Heaven's Memo Pad

***Heaven's Memo Pad*** (神様のメモ帳 *Kami-sama no Memo-chō*?, lit. "God's Memo Pad") is a Japanese light novel series written by Hikaru Sugii, with illustrations by Mel Kishida. ASCII Media Works published nine volumes between January 2007 and September 2014 under their Dengeki Bunko imprint. A manga adaptation illustrated by Tiv was serialized between the August 2010 and September 2012 issues of ASCII Media Works' *Dengeki Daioh* magazine. An anime adaptation aired 12 episodes in Japan between July and September 2011.

The story centers around Narumi Fujishima, the main protagonist. He is a high school student who is not very involved in his school whatsoever to the point where he does not know most of his classmate's names. However, in a chain of events, he is pulled into participating in his school's "Gardening Committee" whose members consist of himself and Ayaka Shinozaki, Narumi's classmate. He also gets dragged in as a member of NEET, an amateur detective agency filled with unemployed slack-offs who take on and solve cases on their own whims. The NEET agency is led by "Alice", who is a childish, anti-social, extreme shut-in. This is to the point where she never leaves her room filled with computer monitors and stuffed animals. Alice has proven herself a resourceful hacker and an astounding detective, which she normally uses to a decent extent on all their cases. Throughout the course of the story, Narumi, accompanied by the other members of NEET, solve crimes and murders using their limited resources and Alice's genius intellect.

## Gutpunch activity

Since the story's plot is not focused on fighting, there is not a lot of gutpunching. However, the group is dealing with several criminals, including the Yakuza in episode 3, which includes the most scenes.

## Episode 3

Meo is a Thai girl whose father was abducted by a Yakuza group who wants to abduct Meo as well to use her for their dirty purposes. In episode 3, four Yakuza members enter Min's ramen shop to get information about Meo's whereabouts. Min, who is a kind of caretaker for the NEET club, shrugs them off. A newbie of the gangster group is about to attack Min as she provokes him, but his boss stops him with a kick to the stomach.

Later in the same episode, Meo called the Yakuza to deliver a bag with money hoping to free her father. Narumi follows her to get Meo out before the gangsters arrive. But as both run off, they are intercepted by the Yakuza group. As Meo is about to get dragged into a van, Narumi resists and gets punished by the newbie who got gutkneed by his boss before. The guy releases his tension by punching Narumi in the stomach and face, sending him down to the ground. Two more kicks to the gut render Narumi unable to fight back.

As the Yakuza group is about to get away, the NEET team arrives to save the day.

This scene can also be found in the manga, in a shorter form:

In the final part of the episode, the team rushes in to save Meo's father. The Yakuza guys get beaten up. Narumi is hesitating at first, but decides to join the fight to keep his promise to Meo. He is greeted by a fist to the face and a knee to the stomach. In the end he even receives a punch by his own teammate.

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