Kamisama Kiss: Season 1

2012 · 13 episodes · ★ 5.4

What Season 1 of Kamisama Kiss

Nanami Momozono, a high school student, loses her home when her father disappears to escape his gambling debts and leaves her on her own. After saving a young man from a dog, he offers her his property and entrusts her with the role of the new earth goddess. Nanami discovers that the house is a shrine and that she must take on responsibilities she doesn't understand. The clash between her ordinary life and her new role drives the story. Tomoe, her grumpy familiar, and Mizuki, a white snake, are the characters who complicate her daily life the most. The episodes mix humor, romance and the protagonists' past.

13episodes

Oct 2, 2012aired

Dec 25, 2012final episode

5.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 1 Episodes

1x01 Nanami Becomes a God
Oct 2, 2012 · 24 min
Abandoned by her father, Nanami finds herself homeless when she meets a man who offers his own home to her. His home turns out to be a shrine where his supernatural household awaits the return of their lord and master after a 20-year absence.
Directing: Yasuichiro Yamamoto · Writing: Akitaro Daichi
1x02 The God Becomes a Target
Oct 9, 2012 · 24 min
Nanami discovers that Kurama, a famous pop star, has transferred to her high school, which spurs her to return to school. However, as a weak land god, her life may be at risk if she wanders outside the shrine alone.
1x03 The God Makes a Match
Oct 16, 2012 · 24 min
The land under Mikage Shrine's protection includes Isara Swamp and Himemiko, its guardian mistress, comes to pay her respects to the new land god. And Nanami's divine matchmaking powers are put to the test for the first time.
1x04 The God Is Kidnapped
Oct 23, 2012 · 24 min
Nanami saves a pretty white snake at school and for her trouble, she becomes marked as the snake's intended. Tomoe transfers into Nanami's class to protect her, but the snake comes for her anyway.
Directing: Yoshitaka Koyama · Writing: Akitaro Daichi
1x05 The God Loses Her Home
Oct 30, 2012 · 24 min
Narukami, god of thunder, has always wanted Tomoe as a familiar for herself. Now that the god he serves is Nanami, a human girl, Narukami sees her chance to take away Nanami's godhood and make Tomoe hers.
1x06 The God Catches a Cold
Nov 6, 2012 · 24 min
Nanami stays home with a cold while Tomoe goes to school disguised as her in order to keep her attendance rate from slipping. Mizuki takes advantage of Tomoe's absence to pay Nanami a visit.
Directing: Toshiaki Kanbara
1x07 The God Asks a Boy Out on a Date
Nov 13, 2012 · 24 min
Nanami experiments a little with her divine powers while she struggles to define exactly how she feels about Tomoe. And Kurama, being the yokai who has more experience with humans, offers some words of advice to Tomoe.
1x08 The God Goes to the Beach
Nov 20, 2012 · 24 min
Summer break is here and Nanami goes to the beach with her friends to take her mind off her broken heart. Trouble ensues when Tomoe accompanies her and goes into the ocean against his better judgment.
1x09 The God Goes to the Dragon King's Palace
Nov 27, 2012 · 24 min
In her quest to recover the stolen Dragon King's right eye and return it to him in exchange for Tomoe's freedom, Nanami travels back in time and gets a glimpse of Tomoe's past.
Directing: Ito Masyu
1x10 Tomoe Becomes a Familiar / The God Goes to a Mixer
Dec 4, 2012 · 24 min
Flashing back to the past, some of what Tomoe went through with Mikage is revealed. And returning to the present for the second part, Nanami gets dragged off to a mixer with her friends.
1x11 The Familiar Goes Into Town
Dec 11, 2012 · 24 min
Mizuki ventures into the city alone to learn the secret to making it in human society like the super popular pop star Kurama. And Nanami drags Tomoe off on a date to the amusement park.
Directing: Toshiaki Kanbara
1x12 Nanami Quits Being a God
Dec 18, 2012 · 24 min
Nanami decides to hold an autumn festival at the shrine to let the locals know that it's not abandoned or haunted. But as she prepares for the festival, Otohiko comes along to throw a wrench into things.
Directing: Yoshitaka Koyama, Chika Nagaoka · Writing: Akitaro Daichi, Michiko Yokote
1x13 I've Started the "Being a God" Thing Season Finale
Dec 25, 2012 · 24 min
Unable to exorcise the miasma encroaching on the shrine, Nanami believes she is useless and leaves. Finding her gone, Tomoe and Mizuki go searching for her, leaving the shrine and the miasma to Onikiri and Kotetsu.
Directing: Yasuichiro Yamamoto · Writing: Akitaro Daichi, Michiko Yokote