Noragami Season 1

What BollyAI Thinks

Noragami's first season aired on MBS from January to March 2014, adapting Adachitoka's manga through Bones. The series blends Shinto mythology, supernatural action, and adolescent longing without overreaching. The three-way dynamic between Yato, a gods-for-hire deity, Hiyori, a girl straddling life and death, and Yukine, a troubled weapon spirit, gives the season genuine emotional stakes. It works as a strong introduction arc, while it also ends before the manga's deeper conflicts fully emerge.

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The Room

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

1. E1A Housecat, a Stray God, and a Tail7.5

   The premiere establishes Yato as a minor deity advertising his services on bathroom stalls, willing to grant any wish for five yen. The tone is established fast - comic irreverence over genuine supernatural menace - and Hiyori's accident into the spirit world gives the premise its hook.

   The moment: Yato's business card handed out at a crosswalk - the perfect image of divine underachievement.

   Full review of E1 →
2. E12To Cut, or Not to Cut8.0

   The season finale confronts the conflict between Yato and Yukine that has been building since the midpoint. The emotional resolution lands harder than the action, grounding a supernatural climax in something that reads as genuine grief about belonging and purpose.

   The moment: The ritual that forces Yato's hand - the season's moral weight finally made physical.

   Full review of E12 →