# The Day I Became a God (2020)

> A high school senior's last summer before university is upended when a childlike self-proclaimed god of omniscience moves in and announces the world will end in 30 days.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/86486

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, drama, science fiction
- Network: TOKYO MX, Tochigi TV, BS11, ABC TV, Gunma TV, AT-X, NCC, tvk, Nagoya TV
- Cast: Natsuki Hanae, Ayane Sakura, Yuuki Kuwahara, Yui Ishikawa, Ryohei Kimura, Chiharu Shigematsu, Kikuko Inoue, Ryoka Yuzuki
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12305588/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: whimsical, wistful, tender, cheerful, melancholic

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series mixed, with its bright summer-romance tone and character warmth appreciated more than its premise-driven plotting.

## Synopsis

The Day I Became a God (2020) is a Japanese animated slice of life anime created for broadcast on TOKYO MX and other regional Japanese networks. Across a single twelve-episode season, high school senior Youta Narukami (voiced by Natsuki Hanae) is preparing for university entrance exams when Hina Satō (voiced by Ayane Sakura) appears, claiming to be the god of omniscience and warning that the world will end in thirty days. Youta's struggle is to decide whether to believe her, and to balance his studies, his family and his growing attachment to her as she settles into his home. Each episode is built from small, ordinary summer moments interrupted by the countdown and by Hina's unnerving predictions. The tone is cheerful and tender with a melancholic undercurrent, and the mood carries the wistful warmth of a quiet coming of age story. Produced in the vein of A Place Further Than the Universe and Your Name, the series offers a light sci-fi romance that fans of Anohana and Erased will find resonant. Its setting is a present day Japanese town rather than a distant future, and its appeal lies in the contrast between its comic domestic rhythm and the cosmic stakes hanging over it.

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