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"Mitsue-chan... I've become a god"

That's a rather interesting way to start off a show, isn't it? From the director of R.O.D comes Kamichu!, the first of the summer shows to start. The title is short for "Kami-sama wa chuugakusei" - "God is a middle schooler".

And that's the situation our main character, 2nd grade middle schooler Yurie Hitotsubashi, finds herself in. She became a god somehow last night, and at school she tells her friend Mitsue-chan. Yurie doesn't know exactly what kind of god she is, either.. a girl brings her chair up to Yurie and Mitsue -- she's Matsuri, and she'll help Yurie find out what she can do.

The three of them go up to the roof where Matsuri starts trying to get Yurie to summon her powers. You know, by doing like the heroes on shows on TV do, making poses and shouting and such. Doesn't work at all... some pieces of paper with calligraphy come floating by. Kenji Ninomiya, one and only member of the calligraphy club is hard at work on the roof since there's not a room for his one-man club. But he's not satisfied with it.. Yurie climbs up the ladder holding one of the papers, and almost falls, but Kenji grabs her. She introduces herself to him and asks if he saw anything -- he didn't. He climbs down and heads inside.. Mitsue says that he's a weirdo, but Yurie snaps back, saying he's a genius.

Matsuri tells Yurie of a legend saying that if you confess to someone on the roof on a day when there's a strong wind then you'll definitely fall in love. Now pepped up, Yurie'll try again to use her powers ;) But how? Put all your feelings into saying a spell, of course... Since she a middle school god (see above), then "kamichu" should do, Matsuri says. Yurie closes her eyes, then shouts: kaaa... miiii... CHUUU! jumping up into the air. Zoom out high above Japan, moving to the south... a wind blows a sail on a boat. Back at the school, nothing has happened. Well, they can try later at the shrine Matsuri's family runs.

So after school Yurie, Mitsue, and Matsuri all head to the Raifuku shrine. Yurie and Matsue grab fortunes... good luck for Matsue. Not quite so good for Yurie... her love fortune says "a storm is coming". Matsuri and her sister, Miko -- how appropriate. Miko is a miko ;) -- start a ceremony to try and bring out Yurie's powers. As they continue Yurie feels something coming... AH-CHOO!! Yurie lets out a Negi-sensei-like sneeze that causes quite a breeze.

Back at home now, Yurie tries to sleep as her cat keeps pawing at her. And when she wakes up a typhoon report is on the TV, reporting of a typhoon Yurie south of Japan heading their way. Yurie? Then..... Mitsue calls Yurie, asking if she did it. Yup, Yurie did it. They plan to meet at the school.