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ああっ女神さまっ [Aa! Megami-sama] #15
Oh My Goddess! Volume 15: Hand in Hand
After lonely college student Keiichi dials a wrong number, his wish of having a goddess as a companion is granted, and many adventures ensue involving him, his goddess girlfriend, her older sister, and other unworldly friends.
256 pages, Paperback
First published September 22, 1997
About the author
Kosuke Fujishima
546 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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June 26, 2019
This one feels heavier.
World: The art is splendid and we get a nice look at the angels this time and they are gorgeous. The world building is solid, it’s small and contained but still fairly charming.
Story: The story is good, it’s the continuation with the Queen Sayoko arc but wow is Mara ever mean in this one, it’s really a weird tone change that I was not expecting. The rest of the book is good with a lot of Megumi which is great and also with Urd’s angel which is more about Urd herself as a character. Good stuff.
Characters: Mara is a bit off in this book and he’s really mean which is not normal for her, but other than the the rest of the cast is what they should be. The Megumi stuff was nice and the Urd one was moving, as she accepts who she is.
Solid.
Onward to the next book!
World: The art is splendid and we get a nice look at the angels this time and they are gorgeous. The world building is solid, it’s small and contained but still fairly charming.
Story: The story is good, it’s the continuation with the Queen Sayoko arc but wow is Mara ever mean in this one, it’s really a weird tone change that I was not expecting. The rest of the book is good with a lot of Megumi which is great and also with Urd’s angel which is more about Urd herself as a character. Good stuff.
Characters: Mara is a bit off in this book and he’s really mean which is not normal for her, but other than the the rest of the cast is what they should be. The Megumi stuff was nice and the Urd one was moving, as she accepts who she is.
Solid.
Onward to the next book!
October 5, 2024
Reviewing the copy I appear to have, but the ISBN listed on the book is 1-56971-921-7 (9781569719213), which I guess was reassigned to the "unflopped" edition? (If that's just a Goodreads error, I'm too lazy to go through the hoops to that.)
Another book series I used to have but, prior to Goodreads, donated in the interest of "things get exponentially heavier the more of them are included when moving to a new residence." I found another copy used, though I wish I also had the right-to-left version for comparison (also hard to track down).
The main thing I remember about Fujishima was being told he started as a clothing designer, which makes sense considering the high variation of outfits on his characters. NONE of them wear the same outfit from day to day (without reason)! It's an attention to detail that many artists don't touch on... or avoid having to consider (everyone wears either a uniform or "t-shirt and jeans" where the shirt has a very basic slogan or design), yet all of the clothing is so detailed, with appropriate folds!, that you could almost pick the outfit off the page and ACTUALLY wear it!
The other thing is the motorised vehicles—mostly motorbikes. There are a LOT, and drawn from multiple angles (not just cut-and-paste)! The one thing that keeps my astonishment for the art in check is, since it's a well-known manga, I don't know how much is actually Fujishima's art and how much is by assistants. I mean, it's still impressive! I just sometimes wish the assistants got due credit, and not just occasionally like in more recent titles (though, at least they get credit SOMETIMES!). There are also a large number of panels where it's just character heads against literally no background, I suppose to make up time for when there are INTENSE backgrounds.
I think the main thing that made me donate the series—other than the prospective of having to move all the books—was that it's TOO WHOLESOME. Like, a lot of things that shouldn't possibly resolve cleanly... just do. The "drunk* Belldandy" storyline was so ridiculous, and yet everyone just sort of ignored that such unbelievable things happened that they shouldn't possibly just accept. Yet they did, because they were drunk at the time. Okay.
(Said the teetotaller who has no clue what it's like being drunk... though plenty of experience with nightmares and "sleep hangovers" to approximate the feeling.)
Also just a little tired of Skuld playing the super-protective, perpetually-child little sister about Keiichi's slightest hint of liking Belldandy, despite Belldandy just as slightly hinting about liking Keiichi back. I get that sometimes the status quo is the set-up for most of the jokes in the series, but it felt like the status quo was TOO LONG, also. Heck, *Banpei*—a dang ROBOT—has more character development, it feels like sometimes.
Oh, also can't imagine a class on *aerodynamics* being so high-demand, too, besides that the lecture is limited to 30 people *who somehow make the same commute as Keiichi*... plot demands, though! ...??
It's a fun series, but I'm not that interested in re-collecting it, especially not the left-to-right version (which is probably to blame for the one page where Urd's angel has the right wing is the black-feathered one).
*on cola??
Another book series I used to have but, prior to Goodreads, donated in the interest of "things get exponentially heavier the more of them are included when moving to a new residence." I found another copy used, though I wish I also had the right-to-left version for comparison (also hard to track down).
The main thing I remember about Fujishima was being told he started as a clothing designer, which makes sense considering the high variation of outfits on his characters. NONE of them wear the same outfit from day to day (without reason)! It's an attention to detail that many artists don't touch on... or avoid having to consider (everyone wears either a uniform or "t-shirt and jeans" where the shirt has a very basic slogan or design), yet all of the clothing is so detailed, with appropriate folds!, that you could almost pick the outfit off the page and ACTUALLY wear it!
The other thing is the motorised vehicles—mostly motorbikes. There are a LOT, and drawn from multiple angles (not just cut-and-paste)! The one thing that keeps my astonishment for the art in check is, since it's a well-known manga, I don't know how much is actually Fujishima's art and how much is by assistants. I mean, it's still impressive! I just sometimes wish the assistants got due credit, and not just occasionally like in more recent titles (though, at least they get credit SOMETIMES!). There are also a large number of panels where it's just character heads against literally no background, I suppose to make up time for when there are INTENSE backgrounds.
I think the main thing that made me donate the series—other than the prospective of having to move all the books—was that it's TOO WHOLESOME. Like, a lot of things that shouldn't possibly resolve cleanly... just do. The "drunk* Belldandy" storyline was so ridiculous, and yet everyone just sort of ignored that such unbelievable things happened that they shouldn't possibly just accept. Yet they did, because they were drunk at the time. Okay.
(Said the teetotaller who has no clue what it's like being drunk... though plenty of experience with nightmares and "sleep hangovers" to approximate the feeling.)
Also just a little tired of Skuld playing the super-protective, perpetually-child little sister about Keiichi's slightest hint of liking Belldandy, despite Belldandy just as slightly hinting about liking Keiichi back. I get that sometimes the status quo is the set-up for most of the jokes in the series, but it felt like the status quo was TOO LONG, also. Heck, *Banpei*—a dang ROBOT—has more character development, it feels like sometimes.
Oh, also can't imagine a class on *aerodynamics* being so high-demand, too, besides that the lecture is limited to 30 people *who somehow make the same commute as Keiichi*... plot demands, though! ...??
It's a fun series, but I'm not that interested in re-collecting it, especially not the left-to-right version (which is probably to blame for the one page where Urd's angel has the right wing is the black-feathered one).
*on cola??
June 29, 2017
Wrapping up Mara's latest scheme, this volume seems to mostly revolve around Keiichi's fear that he might one day lose Belldandy. While we all know this is extremely unlikely, both seem to be worried about it. Additionally, seeing Belldandy get absolutely drunk on Coca Cola is the funniest thing.
April 28, 2025
The Queen Sayoko arc comes to an end in a very satisfying manner. Things don't get much easier for Keiichi and the goddesses though. Especially when Megumi meets a speed queen and Skuld wants an angel of her own.
June 11, 2019
➳ 2 1/2 stars
May 15, 2020
Pretty great manga so far, really great art/Character development and pretty good story 😁❤️
February 26, 2016
There's a neat drawing of Urd on the cover, showing her and her angel form, with the angel having one white wing and one dark wing.
Megumi vs. the Queen: Megumi is on her way to class and some woman called The Queen races her. She does that a couple of times and loses.
The Secret of Speed: The Queen talks to Megumi about her bike and wants to know Megumi's secret about why her bike goes so fast.
Two Hearts Beat As One: The Queen races Keiichi and Belldandy. Megumi explains to the Queen what her secret is about fast riding. It's really a very nice and moving story.
Another Me: Skuld is complaining about not having an angel. Urd asks Belldandy how she felt when she got her angel. Urd says for her it was terrifying. Urd's angel seems to be missing. Skuld builds something that supposedly will give her control over an angel. Urd explains she had told her angel she never wanted to see her again. She then manages to call her angel after Belldandy talks to her.
Never Let Go: Chihiro opens her motor repair show, Whirlwind. At the party Belldandy gets drunk on cola and goes around sort of granting perceived wishes resulting in odd things happening.
I Wanna Hold Your Hand: Keiichi and Belldandy are holding hands and they can't let go of each other. Urd tries various things but they don't work.
'Welcome': Skuld is riding on Banpei hurrying to get some where, but she doesn't get there in time. Banpei then starts behaving oddly and Skuld wants to find out what is going on.
The Sorrows of Banpei: Banpei has fallen for a robot. The robot, though, is sent to a junk yard. It's a neat story about what 'alive' actually means.
Megumi vs. the Queen: Megumi is on her way to class and some woman called The Queen races her. She does that a couple of times and loses.
The Secret of Speed: The Queen talks to Megumi about her bike and wants to know Megumi's secret about why her bike goes so fast.
Two Hearts Beat As One: The Queen races Keiichi and Belldandy. Megumi explains to the Queen what her secret is about fast riding. It's really a very nice and moving story.
Another Me: Skuld is complaining about not having an angel. Urd asks Belldandy how she felt when she got her angel. Urd says for her it was terrifying. Urd's angel seems to be missing. Skuld builds something that supposedly will give her control over an angel. Urd explains she had told her angel she never wanted to see her again. She then manages to call her angel after Belldandy talks to her.
Never Let Go: Chihiro opens her motor repair show, Whirlwind. At the party Belldandy gets drunk on cola and goes around sort of granting perceived wishes resulting in odd things happening.
I Wanna Hold Your Hand: Keiichi and Belldandy are holding hands and they can't let go of each other. Urd tries various things but they don't work.
'Welcome': Skuld is riding on Banpei hurrying to get some where, but she doesn't get there in time. Banpei then starts behaving oddly and Skuld wants to find out what is going on.
The Sorrows of Banpei: Banpei has fallen for a robot. The robot, though, is sent to a junk yard. It's a neat story about what 'alive' actually means.
October 6, 2016
Another excellent volume in the series from Dark Horse Manga, the story picks up right where volume 14's cliffhanger ended - and rightly so! It's pretty intense for the usually good-natured and gentle OMG! universe... Anyway, all you really need to know for volume 15 is that somehow, the goddess Belldandy gets drunk, and hijinks ensue. Not as good of a starting point as volume 14, but as a one-two punch, it's a knockout! (sorry for the copywriting - I just can't help it.)
May 27, 2011
One of the best ones! Belldandy drunk and you get to see Urd's badass angel finally.
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January 4, 2015Edición española, tomo 15.
January 5, 2008
this was good. and thats that.
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