Message-Id: Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 07:25:29 +0800 To: megami@ML.usagi.org From: Aardvark Subject: Re: the age question Reply-To: megami@ML.usagi.org X-ML-archive: http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/ML/ Precedence: bulk At 08:45 AM 3/26/99 -1000, Brian & Albert wrote: >> About the age thing, I'm still trying to sort it out, but some things seem >> indisputable so far; >> 1) Bell, Urd & Skuld have been around for a very long time before K1 existed > >Is there any proof for that? As far as I know, there is no scene in >either manga or OAV that shows any of the Goddesses living in the far >past > I've been flipping the mangas... and you know what, you're right! There isn't any definitive scene showing the past :P. So much for the "indisputable". Sorry for the misinfo, folks. >> 2) Somehow Bell appeared young in OVA #3 - as young as K1 that time, which >> could either mean she could change her looks, her age, or it could be a >> dream or something like that > >This is only in the OAV, not in the manga. In the manga, we see a young >Belldandy only when she WAS a kid. > Hm. I always thought that the OAV's were part of Megami-world. You know, sort of like a different perspective on the same storyline. Unless the director has been taking some creative liberties with the plot. But strictly speaking you're right in that Fujishima-san probably doesn't have as much control over the OVA's as he does over the manga. >> 3) There seems to be some limitations on the goddesses ability to change >> their looks - or else Skuld would be a happier goddess ^_^ > >They only change their clothes, or split into mini-goddesses, there is >no instance in the manga (or OAV) where a Goddess voluntarily changes >her age or her face > My point exactly. ~Aardvark ~Aardvark ------------------------------------------------ Adrian Kho email: skand@singnet.com.sg