Before I started reading the manga, I watched the anime, which was simply filled with great character development. It leaked on story, though, so I decided to read the manga. I am definitely not disappointed. The manga story later on focuses on romance, but not in a cheesy way. Some things I'm not personally satisfied with are for e.g. some action scenes, and the art style in general. But, compared to some other art I've seen so far, it's still well done. In the manga Nanami and Tomoe grow and the character development goes on. I can't say often enough how much I like the fact that neither one character is ultimately good or bad. Everyone has it's flaws, and not just small ones. The best examples for that are, in my opinion: Mizuki, Kayako, Akura-ou and Kurama. Anyway, to shorten this a bit up - the manga is filled with nice details and it's note one of those hopelessly romantic manga stories, where everything is built around a boring love story, which is only disrupted by some stupid out-of-order events, where the main characters start hating each other, and suddenly start loving each other again. Kamisama Hajimemashita has a beautiful love story packed into realistic emotions and doubt in a FANTASY universe, which are cleverly put together into a plot that isn't simply linear. I recommend this manga to everyone who likes love stories, but the less cheesy ones.