Oh My Goddess Colors
June 9, 2009
I reviewed this for this week’s Manga Minis column at Manga Recon, you can check out my review over there. I talk about how it’s a good introduction to the series, which is very true.
I’m glad this finally came out. I’m not sure why I bought it, I wasn’t originally planning to. I think the delays that took two years to resolve built pressure that eventually made me feel obligated to purchase it. I’m glad I did. I like the idea that it collects four chapters spotlighting each of the four goddesses, but I was disappointed that Belldandy’s chapter was the very first chapter of Oh My Goddess (there are plenty of other good Belldandy chapters, though maybe they are all involved in major plotlines), and the Peorth chapter was from the volume I just read. I like Peorth, but she was definitely a character that got better with age. I’m not sure when this book came out in Japan, but perhaps it was before Peorth got a lot of story time. That Urd chapter is probably one of my favorites in the series though, and the Skuld chapter is essentially just like it.
And… that introduction. THAT INTRODUCTION. It was short, but I was absolutely dying. It compared the structure of the series to an old Fujiko Fujio series, talked about how Love Hina is a more interesting series, calls attention to plot holes, and uses the absolute most unflattering descriptions in the world to summarize the series (Great Moments in the Plot of OMG: Volume 8: Keiichi tells Belldandy “I love you,” except he accidentally sorta-says it to Skuld instead. Volume 24: Keiichi looked as if he was going to kiss Belldandy on the cheek. Volume 30: Keiichi successfully borrowed an umbrella from a love hotel.). Plus, the opening page appropriately showed the change in Belldandy’s character design over the years. It was awesome.
