Happy World!

3 reviews - 5.5 total score (Explanation of the rating system)
avg. score: (1.8)

3. h8er13

The only major problem I see in this short three part series is the length itself. I suppose the third episode does present a touch of finality, but I saw some promise in this series and I wanted to see more.

It's a cute series with a cute angel accompanying an angry, yet kind-hearted, kid. Doesn't sound too original, but it was still entertaining. Happy World was really not bad at all. Since it was so short, I just felt myself saying, "Okay.now what?"

2. Tempy

Happy World! starts out nice enough. Unlucky Takeshi has the worst day ever when a string of events causes his death. Well, he would've been dead if it were not for Elle, an angel who comes to the rescue. She's an innocent little angel, unfamiliar with the ways of the human world, and donning lots of halos. Predictably she ends up hanging around Takeshi to take care of him. But this is no Oh My Goddess! and Takeshi is definitely no Keiichi.

Apparently Takeshi can give his misfortune away to another person, but when a little girl is about to inherit his bad luck, he has a change of heart and takes the curse as a burden of his own. But don't let that fool you - he's a grouch, hates life, finds Elle's presence annoying, and hits her often. The rest of the show is the usual predictable fare, except badly directed, lousy humor, and Takeshi slapping Elle some more.

Elle is told not to bother with the human world because there is a lot of pain and suffering, but Elle feels that the human world is an interesting one because people fight to make the best out of their lives. How she got that opinion after dealing with Takeshi is a mystery though.

1. Neko Tsukimi

Happy World! is an OAV consisting of only 3 episodes. It starts out promising in the first episode: a young boy given nothing but bad luck is given an angel to protect him and to improve his luck. Does he appreciate her? No. Does he seem even the least bit grateful? No. Could he care less. Most likely so. The angel, Elle, is innocent enough. This is her first time being in the human world, wearing clothes, and walking, and the boy she came to protect, Takeshi, is practically a jerk to her and won't tolerate her. If Takeshi were nicer, Happy World! would be more similar to Oh My Goddess! But it isn't. It's nothing like it.

The second episode becomes filler. Takeshi's still mean and Elle's still innocent. The next episode is even more filler, except for something mentioned about Elle having to return to the heavens that isn't mentioned anymore in the episode. And there we have the end of a series that started out like it was going somewhere, and ended up going nowhere at all. For a 26+ episode series, these three episodes would have been fine. However, for an OAV people have to buy that ends in only three episodes, more meat should have been put out there! I had high expectations for this show, but it ended with great disappointment.