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The
AMG OAV: Manga Correlation
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Ah!
My Goddess OAV
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Manga
Correlation
Midsummer Night's Dream:
OAV
Episode 2
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It
has been five months since Belldandy arrived.
The episode opens with what appears to be a typical
routine; Belldandy cooking and Keiichi studying.
Megumi drops by for lunch and hands her brother
an unmarked parcel. She inquires about Keiichi's
plans for the summer but Keiichi explains that
he has no money. Megumi suggests going to the
ocean but seeing the look on Keiichi's face remembers
that her brother can't swim. During
conversation after the meal, Megumi mentions that
she has been to the ocean twice. Belldandy thinks
this is wonderful, for she has never be to the
ocean. Megumi helps Belldandy with the dishes
and suggests that Bell ask Keiichi to take her
to the ocean. Meanwhile Keiichi is considering
the idea and with daydreams of a romantic summer
and getting at least a kiss in mind, decides to
go for it.
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Material
for this scene was taken from Chapter 11.
However Megumi suggests going to a seaside
park instead of the ocean.
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With
Megumi having left and Belldandy gone shopping,
Keiichi opens the unmarked parcel. It contains
a Betamax tape with the risqué title -
"Goddess Films: Sexy Dynamite!! Part 2,"
making him assume it was sent by his sempai.
Keiichi plays the tape which shows a dark-skinned
woman in a sexy pose. Fascinated Keiichi draws
near the screen until a foot begins to stick out
from the TV set itself and kicks his face! The
woman pulls herself out of
the TV screen and congratulates a flustered Keiichi
for finally making a move on Belldandy. Confused,
Keiichi asks who she is and the dark-skinned woman
replies that she is the Cupid of Love. The woman
draws near and gives advice on what Keiichi should
do in a literal hands-on manner. Keiichi scoots
away and asks who the heck she is and why she
knew so much about them. Belldandy comes back
and cuts their conversation short, but not before
telling Keiichi that she's Bell's older sister,
Urd.
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Urd's
appearance in the OAV is nearly identical
to that of the manga in Chapter 14. However
the package arrives by mail and Urd knocks
out Keiichi accidentally upon coming out
of the TV. The scene where Urd places Keiichi's
hand on her breast and has some parallel
in the said chapter. Here Urd actually tries
to seduce Keiichi under the pretense of
recharging Belldandy's "System Force."
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The
couple finally make it to the seaside and Belldandy
finds it wonderful. She asks if Keiichi wants
to go to the beach and he agrees. Sitting on the
beach, Keiichi is thinking of holding hands with
Belldandy. Suddenly hands from behind cover Keiichi's
eyes and a woman's chest is pressed flat against
his back. Turning to who he presumed as Belldandy,
he finds Urd, who claims to be there to help him.
She offers a bottle of sunscreen oil, which she
assures will make Belldandy, in Urd's word's "all
mellow mellow" (and prompts another one of
Keiichi's fantasies). Belldandy arrives and agrees
but before Keiichi can put the sunscreen on with
his shaking hands, Mishima Sayoko greets him.
Startled, Keiichi throws the bottle in the sand.
Sayoko finds it a coincidence to bump into him
and with a girl and jokes about him being a stud.
Belldandy introduces herself and Sayoko quickly
assesses her as a rival not to be taken lightly.
Toshiyuki Aoshima (Sayoko's cousin) invites Belldandy
to a boat ride and takes her by the hand.
Keiichi moves quickly to separate
them as the Ultimate Force might wreak havoc but
no such thing happens. Sayoko's group leaves and
Keiichi wonders what's wrong with the Ultimate
Force. Belldandy thinks it might be a system malfunction
and offers to check it out later. Keiichi wants
to pick up where they were interrupted but unfortunately
Urd's sunscreen has all spilled in the sand. From
afar a frustrated Urd thinks it was close and
decides that a new plan is needed.
Putting
Urd's new plan into motion, the couple go far
offshore in a rubber boat. Keiichi inquires about
the Ultimate Force again and Belldandy explains
that she tried to make contract with her older
sister Urd who was in charge of system maintainance.
Unfortunately she was not around. Belldandy offers
to row with Keiichi but as she stands up the waves
begin to rock the boat. Keiichi stands upto assist
her but the waves knock them down. Keiichi realizes
that he's holding Belldandy and begins to make
a move. Back on the shore,Urd snaps her fingers
(glowing with power) and considers her plan a
success. However luck is not on Keiichi's side
as Sayoko's yacht passes close by and throw the
couple into the water. Sayoko apologizes for the
accident and asks about Keiichi. Belldandy realizes
that he can't swim and she dives to save K1 who
has been sinking to the depths of the ocean.
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The
OAV departs significantly from the manga
with regard to the couple's ocean adventure.
In Chapter 11 the two go to a seaside park
where they eat ice cream, ride a boat and
end up at a park bench. However Episode
2 and this chapter are similar in that Keiichi
ends up getting a real kiss. Incidentally,
the events in the manga preceding the kiss
(in which Keiichi steps on a soda can and
nearly falls into a waterway) is shown in
the opening trailer of the series.
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With
the sun sinking, Belldandy sits by Keiichi sleeping
in their rented room. Belldandy apologizes and
recalls the previous events. Slapped by Sayoko
in the cheek, Belldandy gets scolded for bringing
Keiichi so far out in the sea when she knew he
couldn't swim. Sayoko criticizes her for being
immature and suggests that Keiichi might consider
her a bother. With seeds of doubt planted in her
heart, Belldandy thinks that she might not be
good for Keiichi. Keiichi wakes up and asks
why Bell is crying. She apologizes and seems to
mention that her presence might not be good for
him. However she's too scared to asked what Keiichi
thought of her and leaves on the excuse to get
some ice. Keiichi is confused why Belldandy was
crying and wonders if he's the reason. Urd's voice
suddenly chimes in and she transforms from chibi
to adult form in in a cloud of smoke. She berates
Keiich for making her younger sister cry and warns
him not to come crying to her if Belldandy decides
to go back to the heavens. This catches Keiichi's
attention and Urd points out that his problem
is that he does not love Belldandy enough. Keiichi
has to tell Belldandy that he loves her and so
that he won't mess up Urd gives him a potion to
increase his courage a hundredfold. Keiichi drinks
the potion and faints. The power of the potion
was that upon waking up, the first person Keiichi
saw would become his true love.
Meanwhile,
Sayoko thinks the incident was partly her fault
too and decides to apologize. She knocks at the
door and falls in as Keiichi opens it abruptly.
Keiichi stares at Sayoko and his eyes glaze over
as the potion kicks in. Words of adoration begin
to gush out of Keiichi as he goes for a kiss.
In his mind Keiichi calls out to Urd to help him
as Belldandy might see him. He tries to
fight the potion but it's too strong. Sayoko
pushes Keiichi back and asks about
Belldandy but Keiichi replies that he wants to
be with her, not Bell. With a clatter a bowl falls
to the ground as Keiichi's fears come true - Belldandy
is standing by the hallway. Sayoko tries to explain
but Belldandy does not wish to hear the explanation
for now. Suddenly Keiichi grabs his head and shouts
as if in pain as he runs out of the resort.
It's
already evening when Belldandy manages to catch
up with Keiichi at the rocks by the seashore.
Bell tells Keiichi that if he thinks she's a bother
she'll just go back home. Keiichi loses consciousness
and Urd's potion ampule falls out of his hand.
Belldandy calls out for Urd to show herself and
demands that she return him to normal. Urd refuses
and says that Keiichi is a shameful fool. Bell
takes offense and fires an energy ball at her
sister, destroying the rock she was standing on.
Urd explains that she didn't anticipate the situation
and that there was no cure. Belldandy begs the
unconscious Keiichi to return back to normal,
saying that she was willing to lose her divine
just to bring him back. Belldandy kisses Keiichi
and he wakes up, back to the way he was before.
Belldandy asks Keiichi if after all that has happened,
he thought she was a bother. Keiichi reassures
her that this wasn't true and that these incidents
were nothing compared in view of the fortune that
brought a goddess to him. The two embrace for
a long time and Urd thinks that her work is done
here. However black clouds begin to swirl and
a lightning bolt strikes the Goddess. Rushing
over, Keiichi and Belldandy find Urd knocked out
and a message inscribed on the ground. The crash
of the Ultimate Force system was due to Urd's
tampering and until further notice she was forbidden
to return home. With a sigh of dismay Keiichi
realizes that his chance to be alone with Belldandy
is gone. Belldandy apologizes but Keiichi says
it's ok - with two goddesses at home, he'll be
twice as happy.
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Practically
all the rest of the events in Episode
2 are original material. In the manga
Sayoko makes her first appearance
in Chapter 4 and meets Belldandy at
the NIT campus. At this time she already
considers Bell a rival and attempts
to steal Keiichi through various means.
Aoshima makes his first appearance
much later in Chapter 20 and as in
the OAV, was also interested in Belldandy.
The use of a love potion by Urd is
not surprising since she uses these
many times in the early manga stories.
The lightning bolt that struck Urd
in the end (and her subsequent exile
on Earth) is lifted directly from
Chapter 14. In both the manga and
anime the reason given was Urd's tampering
which resulted in failure of the Ultimate
Force system. The title of the OAV
is obviously from one of William Shakespeare's
plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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