Ah! My Goddess

[madzai]

I just want to write that Ah! My Goddess manga and anime means a lot for me. Anime was one of the first titles i ever watched as "i want to watch an anime" (and not just some random japanese cartoon i accidently saw on TV). My RL was harsh and i wanted something new. "Good people" on internet recommended me some "top titles" and all of them, for some reason, were tragedy and drama tags. This didn't help me one bit. But this one healed me. It was romantic, funny, a bit of stupid and comedy. Belldandy is still a top girl.

Much later, when i started to read manga too, i learn that this one is almost as old as i am. The art style changed like 3 or 4 times during those chapters and early chapters from eighties are much harsher than new ones. You read the whole things and see in real time how manga overall and writing practices changes in those 32 years.

If you interested in manga as a phenomena, i think you should read this one, even if genre is not for you. Also, while being one of the few very early romantic harem comedies it actually contains a valid reason for MC to act the way most "harem MC" acts. Even if the reason is a bit crazy. It's really feels like author though about this plot twist back in eighties and still decided to put in in use.

 

[reveluvza]

If you're starting now: bear with the crappy art on the first volumes, it gets better over time. The manga is a longrunner (25 years), and it's amazing how the author improved over time. Picture related: https://anime.astronerdboy.com/wp-c...YPQp632c/s1600/Changing+Face+of+Belldandy.jpg

i actually think the art in the beginning is quite charming but the style change is still phenomenal!

 

[reveluvza]

The reading order is weird, some chapters read right to left, some left to right. My brain is confused 😵. Can someone tell me why its like this? Am on Ch.45 at the time of writing this.....

my only guess is that some of these may be scanlated from the og japanese copies and some may be just straight scans of the dark horse publication. dark horse has a history esp back in their earlier days of licensing manga to entirely flip the mangas so it was read in the traditional western way, left to right. i cant think of another explanation except if the scanlation group flipped it manually for some reason...

 

[Musaho]

Finished it, Old manga works really stands the best for reading.

 

[havelmom]

the ending ruins it

 

[spyralhax]

I was to tempted to get into this, but between the rough as hell doujins (can't ever see Belldandy the same way), how the manga seems to end, and the totally raw deal Keiichi gets I'm extremely hesitant.

 

[ankokunoyami]

There is a soft spot in my heart for Ah! My Goddess. The premise is totally silly, there's a ton of filler, the plot tends to be ridiculous, it's got all kinds of weaknesses, it's totally the kind of thing I don't read/watch . . . and ultimately I don't care. Belldandy and indeed our hero are so dang lovable. Some of the last episodes of the anime made me tear up.

Yeah i agree with that... I even cried sometimes reading it