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!.
In this volume, you finally get to meet Keiichi's parents, who are both very unusual individuals. His parents don't like being called Mom and Dad, so they go by their own names. Keima, Keiichi's father, is also petrified of being near women. Which, of course, can be a problem when you live with four goddesses and your boss is a lady. Fortunately, he seems to be able to stand being around Belldandy, which bodes well for Keiichi's family get togethers in the future. His mother seems to be the type to roll with the punches, which is also super cool. I'm glad they finally decided to give us a glimpse into Keiichi's home life.
Another entertaining volume. This one features the introduction of Keiichi's parents and you get a better sense of why Keiichi isn't the absolute ladies man most would prefer him to be. Still, its a fun little introduction to new characters and its always entertaining to see how the Goddesses sometimes are more mischievous then demons.
Bell and Keiichi and the Terrible Guest: Somebody named Keima arrives. He's Keiichi's father. He doesn't like females to be near him (except Keiichi's mother.)
Dad on the Run: His father takes off on his own motorcycle and Keiichi and the others give chase.
Garden of the Goddesses: Keiichi's father gets to Keiichi's place before him and Peorth attacks him and then Bandai attacks him. They think he's an intruder.
Dad in Hell: Keiichi's father seems to be able to go into a fighting mode when women are near and he defeats all the mini-Banpai's.
Moment of Decision: Someone named Tokano shows up. She's Keiichi's mother (but she looks really young).
Mother's Battle, Father's Battle: She wants Keiichi to race his father to prove his love for Belldandy. So far Keiichi has lost to his father in races 97 straight times.
Let's Dance!: Belldandy rides in mini-form with Keiichi as he races his father.
Keichi's mom and dad show up in this one and they are very entertaining. I liked how atypical they were, it really brings a lot of character to Keichi and his sister.