After our protagonist Shidou conveniently encounters two busty ladies fighting one another, he finds It expects the audience to willfully ignore its poor writing, because hey- there are cute girls to gawk at!ĭrawing inspiration from the 2008 manga 'Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai', Date A Live presents itself as a pseudo-parody of otaku culture. AIC's 'Date A Live' is yet another addition to this tired trend- doing nothing interesting or even particularly well. If there is one that has remained true about the anime industry, it is that cheap entertainment and low-risk adaptations prevail. Now, the fate of the world rests on his dating prowess, as he seeks out Spirits in order to charm them.īoobs, explosions and cute girls are a time-tested formula. However, there is a third party that believes in saving the spirits: 'Ratatoskr,' which surprisingly is commanded by Shidou's little sister! Kotori forcibly recruits Shidou after the clash, presenting to him an alternative method of dealing with the danger posed by the Spirits-make them fall in love with him.

Soon after, he becomes embroiled in a skirmish between the girl and the Anti-Spirit Team, a ruthless strike force with the goal of annihilating Spirits. He discovers a mysterious girl at its source, who is revealed to be a 'Spirit,' an otherworldly entity whose appearance triggers a spatial quake. When an imminent spatial quake threatens the safety of Tengu City, he rushes to save her, only to be caught in the resulting eruption. Shidou Itsuka is a seemingly average high school student who lives with his younger sister, Kotori. Since then, these quakes have been plaguing the world intermittently, albeit on a lighter scale.

Thirty years ago, the Eurasian continent was devastated by a supermassive 'spatial quake'-a phenomenon involving space vibrations of unknown origin-resulting in the deaths of over 150 million people.

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