Oh My Goddess! Vol. 12: The Fourth Goddess
Kosuke Fujishima was born in the wilds of Chiba, Japan in 1964 and has spent the last 37 years becoming one of the world's favorite creators of "manga" (Japanese comics). Fujishima began his career as an editor for the popular comics news magazine Puff in Japan, and apprenticed with another top manga creator - Tatsuya Egawa - on the ground-breaking manga Be Free! Using his newly-acquired manga storytelling abilities, Fujishima began writing his news stories for Puff in comic-strip fashion, which became incredibly popular with its readers.  This lead to the creation of his first serialized manga, the romantic police comedy You're Under Arrest!, which began in 1986. In 1988, Fujishima drew a four-panel gag cartoon showing his You're Under Arrest! characters praying to a goddess, and the inspiration for his hilarious supernatural comedy series Oh My Goddess! was born. Dark Horse Comics has published one collection of Fujishima's You're Under Arrest! stories, and eight best-selling volumes of Oh My Goddess!