Ana Lorena
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Ah! My Goddess
Ah! My Goddess
The Ah! My Goddess TV series, consisting of 24 episodes and a flash back special episode, follows the manga from Keiichi's first meeting with Belldandy up to the "Lord of Terror" story arc. In general, the 1st season covers the same territory as the manga up to that arc with some minor omissions. There are also some additions, mostly from later chapters, notably the events of chapter 50 (meet me by the seashore) now occur before the Lord of Terror arc and not after, also a new story involving a women's kart race is inserted that borrows elements from chapter 121 of the manga.
Zero no Tsukaima
The Familiar of Zero follows the adventures of the protagonists Louise and her familiar Saito. Louise is a second year student at the Tristain Academy of Magic. In this world, those who can use magic are either mages or nobles.
Louise is terrible at magic, and can never use it the way she wants to. She is given the nickname "Louise the Zero" by her classmates, due to the inability to use any of the four common magic elements, whereby a mage's power is determined by the number of elements they can use ranging from a single element, one line, to four, square mage. Early in the school year, the second year students summon their familiars; this is considered a special ritual where a mage summons their eternal protector and partner, which usually is some sort of magical creature. Louise manages to summon a human commoner named Saito Hiraga, leaving her totally humiliated. Due to the sacredness of the ritual, Louise is left with no choice but to reluctantly accept Saito as her familiar. She proceeds to treat Saito as any other familiar only worse, making him sleep on a bed of hay and beats him with a whip for little to no reason, among other things.
One day Saito challenges a noble who disrespects commoners (Guiche) to a duel. Saito is beaten badly at first, but once a sword was put in Saito's hands, he gained a mysterious power and with this power he is able to defeat the noble in the duel. Louise and Saito's relationship's develop during the course of the story. Together they face many mysteries and uncover unexpected truths, including the nature of Saito's mysterious power, and the truth behind Louise's inability to cast magic.
