Jan 8, 2015
If you’re expecting a serious drama/romance anime, this isn’t the one for you. This is more of a supernatural romantic comedy intended for younger viewers.
Aa! Megami-sama! is a fairly light-hearted show that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Goddess Urd’s main weakness is Enka music, First Class Demon Marller's (Mara) Kryptonite is rock music and lucky charms, and our main guy, Keiichi gets transformed into a motorbike in S1. There’s hardly any repercussion from the real world about the use of magic either. Human characters acknowledge that something happened, then ignore it altogether. As the insanity progresses, you'll have to start not caring about how ridiculous
...
the world is.
Initially, I thought that the romance wasn’t bad, until it started to get redundant. Kei has a lot of weaknesses in the confidence department and it improves, but at a snail's pace. He still needs a ton of pushing from the goddesses to even attempt to do something lovey-dovey with Belldandy. It took Peorth four episodes in a row in S2 to get Kei and Bell to even manage a confession. What? Even through all the turmoil they went through to get closer in S1, I feel like both Kei and Bell should know what they're doing by now.
As you'd expect, most of the episodes focus on getting Kei and Bell closer. And then there's a handful of filler episodes with side-characters that we hardly ever see again. Queen Mishima made a lot of appearances in S1 and she vanishes after two episodes in S2. However, there are some pretty decent episodes that focus on other lead characters. I honestly feel like the episodes with the spotlight on characters like Skuld and Urd are far more interesting than the main relationship ones because hardly anything truly significant happens. Quoting the ninja in S2, "Belldandy and Keiichi's romance is below elementary school level."
Honestly, I’m about half-and-half with the filler episodes. Some of them are fun, while others are downright boring. I wished AMG maintained focus with mostly Kei and Bell relationship episodes dashed with ones about Bell's sisters and their supernatural counterparts. I don’t know if the manga had these lame side-stories, but if they did, they should’ve cut some of them out. The fluff and the lack of solid progression in Kei and Bell's relationship weigh the story down and reduced my overall enjoyment of the show. Other than that, the animation quality is pretty good and the soundtrack is fitting for most situations. With my past affinity with the original OVA and movie, my wish for something more cohesive was ultimately rejected by Yggdrasil in the end.
Favorite Episodes:
S1: 17, 21, 25, 26
S2: 13, 14, 20
TT: 2
Best Dumb Moments:
Kei's Car Torture Scene
Bell on Cola
The Golden Nightingale “Singing”
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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