1000https://s3.narvii.com/image/qcibdzqr65m55jvcxkhs225cg2xu7wmshq.jpg The World God Only Knows I will be calling it TWGOK for the rest of the review for simplicity reasons is a very simple anime. Its MC Keima Katsuragi is a dating sim pro. With over ten thousand virtual heroines hearts captured Keima is known as The Capturing God on the internet. One day while answering an email about a challenge to capture a girls heart he unwillingly signs a contract that came from Hell when he replies to it. A demon from Hell Elucia de Lute Ima Elsie for short is assigned to help him capture evil spirits. The evil spirits that he has to catch are hidden within the girls hearts. The only way that they will come out and be captured is if Keima is able to capture their heart by being kissed by them. If he fails his contact the collar that he suddenly has on his neck will cause his head to fall off. 1000https://static.zerochan.net/Katsuragi.Keima.full.584048.jpg As compared to other anime of the romcom kind the main character Keima is the one who makes TWGOK special. While Keima only has one hobby gaming he still maintains having an actual personality by being a genuinely interesting person. His analytical way of carrying out his captures not only ingame but in real life contrasts the typical dense MC archetype of being clueless. Due to his circumstances he goes out of his way to get girls to form crushes on him not get them simply due to being the MC. At the beginning of the anime he has no interest in real girlsnot because of past rejection or a nihilist viewpointbut simply because to him they could never compare to girls in games. Keima has a flawed worldview is socially stupid and does not have any plans for the future besides play visual novels but these points only make him more likable as an MC compared to an MC with no personality that is considered safe. His partner Elsie is the perfect foil for him. While she is airheaded she is very reliable when it matters the most. She deeply cares for him and genuinely wants the best for him although he does not appreciate her back. 1000https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/kaminomi/images/e/ec/Elsiecrying.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130516005646 The general flow of TWGOK goes like this: Elsie finds a girl that has a spirit hiding inside their heart. Keima then has to find a way for the girl to open their heart to him. Once they like him enough to kiss him the spirit is pushed out from the void inside the girls heart and is captured by Elsie. Although Keima has no realworld experience with girls he has years of experience in wooing girls in games. Keima uses the knowledge that he has learned from playing hundreds upon hundreds of visual novels to get close and make a girl like him. Keima essentially uses his game knowledge to act like a pickup artist although his goals are much more honorable and his methods are way more kosher. When the girls heart is rid of the evil spirit they also lose any memory of interacting with Keima and falling in love with him. This is convenient in many ways It allows the girls to become a support role afterward so they do have to be dragged around as a part of his harem later. In my opinion it is great that girls do not stay attached to Keima after their arc is over since it would severally drag the anime down and take away what makes it fun to watch. Also Keima does not want a reallife harem to begin withhe could not care less about reality when he has his games. 1000https://2static1.fjcdn.com/comments/I+can+already+see+the+ending+fd21969a86af0118cfae8a8984704170.jpg Perhaps the best thing about TWGOK is that it does not take itself too seriously. While there are some significant moments in every arc TWGOK maintains a cartoony for a lack of a better word feel. It is in its own world very similar to ours but not quite exactly the same. It parodies various visual novel games and tropes that are often in them but as a tribute rather than belittling them. Instead of trying to be good TWGOK instead tries to be enjoyable. It accomplishes both in the quest of achieving the later. 1000https://d1m6vmmwsgiy3l.cloudfront.net/images/screenshots/screenshot112866.jpg TWGOK at its core is a simple anime. It is very easy to follow and is a great anime to watch if you want to binge one. While it is not the most rememberable anime TWGOK is a very enjoyable and fun one. The manga is also worth checking out if you enjoy this anime as much as I did.