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| - This episode opens with a brief narrative about fate and the human condition, speculating on the possibility that humans' fates are controlled by someone or something. The episode then quickly segues into Keiichi waking up from a strange dream of some sort and being ordered out of bed by his upper-classman, Tamiya. We learn from Keiichi's internal monologue that he is a member of the NIT Auto Club (which is currently hard up for cash), and living in an all male dormitory. As his horoscope indicates, it seems that Keiichi is suffering from a run of bad luck. His motorcycle fails to start, and he is turned down quite harshly when he asks Sayoko Mishima (who will be introduced in detail in a later episode) out on a date. We then follow him to class, where he is carried off by Tamiya and Otaki for an Auto Club meeting. The members of the Auto Club decide to embark on a fund-raising mission; to accomplish this, they drive around campus with a megaphone, offering to fix vehicles of all kinds. A student flags them down and asks them to fix his motorcycle. Tamiya and Otaki do so with surprising competence, and then immediately demand that the student pay them 15,000 yen (about $150). Hearing this, he immediately jumps on his newly-fixed motorcycle and drives off. Keiichi is sent after him on some sort of miniature moped, and manages to catch him, but only after driving through a number of hallways and angering a large flock of his fellow students, who relieve him of his newfound cash, as well as his lunch money to pay for the damages that he inflicted. When the scene changes, we see Keiichi back at the dormitory some time later, where he is bullied by his upper classmen into watching the dorm (and doing a bunch of house work) while they all go to a party. While they're out, he discovers that he has a video rental to return, so he heads into town to do so. While there, he finds a young girl who is crying her eyes out because she lost her mother's wallet. Even though he knows that being late back to the dorm will get him in trouble, he takes the time to help her find it. He arrives back just in time to answer the telephone and take a message for one of his upper-classmen. At this point, he decides to place a phone call, only to find himself connected to a female voice that identifies herself as being from the Goddess Relief Office (or Goddess Assistance Agency, according to this translation). Moments later, he receives an unexpected visit from a young woman who comes out of his mirror, giving him quite a start in the process. She introduces herself as the goddess Belldandy, and offers to grant him a wish. After another brief narrative, the episode ends.
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