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Oh My Goddess!: Queen of Vengeance

Oh My Goddess!: Queen of Vengeance

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Robots, Moon Rocks, and Sayoko Mishima
Review: Another great volume in the Oh My Goddess! series. In the first story we start where we left off in the last voume. First Belldandy repairs the Morisato residence with her uber powers and then Megumi, Keiichi's little sister, comes to check up on him. Skuld in the meantime has been repairing Keiichi's motorcycle. Megumi tells Skuld that there is a design flaw. This angers the young goddess, so she challanges Megumi to a duel. Tamiya over hearing this, decides that Skuld will face Megumi in a Robot war. Megumi defeats Skuld, so the pretty little goddess makes her robot self destruct! Later in the book, because the Yggdrasil system is out of order. The goddesses need another way to replinish their energy. The lack of energy has weird effects on the goddesses: Belldandy falls asleep for days, so she goes into chibi form to conserve energy, Skuld craves ice cream, and ages rapidly, and Urd craves sake and becomes younger. Luckily it is soon discovered that Moon Rocks replinish the girls' power. However, there wasa design flaw so Urd was only able to grow only a little. Not wanting to stay at home, Urd goes out and meets a young boy named Shohei Yoshida. They become fast friends. The boy falls in love with Urd at first sight, and it seems that Urd falls for him also. You need to read the rest of the story yourself. In my humble opinion itis one of the best. Later we see a drunk Sayoko Mishima stumble out a bar and make her way to Keiichi's temple, and she bangs the bell, Keiichi goes out and brings her in. touching stuff follows. Another one of my favorite chapters, but that is probably because i like Sayoko sso much! ^_^

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: First Impressions
Review: As an otaku new to this series, I'm ont quite sure what to say without making a generalization, but I really am impressed with Oh My Goddess! It has beautiful artwork, a lighthearted atmosphere, and manages to have cute main characters with out going all sailor moon. I can't really say whether or not this is a good story, because I feel story just doesn't seem to be a major trait. The humor was well done, and I suppose that makes up for the storyline. Everything is done in seperate stories, so I was able to follow what was happening without getting to stressed. It was a lot of fun to be able to see the characters' personalities without having much background information. Very nice. I'd recommend this manga for someone who wants a solid comedy/fantasy without all the techincal "this spell does this and that spell does that" junk. I definetly want to buy more of this series.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: You'd be a failure as an anime fan if you don't read this!
Review: Honestly, the first time I bought this manga series, I did not expect much. I thought, okay, this is just some dumb childish story. Good thing I gave it a chance! Now I can't help but read this over and over again! I get something new out of it every time. Now, I'm saving up money to buy the rest of this series plus some subtitled videos. I recommend this fully, and beware of addiction! It's a romance/comedy leaning more towards romance. Yes, it is very funny and romantic. Some jokes the author uses are never-before-seen. We should all appreciate that tidbit, at least. The characters. Oh, what do I have to say about them? They're wonderful!! Each goddess has a unique personality. I do not want to give anything away, but please read it. It is worth your every penny and minute spent.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Manga!
Review: I love the manga series oh my goddess and this is just another great adition!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great manga title
Review: I used to think comics were for kids. The key words here are "used to." Having enjoyed the Oh My Goddess! OVA series immensely, I decided to give the manga a try, and that was a decision I won't regret it.

The great thing about OMG is that it's a cute and funny romance with deeper aspects thrown into it as well. "Queen of Vengeance" is no exception. There's a bit of everything: a parody of Shakespeare, further proof that Skuld is a mega mecha genius (pun intended), plenty of sake and ice cream, touching moments in Urd's Fantastic Adventure (I love that chapter!) and a lot of laughs to top it all off. I won't start going into the plot, others have done a better job of that than I can.

The artwork? In one word: lovely. The character designs are really well drawn, having evolved a lot from their notably worse original forms from the earliest volumes. It's a shame in a way that the pictures are only presented in black and white, but the overall quality makes up for this.

A really good thing about this edition is that the paper is thick and you can't see what's on the other side of the page, with a few minor exceptions. And the ink hasn't smudged or been transferred onto the adjacent page...at least in my copy.

I personally think that the reading level of 9-12 years is a little harsh. Sure, it's not the most difficult of books to read, understand and (hopefully) enjoy, but the nature of the OMG series and its plot can appeal to a much wider age group. I really like it and, as Skuld would say, "I am NOT a kid! Biiii-da!". Also, there are some incidents of nudity (although these are hardly hentai), mild swearing at one point, and cases of alcohol consumption and drunkedness. Some parents might not want their younger children reading this.

Highly recommended for any OMG or manga fan...although, in the latter case, I'd advise you to watch the OVAs first or read the preceding manga.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Episodic romance with great artwork
Review: Oh My Goddess is a real treat. It's a very innocent romance story between a mortal and a goddess who happens to have two troublemaking sisters. The stories are very episodic, with only a basic chronology of events tying them together. The best stories here are the robot battle at the start between main character Keiichi's sister Megumi and the goddess Skuld, and in particular, the adventure of the goddess Urd when she's regressed to childhood by lack of energy. The artwork is gorgeous, with a caveat: Kosuke Fujishima tends to have simple, but pretty characters with wonderfully elaborate clothing and little to no background scenery. If you can accept that style, this book and all the others in the series are wonderful reading.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Episodic romance with great artwork
Review: Oh My Goddess is a real treat. It's a very innocent romance story between a mortal and a goddess who happens to have two troublemaking sisters. The stories are very episodic, with only a basic chronology of events tying them together. The best stories here are the robot battle at the start between main character Keiichi's sister Megumi and the goddess Skuld, and in particular, the adventure of the goddess Urd when she's regressed to childhood by lack of energy. The artwork is gorgeous, with a caveat: Kosuke Fujishima tends to have simple, but pretty characters with wonderfully elaborate clothing and little to no background scenery. If you can accept that style, this book and all the others in the series are wonderful reading.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Can't get rid of rut
Review: Oh My Goddess! was a respected comic all over the world. Beautiful cartoon, attractive character and SKULD! I was attracted cozy goddesses nonetheless fanciful situation. But at present Goddess became stereotyped. I was so fed with colorless iteration and childish story. Mr.Fujishima retired at the wrong time. furthermore I don't anticipate Goddess Movie that will be released this summer in Japan too. By the way, surprisingly goddess and New Character will appear in arcade in Japan with 3-D image! It's the end of world.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One of the best storylines is in this book!
Review: Originally, I skimmed through the following volumes of Oh My Goddess, and I found one of the best storylines. Concerning the computer support system for the Goddesses, it goes on the fritz, causing Belldandy to go into constant sleep, Skuld to go nuts eating ice cream, & Urd to drink Sake like there's no tomorrow. If that wasn't enough, Skuld and Urd soon find that they have a problem. Becasue of the insignia of the past on her forehead, Urd is regressively getting younger, while Skuld's symbol of the future on her forehead, is causing her to grow older. It's kind of funny to see the table sturned on the two sisters, and Keichi tries to remedy the situation quickly. However, at one point, Urd actually goes out, and meets a boy who is about the age she would be in her present state. Urd actually ends up having fun and it is almost a rare instance where she is not meddling in Belldandy and Keichi's lives. However, Urd never really lets on what is going on in her life, but it is a very interesting storyline.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: One of the best storylines is in this book!
Review: Originally, I skimmed through the following volumes of Oh My Goddess, and I found one of the best storylines. Concerning the computer support system for the Goddesses, it goes on the fritz, causing Belldandy to go into constant sleep, Skuld to go nuts eating ice cream, & Urd to drink Sake like there's no tomorrow. If that wasn't enough, Skuld and Urd soon find that they have a problem. Becasue of the insignia of the past on her forehead, Urd is regressively getting younger, while Skuld's symbol of the future on her forehead, is causing her to grow older. It's kind of funny to see the table sturned on the two sisters, and Keichi tries to remedy the situation quickly. However, at one point, Urd actually goes out, and meets a boy who is about the age she would be in her present state. Urd actually ends up having fun and it is almost a rare instance where she is not meddling in Belldandy and Keichi's lives. However, Urd never really lets on what is going on in her life, but it is a very interesting storyline.


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