Anime Reviews

32: Heaven's Memo Pad

Title: Heaven's Memo Pad/Kami Sama no Memo Chou

Seasons: One

Episodes: 12

Episode Duration: 24 minutes

Sub/Dub: Both

Studio: J.C. Staff

Creator: Hikaru Sugii (light novel)
Katsushi Sakurabi (anime)

Genre: Mystery

Watched It: Once

About the Anime: (by Wikipedia)

The story centers around Narumi Fujishima, the main protagonist. He is a high school student who is not very involved in his school whatsoever to the point where he does not know most of his classmate's names. However, in a chain of events, he is pulled into participating in his school's "Gardening Committee" whose members consist of himself and Ayaka Shinozaki, Narumi's classmate. He also gets dragged in as a member of NEET, an amateur detective agency filled with unemployed slack-offs who take on and solve cases on their own whims. The NEET agency is led by "Alice", who is a childish, anti-social, extreme shut-in. This is to the point where she never leaves her room filled with computer monitors and stuffed animals. Alice has proven herself a resourceful hacker and an astounding detective, which she normally uses to a decent extent on all their cases. Throughout the course of the story, Narumi, accompanied by the other members of NEET, solve crimes and murders using their limited resources and Alice's genius intellect.

My Review: This is one of those anime series where you either love it or hate it. And, sadly, it didn't do the job for me.

I was constantly bored and didn't feel like it was getting anywhere.

I can't say much about it, especially since it's hard to judge it.

But, I did love the first episode. After that, however, I had no interest in it at all.

Rating: 3/10

Main Characters:

Narumi Fujushima: Main character. He walks in on a crime and soon begins to work with Alice and her other accomplices.

Alice: Locks herself in a room surrounded by technology. She relies on others to find suspects and let points as she solves a case.