Detective mysteries with mysterious, occasionally compact, female detectives is a small and super-specific genre that never goes out of style.
However, while the Heaven’s Memo Pad anime, on its own, provides an interesting experience, it becomes an experience in frustration if you are trying to continue the story with the light novels.
Alternative Titles:
- It’s the Only NEET Thing to Do
- God’s Notebook
- Kami-sama no Memo-chou
- 神様のメモ帳
Year Anime Premiered: 2011
Animation Studio: J.C. Staff
Number of Seasons: 1
Source Material Country of Origin: Japan
Source Material Available: Light Novel, Manga
Entry Last Updated: May 10th, 2024
Where To Start The Heaven’s Memo Pad Light Novel After The Anime?
The technical answer as to where to pick up the Heaven’s Memo Pad light novel after the anime is Novel 3.
Is The Heaven’s Memo Pad Light Novel Over?
The Heaven’s Memo Pad light novel is complete. It ended in 2014 with Novel 9.
Where To Start The Heaven’s Memo Pad Manga After The Anime?
While Heaven’s Memo Pad has a manga, it was canceled after three volumes and only adapts the first light novel.
What to Expect From The Heaven’s Memo Pad Source Material Compared to The Anime?
Heaven’s Memo Pad is, unfortunately, one of those light novel series that were completely bungled by the anime adaptation.
The huge issue with it is that the anime tells the light novel story out of order. It starts with adapting Novel 2, adapts Novel 4, then adapts Novel 1. Th big issue with this is that Ayaka’s coma was actually the catalyst to force Narumi to go to Alice, meaning Ayaka is often present in the series when she actually wouldn’t be.
Adding to that, the anime also speeds through the light novels it is covering because it has to make sense of the changed chronology by inserting anime-original content.
It is strongly recommended to read the Heaven’s Memo Pad light novels from the beginning.
Will There Be A Heaven’s Memo Pad Season 2?
As the anime adapted the light novel with such a lack of care, it is very clear that the Heaven’s Memo Pad was a promotional project to boost light novel sales.
As the anime released in 2011 and no news has been heard since, a Heaven’s Memo Pad Season 2 now seems unlikely.