From: hh0u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Hiroshi Haga)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.manga
Subject: Re: MEGAMI SAMA TRANSLATION ?
Date: 28 Jul 92 01:00:48 GMT
Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

AH! MY GODDESS! VOL.1  
[Japanese Name: Aa! Megami-sama!]

Original story Copyright (C) 1989 Kosuke Fujishima/Kodansha

Translation (C) 1992 MEGAMI JIMUSHO [Goddess Studio]
  English translation:  Hiroshi Haga  <hh0u+@andrew.cmu.edu>
  Editing and addition: Patrick Yip   <pckyip@athena.mit.edu>
  Editing and proofread:Iain Sinclair <axolotl@socs.uts.edu.au>

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  [] thought or sound effect found in word bubbles or blocks
  >  comment / whispering / soft words not in word bubbles   
  >< some important sound effect in background	}


CAST: (last name is written after the first name)

 Keiichi Morisato - the main character, studying in NIT (oh? not MIT?).
 Belldandy - the goddess of the present, use mirror as her medium.
 Urd - the goddess of the past, with tan skin, use TV as her medium. 
		(not to appear until Vol.2)
 Skuld - the goddess of the future, the youngest of the 3 goddess sisters.
		(not to appear until Vol.5)
  *[Note: the names of the 3 goddesses are derived from Nordic mythology and
	 they are goddesses of past (Urd) present (Verdandi) and future (Skuld)]
 Marller - the demon (not to appear until Vol.4)
 Sayoko Mishima - a classmate of Keiichi.
 Megumi Morisato - Keiichi's younger sister.
 Aoyama - Senior (Senpai) of Keiichi, always wearing sunglasses.
 Tamiya - Senior (Senpai) of Keiichi, the huge guy.

===============================================================================
Ah! My Goddess vol.1

Chapt. 1 "The dial number is a wrong number."

---------------- p.3

Keiichi: Yes, Mr. Aoyama had to suddenly take up some part-time work.

Keiichi: Yes...he said he'll make up next time.

TV: I'm pretty sure everyone spends the Saturday night with their girlfriend,
    but...

Keiichi: Yes, that's right.

Keiichi: Damn, why don't they just buy answering machines!!  I'm sick of this.

Tamiya: Make sure you don't forget to take messages.  

(it actually means a good caretaking of the domitory, but I took
liberty... -HH)


Keiichi:   Yeah, yeah.

Keiichi:   Ooops, I was asked to call Mr. Aoyama.

[phone ringing]

Belldandy: Hello, this is Relief Goddess Office.

Keiichi:   Ooops, a wrong number.

---------------- p.4

Belldandy: I'll hear your request over there.

Keiichi:   What?  Hey, what're you...

Belldandy: Hello.  What is your wish?

---------------- p.6

Belldandy: Eh?

Belldandy: Eh, eh?

Keiichi:   Wha-wh-wha-wha-wha...

Belldandy: Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm the goddess, [humph]
Belldandy.

---------------- p.7

Belldandy: Ah..here's my card.  Our purpose is to relieve people who're in 
   	   distress like you.

Belldandy: So your request was delivered to us via telephone.

Keiichi:   Relieve how??  [Name card?  Goddess has a name card??]

Belldandy: We'll grant you a wish.  One wish.

---------------- p.8

Keiichi:   Anything I wish?

Belldandy: Of course, anything.  If you want to be a millionaire, 
	   we'll make you one.
   	   Also, if you wish the world to be destroyed, we can arrrange that, 
	   too.  Of course, we don't visit people who would ask such things.

---------------- p.9

Belldandy: Please ask me anything you wish.

Keiichi:   [Is this a dream?  
	    No, this must be the doing of Mr. Aoyama and the others.]

Keiichi:   [Trying to make a fool of me becaues I can't get girls, using her.]
	** "can't" is kinda too strong, but it serves the purpose here. -HH

Belldandy: No, you're wrong.

Belldandy: This is neither a dream nor a lie.

Belldandy: I cannot lie.  But, anyway,

Belldandy: I don't see why you can't have a girlfriend.

---------------- p.10

Keiichi:   Can't you see?

Belldandy: No.

Keiichi:   Then can you stand up?

Keiichi:   You see now?  Because of this height.

Belldandy: ....

Belldandy: I don't understand at all.

Belldandy: Why does that makes you unable to have a girlfriend?

Keiichi:   [S-she sounds like she's serious.]

---------------- p.11

[sound of sitting down]

Keiichi:   Okay, I'd like to make my wish now.

Belldandy: Oh, you've decided?

Keiichi:   I wish that a goddess like you.. will always stay with me ...

---------------- p.12

Keiichi:   ...a wish like this is...

Keiichi:   ..not valid, I suppose.

[sound: Boo....n Boo...n]

---------------- p.14

[fragments dropping]

Belldandy: [faint]

Keiichi:   Wah!  Wait a sec!!

Keiichi:   I was only kidding!

---------------- p.15

Keiichi:   O-ouch..

Keiichi:   [Wow, she's so light!]

---------------- p.16

Belldandy: Un.

Keiichi:   Wa.

Belldandy: Ah.

Keiichi:   Oh, no, this is just an acc...

Belldandy: Oh, God!!

Keiichi:   What?

Belldandy: Can I use your phone?

Keiichi:   Yes, of course.

---------------- p.17

Keiichi:   [I wonder where she's calling to.]

Belldandy: Hello, this is Belldandy.  Yes.

Belldandy: No, that was...  What, that's valid?  Really, God-sama!

K> Something strange with my phone...

Belldandy: Oh, well.  [sound of hanging up the phone.]

Keiichi:   What's wrong?

Belldandy: That wish you made has been accepted and can't be changed any more.

---------------- p.18

Keiichi:   Oh, I see, it's been accepted...my wish, I'm gla...

Keiichi:   What did you say!!!  Accepted!?  You mean the one where 
	   I wished that you'd always be with me??

Belldandy: That's right.

Keiichi:   N-no way...this is absurd!!  You have a way to go back, right?

Belldandy: No.  [> said flatly.]

Belldandy: The enforcing power of the wish accepted is very immense. 
   	   No one can oppose it.

---------------- p.19

Belldandy: Besides I myself cannot wield strong power.  
	   A TV can't receive signals by itself, right?  
	   A TV displays pictures by receiving the signals with an antenna, 
	   and through a booster if necessary.  I'm just the antenna.
   	   To send off wishes to God.

Keiichi:   T-then...

---------------- p.20

Belldandy: Please don't worry, my responsibility as an antenna has ended, 
	   so I can be with you forever.

Keiichi:   Well, to tell you the truth, the Nekomi Institute of Technology
   	   dorm is male-only.  So no women are allowed inside.

> MALE

Keiichi:   So if anyone sees me with you, they'll kick me out of here.  
 	 > Besides, we made a hole in the ceiling...

Belldandy: Oh, that's easily taken care of.

Keiichi:   Oh, you understand my dilemma?

---------------- p.21

Belldandy: Because I'm not a woman, I'm a goddess.

Keiichi>   No, that's not the point!

>footstep noise<

Keiichi:   To be exact, I'd like you to get out of here temporarily.

Belldandy: Oh, I see.  But unfortunately...

Belldandy: The enforcing power works on you as well.

Keiichi:   What?

>footsteps on staricase<

---------------- p.22

Belldandy: If you mention something like that, some troubles happen to you...

Keiichi: Like what?

>Don! Don! knocking noises<

Tamiya: Hey, Morisato, did you take messages as I asked??

---------------- p.23

Belldandy: Oh, my, it is activated already.

Tamiya:    Morisato, you understand the consequence of....

Upperclassmen: What?  Oh, men.

---------------- p.24

Tamiya:     ...those who violate the housing rules?

Upperclassmen: Expulsion from the dorm!

Keiichi:    Wah---

Upperclassmen: (just the shouts to get rhythm as far as I know and 
		concern: Soiya Soiya.... -HH )

---------------- p.25

Tamiya:    I'll send your luggage when you find the place to stay.

Belldandy: This is the enforcing power.  It is activated whenever someone 
	   tries to separate me from you or vice versa.

Keiichi:   I see.  But this time, it won't work.

Belldandy: ?

Keiichi:   My bike's BMW side-car is broken, so... 
           What?

---------------- p.26

Keiichi:   It's been repaired!

Aoyama:    Oh, I repaired your side-car.

Keiichi:   T-thank you very much.  [Damn, just when I didn't need it!]

Keiichi:   Humph, I guess I have no choice, hop in the side.

Keiichi:   [Oh well.]  
           [Now that I think about it, it might've been another effect of the 
    	    enforcing power.]

END - Chapt.1  "The dial number is a wrong number."

---------------------------------------------------

Chapt.2 "Freaked out by an Anime Freak."

---------------- p.28

Man: 	   I-I'm sorry, maybe next time.

[Culture note: showing your tail finger (boys only) means GirlFriend. It can
   be used to mean you've got a GF, or in this case, you are spending the time
   (or night) with your GF. In girls case, showing your thumbs means BF, but
   it less common than the tail-finger usage. -PY]

Keiichi:   Humph, some firends they're.  This is the 10th house.

Belldandy: I'm sorry, you were expelled from the domitory becase of me.

Keiichi:   Oh, no, don't worry about it, I still have some people I can
rely on.

Woman:     Looks, that clothes, it must be Indian.

Keiichi:   Can you do something about your appearance?  
	   That really draws people's attention.

---------------- p.29

Belldandy: Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize.  Is it so conspicuous?

Keiichi:   It's 1 A.M., there's no shop open... [Altough even if it were, 
	   I don't have money anyway.]

Keiichi:   What!

Keiichi:   T-this is...she's gonna explode again!!

---------------- p.30

Keiichi: Waah!

---------------- p.31

Belldandy: Is this alright with you?

Keiichi:   W-what did you do?

Belldandy: I restructured the matter, after I decomposed it into atoms.
   	   Although I can only use that kind of power 2-3 times a day.

Belldandy: Now, let's go.

Keiichi:   Please don't say something like that so casually...

[pin-pon]

---------------- p.32

Man: 	   Oh, I don't mind.

Keiichi:   Gee, I'm grateful, no one wanted us to stay.

Belldandy: This is Darjeeling Tea, right? 

Belldandy: I love tea.

Man: 	   [She's cute.]

Keiichi:   [O-oh, no.]

Keiichi:   [That's right, he was yet another womanizer, too.]

Man: 	   Hey, introduce her to me!!

---------------- p.33

Belldandy: [*sigh*, the tea...]

Keiichi:   I'm sure this place is safe.

Keiichi:   Hey, Sada, I'll come in, okay?

Belldandy: Wow!

---------------- p.34

Belldandy: .....

Belldandy: A-awesome.

Keiichi:   [What happened to your forehead?]

Belldandy: Ah, when I'm surprised, it appears.

Sada: 	   Oh, it's you, Keiichi, please sit down for now.

---------------- p.35

Sada: 	   Just a sec, Magical Mami's starting now.

(Parody of Megical Star Creamy Mami -PY)

Keiichi:   He's an anime otaku.

[The manga used Manga-mania. Doesn't it sound "better" to use "otaku" here? :-]
									  -PY
Keiichi:   He just sitting there watches videos all day.

Keiichi:   H-hey.

Belldandy: What beautiful pictures.  

Sada: 	   .....

Belldandy: Who drew them?

Belldandy: ....

Belldandy> E-excuse me...

Sada: 	   .....

---------------- p.36

Belldandy: Is he always like that?

Keiichi:   He won't say a thing while he's watching videos.

Belldandy: I envy him.  
	   I...didn't have anything to devote to myself so much before...

Keiichi:   That means you have something to devote yourself to now?
   	   [I think you're misunderstanding something, but...]

Belldandy: .....

---------------- p.37

[The tape stops]

Belldandy: Ah, looks like he's finished.

Sada: 	   Let's watch one more time.

Belldandy: [I really hope he says at least a word or two.]

Belldandy: !!

[using her power]

---------------- p.38

Belldandy: [W-what a strong power!!  This is closer to resentment rather than 
   	    affection.]  
	   (a meal per a day, ramen and calory-mate (a kind of snack)
            150yen per a page.  Sure hit! The special, window tracing.)
                ** That's the life of a typical manga/anime artist!
		** and obviously we have a typical Otaku here called Sada -PY

Keiichi:   Hey, what's the matter?

Belldandy: Ah!

Belldandy: He's possessed.

Belldandy: Even though he loves the 2-dimensional screens so much, 
	   they never respond to his affection.

Belldandy: [The screen just absorbs his affection, never ending...]

---------------- p.39

Belldandy: [I can do nothing.]

Belldandy: [Only he can help himself.]  
	   [Ooh, a lively kitchen.]

Belldandy: [I can feel it.]

Belldandy: [The resentments come attacking en masse.  
	    He's intensifying the resentments like an amplifier.]

---------------- p.40

Belldandy: [I must hurry!]

Belldandy: [I think it looked like this.]

---------------- p.41

Sada: 	   [Humph, the woman Morisato brought in has been noisy 
    	    ever since she got here.]

Sada: 	   [My world exists only inside of this 26inch square.  
    	    Only you don't betray me.]

Sada: 	   ? What's this smell?

Belldandy: Would you like a cup of tea?

Sayoko:    !!

---------------- p.42

Belldandy: Finally you looked at me.

Sada: 	   J-just put that down there, please.

Sada: 	   [I see...the aroma of tea and this woman.]

Belldandy: Please drink it before it gets cold.

Sada: 	   T-this voice ha-has...

---------------- p.43

Sada: 	   [The superior sense of proximity that puts any speaker or 
	    surround system to shame!!]

Sada: 	   [Higher resolution than the HDTV!!  A more dynamic cubic effect 
   	    than a 3-DVHD, which doesn't even come close.]

(3-DVHD: 3-Dimensional Disk Video)

Sada: 	   [The presence that tells you it's really there!!]

---------------- p.44

Sada: 	   [I wonder what she's like to touch?]

Keiichi:   Hey!

Keiichi:   The LD player stopped.

Sada: 	   Ah, that's right.

Sada: 	   One must take out the LDs from the player immediately 
	   (don't you know?).

Belldandy: Ha..

---------------- p.45

Sada: 	   The director is Satoshi Iwataki.  Art direction by Satoru Nakamura.
   	   The music's by Mano...

Belldandy: Eh?

Sada: 	   Well, you asked me that before...

Belldandy: Oh.  [That's good, he's back to normal.]

Belldandy: You meant Mr. Iwataki drew these pictures, right?

Sada: 	   No, he is the director....and...

Sada: 	   Just a moment, I'll show you my precious tape.

Keiichi:   Hey, he's not used to these kinda situation, so he might suddenly...

---------------- p.46

Sada: 	   What're you talking about, me?

Keiichi:   Oh.

Keiichi:   N-no nothing.

Sada:  	   [Don't interfere with me!]

Belldandy: (feel something) [What's this sensation....?]

Sada: 	   Here, this is it.

---------------- p.47

Belldandy: His consciousness is flowing into me!!

Sada: 	   [What a soft hand she has, it's very warm, too.]

Sada: 	   [Eyesight, hearing, the sense of smell....and now this feeling!!]

Sada: 	   [In every sense, they surpass anything in any world I experienced!!  
    	    Now, only thing I haven't tried is....]

---------------- p.48

Sada: 	   [taste!!]

Belldandy: No--!

Belldandy: I can't push him aside!!  I must've exhausted all of my power 
	   with the last usage!!]

---------------- p.49

Keiichi:   That's it!!  I've had enough!!  (Don't overstep what you're doing!!)
   	   I'll kick your ass if you don't stop!!

Keiichi:   Thanks for letting us stay for a while.

Sada: 	   Hah!

---------------- p.50

Belldandy: Thank you very much for helping me, but..

Sada: 	   He-ey.

Sada: 	   I couldn't show you this, so I'll give it to you.  
	   Please watch it some time.

Belldandy: Thank you, I'll treasure it.

Keiichi:   [Oh, god, becoming a bum again.]

Sada:	   That's right, I don't need it anymore.

[After this incident, I heard he started his life anew as a fine X-rated video
otaku.]

Sada: 	   Hehhehehe...the pictures of 3-D objects are superior after all!!

END - Chapt. 2 "Freaked out by an Anime Freak."

----------------------------------------------------

Chapt.3 "The place to live in peace......is a temple?"

---------------- p.52

[Kan kan!!]

Belldandy: Are you sure you really don't need any help?

Keiichi:   Yes, I can handle something like this alone.

Keiichi:   [I should've done this in the first place.]

---------------- p.53

Belldandy: [Ah, I can smell the wind...]

Belldandy: [If it keeps on like this...]

Belldandy: [It'll rain soon.]

Keiichi:   [Wait a sec!  I have only one tent and one sleeping bag...which 
   	    means that.....]

Keiichi:   [Gosh, I'm really in trouble.  ^_^]

[pota: rain drops on hand]

---------------- p.54

Keiichi:   Wah, it started rain already!  Get inside the tent!

Keiichi:   W-what's the matter?

Keiichi:   Hey, Belldandy!  Oh?

Belldandy: ZZZZ..

---------------- p.55

Keiichi:   What?

Keiichi:   Hey, please wake up!

Keiichi:   Oh!  No, it's leaking!!

Keiichi:   Damn it!!

Keiichi:   [Hell, I didn't use it for ages, I didn't notice!]

[When Belldandy uses too much of her power, she falls into a sleep-like state.]

---------------- p.56

[In this case, the direct cause of her sleeping is that she used power as
 the antenna of God.]

Keiichi:   What should I do?  I don't have a place to go anymore.

Keiichi:   Oh well, I guess I'll stay here out of the rain for now.

---------------- p.57

Belldandy: ZZ

Belldandy: hm

Belldandy: What?

---------------- p.58

Keiichi:   Hm...

Belldandy: [I wonder where this is.]

Keiichi:   Hmmmm.

Belldandy: Ah.

Belldandy: Good morning.

Keiichi:   Oh, my god!!

---------------- p.59

Keiichi:   Wah---!! How come we're in the same futon!!

Belldandy: Excuse me...

Monk: 	   Oh, I'm sorry, lady, because I misunderstood that...

Monk: 	   you two are lovers., so I couldn't help but...I'm really sorry.

---------------- p.60

Monk: [laughing aloud] 
	   Came to a hasty conclusion again.  I dried your clothes.

Belldandy: Excuse me!!  That yelling was...

Belldandy: ...not mine, but his.

Monk: 	   Eh?

Monk: 	   Oh, I'm really sorry.

Monk: 	   I'm really good at jumping to hasty conclusions.  Anyhow....

Keiichi:   [Don't pride yourself on something like that!!]

---------------- p.61

Monk: 	   You look like a foreigner. Why are you in Japan,may I ask?

Belldandy: Yes, you may.  I came to grant his wis...

Keiichi:   Yes, just sight-seeing, sight-seeing!

Monk: 	   Oh, is that so.

Keiichi:   You shouldn't say something like that, okay?

---------------- p.62

Belldandy: But I can't lie, and besides...

Keiichi:   Besides?

Belldandy: I don't sense any malice in this temple.  
	   I think it'd be best to stay here.

Keiichi:   [No malice?  Then what about the monk who works us over?  
	    Isn't he evil or what?  Fix something like a roof yourself!!]  
	    (Why do I have to fix the roof for him?)

---------------- p.63

Keiichi:   Ah.  [Oh, no!]  Shit!

Belldandy: !! Mr. Keiichi!!

Belldandy: My name is Belldandy.  In the name of roof tile, thy name, 
	   Harken to my words!!  

---------------- p.64

Belldandy: Please help that man.

---------------- p.65

Belldandy: Are you alright?

Keiichi:   Ouch, I scratched my elbow.

Belldandy: That's terrible!

Belldandy: But don't worry, I'll cure it immediately.

Keiichi:   Ouch.

Keiichi: What!

---------------- p.66

Belldandy: Please don't move.

Keiichi:   O-okay.

Keiichi:   H-hey, it's healed already.

Belldandy: I repaired it by speeding up your metabolism.

Monk: 	   Mmmmm, what was that?  It looked to me as if she jumped up there.

[From the monk's side, he could only see Belldandy jump on the roof.]

---------------- p.67

Keiichi: *snore*

Monk: 	   [If she's a kind of monster, I thought she'd show her true 
	    identity at night....]

Monk: 	   [...but I must be mistaken about that I saw in daytime...]

---------------- p.68

Belldandy: [Oh, my.]

Belldandy: [While he's asleep...]

Monk: 	   Hm.

*birds' chirping*

Monk: 	   I failed.  She has escaped..

---------------- p.69

Monk: 	   O-oh!

Belldandy: Good morning, everyone.

Monk: 	   [Is she an animal trainer or something?]

Monk: 	   What?

---------------- p.70

Monk: 	   [When in the heaven did she prepare the breakfast....]

Monk: 	   Mm, this is!!

Monk: 	   This soft taste, such a deep body and zesty aroma.  Is she a cook?

Monk: 	   I'm getting more and more confused.

Monk: 	   Oh, my god!!

---------------- p.71

Monk:  	   T-this glitter...even I can't polish so much!!

Monk: 	   [She doesn't look like a ghost or a monster....
	    but accomplishing so much in so little time...]

Monk: 	   [She's not an ordinary human.]

Monk: 	   From the mark on her forehead, maybe she's...

---------------- p.72

Belldandy: I wonder where the chief monk went.  
	   It's past breakfast time already...

Keiichi:   Ah.

Monk: 	   Come to the main hall after the breakfast.

Monk: 	   Before that, I shall eat as well.

Keiichi:   Hey, don't take that much at one time!!

Monk: 	   Com'n, never mind about such a minor thing.

Belldandy> Easy easy

[gruel fills in the bowl]

Keiichi:   [Damn, I didn't come here to be initiated!!]

---------------- p.73

Keiichi:   Ouch!

Monk: 	   [As I thought, the way she meditates, I was right.]

Keiichi:   Hey, watch it!!  Cut it out!!

---------------- p.74

[Next day]

Belldandy: Keiichi-san, the chief monk has gone!

Monk: 	   I realized I'm still inexperienced...  
	   I'll go to India to train myself like you did.  
	   Please use the temple freely while I'm gone if you would.

Belldandy: [He jumped to conclusions again....]

Belldandy: In any case, we now have a place to shelter ourselves from rain.

Keiichi:   Well, I'm not sure about that.

Keiichi:   It seems very hard to decide whether my problem is solved or not....

Belldandy: [Ah-, I forgot about the roof tiles I raised up.]

END - Chapt.3 "The place to live in peace.....is a temple?"

-----------------------------------------------------------

Chapt. 4 "The Goddess is a overseas student?"

---------------- p.76

Belldandy: I'm sorry for forcibly coming along with you.

Belldandy: This is my first time visiting an university.

Keiichi:   [I couldn't refuse her after all.]

Keiichi:   [But in any case, I'd be in trouble.  She's too striking.]

---------------- p.77

Keiichi:   [And moreover, the first period is Prof. Oosawa, the fanatical 
	    attendance checker!  Also, he's picking on me 'cause I skipped 
	    his class last week and went to Prof. Sumida's lecture.]

Oosawa:    I'm Oosawa.  Sumida's ceramic engine is just like a vase.

Sumida:    Ask me anything about ceramics.  [I'm Sumida.  Hehehe]

Keiichi:   [Oosawa has this huge rivary with Prof. Sumida since he is one
    	    step behind in developing the ceramic engine.]

Belldandy: Let's go.

Keiichi:   [I don't think we can sneak into Prof. Oosawa's lecture.]

Aoyama:    Mori-sato!

---------------- p.78

Aoyama:    By the way, how're you doing?

Keiichi:   Oh, no... [ or Sen...senpai -PY]

Tamiya:    What's your address and phone number, young lady?

Keiichi:   Hey, hey, cut it out!

Tamiya:    Moron, we're going to send you your luggage from the dorm.

Keiichi:   Oh, yeah.  [I forgot about that...]

[the wristwatch "Pi!"]

Keiichi: Ah, damn, the lecture's going to start soon.

---------------- p.79

Upperclassmen: That's a problem.

Keiichi:   [Oh, damnit!]

Tamiya:    Okay, let's go!

Keiichi:   Wait a sec, I'm going to Prof. Oosawa's...

Aoyama:    Don't worry, she's coming, too.

Keiichi:   But you're heading toward Sumida Research!

Students:  Hey, looks like that girl's taking the lecture, 
           What?  Then we'd better go there, too!!

[darkness: zawa zawa zawa (crowd noise)]

Keiichi:   So?

Keiichi:   Why do I have to take a lecture with you guys?

Belldandy: Wow, so this is university.

Tamiya:    Never mind about such trifles.

---------------- p.80

Keiichi:   Damn, what rotten luck!

Belldandy: Please don't be upset.

Belldandy: Like the head monk, these people mean no harm.

Sumida:    Good morning, everyone.

Sumida:    Hey, we have many people today.

Keiichi:   [I think that head monk meant harm...]

Sumida:    Hm, you're new here, aren't you?

Keiichi:   Oh no.

---------------- p.81

Keiichi:   Professor, she's Belldandy, a overseas student.

Everyone:  That's right!  Professor!

Sumida:    Since everyone says so, I guess she is.

Everyone:  Cool, Sumida-chan!

(Note that the students use 'chan' here. -PY)

[On the other hand, Prof. Oosawa...]

Oosawa:    Hmmmmm, what's the meaning of this?  
	   Not one studnet is attending my lecture.

Oosawa:    There must be something behind this.
   	   Mm?

Oosawa:    [No way, so many people in Sumida's lecture!]

Belldandy: Therefore, in this case, the power output ratio is...

Everyone:  Awesome, Bell!

Oosawa:    [I see.  She's attracting students.]

Oosawa:    [She must be a fake studnet.  I've never seen her before...]

Oosawa:    [Trying to win popularity using a fake student, eh, Sumida?  
	    You're more devious than I thought.  But I won't just sit here 
	    and let you get away with it.]

---------------- p.83

President: Hmmm, she's pretty smart, isn't she?

Oosawa:    Ha, President!

President: Look at that.  There never was a lecture more active than this, 
	   was there?

Belldandy: Keiichi!

Oosawa:    President, you accepted her as a overseas student?

President: No.  Not that I recall.

Oosawa:    She's a fake studnet!  She should be removed from the premises! 

President: ....

Oosawa:    ....

President: Why?  She's a very good girl.  Why do we need to do that?

---------------- p.84

Oosawa:    It's no use talking to him.  Now that it came down to this, 
	   I'll get hard evidence and expose him to the whole campus.

Aoyama:    Good Heavens!  Finally Oosawa's making a move!

Tamiya:    What!

Tamiya:    That's a serious problem.  Oosawa's very persistant.

[Beep sound from the monitor]

Tamiya:    I'm absolutely sure that he'll try to get the data from the
computer.
           Before that happens, we'll hack in.

Keiichi:   [I'm not a computer major.]

---------------- p.85

Tamiya:    We must find the passward soon.

[Beep]

Keiichi:   Damn!

Belldandy: [The one who obstructs my way,]

Belldandy: [Open the door for me.  Give me the key to unlock the door.]

Keiichi:   Got it!

Keiichi:   Now, uploading the virus.

---------------- p.86

Oosawa:    Now, I'll find out your true identity.
   	   Huh?

Oosawa:    Th-this is!

Oosawa:    [Damn you, Sumida.  Using a computer virus!]

Oosawa:    [What is she that he went so far as to hide her identity
            with a virus?)

---------------- p.87

Oosawa:    [I'll check the files even if it takes all night.]

Tamiya:    Damn, he's really persistant.

Belldandy: [Poor professor.]

Belldandy: Why don't we quit this now?  I feel sorry for the Prof.

Keiichi:   No kidding!  I can't stop here after all the trouble.

Aoyama:    [How can I stop such an interesting event like this!]

Belldandy: [Men!]

---------------- p.88

Oosawa:    [Only 1/3 left, just you wait, Sumida!]

[Phone ringing]

Oosawa:    [Damn, who is it?]

Oosawa:    Hello?

[Hyo'i Hyo'i Hyo'i messing the files]

Oosawa:    No, we're not.

Oosawa:    Damn, I was really on the move.

Oosawa:    Oh, no!

Tamiya:    Good, that'll be enough for now.

---------------- p.89

Oosawa:    [I'm such a fool, falling for a simple trick like that!  
	    But I won't give up!]

Oosawa:    [Damn, damn!  How come there are so many!  This is too much.]

Oosawa:    [Oh well, I don't care anymore..]

---------------- p.90

Belldandy: [I'm sorry, please forgive me.]

Belldandy: I think I'll be fine for a while as a student.

Keiichi:   Why is that?

Belldandy: [Because...]


The paper:

	Technology Department: Mech-E
	Studnet ID No. 30478122
	Name: Belldandy
	Date of Birth: January 1, 196X
	Home address: some city, some nation.
	Current address: Talikihongan Temple
			 Nekomi 3-4-106X
			 Nekomi city.

	Comments:

END - Chapt.4 "The Goddess is a overseas student?"

------------------------------------------------------

Chapt.5 - "Invincible enforcing power of love."

---------------- p.92

[Nekomi Insitute of Technology sophomore, Sayoko Mishima, is attractive and
 has a top-class GPA.  She reigns over this university like a queen.]

[It's said that 30-50 people ask her out once she steps outside.]

Men > 	   Miss Sayoko!  Sayoko, wanna have some tea with me!!

[However, times are changing.]

---------------- p.93

Belldandy: Good morning.

Men > 	   Yaho-!  Bell, why don't you dump him and go out with me!

Sayoko:    [Since her arrival, it's always like this.  If this keeps going on,
            my quennly status is in danger.]

Sayoko:    [I wonder what they see in a girl with a boyfriend.]

Keiichi:   Hey, don't do that.  (you're embarassing me.)

Sayoko:    [Hm?  I think I know her boyfriend somewhere.]
	   [Oh!]

---------------- p.95

Sayoko:    This must be a godsend.  No way I gonna pass this one up.

Belldandy: Here.

Keiichi:   Eh?

Keiichi:   I suppose you didn't create this with your power?

Belldandy: Don't worry, I made it with my heart myself.

Keichi>    Then thank you for...

Announcement: Mech-E Sophomore, Miss Belldandy, Prof. Sumida wants to see you.

Belldandy: Hm.

Belldandy: Have to go. Please go ahead and eat.

Keiichi:   Okay.

---------------- p.95

Keiichi:   Oh?

Sayoko:    How're you?  Long time no see.

Keiichi:   S..Sayoko Mishima...

Keiichi:   [When I just entered this university, I asked her out....]

Keiichi:   Would you like to see some museums with me?

Sayoko:    I'm sorry but the old fogeys' stuff isn't very appealing to me.

Keiichi>   [Wha-at, I didn't know that museums were for old people!!]

Keiichi:   [She completely ignored me.]

Belldandy: What? You didn't call me?

---------------- p.96

Sumida:    No, I didn't.

Belldandy> Is that so.

Belldandy: [Strange, I wonder who did it.]

Belldandy: [Hmmm, I have a bad feeling all of sudden.]

Sayoko:    I didn't know men at all back then...I was deceived, dumped and...

Sayoko:    ...for the first time, finally came to realize that you're the one 
	   I need most.  
	   [No one has yet turned me down when I act like this.]

---------------- p.97

Sayoko:    Say, don't you like me?

Sayoko:    Well?

Keiichi:   Well, eh, ah...

Keiichi:   Well, I don't hate you, but...

Sayoko:    [I know, I know you'd say that.]

Man: 	   Sorry, didn't see you were there!

Keiichi:   [Ah-, I knew the enforcing power'd activate.]

Sayoko:    Hmph.

---------------- p.98

Sayoko:    Today must be a bad day for me, I'll go home for now.

Keiichi:   Hey, just a sec...

Sayoko:    It's alright, but please don't forget what I said.

Keiichi>   Don't catch cold...

---------------- p.99

Belldandy: [What?  What was that!]]

Sayoko:    [Just you wait.  I'll separate you from your boyfriend and kick 
	    you out of this school.]

Keiichi:   Hey, what're you doing?

Belldandy: She's in danger.

Keiichi:   Heh?

---------------- p.100

Belldandy: The enforcing power is not always working at a constant level. 
	   The weaker the power which tries to separate us, the weaker the 
	   enforcing power.  And the stronger the seperation power, the 
	   stronger the enforcing power gets.  While it's at a weak level, 
	   no harm is done to one's body, but...

Belldandy: [If her desire to make us separate gets any stronger than now, 
	    I can't gurantee her safety.]

Sayoko's friend: 
	   Did it go okay?

Sayoko:    Of course.  I'll make him mine in 3 days.  I'll even bet on it.

Sayoko's friend:
	   Okay, then do you want to bet your BMW?

Sayoko:    Sure thing.

Belldandy: [I feel like the enforcing power got stronger again...]

Keiichi>   Hey, don't you want to eat?

---------------- p.101

[Next day, her assault got really intense.]

Sayoko:    Yoho!  Wanna a ride back?

Keiichi:   Wow, it's a 535i!

Keiichi:   Do you think it's safe if it's just riding on a car?

Belldandy: Hmmm, I guess it's safe...

Sayoko:    Only Keiichi (though).

Belldandy/Keiichi: 
	   [Oh, no!]

---------------- p.102

Sayoko:    What?  What's going on?

Belldandy: Force Field!

Belldandy: Phew, just in time.

Sayoko:    Hey,

[The enforcing power is so great that casting a force field only
 makes it a little bit less effective.]

Sayoko:    what're you doing?

[However, she never stops.]

Sayoko:    Yoho, Keiichi.  Wanna go eat?

Keiichi:   [Wah, stop!]

---------------- p.103

[And so, the enforcing power is activated..]

Sayoko:    Kyaaaaaa...

[..then again a force field is cast to lessen its effect.]

Sayoko:    Oh, no, give me back my purse!

Sayoko:    Here, take this.

Keiichi:   What is it?

Sayoko:    I'm having a party at my house tomorrow.  
	   My parents won't be there, so feel free to come along.  
	   These are the directions to my house.

Sayoko:    Please come, okay!

Keiichi:   H-hey, if you do something like this...

Sayoko:    Kyah!

---------------- p.104

Keiichi:   N-nothing good comes to you...

[paper flapping in fingers]

Belldandy: ....

Weather report: 
           Over 50cm of snow in Kantou area, because of this, all traffic
           is paralyzed.  Deep snow warnings are given for the Tokyo area.

   *(Kantou is the big plain area in east Japan with Tokyo as its biggest
     city. -PY)

---------------- p.105

Sayoko:    Humph.  
	   [I understand you can't come because of the snow, but at least you
   	    could call.  What am I supposed to do with all the food.]

[Door bells]

Sayoko:    What, he came?  No way!?

Sayoko:    [Great!  I won, Belldandy!]
   	   Welcome!

Keiichi:   I'm sorry, I'm really late.  I can't come to a 'party' alone so...
   	   [What an awesome compulsory power....]

---------------- p.106

Keiichi:   ...I came to deliver a cake Belldandy made for your forgiveness.

Sayoko:    [For only that, he came all the way to here?]

Sayoko:    [Oh, my, you guys are really something.]

Keiichi:   Well, see ya later.

Sayoko:    Wait a sec.

Sayoko:    How am I supposed to eat all this?  Take the responsibility.

Sayoko:    [I leave you guys alone for now...]

???:   	   Ah, it stopped snowing.

Sayoko:    [but I haven't given up, yet.]

Sayoko:    It's broken but it's all yours.

Sayoko's friend: 
	   Oh, no, no way!

END - Chapt. 5 "Invincible enforcing power of love."

-------------------------------------------------------------

Chapt. 6 "Telesthetic picture with a prayer, the prayer answered."

---------------- p.108

Belldandy: Here, please go ahead.

Keiichi:   B-but...

Keiichi:   Don't you think this is too much?

Belldandy: I'm sorry.  Becuase you say "It's delicious, please make me 
	   another next time", so I got too eager ...

Keiichi:   Ah, don't be upset, I'll eat, eat them all.

---------------- p.109

Aoyama:    Wow, looks delicious.

Aoyama:    You're so lucky, so lucky.

Belldandy: Well...if you like some, please help yourself.

Aoyama:    O-oh!  This is delicious!

---------------- p.110

Aoyama:    You're so lucky, having a girlfriend who's always at your side, 
	   Keiichi.

Aoyama:    Well, thanks a lot.  It was delicious.

Keiichi:   What, it's almost gone.

Aoyama:    I really envy him...

Belldandy: He has someone he feels for.

Keiichi:   What!  That super weird guy who has no interest in female
whatsoever?

Keiichi>   Aaaarrrgggh!  I feel like something bad's gonna happen!

---------------- p.111

Keiichi:   Say, can't you find out who he likes?

[Building #60]

[on door: Katada research room!]
[on top: Fu-rin-ko-zan Wind-woods-fire-mountain 
         A popular phrase from art of war "as quick as wind, as quiet as 
           woods, as thundering as fire, as unshakable as mountain
         See Kagemusha by Akira Kurosawa for more details -PY ]
[beside the door: Katada's room]

Keiichi:   What're you going to do with that?  
	   You're not going to take telesthetic pictures, are you?

Belldandy: Yes, that's right!  Actually it's a little different, though.

---------------- p.112

Belldandy: It's compressing his thought onto the lens and converting it
           into light at the center, and then imprinting it on film.

Belldandy: I'm going to use the Lightning-Speed Language, it might hurt 
	   your ears.  If so, you should cover them.

Keiichi:   LSL?

Belldandy: Yes, it's something like the assembler of computer programming 
	   language.

[sidenote: One syallable carries meaning equivalent to 5,000 words]

[Those LSL you see in the manga turns out to be Thai alphabets. :)
 I can't read all of them, but it seems that the alphabets are picked at
random]
									   -PY
---------------- p.113

Keiichi:   [I see, it sure rings in my ears.]

Aoyama:    ??

Keiichi:   Okay, the pictures are developed.

Keiichi:   What the hell are these?

Keiichi:   I wonder what kind of thought circuit he has...

---------------- p.114

Keiichi:   Oh, she is...!

Keiichi:   Electronic major, Freshman, Satoko Yamano.  
	   She's popular among seniors for her freshness and shyness.  
   	   It's said she's on top 5 list.  No steady boyfriend currently.

Keiichi:   He sure has a good taste.

Belldandy: What're you planning to do by researching about her?

---------------- p.115

Keiichi:   I know this is uncalled-for, but I want to pay back the debt I 
	   owe him.

[Recollection from Chapter 1]

Keiichi:   Can you lend me your power?

[strapping sound]

Aoyama:    [Ah, Satoko-chan.]

Belldandy: Thou engine which dost toil,...

---------------- p.116

Belldandy: ...stop thy activity, extinguish the fire of life above thee and 
	   sleep.

Man on the van: 
	   Oh?  Why did it stop?

Aoyama:    "Chance"!

Satoko:    Huh?

[motor running]

Satoko:    What?  How come it doesn't start?

Aoyama:    Excuse me...

Man: 	   What's the matter?

---------------- p.117

Aoyama:    Ah.

Man: 	   Your bike's broken?  Then I'll drive you home.

Satoko:    B-but...

Keiichi:   Oh, no, what's he doing just standing there!

Belldandy: Wait!

Belldandy: It's okay.  See.

Aoyama:    Hey, wait a second.  There is no need for a car.

---------------- p.118

Aoyama:    heheheheheh

Satoko:    What is it?

Aoyama:    Here!

Man:  	   Wah!

Satoko:    ......

---------------- p.119

Aoyama:    I see, your plug is gone.  The electrode got burned out.

Aoyama:    The number is different, but the length is the same.

[screwing noise]

Aoyama:    So it'll do if you race the engine more than usual!

Satoko:    Wow!

Satoko:    Thank you very much.  I don't know anything about hardwares.

Aoyama:    Well, I don't know anything about software, so that makes two 
	   of us,  ^_^

---------------- p.120

Aoyama:    If you need more help, please call me.

Satoko:    Thank you very much!

Keiichi:   Okay, now I guess we can let them be.

Belldandy: Um-hm.

Keiichi:   Argh, mine's gone bad, too.

Belldandy: Oops, I must've done too much.

[The next day]

Belldandy: I wonder if they got along well.

Keiichi:   I wonder, too.

Aoyama:    Keiichi! (actually in manga it's Morisato, Keiichi's last name -PY)

---------------- p.121

Aoyama:    Can you spare me a time?

Keiichi: Sure...

Belldandy/Keiichi:
	   What, invited to her house?

Keiichi:   That's great, invited to come over to her house for one day.

Aoyama:    Hmmmm.

Aoyama:    But I'm not used to these situations, so I don't know what to wear.

---------------- p.122

Belldandy: First of all, you should remember to give her the impression
           of cleanliness.

Belldandy: And it would be nice if you stood valiantly, like a knight, I think.

Aoyama:    Clean and valiant...I understand.

Belldandy: Where did he go??

Keiichi:   He has a lot of stuff so he got another room for himself.

Aoyama:    Hey,

---------------- p. 123

Aoyama:    Look, don't I look cool!

Belldandy: Hmmm, it sure looks cool, but...
   	 > it's not for general public.

Aoyama:    Then how about this!!

Aoyama:    Hey, hey, how about this!!  
      >    I want some bamboo bush.

Keiichi:   I wonder if he wants to take this thing seriously.

Belldandy: He's very serious, Keiichi.

---------------- p.124

Aoyama:    Are you sure this is it?  Don't you think the armor is better?

Belldandy: No, this is the best.

Belldandy: When you arrive, give her these flowers and say,
           "Thank you very much for inviting me."  Don't forget the
           greetings, too.

Aoyama:    Wow, you're really prepared.  Okay, I'll go now.

Belldandy: Only sometimes...

Keiichi:   Hahahahaha [Don't just create it with the power..please...]

Belldandy: I said no armor, please!!

Belldandy: Have a nice time!

Aoyama:    I like the armor better.

---------------- p.125

Belldandy: If I remember correctly, aren't females forbidden in the dorm?

Keiichi:   AH!

Tamiya:    Ke-n-i-chi--! Ohohoh..

Tamiya:    You, not only once, but twice!!

Keiichi:   Well, I was invited to...

Tamiya:    Let's kick him out, guys!

[Soiya Soiya!!] (read Chapter 1 for what these sounds mean :) -PY)

Keiichi:   Wah---!

[Pin-pon]

Aoyama:    Hello?

Satoko:    I'm coming.

---------------- p. 126

Aoyama:    Thank you very much for inviting me over to your house today.

Satoko's father: 
	   You're welcome.

Aoyama:    [What?  Did she catch a cold?]  [Her voice is thicker.]

Aoyama:    !!!

Aoyama:    [Oh, I'll be damned.]

---------------- p.127

Keiichi:   Hey!

Belldandy: How're they doing?

Keiichi:   Oh, they're at it.

Father:    Satoko!!  What do you see in this man!!

Father:    He said his hobby is welding, right?

Satoko:    Father, please!

Father:    I'll not permit you to go out with a welder.

---------------- p.128

Aoyama:    I'm afraid you'll think me impertinent to say so, but I think
           it's foolish of you to presume about one's personality because of
           one's hobbies.

Father:    You punk!!  Are you lecturing me!!

Satoko:    Please stop, father!

Satoko:    ??

Satoko:    Oh, no, I was in the middle of cooking!!

Keiichi:   Belldandy, it's fire!  Extinguish it immediately!

Belldandy: No! That won't do!!

---------------- p.129

Belldandy: Dance, the spirits of Fire!  Release thy power now!!

Satoko:    Ha!

Aoyama:    Don't use water!

Belldandy: Ooops, did I make it too big??

---------------- p.130

Father:    I couldn't move a step at all...He's not what he seems to be.

Father:    I'm sorry, I guess I didn't have an eye for a real man.  
	   I think I can let you have my daughter as your wife without 
	   any worries.  Welcome to my family.

Aoyama:    W-wife!?

Satoko:    Father!

Belldandy: [I'm glad for you!!]

Aoyama>    I didn't mean to marry her!!  (I wasn't thinking of a marriage!!)

Keiichi:   [M-marriage?]

Aoyama:    Keiichi!  Please do something!

Keiichi:   It's out of my hands. 
       >   Give it up.

END - Chapt. 6 "Telesthetic pictures with a prayer, the prayer answered."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapt. 7 "Love lullaby"

---------------- p.132

Keiichi:   Oh, damn. 

Keiichi:   Forgot to bring the report materials.

Belldandy: Really?

Belldandy: Then I'll get them for you.  They're in Oosawa's lab, right?

Keiichi:   Wait, do you know which materials I'm talking about?

---------------- p.133

Keiichi:   Oh, well.  She'll come back if she doesn't know.

Man:       Oh, Keiichi, you got dumped by Belldandy?

Keiichi:   Dumbo, I'm not like you guys!

Girl:      What, Keiichi, you split up with Belldandy?

Man:       Eh?  What are you doing?  You guys quarreled or something?

Keiichi:   (What's this reaction when I'm alone?)

---------------- p.134

Keiichi:   (Must be because of Belldandy's strong presence, and she's
            always around me...)

Keiichi:   Humph?  Now that I think about it...

Keiichi:   (Nothing has yet happened between us even though we are living
	    together.)

Belldandy: I'm back.

Keiichi:   Wah!

---------------- p.135

Keiichi:   T-t-that was fast.

Belldandy: Well, I didn't know which one, so I brought them all.

Belldandy: Here you are.

Belldandy: I generated an anti-gravitational field to carry them,
           they're pretty heavy, really.

Keiichi:   You could have told me earlier.

Belldandy: We're here.

Keiichi:   (Damn, once I started thinking about it, I can't stop.)

---------------- p.136

Keiichi:   (There isn't much difference between ordinary girls and her,
            even though she's a goddess.)  I'm gonna do it!

Belldandy: [humming tones]

(Morisato's room)

[rummaging noise]

Keiichi:   Where is it, where is it?  I thought it was this box.
           They (his senpai's) sure packed messily.

Keiichi:   Oh, here it is!!  

---------------- p.137

(Strategy and Tactics for a steady girlfriend...what a pathetic title -HH)
(It's just 780 yen!!) - above the title
(How to get a steady girl? You would understand very well after reading this!)
  -- below the title
(With this, even you can get a GF!!) - on the dark stripe

Keiichi:   The special technical book I bought 2 years ago!!  With this book,

Keiichi:   (I might) be able to kiss her!!....maybe.

Keiichi:   Hm, hm, have a dinner at a restaurant with fantastic nighttime 
           views and...
           (A restaurant....nah!)

Keiichi:   ...and play atmospheric music.

Keiichi:   Hmmmm.

On the book - (Music with romantic mood is indispensable.)

---------------- p.138

Keiichi:   Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Hiroko Kasawara complete collection, 
	   Matchi special, Suudara-bushi [aargh, a new word in Japanese! -HH], 
	   ObaQ folk dance music. [Is ObaQ the popular kid manga and anime? -PY]

Keiichi:   Aaaarrgh!  I'm a man with no sense of atmosphere!!

Keiichi:   Ah,

Keiichi:   Oh! This is George Winston I recorded 3 years ago!

Keiichi:   Hahaha, with this, everything is assured.

Belldandy: Keiichi, the dinner's ready.

---------------- p.139

Keiichi:   Belldandy, you can read peoples' minds, right?

Belldandy: Yes.

Keiichi:   (Damn, then my plan comes to nothing...)

Belldandy: But, then,

Belldandy: Right now, it's limited such that I can only see the color
           which represents a certain emotion.  Also, I can only see
           when I will it.

(yellow - joy, gray - doubt, blue - melancholy, pink - love, 
 red - anger)

Belldandy: I told you before, my power is strictly limited when I don't
           have responsibility as an antenna.

Keiichi:   (Cool!  Then, now I'll use this...)

[frictional noise when Keiichi hides the tape in his pocket]

Belldandy: (Hm, Keiichi is illuminated with yellow, I wonder if something
            good happened to him.)

---------------- p.140

Keiichi:   (The atmospheric music starts!)

(He bought this [retail value $180/24800 yen] for $130/16800 yen.)

Keiichi:   What!! I hear nothing.

Keiichi:   (Oh, damn, I have to put on the headphones, otherwise I can't hear
            it, am I stupid or what?)  Here goes.

Keiichi:   No, no!  That's not the point!

Keiichi:   (God, I paid $130 for a thing which is useless at a time like
this!?)
           Damn, damn.

Keiichi:   (Well...I still have my own mouth which is worth not less than $130)

Keiichi:   Belldandy.

Belldandy: Yes?

---------------- p.141

Keiichi:   Well, you know, we've been living together for a few months...
           it's almost strange that nothing's happened between us,
           but anyway, I really want to straighten things out about us...
           well, if you don't want to, it's alright...  you can refuse...

(Pulse count 120.  Blood pressure 150 and rising. Body temperature
38.5 degrees Celsius.)

[Background: Dokkun Dokkun Dokkun... heartbeat]

---------------- p.142

Belldandy: Oh, my God!

Keiichi:   Heh?

Keiichi:   What?  What?

Belldandy: Your high pulse count, this high temperature, this high blood
           pressure, your red face, you're sweating.  You must have a cold.

Keiichi:   No, this is...

Keiichi:   Not a cold!

---------------- p.143

Belldandy: (Body-soothing words.) (Oh my goddess!! Thai characters again! -PY)

Keiichi:   Damn, my resolution is crumbl...

(Belldandy continued to use high level powers, absorbed in the desire to help
Keiichi, and Keiichi tried to fight back desperately to maintain his lust.)

(However, this fierce battle didn't last long.  The impure thought was no match
for Belldandy.)

Keiichi:   ZZZ...

Belldandy: (Good, now he'll be fine.)

---------------- p.144

Belldandy: .....

Belldandy: Good night.

[pulling door]

(And so, Keiichi's ambition was acheived....)

(Next morning)

Keiichi:   Damn, I failed yesterday, but at least I'll make her kiss my cheek.

(...it doesn't mean anything if he doesn't remember.)

===========================================
-end- Ch.7

---------------- p. 146

Keiichi:   Hmmmm, Hmmmm, we have only $4 left this month.

(Ordinary Saving Account)
(from left to right: Year-Month-Day, Code Number, Withdrawal, Deposit, Amount
 Remained, Reference)

Keiichi:   We have a week before my parents send me money.

Belldandy: We already ate all the dried persimmons.

Keiichi:   There's only processed Japanese horseradish and a deodorant in 
           the fridge.

Keiichi:   We went to my friends' wedding and everywhere this month.
           Maybe I should do a part-time job and skip classes.

---------------- p.147

Belldandy: Okay, I'll do something about this.

Keiichi:   Eh?

Keiichi:   You can even reproduce money?  Then we should've done just
           that before!!

Belldandy: No, I can't metamorphose complex things like that.
          [It's very hard to reproduce things exactly the same.]

Belldandy: Wandering people are here.  Grant us food, enough to live on
           for at least 7 dawns and 7 sunsets.

---------------- p.148

Megumi:    EXCUSE ME.

Keiichi:   Yes?

Megumi:    Hi.

Keiichi:   Me...Megumi!!

Belldandy: Someone you know?

Keiichi:   O-oh, no.

---------------- p.149

Megumi:    I'm Keiichi's sister, Megumi.

Megumi:    Gee, Keiichi's living with a foreigner, that was really unexpected.

Keiichi:   Shut up, how come you're skipping highschool?

Belldandy: Y-you don't need to take an attitude like that....

Keiichi:   You don't know how scary country people are!!

Keiichi:   Rumours spread as fast as influenza within a 3km radius.
           Also, if you're not careful, they might even know your yearly
           income.  Imagine what's gonna happen after she goes home and
           tells people about us.
           The fact that we're living together will be warped, and in no time
           will become 'we have 3 children'.  In the countryside, any rumor,
           no matter how small, will be twisted to something totally absurd!
           Even in the city it tends to be like that, except it's much
           less severe.

---------------- p.150

Megumi:    Hello, excuse...I'm sorry to interupt you, but...

Megumi:    I have this to give you.

(Nekomi City, Yakushi... Nekomi Institute of Techonology...
						MORISATO EI...)

[Those city names are all fictional -PY]

Keiichi:   A letter?

Keiichi:   Why didn't you send this to me earlier?  And for starters,
           it's not polite to just turn up without any notice.

Megumi:    What are you talking about!  Because you didn't report the
           change-of-address, the letter went to the dorm.

Keiichi:   O-oh!

---------------- p.151

Keiichi:   $300. (40000 yen)

Letter:    While the College entrance exams are on, we thought Megumi
           could stay at your place for a week till the exams are over.
           We gratefully enclose $300 for her accomodation.
           Thank you very much.

Megumi:    So, can I stay?

Keiichi:   Yeah, sure, of course!!

Keiichi:   Now we can survive!!

Belldandy: Hm?

Keiichi:   What?

Belldandy: There's one more letter.

Keiichi:   What?!!

Letter:    P.S. If by some chance she fails, we want her to take 2 or 3 more
           exams, so in that case please let her stay again.

---------------- p.152

Keiichi:   (Oh, no, that's no good.  I can fool her for a week or so, but
            not more than that...)

Keiichi:   (She'll find out Belldandy's a goddess.)  Belldandy.

Belldandy: Yes.

Keiichi:   Let Megumi pass the exam definitely!

Belldandy: Okay!  (He really cares about his sister.)

Keiichi:   (I will not lose the chance to be all alone with Belldandy any
            more now.)

(knock)

Megumi:    Yes?

---------------- p.153

Keiichi:   Yo, I thought you might have some questions to ask?

Megumi:    No way, no one's gonna be stupid enough to have something to
           ask at this stage. !!

Megumi:    Oh, wait a sec.

Megumi:    Here. (It's some 3-D geometry)

Keiichi:   Let see.

(30 min. later)

Keiichi:   Mmmmm.

[The book: Problems and Solutions - Tokyo University]

Belldandy: Should I have a look?

---------------- p.154

Keiichi:   Let me think for a while. Umm Ummm..

Megumi:    Sure.

Megumi:    (That's a question from Tokyo U. science and tech course exam last 
            year.  Have fun.)

Megumi:    (I'm not like you, Keiichi, so don't worry about me.)

Megumi:    Oh, you were still there.

Megumi:    Then can you do this for me?

[This seems to be some electronics circuit question and cylindrincal geometry.]
                                                                        
   -PY(10 sec. later)

Belldandy: Here.

[and the answer is some partial differentiation formulae of cylindrincal 
 symmetry ? -PY ]

Megumi:    Eh?

---------------- p.155

[The book: The National Examination for Radio Technician]

Megumi:    (I-it's correct.)

Megumi:    Thank you.  Now I know how to do it.
           (Even I needed 30min. to solve it...  she's pretty smart.)

Megumi:    (I'll make her says "I don't know" definitely.)
           Can you translate this in Japanese?

Belldandy: That'll be...

Megumi:    This surplus power ratio calculation..

Belldandy: SEP=V(Tmax-D)/W.  V = velocity,
                             Tmax = maximum drag force,
                             D = total resistance,
                             W = weight of the machine.

Keiichi:   Hmmmm, hmmmm, hmmmmm.

(The day of the exam.)

Megumi:    Belldandy.

---------------- p.156

Belldandy: So today's your exam.

Megumi:    Can you answer me a question for last time?

Belldandy: Sure.

Megumi:    What are your future plans, with Keiichi?

Belldandy: I am here because of Keiichi.  I'll never leave him.

Megumi:    (Geez, saying something that embarassing without any hesitation!! 
            I'm surprised!!)

---------------- p.157

Megumi:    Well, I'll go now...

Keiichi:   Finally!  I'm solved it!

Megumi:    (Finally he's done.)

Megumi:    It's wrong!!

(The exam location)

Examiner:  Please begin now!!

Blackboard -- (Mathematics examination *** -- 12:20)
              (Physics     examination *** -- 14:00)

Megumi:    (Damn!  I'm getting stressed in the real exam...)  I did this..hmmm.

---------------- p.158

Megumi:    (A-ah, I don't have time, God!)  What?

Megumi:    (What!!)

[the watch glass reverts to normal]

Megumi:    (Haha!!  Calm down, will you?)

Belldandy: (Yes, that's right, calm down.)

[she is using a mirror, her medium -PY]

Keiichi:   Waaa!!! I don't know!!!!

Megumi:    (Ahaha, I did this question with Belldandy, too! :) 

Man:       (S-she's smart.)

(Judgement Day.  ^_^ -HH)

(Heisei 1 [Heisei is the name for the year count in the present Emperor 
 Akihito's reign. Heisei 1 is 1989 -PY])
(Nekomi Institue of Technology : List of Pass Examinees)

Megumi:    There I am, there I am!

Keiichi:   What?  You took the NIT entrance exam?

Megumi:    What, didn't I say that?

=============================================================
-end- Ch.8

Chapt.9 "Finding an apartment is not easy."

---------------- p.160

[Keiichi's sister, Megumi, passed the NIT entrance exams, however it is 
 2 weeks before the school starts...]

Keiichi:   You still haven't found a place to live?

Megumi:    Well, I just started looking yesterday.  Please let me stay here 
	   until I find a room, okay?

Keiichi:   [No kidding.]

Belldandy: So what kind of place are you looking for? 
	   (let me change the subject...)

Megumi:    Oh, yeah, I wrote down the conditions on paper.

Belldandy: She's a level-headed person.

Keiichi:   Isn't she?

Megumi:    This is it.

( ... condition! 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. 6.. I've decided on these!)

Keiichi:   Let me see.

---------------- p.161

Keiichi:   Two 6-mat rooms, bath & toilet & kitchen equipped, facing southeast,
	   within 10min. walk from the college, and at most 5 years old.  
	   The rent is about $270 [35000 yen].
	   [One mat is roughly a 6ft by 6ft square -PY]

Keiichi:   Ha-ha, yeah, right.

Megumi:    What's wrong with him?

Belldandy: I don't know.

Keiichi:   I'll show you a piece of the reality to you guys.

Keiichi:   I picked this up on a bus a while ago.  
	   [Yup, a great place to pick up free magazines!!  
	    Besides subways and trains.  ^_^ -HH]  
	   This is the list of rent of the rooms around this area.

---------------- p.162

Belldandy: Wow.

[The magazine: Weekly - Residence Station  300 yen
		Feature: Are you looking around for (new) home?
 On the back: Please use Cat-bank (nekogin, abbrev of Nekomi Bank) for mortgage
		We provide sincere, nice and correct advice -PY]

-- (Pass,Toilet,Kitchen 9.4.K6 Northeast,2F 8 years 68000 yen)
-- (... walk from station 72000 yen)
-- (6.6.K3 75000 yen)

Megumi:    I-its' expensive...

Megumi:    Just kiddding.  I checked out the rent range before already.

Megumi:    I might be able to find a bargain, right?  
	   Help me find it, Keiichi, okay?

Keiichi:   [What an easy-going sister....]

Belldandy: Keiichi.

---------------- p.163

Megumi:    Looking for Keiichi?

Belldandy: Oh.

Megumi:    He went to take a bath a while ago.  Wanna stop by and have
some rice
   	   crackers?

Belldandy: O-okay.

---------------- p.164

Megumi:    I know you, so you're going to ask Keiichi to let me stay here, 
	   aren't you?

Belldandy: Yes, in the current situation, it seems very unlikely to find a 
	   room you want, so...

Megumi:    Don't worry about me, really.

Megumi:    If I go looking and can't find a place, I'll just change the
           conditions.

Megumi:    Anyway, don't you get tired worrying about other people?

Belldandy: No, not at all.

---------------- p.165

Megumi:    Gee, you say it so easiliy. (I'm impressed.)  
	   You're like a god, Buddha, or something.

Belldandy: Yes, becuase I'm...

Keiichi:   AH! So you were here!

Keiichi:   It's nothing, but I thought we'd better make plans for tomorrow.

Keiichi:   Now, let's go.  [That was close, that was close, that was close.]

Megumi:    [There is something mysterious about her......]

---------------- p.166

Megumi:    It's been a long time since we went out together.

Keiichi:   Why're you so easygoing?  First from Sakae Real Estate.

Keiichi:   Excuse me, we're looking for a room.

Man: 	   I'm sorry, we don't have anything that meets these conditions 
	   if you're not willing to pay more than $460.

(Netsumidai Station 10 minutes, 6K, 1/F south corner, ....., rent: 32000)
(Netsumidai Station  7 minutes, 6.3 D K, 2/F south, ......., rent: 43000)
(Netsumidai Station  5 minutes, 6.6.4(5),3/F corner (onsen mark), rent 103000)
(Netsumidai Station  5 minutes, 6.6,     2/F end of passage, rent: 8?000)

[The standard notation in info posters of real estate: the number stands for
 the number of mats, D is dining room, K is kitchen, L is living room etc -PY]

---------------- p.167

Man:  	   There's a room, 6x4x3k, a shared toilet, 15 years old, 
	   and 15min. from the train station for $300.

Keiichi:   No, thanks.  (What kind of rathole is that!)

Man:   	   No, we don't have anything like that.

Woman:     I'm sorry, but we don't have any room like that.

Keiichi:   I see.

Keiichi:   [I thought so.  No way there'll be a room like that.]

Keiichi:   [Can you do something with your power?]

Megumi:    Ou--, alcohol comes to head when I drink fast.

behind -- (... Realty Agency) (small letters: Tokyo Realty Association #100527)

---------------- p.168

Belldandy: Hmmm, I can't guarantee it works, but...

Belldandy: The sleeping house which I seek, tell me where thou art, 
	   then I shall awaken thee.

Belldandy: Ha!

Belldandy: I found it.

Keiichi:   What, where?

Belldandy: Here.

Keiichi:   ....

Megumi:    Argh, my head aches.

---------------- p.169

Man: 	   Yeah, we have one like that.

Keiichi:   Finally we found it!

Man: 	   We have it, but I don't recommend it.

Man:       4 years old, bath & toilet equipped, 6x6x4k, 10min.  walk
           from NIT, facing southeast, the first floor of a second story
           apartment.  Rent is $150 (20000 yen) a month.

---------------- p.170

Belldandy: (T--this house is...)

Megumi:    Looks nice.

Megumi:    What, where did the man go?

Keiichi:   Who knows.

Megumi:    I'll take a look at outside.

Belldandy: ....

---------------- p.171

Keiichi:   W...what's wrong?

Belldandy: This room, don't you feel cold when this is facing southeast?

Keiichi:   Now that you said it...

[noise made by sock stepping on tatami]

Belldandy: I know you're there, come out!

Keiichi:   W-what the hell...

---------------- p.172

Spirit:    Who art thou?

Belldandy: You...you've been frightening the residents here and making
           them move, haven't you?  You're a 3rd-rank earth spirit and
           you're doing something like this?

Spirit:    Hm...I'm surprised that there is one, who can see me, in this 
           dimension.

Belldandy: You look very weakened.  I don't want to fight you, return to 
           the earth quietly.

---------------- p.173

Spirit:    No, I won't do that.

Keiichi:   !!

Belldandy: Are you trying to possess Keiichi?

Belldandy: I won't let you!

[surprise]

---------------- p.174

Spirit:    Y-you're...no way!  Impossible.

Belldandy: I'm Belldandy, first-rank goddess, 2nd class, unrestrained.  
	   Release him immediately!!  I'll listen to your plea.

Spirit:    ......

Belldandy: Are you alright?

Keiichi:   Yeah, my eyes are still surprised, but otherwise fine.  
	   (What was that?)

---------------- p.175

Belldandy: I'm glad.  It would take 3 day to exorcise once possessed.

Keiichi:   H-hey, (it feels good.  ^_^)

Belldandy: Why are you, the one who supervises the land, 
	   doing something like this?

Spirit:    Well, to tell you the truth...

Spirit:    Humans drove in a stake on the main stream of the stratum.

Spirit:    It's my fault for not being careful, but now that the stake
is there,
           I'm weakened.  So I thought if I scared them enough, they might
           take out this house, and the stake with it.

---------------- p.176

Keiichi:   What's the stratum?

Belldandy: It's a path of earth spirits and an energy source as well.
           If it gets severed, the earth spirits will be weakened and
           there's be a possibility that the land around will die.

Belldandy: Will you go back to your duties if the stratum is activated?

Spirit:    I'll swear by my name.

Belldandy: I'll use some of the stratum's energy.

Spirit:    As you wish.

---------------- p.177

Belldandy: Using the stratum as an amplifier, multiply my power, 
	   then move the stratum at once!!

---------------- p.178

Megumi:    Wha!

Spirit:    I thank you very much for your kindness.

---------------- p.179

Spirit:    Call me whenever the need arises.

Belldandy: Don't worry about it.

Belldandy: However, my friend'll be living here soon, can you protect her?

Spirit:    As you wish.

Belldandy: Then change your form to whatever you wish to be.

Keiichi:   Oh, no!

Keiichi:   Megumi's coming back.

Megumi:    Keiichi!!  Did you see what happened outside?

Keiichi:   What?  Did something happen?

---------------- p.180

Megumi:    [Something's strange.  He came out as if he were expecting me...]

Keiichi:   No, you shouldn't enter right now.

Megumi:    Why is that?

Keiichi:   Ah!

Belldandy: Ah, Megumi, let me introduce a powerful guardian of this room
to you.

Megumi:    Kyaaaaah!

[I heard he's still living there above the ceiling.]

END - Chapt.9 "Finding an apartment is not easy."

Hiroshi Haga 
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"It's not true unless it makes you laugh, but you don't understand until it
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