I wonder if it's just that I was in the wrong mood tonight.

I got half way through the third episode, lost interest, and stopped watching. I had done a lot of skipping on the second episode.

I don't think it's that I was in the wrong mood. I think it's because those episodes sucked. The second one was about Sayoko, a character I always find tedious. The third one was about Keiichi needing money so he could buy Belldandy something for Christmas.

Keiichi is actually a pretty uninteresting character, and when in the first season an episode focused on him, that was when the series was at its most angsty. The third episode promised more of the same, and that's why I stopped watching.

I found the first series to be at its most interesting when there was magic going on, and Keiichi at his best and most interesting when he's trying to cope with things that normal people never deal with. The OP promises me a lot of that. It promised me Hild, and Skuld's angel, and Peorth. It promised me someone with a harp and pointed ears. It promised me magic -- but the only magic we've seen so far was the process of renewing Keiichi's wish and restoring his contract with Belldandy in the first episode.

I'm not even sure I care enough about the third episode to finish watching it. I might take a look at the various next-episode teasers and skip ahead to the good part. I've got the first two DVDs, and surely they must start getting into something decent by then. (The back of the second DVD says Peorth shows up in that one, so there's still hope.)

By the way, please don't post any spoilers in comments.

UPDATE: Consider the inherent contradiction involved in Keiichi giving a Christmas present to Belldandy.

Of course, it's no stranger than having Belldandy polishing a statue of Buddha, as she does at the beginning of the first season.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Ah! My Goddess! at 10:12 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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