Token Asian’s Anime Blog

I’m bored.

Not much in the way of new goddess stuff this month. Already got myself the new PVC statue, the tote bag, and a couple of those tiny AMG coffee mugs. Apparently the Japanese aren’t that big on mega-mugs of coffee. I guess Asians are bigger on tiny cups of tea or something (don’t ask me, I’m a Ghiradelli cocoa drinker… despite being Asian).

At least chapter 216 of the manga was fun. Skuld ditches television and fighting with Urd for a date with mini-K1 (Sentaro). Here’s to hoping that Fujishima continues on this story in chapter 217. Anyway, it was a manga chapter that didn’t suck for once.

Oh yeah, so there was some updates on the AMG PS2 game. Geez, every single time I look at this site, the graphics look crappier and crappier. I hope it’s just low quality screenshots and that the game is still “in development.”

Anyway, it appears that Keiichi and his harem of divine beauties end up on some deserted island with a crapload of puzzles to solve and SOMEONE has lost their memory (if it’s Bell AGAIN I’m going to tell someone to perform an anatomically impossible action). And then there’s this silver-haired lady who everybody thinks is “Freya,” theorized to be Belldandy’s mother. Well, at least all the fanboys are associating a sexy lady with Bell’s ancestry (fair enough).

However, I see no goddess markings on her face. We should be able see the emblems on the lower cheeks at the least. Even Hild, the highest of the demons had markings, so therefore a high-level goddess such as Bell’s mother should have SOMETHING. Hmmm, I would lean on the side that argues this is NOT Bell’s mother. And I doubt that Fujishima would take such an important plot development and use a PS2 game to reveal it.

A more likely theory is that this woman is the villain, in league with Marller (also in one of site’s updates) and causing havoc with the goddesses’ memories. Or perhaps Marller is causing this silver-haired woman to suffer memory loss and the entire goddess gang has to solve puzzles to get it back. Hey, for all I know, Marller could be cloning an army of Belldandys (Belldandies? Belldandii?) to take over the world and this silver-haired female is the first of a line of cybernetically enhanced ninja goddesses with laser beams for eyes.

Remember that one really crappy Tenchi Muyo movie where the entire gang goes back in time to save Tenchi’s mom from being assassinated by an escaped criminal? All I really remember is the unusual ending song during the credits roll… anyway, I’m digressing. ANYWAY, remember how AMG fans are always complaining that Tenchi Muyo was a blatant ripoff of Fujishima’s work? Well, I guess is the original idea ripping off of the ripoff… okay, headache.

It appears that this rather non-manga inspired story begins with Hild chilling in the house with everyone. Obviously, this is out of the ordinary but the thing most of the ordinary is that Keiichi takes it all in stride and is coming on to Hild. This is normal behavior for K-1? Apparently something has changed the Keiichi they knew, which becomes clear when they find a photo of Keiichi in high school with Hild. And of course, now the entire gang has to travel back in time to prevent Keiichi from being seduced by Urd’s mom (not that most men would object to having Hild around).

Have you ever gotten your driver’s license revoked? Or even worse, found yourself with the wrong license altogether? Aiiya, well, Belldandy finds herself with a license to terrorize as a demon. Too bad she absolutely sucks at being evil. The worst thing she can probably do is get herself totally bombed on Coca-Cola (not Diet Pepsi, to Burnskvi’s sadness).

Of course, this is a happy anime and we have to get this issue resolved before the end of the episode. Much happiness came into this Token Asian’s heart as Peorth comes along in a cute outfit to make things all better… right? Are things really going to be 100% again? Or are things going to go to Hell once again (pun intended)?

WTF is that Hild in bed with Keiichi? RAPERAPERAPERAPERAPE! AGH! Is this time for a jealousy storm? The final showdown between Bell and Hild? An action-packed final episode with magic flying back and forth? Actually, none of the above. We’re finally getting Bell in a schoolgirl outfit.

OH MY FUCKING GODDESS WHAT THE HELL IS THIS

Well, I guess it was inevitable. They had to make a video game out of this franchise somehow. I was just hoping it would have been a first person shooter. I’d have liked to play online with AMG fans around the world and frag people with Skuld bombs. This looks like your standard third person RPG in the vein of perhaps Kingdom Hearts.

I hope this gets imported. If not, I’ll be very sad.

Took another closer look at the episode teaser at the end of episode 20. Went through it slowly… and I saw this:

Not your standard goddess emblem, eh? Looks like Belldandy is turning to the dark side in the next episode. I bet Marller’s got a hand in it. I suppose this is the anime version of the “Belldandy turns into a demon” arc. Except I see no Welsper or Lind in sight yet. Perhaps in episode 22? Well, I doubt everyone’s favorite kitty will make an appearance. At least Lind, I’d hope.

Also note the scan from Animedia magazine hosted on Visions of Goddess:

Shame on you, Belldandy. She’s just as tipsy as a Lehigh University sorostitute! But as you can see, she’s clearly lacking her goddess emblems and has something more red and demon-like. That and I don’t think Belldandy would willfully start chugging cola if she wasn’t showing a more “naughty” side.

If Burnskvi-san reads this, do you think Bell is more of a Diet Pepsi fangirl or a regular Pepsi kind of gal? And would a demon Belldandy smash vending machines in Baltimore hotels for her daily fix?

PS: Don’t quote me on this… but was it confirmed that there are only to be twenty-two episodes total?

It’s moving day at the Morisato residence, though it’s stuff moving in, not out. It starts off with just the Motor Club gang coming by to put their stuff in storage but it begins escalating. Sure, letting Chihiro stash some junk here and there isn’t too bad. Unfortunately, I guess Sayoko needs to store “some” (a truckload) of her junk as well, but I guess she’s too much of a stingy b**** to pay for it. Who needs to pay for something when you can just mooch off of K-1?

Of course, Skuld comes up with a technological solution… build a space expander! Don’t ask me to explain the physics of it because I’m a history major, but I do know it involes an SNES controller and Skuld, which is bad news. So one room of the house is now in violation of the laws of physics. Let’s put everyone’s valuables inside! And maybe we can let Keiichi fiddle around with it! Nothing could go wrong, right?

Well, at least now they can store an infinite amount of junk in this room. TRAPPED IN INFINITE SPACE… my head hurts thinking about it. Too bad Belldandy isn’t the type to look at yard sale ads in the Sunday paper and acquire ridiculous amounts of tchotckes. Or maybe she just hasn’t heard of yard sales. Do they even have yard sales in Japan? I think Bell would be the type to collect dolls. Not sure why, but it just sounds right. In any case, Bell and Keiichi finally get some “alone time,” though not exactly in a good way.

I’m not sure how the next episode goes as the teaser is pretty vague, but I do know one thing…

NIKU-SEMPAI KILLS HAGU-CHAN! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!