Kōsuke Fujishima (藤島康介, born July 7, 1964) is a Japanese manga artist.
Born in Chiba, Japan, he first came to public attention as an editor of Puff magazine, his first job after completing high school. Fujishima originally intended to be a draftsman, but took the editorial role after failing to get a drafting apprenticeship. He later became assistant to manga artist Tatsuya Egawa in the production of the Making Be Free! manga, and in 1986 began his first original manga series You're Under Arrest. His second manga series Oh My Goddess!, also translated as Ah! My Goddess, is extremely popular and has made Fujishima a household name in Japan. In addition, he is also well known as the character designer for several games in the Tales RPG video game series and Sakura Wars.
He is known for his love of automobiles and motorcycles, and several of his series and their characters reflect this, such as in éX-Driver and Oh My Goddess!.
World: Fantastic art. World building is solid with pieces for the past which boosts the characters and their depth.
Story: That was a heavy arc. The emotions were really solid and the ties to the past were really well done. I love that we get to see the past of Bell which is always great. The Banpei story is really well done. It's a bit creepy ans heavy handed but it's well done. Then humor and the heart well on point.
Characters: Some nice development for characters. Bell getting more depth is always a nice thing. Banpei has also gotten so much, more than what he original was. Solid character work.
My favorite plot arc wraps up! I love Velsper and how he develops, although if you think his story line is over, you'd better think again. He's a demon, after all. I really just love the world building aspect and how Keiichi and Belldandy are really starting to come together and really know that they're in sync in their hearts. Additionally, the art is just stunning. I love it a lot. This is probably my favorite volume out of the ones that I remember.
Their is much more to the creepy kid who seems to have screwed up time then we originally thought. Things seem to be tied back to Belldandy's origin story. Just as it seems like things won't work even with Peorth's help, Keiichi will have to do the impossible to keep Belldandy by his side.
It is as fun as it is frustrating. I wish Doctor Who aired in Japan during the nineties. Skuld builds a room thats bigger on the inside, the best reference that Fujishima came up with was TNG.
Come Walk With Me: Banpei wants Skuld to make the girl robot able to walk. Skuld manages to get the robot girl to do that and even gives her an emotion circuit. The relationship with Banpei is not smooth, to say the least.
Getting to Know You: The robot girl malfunctions. Later she has a talk with Belldandy. She still wants nothing to do with Banpei. She malfunctions for the second time.
Almost My Hero: She is trapped in a well. Banpei offers to help her, but he would have to self-destruct to do it.
Unlicensed Goddess: Something has gone wrong with Belldandy. It turns out her powers are suspended for a week. She didn't renew her license on time. A friend of Keiichi's needs his stuff stored and Skuld makes a device to increase the amount of space.
Wide, Wider, Widest: Keiichi tries to use the machine and creates what amounts to an infinite amount of space, leaving him and Belldandy with no way to find the exit to normal space.
As Long As You're With Me: Keiichi and Belldandy get to talk to each other alone and manage to return to normal space.
Traveler: Keiichi has left his German book in the room that was changed. He finds it and then something huge appears in the room. It's a type of intergalactic traveling whale that was supposedly extinct. It captures Belldandy and Keiichi.
Missing Time: Keiichi and the traveler end up becoming good friends and he introduces the whale to some music. Eventually it has to leave, but it does manage to find others of its kind.
Another excellent volume - I did rush through it, but sometimes that's the best way to absorb the magic of this series. Reading manga like this one is probably the best aspect of my job.