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Heiichi Morisoto is studying engineering at the Nekomi Institute
of Technology. He doesn't have much luck with the opposite
sex. However, his romantic fate takes a bizarre turn in the
right direction when a misdialled telephone call inadvertently
hooks him up to the mysterious Goddess Helpline. Within moments
the beautiful Goddess First Class, Belldandy, appears in Heiichi's
room to announce he has been awarded one wish. Taken by surprise
and flattered by Belldandy's praise of him, he impulsively
wishes that he could have a perfect goddess of a girlfriend
just like Belldandy by his side forever. For better or worse,
Heiichi's wish is granted in the most literal sense, leading
to no end of comedic complications for a pairing that is at
least half made in Heaven...
Ah!
My Goddess is
based on the original story by Kosuke Fujishima, which was
serialised in Kodansha's monthly magazine Afternoon.
The
five episodes on Volume One include:
Ah!
You're a Goddess?: Keiichi seems to be the world's most
unlucky student. He's always late for class, seem to get picked
on by the teacher to answer questions, and gets bossed into
doing chores for his dorm and the auto club. After yet another
unlucky day, Keiichi dials the wrong telephone number and
ends up calling the Goddess Assistance Agency. Seconds later
a beautiful woman, Belldandy, appears in his room and grants
him one wish.
Ah!
Those Who Believe Shall Find Salvation!: Keiichi makes
his wish in haste and for some strange reason asks for a Goddess
to stay by his side for ever. The wish is registered with
the system and can not be undone. Tamiya and Otaki, Keiichi's
dorm mates, discover that their friend has broken the rules
about having girls in the all-guys dorm. Because of this Keiichi
and Belldandy must move out. But where will they go?
Ah!
Apprenticeship, Home and the Goddess!: Keiichi and Belldandy
search for a place to live, trying out real estate apartment
listings, his friends' apartments, and eventually a fairly
worn down temple where a monk lets them in, after nearly killing
Keiichi. But the crazy monk is not going to let them live
there for free and gives them numerous backbreaking chores
to do.
Ah!
The Queen and the Goddess!: Belldandy has to attend school
with Keiichi, thanks to the fact Keiichi's wish involved Belldandy
being at his side for ever. However Sayoko, the popular girl
on campus, starts to get jealous when she realises that all
the guys are starting to fall for Belldandy. Thinking that
Sayoko is Belldandy's boyfriend she tries to break the two
up. First she accuses Belldandy of not being a real student
and then she starts to flirt with Keiichi.
Ah!
Living Under One Roof Together!: Keiichi starts to realise
that he is actually in love with Belldandy. They've got the
rest of their lives to spend together, so he is a little nervous
of letting her know how he feels in case these feeling are
not reciprocated and things between the two of them become
awkward. Eventually he decides to orchestrate a romantic evening
at home and take things slowly. But will Belldandy feel even
remotely romantic towards him?
Special
Features include Japanese Voice Actors Introductions (8
minute TV show interview with Kikuko Inoue, who provides the
voice of Belldandy, and Yoko Ishida, who sings the opening
and closing credits); Japanese Voice Actors Outtakes (a
three and a half minute collection of scenes that didn't make
it into the final cut of the episodes); textless opening credits,
and DVD credits.
The
soundtrack options only offer English and Japanese 2.0 with
optional English subtitles.
In
summing up then, the first five episode are pretty entertaining
and help to set the scene for the series. However, the plot
is pretty shallow and I'm wondering how long the writers can
keep up an entertaining storyline that wont see the audience
getting bored. The original manga, which this series is based,
has run for years, but I wonder whether, after a few volumes,
everything will start to drag a bit. As it stands, though,
this first volume in the series is well worth a look.
Darren
Rea
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