Ah! Megami-sama TV Episode 17
Tuesday November 07th 2006, 1:27 pm
Filed under: Ah! Megami-sama

Ah! What are talent and hard work?

I have absolutley loved Ah! Megami-sama since I originally watched the OVA way back when. The movie just continued to have me love it and I was absolutely thrilled to know that they were coming out with a complete series of it. I’m not much of a manga reader and generally stick to anime, so the TV series helped expand the world that I knew and loved from the OVA/Movie. I also haven’t watched the Adventures of the Minigoddesses, as I thought that might ruin the series for me. I wasn’t ready for goofy omake-esque cuteness.

I’ve always liked Kosuke Fujishima’s character designs. There’s just something about them that gives me warm fuzzies. Wild hairdos and prehensile clothing bits are always in the plus catagory.

In this episode of Ah! Megami-sama, Sora Hasegawa is asked to ride in an all girl’s go cart race. Sora, being a rather shy girl, has no confidence in herself whatsoever. This prompts Belldandy and crew to take her into their home, to try and coax her out of her shell.

From what I’ve seen of the series, Sora is always the quiet, mousy, shy one of the misfit Motocross Club. This episode was apparently put there to tell us more about why she is how she is. Instead of working hard and becoming the best she can be, Sora would work hard and then quit, by faking an illness, in order to never ever fail at that particular project again. I found this to be rather unbeliveable, even for the character, mostly seeing as Sora spends a lot of her time working on and perfecting machinery.

One more point before I go. I am ultimately puzzled by the “Is Belldandy a Mary Sue?” question. Although she get’s into trouble, she seems to be able to pull herself and her comrades out of it, mostly unscathed. I understand that she is a goddess, but I think that sometimes that bit of information is taken a little too far. Belldandy cannot help everyone nor save everyone everytime.



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