Brian Welch wrote:

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I've always assumed that "Limited" referred to the
power level a goddess was allowed to use in addition
to how she could use those powers. However, Rind
(Lind?) is a Goddess First Class, Special Duty,
Limited and she uses very high levels of power. If
Limited referred to the amount of power you could use,
why would there be Limited members of the Combat
Division at all?

Now, I'm thinking Limited refers to the freedom of
action a goddess is allowed. Therefore, Limited
goddess Urd wasn't supposed to be recording
Belldandy's and Keiichi's activities (early manga,
shortly after Urd's arrival) but Limited goddesses can
use great amounts of power against the Angel Eater
without receiving a reprimand.

Does this make sense?
>>

I was under the impression that Class referred to power levels,
whereas Limited and Unlimited referred to the applicability of
that power (much like the Japanese drivers' license system which
Fujishima-san was parodying when he created this system -- Category
is yet another extension which also delineates in what situations one
can drive vehicle, i.e., commercial vs. private vehicles).

And anyway, the way the manga is
written Lind described herself as "Ikkyuushin Tokumugentei
Rindo". IMHO, I would gloss this as "Goddess First Class, Special
Duty Limited". Small difference from yours, but there's no comma
intonation between special duty and limited, which makes a world
of difference -- it means that the nature of her limitation is that
she is licensed to use her power, as it were, for her special duty - the
combat division.

This is similar to Urd, who describes herself as "Nikkyuushin Kanrigentei
Urudo", in other words, Goddess Second Class, Management-limited. There have
been radio commercials and such where Touma Yumi has said this phrase, and
she
says it without comma intonation between "kanri" and "gentei". I am assuming
Lind is much the same way.

So in short, yes, I agree with your opinion :)

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