Even though Japanese Otaku are tearing up their Kannagi manga and not purchasing the DVDs over the possibility that their little sweetheart goddess might not be "pure" I still think Nagi (our main shrine goddess/maiden in the series) is a virgin and even if she wasn't she is definitely not a slut as some cough cough 4chan cough cough fans have come to call her. Plus one reasonable person (there are very few of them) on 4chan gave the best reason of all for her to still be a virgin, and that's because she was "reborn" when she sprung to life from the wood carved idol that Jin made that started this whole mess. Now that that is out of the way lets get to what I think of Kannagi the anime since I haven't even took one look at the manga at all.
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens was easily one of the more enjoyable good time animes of this last season. Kannagi starts off with Jin inadvertently creating Nagi by carving up a piece of a sacred tree setting Nagi loose on the world to cleanup impurities and cause poor Jin all sorts of trouble. Nagi ends up living with Jin as his "relative" and when she gets bored with that she starts attending school causing Jin even more trouble. This of course leads to all manner of interesting and funny situations much to the chagrin of Jin's childhood friend Tsugumi who has a secret crush on him and sees Nagi as a rival for his attention. Soon along comes another shrine maiden Zange (who got there by possessing the daughter of the religious studies teacher of the school) who likes to sell confessions for a hundred yen and also has plans to become a successful idol and wants Jin for herself because it will infuriate Nagi the most. Zangi and Nagi are related goddesses of the city that is split in two by the river and they often compete against each other for the attention of the people (in order to survive they need people to believe in them). Toss in a few extra friends (the art club) and you get a funny little show that follows the dynamic bounding relationships that grow during the year that they are all together.
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens was easily one of the more enjoyable good time animes of this last season. Kannagi starts off with Jin inadvertently creating Nagi by carving up a piece of a sacred tree setting Nagi loose on the world to cleanup impurities and cause poor Jin all sorts of trouble. Nagi ends up living with Jin as his "relative" and when she gets bored with that she starts attending school causing Jin even more trouble. This of course leads to all manner of interesting and funny situations much to the chagrin of Jin's childhood friend Tsugumi who has a secret crush on him and sees Nagi as a rival for his attention. Soon along comes another shrine maiden Zange (who got there by possessing the daughter of the religious studies teacher of the school) who likes to sell confessions for a hundred yen and also has plans to become a successful idol and wants Jin for herself because it will infuriate Nagi the most. Zangi and Nagi are related goddesses of the city that is split in two by the river and they often compete against each other for the attention of the people (in order to survive they need people to believe in them). Toss in a few extra friends (the art club) and you get a funny little show that follows the dynamic bounding relationships that grow during the year that they are all together.
To be honest I really think Kannagi had some of the best second string characters of the season. the "Otaku" president of the Art club was definitely my favorite character of the series though. She was just a bit more interesting than the rest of them and being super cute didn't hurt either. After her I liked Nagi and the rest really seemed a bit too generic in personalities really . Over all though it all worked out to create an enjoyable fun mindless entertainment series that I hope will get licensed as I would really like to see it again on DVD and who knows with the way it was treated in Japan maybe it'll have better luck here in the states and cross your fingers be an affordable complete set. Here's to hoping and also a quick wish of good health and recovery to the creator of the Kannagi manga may she recover completely and hopefully return to doing the manga.
