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魔界發生下犯上的判亂活動‧蓓兒丹娣與螢一在這場鬥爭之中互相接吻訂立的真的契約，因此兩人必須穿過靈魂受審之處‧審判之門。在那裡，有一位讓螢一感覺宛若是自身的男子，與一位從湖中出現的美麗女子。而蓓兒丹娣似乎就存在於那位女性之中──
176 pages, Paperback
First published August 23, 2013
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Kosuke Fujishima
588 books90 followersKōsuke 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!.
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!.
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July 10, 2025
There's an amount I want to tag "genderbending" for the fact of the Gate's deliberately obfuscated gender, but I can't find a solid answer about that in like two minutes of internet search, and whatever I guess. I do find it interesting my brain now automatically assumes all deities are female or female-presenting if I see a new character, just because OVERWHELMINGLY MOST OF THEM are.
Weird tangent.
Another tangental note: the back cover has a claim about this being the longest-running manga title in English... which would certainly only be as of August 2014 (first edition publication date) and not of all time, haha.*
Ahem.
This volume isn't one I'd read before, since after a certain point, I didn't have money to keep getting the flopped translations (besides that probably this was around when Borders tanked and I had fewer options for getting new volumes in person like I prefer), so after a while I hunted down the VERY LAST volume, read that, and was satisfied that I had "finished" the series. Sometimes I do that for a series I don't really like but want to see how it ends—this is one of the few that I liked but not enough to collect, and certainly not retain through multiple moves (the true test of if a book is good).
So while I don't know how this specific arc started, I remember (vaguely) how it ends, and these pieces sort of feel like the plot of the movie despite the movie's core plot being completely different... both have to do with "testing" if Keiichi and Belldandy really truly love each other or not.
Because NOBODY really truly loves someone else who REALLY TRULY loves them back like that!
...
Except Keiichi and Belldandy. Which we know, because we've read the rest of the series (or, some of you might have, I haven't yet).
But the Gate tries to prove this anyway, by showing them the history of another such couple—a bard and the lady of the lake (who I guess moonlights as Hermes)—and forces them to relive the other couple's similarly doomed relationship where the bard dies of old age while the goddess remains immortal but trapped.
When that doesn't faze them but instead renews their devotion (which actually has me stumped how to describe in a way that does them justice), the Gate pulls out a secret trap card and forces Keiichi to pull off a "miracle" to ACTUALLY prove his devotion: run an impossible motorbike race in three minutes.
So, that's the cover explained.
On the whole, it's the usual "Keiichi and Belldandy are impossibly wholesome throughout all the ridiculous things they have to go through while also being impossibly well-dressed for it in terms of even though Keiichi is just wearing casual clothing here, all the tiny details like zippers and watch mechanisms are squeezed in, which is INSANE to think about drawing in every single panel" kind of affair, and it's GOOD, but it's also sort of... is it weird that I like but *get tired of* how wholesome they are? Like, I want their relationship, but I don't always want to read about it, haha. Fiction should be entertaining, not nonstop goodness!
(Keiichi would argue that last point in regards to his life, no doubt. Also me, since sometimes I contradict myself and want nonstop goodness, especially if something bad has happened recently as tends to particularly around the time of this writing, not that I want to spell that out in an already too-blathery review...)
Recommended for fans, I doubt newcomers would be as receptive to picking up JUST this volume by itself.
*Okay, just fact-checked this against the other Goodreads listings, and it must be based on the flopped versions only, rather than this unflopped version, because One Piece book 71 is JUNE 2014 and already past OMG!'s book 46. Hmm.
Weird tangent.
Another tangental note: the back cover has a claim about this being the longest-running manga title in English... which would certainly only be as of August 2014 (first edition publication date) and not of all time, haha.*
Ahem.
This volume isn't one I'd read before, since after a certain point, I didn't have money to keep getting the flopped translations (besides that probably this was around when Borders tanked and I had fewer options for getting new volumes in person like I prefer), so after a while I hunted down the VERY LAST volume, read that, and was satisfied that I had "finished" the series. Sometimes I do that for a series I don't really like but want to see how it ends—this is one of the few that I liked but not enough to collect, and certainly not retain through multiple moves (the true test of if a book is good).
So while I don't know how this specific arc started, I remember (vaguely) how it ends, and these pieces sort of feel like the plot of the movie despite the movie's core plot being completely different... both have to do with "testing" if Keiichi and Belldandy really truly love each other or not.
Because NOBODY really truly loves someone else who REALLY TRULY loves them back like that!
...
Except Keiichi and Belldandy. Which we know, because we've read the rest of the series (or, some of you might have, I haven't yet).
But the Gate tries to prove this anyway, by showing them the history of another such couple—a bard and the lady of the lake (who I guess moonlights as Hermes)—and forces them to relive the other couple's similarly doomed relationship where the bard dies of old age while the goddess remains immortal but trapped.
When that doesn't faze them but instead renews their devotion (which actually has me stumped how to describe in a way that does them justice), the Gate pulls out a secret trap card and forces Keiichi to pull off a "miracle" to ACTUALLY prove his devotion: run an impossible motorbike race in three minutes.
So, that's the cover explained.
On the whole, it's the usual "Keiichi and Belldandy are impossibly wholesome throughout all the ridiculous things they have to go through while also being impossibly well-dressed for it in terms of even though Keiichi is just wearing casual clothing here, all the tiny details like zippers and watch mechanisms are squeezed in, which is INSANE to think about drawing in every single panel" kind of affair, and it's GOOD, but it's also sort of... is it weird that I like but *get tired of* how wholesome they are? Like, I want their relationship, but I don't always want to read about it, haha. Fiction should be entertaining, not nonstop goodness!
(Keiichi would argue that last point in regards to his life, no doubt. Also me, since sometimes I contradict myself and want nonstop goodness, especially if something bad has happened recently as tends to particularly around the time of this writing, not that I want to spell that out in an already too-blathery review...)
Recommended for fans, I doubt newcomers would be as receptive to picking up JUST this volume by itself.
*Okay, just fact-checked this against the other Goodreads listings, and it must be based on the flopped versions only, rather than this unflopped version, because One Piece book 71 is JUNE 2014 and already past OMG!'s book 46. Hmm.
June 20, 2025
Belldandy's father Tyr decides to test his daughters and Keiichi's relationship. What transpires is the two of them seeing and living the experience of another relationship between a human and a goddess. It truly is heartbreaking to watch especially as it serves as a direct parallel to what Keiichi and Belldandy may experience someday down the line. It's very emotional and a great volume.
August 10, 2017
The trials seem odd, but they seem to have a purpose. It's more of a warning to the two races of what might happen if they continue on their present course. However, the reveal of who the gate really is is kind of interesting. I can't wait to see what Tyr really looks like.
July 30, 2019
I gotta get caught up on this series! I'm years behind at this point.
May 17, 2020
Pretty great manga, really great art/Character development and pretty good story 😁❤️
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