The Day I Became A God: Yota & Odin Score Their First Major Victory

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Day I Became a God, Episode 3, "The Day the Angel Falls," now streaming on FUNimation.

The pink-haired girl calling herself Odin seems to have prescient powers that go beyond science, and she's lending them all to her new friend Yota. After all, the world will end in 30 days, so why not grant him a wish or two? Yota can use that power to help other people, too.

For example, in Episode 3, the local ramen shop, Ramen Heavenward, is in trouble. It's drawing in no customers, and the owner is getting in deep with shady lenders. Only the mighty "Odin" can help, and Yota is ready to roll up his sleeves and turn this ramen shop around.

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Odin: The Noodle Expert

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Sora, Yota's little sister, is wearing herself thin trying to help her friend Hikari Jinguji run her mother's ramen shop, Ramen Heavenward, so Yota decides to help. Once Sora explains the situation, Odin says that she can lend her expertise to turn this situation around, though she needs Yota to do the dirty work. For now, trying to woo Kyoko Izanami will have to wait; it's time to carry out a selfless deed, and Yota and Odin have a perfect plan. Yota approaches Hikari Jiguji not as himself, but as Sora's uncle, going by his actual name. He proclaims himself a 40-year-old ramen restaurant expert, complete with a phony business card, and starts work.

He assesses the ramen itself and the store's name and suggests a new recipe and cooking method. The store is now titled Fallen Angel, and the simple but delightful new ramen dish is more economically feasible. Yota, with Odin's help, gets the press involved, and he describes himself as a former fashion expert who decided that the luxury of ramen was much more affordable than buying expensive, tailored suits. Then Yota and Odin get social media involved, and before long, the word gets out, and Fallen Angel has a line of customers a mile long.

Hikari Jiguji is delighted, but she realized halfway through that Yota was just acting. No matter; she's grateful for the help, and Odin declares victory. There's still one more problem, though: the creditors. One of the thuggish creditors shows up, demanding payment at a 30 percent interest rate, and Hikari isn't ready. Yota and Odin step in, and with Odin's apparent powers of prescience, Yota navigates a quick fistfight with the creditor and scares him off with a few punches. Now that the ramen shop is back on track, Yota can resume his quest to win Kyoko's heart, with only 17 days left until the supposed apocalypse.

Suzuki's Secret Mission

Elsewhere, a new player is stepping onto the scene. In the back seat of a black car sits young Mr. Suzuki, who has his fingers bound with tiny handcuff-like shackles. He's a master hacker, and breaking into banks and city databanks is a breeze for him. He's gotten himself into trouble before, but today, he just wants to try some real, authentic Japanese food now that he's back in the country. He stops by for some takoyaki, or fried octopus snacks, and helps a young mother track down her lost daughter. Suzuki uses his high-tech gloves to access local security cameras, and it's not long before he reunites the mother with her wayward daughter (who was unharmed, fortunately). Then, Suzuki is taken to his boss for an assignment.

His boss, who calls him young Mr. Suzuki, wants him to find a certain something, something that only he, with his elite hacker skills, could possibly locate. Suzuki reluctantly agrees and works from home to look into the works of Shuichiro Korogi, a physicist. He makes his business in quantum mechanical theory and computer science, and it won't be long before his secrets are exposed. Now the question remains: how does this tie into Odin Sato's seemingly supernatural powers of prescience? Is she using Dr. Korogi's advanced computers to see the future? It may not be long before little Odin's true powers are revealed at last, even if she doesn't like it.

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