A down in his luck university student accidentally signs a contract with Belldandy an allpowerful all loving and absolutely gorgeous goddess to be his partner for life. Surely this is a trashy shallow wishful fulfillment fantasy? You would be dead wrong. 420https://i.ur.com/bGuJK1E.jpeg While not the most profound this is a modest slice of life kind of show that explores many aspects of life important and relevant to all of us. It is fun optimistic and full of heart with the only notable weakness being filler episodes where its just a villain of the week being defeated. There is also a quirky emphasis on motorsports and technology whenever something like a motorcycle shows up it is drawn and described with attention to realism which I think helps the show feel grounded despite the cast of supernatural characters. 520https://i.ur.com/1oLj6gW.jpeg The staff really know their engines. Belldandy was working charity when it was her job that day to help out Keiichi as hes been down in luck by granting him a wish. At first she sticks with Keiichi both because it was her job but also because shes literally allloving with just the nicest personality imaginable so of course she will help Keiichi out from his recent unlucky streak. Over the course of the series she will gradually fall in love with Keiichi a feeling new to her as she is relatively young for a goddess. 520https://i.ur.com/fjAUSId.jpeg Im here to grant one of any wish you desire When Keiichi was asked what one wish he would like to be granted was taken by Belldandys beauty and accidentally utters he wants her to be with him forever not thinking that would be a valid wish to grant. He immediately starts feeling guilty that hes got this goddess here kind of stuck with him but he will also fall in love with Belldandy and gain the confidence that he is capable of making her happy. The show immediately makes it clear that while Belldandy is basically allpowerful and Keiichi can tell her to do a lot of things they are incredibly modest people and the show is not about these powers because real people cannot use goddess powers to solve their problems. Belldandy absolutely can make Keiichi super rich but thats never come up even as a consideration in the entire series. Usually when powers are used its to counter some kind of melodramatic threat like Keiichi falling off of a building or being kidnapped by super rich playboy. This kind of modesty feels rare today with the only comparison I can think of being Freiren. It also has that emphasis of constant small selfimprovement but never to show off or compete with others kind of vibe which I really love. Oh and theres also Apothecary Diaries I guess. 520https://i.ur.com/6bnt3lU.jpeg The goddess can do anything even kart racing. Most of the show and the best parts of it will be centered around the main couples romance and also various struggles of the side characters. For example Keiichis school club need to participate in a womens cart race event but their only female member Sora is not really race driver material. Belldandy can actually drive because shes kind of competent in everything but it would be boring if she just went to race instead because shes a goddess. Instead Belldandy along with the rest of the cast work together to build up Soras skill and confidence to race. The episode ends before the race starts because we know the actual race doesnt matter. This is the kind of tasteful story telling I enjoy the most. Unfortunately it also has a few too many filler episodes where one of two inconsequential villains just show up to try to do some minor evil deeds only to be quickly defeated. 520https://i.ur.com/bp1J5Ki.jpeg Urd in kid form + Belldandy in chibi form arent they just adorable? Two other goddesses you see on the post show up for the second half of the show they are welcome but I think season 2 is where they will shine the brightest. For now they are primarily here for comedy the younger sister Skuld is here to make sure Keiichi doesnt get too close with Belldandy because shes jealous of her sisters love while the older sister Urd is here to push the couple closer together because she knows this is good for Belldandy. Skuld has yet to develop her goddess powers but she has super ingenuity she can actually build a time machine if she wanted to. Urd on the other hand is a master of magical potions making their light hearted battles over the couple quite entertaining. 520https://i.ur.com/ElzMwVO.jpeg A book of secret techniques to make your woman happy. 320https://i.ur.com/1RYaadC.png The show has a consistently above average level of animation quality. All 3 goddesses are somewhat complex for TV animation design with detailed hair styles and additional features on their faces. The story gets dragged down by almost 10 filler episodes basically any episode where it comes down to a Shounen style fight rather than character development. Except the one where Skuld builds a robot to fight for them dont skip that one. Bonus point for Belldandy simply existing. 520https://i.ur.com/HiZVN2F.jpeg Belldandys Ultra Instinct from can easily destroy planets but totally irrelevant to the story. Spoilers season 2 mostly resolves the filler problem and thus I think is a solid step above you definitely want to keep watching. regarding watch order https://anilist.co/anime/49/ 5 episodes OVA from 1994 https://anilist.co/anime/50/TV/ 24 episodes TV series covered in this review These two series are two alternative versions of a similar story you do not need to watch both https://anilist.co/anime/1003/ 2 extra OVA episodes for season 1 https://anilist.co/anime/880// Season 2 https://anilist.co/anime/2198/ 2 extra OVA episodes for season 2 https://anilist.co/anime/3090// 2 more OVA episodes directly following season 2 https://anilist.co/anime/9611/ 3 more OVA episodes https://anilist.co/anime/304// Movie from 2000 basically end of the series.