Oh My Goddess 31
Posted: March 6, 2009 Filed under: Oh My Goddess! 1 Comment »You know, in a series as long and episodic as Oh My Goddess, you’re going to get the volumes that suck. There’s not a lot you can do about it. It happens. This is one such volume.
We get some carryover from last volume where, for whatever reason, Peorth is trying to get Keiichi to say “I love you” to Belldandy. She is very desperate about it. This desperation is not explained (or perhaps the explanation was not adequate and I missed it… perhaps she just wanted to see it before she left), but after awhile Urd sees what’s going on and she joins in the fun. Belldandy sees Keiichi’s practice “I love you” to Peorth. Hijinx ensue.
After this, Peorth is forced to go back to Heaven because… well, I guess she was just on vacation? I was a little bummed about this since she’s a regular character now, but her plans are stopped and a new character is introduced: the gate, which takes the form of a little girl. Now, normally the new characters are awesome. Peorth, Hild, and Lind are all celestial characters introduced within the last… well, 15 or so volumes that are awesome. The gate is… well not so much.
The gate is on strike because she needs to experience things in the human world, so Peorth can’t go back until she’s been satisfied. Her stipulation? She wants to experience love and/or a real kiss. Right. You can see where this goes. She also apparently reads a lot of yuri manga (or I assume that’s what she’s holding, though on closer inspection, the one in the foreground looks kinda like two men, while there’s definitely a girl with pigtails on the one behind… maybe a mix of yaoi and yuri? or maybe the one in front just has girls with short hair). So Urd, Skuld, Peorth, and Belldandy are all part of this, and not just Keiichi.
No fun at all. I like the contests, a little tension, and the sweetness of the characters. Here, things were too direct in the “I love you” storyline, there was no contest, and the new gate character just wasn’t very fun. I don’t know. Maybe next time.
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