What's your problem?
Resistance is futile...
You're an idiot!
How did you know I was here?
Fate travels in a straight line.
I-I...
I'm in...
love with you!
That's ten thousand heroines captured now.
No dating game can stand against me.
Enjoying your game, Katsuragi?
Katsuragi Keima-kun.
What could be more fun than my class?
Just a minute, let me get to a save point.
Why did she have to hit me?
My games aren't disturbing anybody.
My name is Katsuragi Keima.
I'm seventeen years old; born on June 6th, at 11:29:35 AM.
My interests?
Girls.
Heads up, Four-eyed geek!
My PFP!
Sorry about that.
When I say I'm interested in girls, I don't mean that kind!
Hey, Four-eyed geek.
Sorry, but can you clean the roof by yourself today?
I mean...
unlike you, I'm so busy.
How does she have the nerve?
I have to prepare for the upcoming track meet!
Cleaning should be left to people with nothing to do,
She's asking for a favor after running into and insulting me?
if you know what I mean.
Zip
Don't be ridiculous!
I absolutely refuse!
All Yours
Dammit...
That girl doesn't make any sense.
Paper Only Knows
She should act like a 2-D girl.
I'm only attracted to 2-D girls.
Reality is just a bad game!
You've got mail!
Capturing God
Welcome, my lost lambs.
Greetings, this is the Capturing God.
It looks like everyone is having trouble with Goth Goth Panic.
Aki-iro is a nice game.
If you want some advice...
That's right.
I needn't concern myself with the absurdity and irrationality of the real world.
I am the Capturing God...
A god of the gaming world!
Message sent!
Now then, next message.
Dear Capturing God,
I've heard that you can capture any woman.
If this is actually true, I have a girl for you.
What is this message, some sort of challenge?
Who do you think I am?
Reply
A god always accepts a challenge.
Thank you for signing the contract, Kami-sama.
Off we go, then...
to hunt down loose souls!
There was a contact when I did a long-range scan.
Calm down...
Don't succumb to reality...
First, I need to save...
Okay, let's get things straight.
First of all, who are you?
I'm Elucia de Lut Ima.
Everyone calls me Elsee.
I'm a demon sent from Hell as part of the Loose Souls Squad.
Oh, and what might this mean?
There is an ostensible elegance...
Yoshida Miyamoto
That's right, isn't today Thursday?
I'll go buy a game.
Please wait!
You'll lose your head... if you aren't careful.
My head?
What's with this collar?
You signed a contract with a demon.
A demon?
You received the contract, didn't you?
From Dokuro-sama, the bureau chief.
That message?!
You need to be careful. Contracts are very strict in Hell.
If you fail to meet the conditions of the contract
or break it without permission,
the collar will activate and remove your head.
That's ridiculous!
Get this thing off of me!
It'll be fine!
Once we round up the loose souls, it'll be removed!
Loose souls?
A loose soul is coming!
Okay, come here, Kami-sama.
That girl in the front!
That's...
She's in my class. Takahara Ayumi, I think.
Hey, what's that?!
Evil souls that have escaped from Hell...
Loose Souls
loose souls.
They've come to Earth to commit evil acts.
Then go capture it!
Actually... it's not that simple.
Loose souls hide within the heart, after all.
Within the heart?
Then how are you supposed to capture them?!
That's why we need the assistance of a human "buddy."
In other words, you just have to take its place in her heart.
Then the loose soul will be forced out.
And the best way to embed yourself in her heart...
is to make her fall in love with you!
You're telling me to capture a real girl?!
Well...
A kiss will suffice...
You idiot!
You have the complete wrong idea!
I've never even held hands with a real girl!
My world needs only 2-D girls.
That's awful...
Just awful, Kami-sama!
I didn't realize you were the god of video games!
In any case, now that that's straightened out,
get this collar off of me.
I'm sorry, I can't do that.
What?!
To make up for it, I'll die with you.
We're both bound by the contract.
When the buddy dies, the demon loses her head too.
The World Runs on Love
And there's a loose spirit right before my eyes...
Be quiet.
I'm making a list of games to replay before I lose my head.
Kami-sama?
Aren't you the Capturing God?
Can't you just do the same thing in real life that you do with 2-D girls?
Don't mix games and reality.
That's supposed to be a track team?
They couldn't be less accurate.
Accurate?
None of them...
None of them have their hair tied up!
Hair?
But their hair doesn't really ma—
Don't be ridiculous!
Girls on the track team are supposed to tie their hair up!
Honestly, don't they realize that the spirit of track lies in their hair bands?
Doesn't that only apply to games?
I won't capture a girl who won't put forth the effort.
Oh, Kami-sama!
Here, here, look!
All right, time to get serious!
She tied her hair up, Kami-sama!
Th-That's not enough.
Shorts!
You'd never see shorts on a track team in a game!
I can't do a thing if they aren't wearing bloomers.
What's this?!
My garments have the ability to change how she looks on the outside.
But you're the only one who can change what's inside!
At least try, Kami-sama!
I believe in you!
The Next Day
Good luck! Takahara Ayumi!
Victory
WIN
Hey, Four-eyed geek!
What's with all the embarrassing signs?
There's a track meet coming up, so I'm cheering you on.
So basically, you're getting revenge because I made you clean the roof alone?
I'll kill you if you do it again!
Are you sure about this, Kami-sama?
In games, your relationship with a girl depends on the number of encounters you have.
Affection, Meeting, Encounters
For now, I can only water the flower until it blooms.
Capture-In-Progress Day 2
Hey, I told you to stop!
Capture-In-Progress Day 3
Idiot!
That's not any better!
Capture-In-Progress Day 4
Enough, I'm ignoring you.
Is this really working?
She seems to hate you even more now...
In games, hate can quickly turn into love.
Overcoming a conflict or event that makes her hate you always ends up being a plus.
I see.
So she doesn't actually hate you right now.
No save function...
No log...
How am I supposed to play this?
Where are you going?
The bathroom!
Take your time.
Hey, Ayumi!
What is it, Senpai?
It's not "What is it?"
Juniors are supposed to wait until we're done running.
I'm very sorry!
But there isn't much time until the meet...
Did you hear that?
She thinks she's already on the team.
Aren't you getting a little carried away?
You've run a decent time, what, once?
Please hurry and dispense my punishment!
Laps!
Thirty laps!
That's so mean!
I guess there are loathsome upperclassmen on every world.
Good work!
The seniors went home already.
They're pretty terrible, aren't they?
I don't really care.
Speaking of terrible, that four-eyed geek isn't much better.
Now is the time he should be cheering you on from up there!
It doesn't matter.
Wow, advertising balloons.
I haven't seen one in forever.
But why are they skulls?
The track meet is tomorrow.
I'm sure Ayumi will fall for you if she wins, after all the cheering you've done.
Ayumi!
Ayumi? Ayumi?
Are you okay?
Someone get the teacher!
Take her to the nurse's office!
Okay!
Nurse's Office
She sprained it?
Yeah.
But the track meet is tomorrow.
But don't you think there was something odd about the hurdles today?
Now that you mention it...
the hurdles there felt closer together than they should have been.
So someone messed with them.
That must be why she fell down!
It's useless.
If she doesn't win, we can't...
Injury...
Upperclassmen...
Hurdle...
Cheering...
It appears that we've reached the turning point.
I can already see the ending.
Why have you called me out here?
And what's this? Some kind of joke?
I was my thought that you'd eat it and then try your best at the track meet tomorrow.
Have you even seen my ankle?!
You think I can participate in the track meet?!
Sure.
After all... you aren't actually injured.
What are you talking about?
You've never run in a real race!
Do you even know how fast I was going?!
Certainly, you could've gotten injured if you were running at full speed.
But when you fell...
your hair wasn't tied up.
You always tie your hair up when you run seriously.
Were you planning to trip all along?
It's better this way.
The upperclassmen were right.
I just had a good run while the coach was watching,
so she put me on the team.
But I haven't run well since then.
I keep practicing, but I can't improve my time.
It'll be better if I'm not at the track meet.
Why?
Why can't I run anymore?
I've been practicing so hard!
Don't worry about it so much.
Just run as fast as you can.
If it's ranking that you're worried about, you're already in first place...
in my heart.
Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!
Don't creep me out like that!
Besides, this is all because of your strange cheering!
Geez!
Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!
Hey...
Will you come cheer for me at the meet tomorrow?
S-Sure...
Thanks!
It was expelled!
Got it!
Loose soul in custody!
Well, how do you like this?
koi no shirushi kimi no me ni mitsuketa no ano hi
I found the mark of love in your eyes that day
It was amazing!
Just a minute, Ayumi.
Don't get too cocky after winning a single race.
kidzuita toki mune no jishaku mawari dashita
That day the magnet in my heart started spinning
It was a fluke!
sagashite ita tokimeki ni yatto deaeta no
I was finally able to meet that heart-thumping feeling
doko ni itte mo mitsukedasu yo mou nido to mayowanai
I'll find you no matter what, I won't get lost again
Why did you praise her?
She congratulated me...
kitto futari wa unmei no hito
We're probably fated for each other
Takahara.
nanoku mo no hito mo ite deau no wa konpyuutaa demo muri
Meeting each other out of billions of people
Congratulations.
Thanks...
Ayumi!
heibon sugiru mainichi ni kimi odou utta no
is impossible even for computers
The interview for the paper, right?
tameiki uso tsukazu ni dekiru no yatto
I can finally sigh without it being a lie
Ayumi lost all memory of the capture.
Well, it's probably easier for me this way.
aozora ga tanoshii
Even the blue sky seems fun
kimi ga iru fuukei wa shiawase no oora afure dasu no
Any view with you in it is overflowing with an aura of happiness
That reminds me, where did she go?
tomaranai yo
It won't stop
Hey, what's the big idea, Four-eyed geek?!
Nee kimi ni no suki
Hey, I love you
Where have you been hiding her?
Ichi utsutte iru yo
The true life with you.
kimi wo matsu jikan sae mo kakegae no nai taisetsu na toki
Even the time spent waiting for you is irreplaceable, special time.
Hi, everyone, I'm the new transfer student, Katsuragi Elsee.
I hope that everyone will take good care of my brother, Keima, and me!
Hey, hey...
What's that supposed to mean?!
___________
Baby, You're a Rich Girl__________________
Demon of a Sister__________________
Fire, the wheel, and the screw; gunpowder, the compass, and the printing press.
Social shifts are always driven by three major inventions.
What do we have in this era?
What?
The answer is dating games, dating games, and dating games!
If you don't believe me, then go back to the Stone Age.
I'm off!