AA! MEGAMI-SAMA!: SOREZORE NO TSUBASA

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CAST

ANIME ComedyAa! Megami-sama! (TV)
SPECIAL ComedyAa! Megami-sama!: Sorezore no Tsubasa Specials
MANGA ComedyAa! Megami-sama!

REVIEWS

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  CosmicCuune

  85/100
  Season 2 is a significant step up from season 1

  The English title for this show is not a great translation, for the original title "それぞれの翼" means something like "the wings of each (character)", which better captures what this season is all about. Instead of shuffling through disposable “villain of the week” filler plots, the series settles into compact multi‑episode arcs that actually explore who these characters really are deep inside.

  

  Right off the start we get Sayako, a recurring villain from season 1 that kept getting defeated for not much more than comedic effect. Here she shows up in a few consecutive episodes with some great emotional development, and that's the end of her, no frills. This is where the show excels at and season 2 stays in this track almost perfectly the entire way.

  

  Peorth is the most important new character in this season, as a first‑class goddess on Belldandy’s level, she threatens the delicate equilibrium among Belldandy, Urd, and Skuld. Where Belldandy acts by gentle accommodation, Peorth pushes by open seduction and directness. The writers leverage that contrast to expose the insecurities each sister carries about her own role in Keiichi’s life.

  

  She looks exactly like Keiichi's sister for some reason but trust me Chihiro is a totally different new character. She's a mysterious senpai of the automotive club back to check up on their club activities, or so she claims. If you thought the three-wheel rally car was cheap in season 1, this time we get a race with even cheaper vehicles, yet the episode was better because obviously it's about the characters and not the horsepower.

  

  An evil plot physically separates Urd into her pure goddess and demon selves, which is both hilarious and a great window into who she really is. I love this arc because we are all Urd, nobody is pure good, and just like her, how we choose to confront our dark side is an important part of who we are.

  

  Yes not even Belldandy is 100% good, we already know from season 1 that she can be jealous if other women get close to Keiichi but that was mostly played as comedy. In this season we get a more serious evil Belldandy determined to do some really really bad things.

  

  My favorite arc here is probably Skuld learning to ride a bike. As ridiculous as this sounds, the goddess of invention and technology can't ride bicycles, and she must learn this like any regular kid. Firstly it just synergizes with the theme of the entire series, the importance of basic human experience, regardless of what powers are at your disposal. But also we get a great exploration into angels, basically the goddess' Stand, they are what give the goddess most of their magical powers.

  

  We get to see how Skuld develops her angel, plus great lore on how they work.

  This is where I began to realize that the goddesses are actually just regular people. How? You might ask, my girlfriend can't transform into Ultra Instinct form, can't teleport at will nor can she instantly "get ready" with a magic spell. True but you see, it is revealed that the angles are literal manifestations of love, Skuld doesn't get hers because she hasn't been in love. Love is the only super power possessed by the goddesses, which is another way of saying, they don't actually have any super powers, what you see in the show are simply dramatic exaggerations.

  It is admittedly not very profound or creative to say love can surpass limitations, but most important messages are like that. If you simply ask people hey is war good? is hatred good? The answer will be obvious, everybody knows. But it's one thing to say war is bad, it's another to watch Attack On Titan, or to play The Last of Us Part II. It's like we all knew studying hard is better than not studying, but if you do actually study hard, you probably have experienced something beyond just verbal agreement.

  Sure your loved one is not Belldandy, is not as perfect as she is, can't do many of the things she can, doesn't accommodate for all of your wishes, isn't as good looking etc. But hopefully they do share their greatest source of power, and that is love.

  

  bonus points for Belldandy, Urd and Skuld

  btw if you now read the title again, instead of "wings" or "flights" maybe what it really refers to is angles, or love. So it's more like the love of each character, which is even more fitting of a title.

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