Kamisama Activities in a World Without Gods, an anime scheduled to air from April 2023, is a so-called isekai reincarnation story in which the protagonist is reincarnated into a world where the concepts of gods and religion do not exist, and ends up founding a new religion and having to gather followers. At the center of this story are the protagonist, Urabe Masato, and Mitama, a cheat character that the protagonist has brought with him. I'm not sure if I can call her a heroine, but she is like a partner to the protagonist, and is a unique character who is in charge of battles and comedy. In this article, I would like to introduce this character, Mitama!
The encounter between the protagonist, Urabe Masato, and Mitama!
The protagonist, Urabe Masato's father, was the leader of the new religious movement "Kamiji Sukyo." However, Masato himself lived his life being criticized as the son of a cult, and was fed up with both God and religion. Masato lost his life in an absurd ascetic practice planned by his father, and was reincarnated into a world without God or religion. While living peacefully there, one day, his comrades were taken and killed by Imperial soldiers. This world was a dystopia where people were forced to commit suicide on a set date and maintained through strict population control.
Mitama appears!
When Masato and his friends are killed and are about to be killed, Mitama appears, destroying the soldiers who tried to kill them and reviving Masato's friends. Thus, Masato and his friends have turned the Imperial Kingdom against them. Overwhelming the Imperial soldiers with her incredible power, Mitama introduces herself as "the god worshipped by Masato's religious group before his reincarnation."
Looks like a little girl! And so does her personality! Mitama
Mitama's appearance is exactly that of a little girl. She also has a childish personality, and while she's attached to Masato, she can be cold towards other characters. She's easily fooled and easily carried away, and has a weak mentality and a very weak personality. She gives off a strong impression of being a small-minded character who doesn't speak her mind. As a god, she can display incredible strength with her supernatural powers, but her personality is childish and petty.
She doesn't attach to anyone other than Masato? But he's easy to get along with because he's so easy to fool.
Mitama acts for Masato and doesn't care about anyone other than him. As a result, he can be overbearing or condescending towards the other residents, and doesn't warm to anyone other than Masato. However, perhaps because of his cute appearance and easy-going personality, he doesn't seem to harbor any resentment.
He's a god, so he's strong! Mitama's divine powers!
Although Mitama has the appearance and personality of a young girl, she is nonetheless a god, making her extremely reliable in combat. Her divine powers are immense, allowing her to annihilate beings with her supernatural powers and attack by manipulating the power of the earth.
She also has many other useful abilities, such as the ability to attack with the power of the eight million gods and summon various items, but she is inferior to other characters in terms of pure combat ability.
Faith is the source of her power! Without her followers, she's a useless Mitama!
Mitama wield great power, but the source of that power is the number of their followers and the faith of the people who believe in them. So, without followers, they're nothing more than weak, weak little girls. As a result, Masato is forced to found a religion and increase his followers in order to defend himself. The more followers he has, the more he can do, but the fewer followers he has, the less power he can produce.
The God of the Earth can summon all sorts of things!
With the energy of his followers, he has the ability to summon anything and everything, including food and the modern conveniences of civilization. Masato pushes forward with rapid modernization by exploiting the power of the Mitama, dramatically improving living standards and gaining many followers, all while quickly absorbing the neighboring people.
An overworked god! A Mitama reduced to an empty shell!
The power of a Mitama's abilities increases with the number of followers, but if it overuses its abilities, it will lose moisture and wilt like a rotting plant, becoming useless. It will revive over time and with an increasing number of followers, but it is often overworked by Masato and wilted. While it may have a weak personality, Masato is more important to Mitama than its own life, so when Masato is in danger, it will try to save him even if it means wilting. Basically, it has a comedy-like feel.
Is it true that the number of followers = the strength of its abilities is not an absolute rule?
For a Mitama, the number of followers is like MP. The more followers there are, the stronger their divine powers become, and the higher their limit seems to be. However, the number of followers does not necessarily equal the strength of their abilities. A fanatical faith can unleash great powers even with a small number of followers. Realizing this, Masato uses his female companions to power up the Mitama by having them work as idols. He previously tried to produce a Mitama and have them work as idols, but it didn't work out at all. It seems Mitama just doesn't have the talent to be an idol.
Mitama's Trump Card! Kneeling and Begging!
Mitama calls herself a great deity, claiming to be superior to the other eight million gods. In fact, she is able to contact the other eight million gods and even borrow their powers. However, it seems that Mitama doesn't necessarily manipulate other gods, and sometimes they turn on her based on the number of their followers. However, despite her low divinity, she has a high level of pride, and sometimes other gods will lend her their power if she begs them by prostrating herself. While this is her last resort, putting aside her pride and prostrating is a trump card only Mitama can use.
【Kamisama Activities in a Godless World】Mitama Summary
Here's a summary of Mitama, the main character of Kamisama Activities in a Godless World! I'm not sure if I can call her the heroine, since she's not treated like one. She's more of an insured person than a partner, but I think her mistreatment makes her a pitifully cute character!
