Mischief of the Gods

The 2014 anime series "Kamigami no Asobi" (“Gods’ Games”) is not based on a prose novel but on a Japanese manga titled Kamigami no Asobi.

Author and publication

• Primary source: the Kamigami no Asobi manga.
• Franchise origin: the property originally started as an otome game for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) by Broccoli; the manga is one of the early “book-form” adaptations of that story.
• Manga author: reliable listings are inconsistent across editions/credits; without tying this to a specific volume/edition’s imprint data, naming a single definitive “manga author” would be error-prone.

What the manga is about

The manga follows the core premise: high-school girl Yui Kusanagi is transported into a special “school for gods,” where she is tasked with guiding a group of young deities who have grown detached from humans and human emotions. The story blends romance, comedy, and a “re-education” theme through human experience.

How closely the anime matches the book

• Overall fidelity: moderate — the central setup, main cast, and general tone (school setting + mythic figures + romance) are retained.
• Common adaptation differences: emphasis shifts among characters, event order may change, relationship pacing is adjusted, and some episodes are rearranged/rewritten to fit a single-season arc.
• Bottom line: the anime draws from the franchise’s core canon (game + manga adaptation) but is not a page-by-page rendering of any one specific manga volume.

People mentioned

Voice-cast names are typically not part of a manga’s bibliographic description; therefore names such as Daisuke Ono and Saori Hayami relate to screen adaptations rather than the book itself.