really liked that little touch. It helps balance the comedic nature of the jealously with a very subdued yet mature tone.
There are two very different arcs in the anime that don’t really explain how they interconnect very well, but they are individually quite well performed. This in essence makes Kamisama Kazoku have two different endings, although you might not notice it at first. The first “ending” was very touching, while the second actual ending of the show was less of a compelling experience, but it was worth watching nonetheless.
The show paces itself well, especially since it encapsulates two separate story arcs in a very entertaining fashion in only 13 episodes, so you won’t really run into a dull moment. For a very quick and entertaining romance show this is surely worth trying.
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