Castenell, Dee- Ah my Goddess!

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The film Ah my Goddess! was by far the most feminin movie we have seen, shojo one could say. It focused on some great themes though which can trigger intense philosophical debates (as seen in class). The movie focuses on the relationship between a teacher and student, and a human and a goddess. Keiichi (the human), Celestine (the teacher) and Belldandy (the Goddess) are the three main figures in this story. Throughout the film and based on the reading, the teacher-student relationship is quite normal although most people would be surprised considering Celestine was with Belldandy as a little girl. Often women ninja or samurai would have relations with their mentor or student way back in those times. The priests of that era even allowed it to occur. In our society, that would be pretty messed up and against our sociocultural
norms.

Anyways, this movie brings up a great point seeing as it associates God's with humans and portrays the different responses from each side. The Gods do not seem very keen on the whole idea, thus they created a gate in which it seemed certain that any couple who seemed to go through would be separated forever. It seems as though the Gods created it to be impossible to pass through unless it were a fairy and a fairy passing through. I believe that the only reason Keiichi was able to go through the portal at the very end was not because of his mutual love for Belldandy but because of Celestine making Keeichi a fairy by using his body as a host. Considering that the Gods did that, it shows that they do not desire the relationships between the upper powers and lower powers which is evident in Japanese society and frowned upon. Members of higher-up clans or emperors should not ever marry anyone of lowly power.
Despite all that, I wanted to mention that Celestine was swayed by the immense display of love Belldandy and Keeichi had for each other.  His desire to purge the world of corruption was completely understandable, only his methods were not suitable or humane in the least. Before I rant on more, I would like to mention that even though this movie was pretty shojo-esque, it was enjoyable from many perspectives and displayed humor, great animation, and a sweet love story.
Overall, I recommend this movie to women who enjoy anime, and to men who like to think and analyze anime and the themes it possesses. 

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