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Title: Final Exam
Title: Final Exam
Series: Oh
My Goddess! #3
Author: Kosuke Fujishima
Rating:
4 of 5 Stars
Genre: Manga
Pages:
152
Format: Paper edition
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Synopsis:
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Various chapter stories usually with comedic overtones. Belldandy is crowned Queen of Nekomi Tech. Belldandy and Kei go on a date only to have it ruined by Urd and Sayoko. Megumi invites the motor club over and Urd has them play a magical game of Life.Kei has to take exams but ends up with a brainless double that gets dressed up like a girl taking it for him. Finally, Sayoko's cousin attends the Tech and tries to make moves on Belldandy with rather predictable results.
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My
Thoughts:
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This
was a very humorous volume. What stood out to me was the dinner date
between Kei and Bell where both Sayoko AND Urd interfere. Sayoko to
try to steal Kei from Bell. Ok, an aside here. I still don't
understand why Sayoko is SO determined to steal Kei. It makes for a
great ongoing plot point but I really do have to turn my brain off to
accept it. Urd interferes because she's on a mission to get Kei and
Bell together conjugally. And yes, conjugally is a real word, I
looked it up to make sure! So, during this dinner date Sayoko is
trying to be a third wheel and Urd sees it. Urd enchants a roasted
turkey to life and it jumps off the serving cart and begins running
at and attacking Sayoko. I just about died laughing.
Of
course, things aren't quite so funny when Sayoko's sleazy cousin
shows up and tries to force Belldandy to abandon Kei and be his
girlfriend. It had real stalker/rape vibes and while it was shown as
something bad, the fact that a character was acting like this at all
was a reminder that I was reading something from almost 30 years ago.
I don't remember this type of thing being an ongoing issue in future
volumes but I'll definitely be more aware of it now.
On to
the art!
This
is a very simple and clean piece of art but at the same time it
really expresses everything I like about Belldandy. It's obvious
she's no ordinary girl, as evinced by her sitting on top of a power
pole. At the same time her femininity is in no way compromised. The
long flowing hair, the simple shoes, the dress with the sash and
apron, the small smile. It all comes together to show a beautiful
woman who is extraordinary but not a sexpot. I think that Fujishima
did an excellent job of creating beauty without salaciousness. *
thumbs up *
★★★★☆
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