In our generation, there is what you call an Otaku culture. A part of this culture is the love for Anime. In truth, I'm one of those who can be considered as one of this culture. I love Anime so much! And one of the latest anime shows out there that i love so much is the anime "The World God Only Knows." I heard about this anime from my dorm mates and they got me hooked to it too.
In this show, the main character, Keima Katsuragi, is known as the known on the Internet and in gaming circles as The Capturing God because of his exceptional skills and experience in "capturing" (winning over) virtual girls in dating sims. But in reality, he is one of those who are considered lame and a nerd since he spends so much time playing his games. He even plays it during his classes. Keima is only attracted to virtual girls in the game world. When he is in danger, Keima prioritizes saving his game.
One day, Keima receives a challenge mail asking him to conquer a girls heart. Thinking it was that of the usual challenging him to get a 2D girl in a game, he accepts it right away. It turns out to be a contract from Dokoro Skull. Keima meets Elsie, a demon whose job is to capture Loose Souls, also known as Weiss. He must work with her in capturing the spirits, which have hidden themselves in various girls, or he will be beheaded. After he researches his target, he acts out scenarios from his girl games, and puts himself in situations where they are together. When he determines the root cause of her problem, and the solution path he must take, he utters his catchphrase "I can see the ending."
Since he doesn't know anything in dating real girls, he uses the strategies he does in his games. Like in one episode he had to capture the heart of a girl pretending to still be rich in school but was really poor. He found out about this and so he enacted an event he played once in a game to get a character with the same traits the girl had. In the end, the girl fell for him and they kissed, enabling Elsie to capture the Weiss residing in the girls heart.
There are many reasons why this show is really popular. Not only is this a romantic comedy but it is also has a great art style. According to Aiden Foote in the site T.H.E.M:
"The show looks and sounds good too. Its art is soft and
pleasing to the eye and the character designs are
universally pretty, unique and colourful. Its animation
seems slightly hamstrung by a less than tremendous
budget but it does better than most, especially in the
opening sequence. The music too, is top quality.
The OPs for both seasons are by ELISA and I think
they are two of the best OPs I’ve ever heard, especially
the OP for the first season. The actual score for the
series is cute and pleasant too, adding a cute and bubbly
atmosphere to the show’s sweet content."
He actually compared the main characters to Holmes and Watson! Nice right?
He also had some bad comments;
"The actual romance arcs have some problems too.
Firstly, some of the girls are more interesting than others
and if you really like a girl then too bad because the next
one is going to turn up in a few episodes time and replace
your favourite. That’s a flaw in the concept, it’s not much
that the show could do about it, but the second thing is what
really holds this show back. The World God Only Knows
isn’t very romantic. It really is more like watching a detective
show than a romance. Sure, it’s interesting and quite often funny
but it too rarely delivers the emotional hook that would make
the show great and it’s not funny enough to make up for that."
But despite all this, he still liked the show and said, "That all said, the show is good and it has only been getting better."
I have to agree with him. The show is great and I love this romantic comedy but the harem concept kinda adds a turn off point to it. But the pros outweigh the cons!
Now my question, since in an anime show, dating sims can help get one to fall for another, can this be proof that it can also be done in reality?
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