<p>The icon with a jar is the Weiss capturing device.</p>

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<p><em>I don't know what the bear like icon refers to</em></p>

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<p>The cat icon references the design of Kanon's stun gun as it appears in the anime. (The stun gun has normal appearance in the manga). The icon matches the stun gun on Kanon's right hand in the image below.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lPOyFl.jpg" alt="Kanon&#39;s stun gun in anime"></p>

<p>According to <a href="http://kaminomi.wikia.com/wiki/Kanon%27s_Stun_Guns" rel="nofollow noreferrer">KamiNomi Wiki</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The original shape of the stun guns were replaced by kitten-style appearance in the anime as a safety image.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>The hexagon icon is the Maijima emblem, which is shown most clearly in chapter 169. For the purpose of comparison:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5TfN7.png" alt="Maijima emblem"></p>

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<p>The last 4 icons are Hellian alphabet. Referring to below chart from <a href="http://forum.redhawkscans.com/showthread.php?1532-Apollo-s-Message-Decoded&amp;p=71029&amp;viewfull=1#post71029" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this forum posting by EyZi</a>:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/y2PAT.jpg" alt="Hellian"></p>

<p>The characters are G, O, N, K, in order from left to right, top to bottom.</p>

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2013-07-05T05:10:28.707Z
2013-07-05T05:10:28.707Z
nhahtdh
<p>In the opening theme song of The World God Only Knows, a couple of symbols fly around the screen.</p>

<p>This one seems to matches the loose soul detector that Elsie wears on her head
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KHwoZm.jpg" alt="1">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/A2FsTm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>However, i don't understand the references in the other icons:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NdIXsm.jpg" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/bWCopm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/QuLThm.jpg" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Pn0jgm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/VEPj6m.png" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/yi12tm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/EUA27m.jpg" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Z4gcTm.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>What do these symbols mean? </p>

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2013-07-04T16:33:18.723Z
At least two of them related directly to New Hell and the Runaway Spirits Squad.  It's a hunch but I think they're all related to them.
Makoto
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What do the symbols in the OP refer to?
# What do the symbols in the OP refer to?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-07-04
In the opening theme song of The World God Only Knows, a couple of symbols fly around the screen.

This one seems to matches the loose soul detector that Elsie wears on her head
![1](https://i.sstatic.net/KHwoZm.jpg)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/A2FsTm.jpg)

However, i don't understand the references in the other icons:

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/NdIXsm.jpg)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/bWCopm.jpg)

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/QuLThm.jpg)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Pn0jgm.jpg)

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/VEPj6m.png)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/yi12tm.jpg)

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/EUA27m.jpg)
![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Z4gcTm.jpg)

What do these symbols mean?
**Tags:** theme-song the-world-god-only-knows
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: At least two of them related directly to New Hell and the Runaway Spirits Squad.  It's a hunch but I think they're all related to them.  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_2 on 2013-07-05. Score: 13 | Accepted answer
The icon with a jar is the Weiss capturing device.

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*I don't know what the bear like icon refers to*

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The cat icon references the design of Kanon's stun gun as it appears in the anime. (The stun gun has normal appearance in the manga). The icon matches the stun gun on Kanon's right hand in the image below.

![Kanon's stun gun in anime](https://i.sstatic.net/lPOyFl.jpg)

According to [KamiNomi Wiki](http://kaminomi.wikia.com/wiki/Kanon%27s_Stun_Guns):

> The original shape of the stun guns were replaced by kitten-style appearance in the anime as a safety image.

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The hexagon icon is the Maijima emblem, which is shown most clearly in chapter 169. For the purpose of comparison:

![Maijima emblem](https://i.sstatic.net/5TfN7.png)

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The last 4 icons are Hellian alphabet. Referring to below chart from [this forum posting by EyZi](http://forum.redhawkscans.com/showthread.php?1532-Apollo-s-Message-Decoded&p=71029&viewfull=1#post71029):

![Hellian](https://i.sstatic.net/y2PAT.jpg)

The characters are G, O, N, K, in order from left to right, top to bottom.
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