SUMMARY :
The story starts out with the Battle of the Supernatural Powers, a tournament to decide who will be the next god of The Celestial World (rendered as God Candidates in the Animax version and Kami (天界人) in the Japanese version).
Each candidate (100 in total) is required to choose a junior high school student (middle school) to act as their fighter. The student is given a unique power and told to eliminate as many enemies as possible. The winning god Candidate will become The New god of Heaven and the winning student will receive the Blank Zai (or talent), a talent that can be anything they choose.
While this leads many students to thoughts of greed and selfishness, Kosuke Ueki decides to take it upon himself to win this tournament to keep that power away from those that would abuse such a gift.
Review :
This anime art is not so awesome so if you're expecting bishonens(hot guys)...then, this is not the show for you. I'll tell you that this anime is totally about fighting, friendship and determination.
The plot of this show...hmm...there is no plot. I mean, they wanna save their god candidates and that's about it. Everyone else in the competition except Ueki and his buddies want to win the BLANK TALENT!! So yea... but to me, I don't see a plot except a bunch of people fighting and upgrading powers.
Hmm...interestingly, Ueki has one of the most weirdest powers EVER which is something cool. He's power seems to be weaker than the others BUT actually it's SUPER AWESOME. He's character is a little weird, over the top and unreal BUT somehow, you just like him. His determination scares you but interests you. AND if you're not careful, his determination is infectious.
I like that Ueki is stupid and yet smart. I like his bondage with his buddies and I like how this anime is done.
I cannot exactly explain it. This anime has a certain magic and pretty original characters. There is no emo here (example, Sasuke, Hitsugaya..etc..) AND the main character of this shonen anime is not your usual main shonen character. HE doesn't wanna save the world nor is he the chosen one.
He just wanna save his hero, Kobasen (who's not much of a hero anyway...)
This anime is just one of the best shonen anime ever. It is totally original and interesting. Somehow it just gets you.
I rate this anime 4 stars and a half out five.
