Oh My Goddess!, Volume 19: Sora Unchained

by Kosuke Fujishima

Sora Hasegawa is named the new director of the Nakomi Tech motor club. She'll have to prove herself on the racetrack, so Keiichi and Belldandy help her get ready for the upcomining race. Unfortunately, she'll have to race against Keiichi--and he's determined to win.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159307316X
• ISBN13: 9781593073169
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

lovely

i love this series. this isn't the manga, it american so its bigger, but it has more pages, and more story in them i love these books.

K1 takes a back seat...

The oddly numbered volume 19/20 of DH's "Oh, My Goddess" manga only seems to feature its main character Keiichi Morisato as a supporting player. This isn't necessarily a bad thing as, instead, it allows for characters who don't normally get any serious development to shine. In this case, that means the often overlooked Sora and the Nekomi Tech Motor Club (who are often just there to add to the body count and do manual labor). Since K1 has moved on to the working world, someone has to take over as the Motor Club's president. K1 picks Sora, much to her dismay. Unfortunately for her, she can't refuse without first beating Keiichi in a race. And, thusly, we have a plot for a story arc. The book ends with a lovely little story of sisterly competition between Urd and Skuld for rights to the only color television in the Shrine. Antics ensue, and laughs are out there to be had. More racing fun and auto tips in this volume, that's for sure. Mostly, though, the story revolves around the various people in Sora's life allowing her to regain her confidence and shine. A decent book, to be sure, but I'm rather mixed about the note DH left in the back of the book concerning subsequent volumes and reissues. One of the last Americanized manga left (reads left-to-right), "Oh, My Goddess" is finally being changed to the now standard right-to-left format of printing. This will be reflected in all volumes to come and (apparently) in all reprints of the old set. *sigh* More books to buy. You may think that's a funny statement, but since the order in which the manga first appeared was altered when it came to the states, it means that older fans who have all of the original volumes will have to shell out yet more cash if there is anything restored in the new reissues.