marller

Marller was once the childhood friend of the goddesses who are the main characters, but she is now a demon. Urd and Mara used to be very close friends until Urd chose to become a goddess, leading to their separation.

Mara is considered the arch-rival of the goddesses, yet she enjoys spending time with them. Her primary duty is to increase the market share of demons on Earth by signing demonic contracts with humans. Additionally, she engages in side duties such as disrupting the activities of the goddesses and making them suffer. However, Mara often forgets her main duty and focuses more on her side duties because she believes that if the goddesses are eliminated, the market share will automatically reach 100%.

Mara has two notable weaknesses: she cannot tolerate good luck charms, and she cannot resist dancing when she hears rock music (or disco, according to the Dark Horse English translation).

Mara appears more determined and mischievous than outright cruel. She felt abandoned when Urd decided to fully embrace her role as a goddess, knowing it would likely end their friendship. This past experience and her duties as a demon contribute to her tunnel vision, prioritizing the disruption of the goddesses' lives. Despite this, she does enjoy spending time with the goddesses whenever the opportunity arises.

In the TV series, Mara is shown to suffer from insecurity and self-doubt due to her inability to increase the demons' market share, partly because of the presence of the goddesses. This insecurity reaches a point where she breaks down in tears when Urd tells her that she has no talent.

Mara is referred to by various names, including Marller or Marla. "Marller" is how Mr. Fujishima romanizes her name in English, while "Marla" reflects how a Japanese speaker would pronounce it and is also used by Geneon Animation for the Mini-Goddess series. In Buddhism, Mara is the name of a demon who tempted Gautama Buddha with visions of beautiful women. Similarly, in the series, Mara uses tactics like using Sayoko to distract Keiichi from Belldandy during her first appearance. Many Japanese speakers prefer not to pronounce her name as "Mara" because the word "mara" (陰茎) means "penis" in Japanese.

Characters

Belldandy

Main

Belldandy is unflinchingly kind, patient, and warm, not only to Keiichi but to everyone, without exception. However, this does not mean that she is to be taken lightly; Belldandy is licensed as a goddess first-class, unlimited, and as such is highly skill...
Morisato Keiichi

Main

Keiichi is a student of the Nekomi Institute of Technology and a member of the NIT Motor Club. One day Keiichi accidentally dialed the Goddess Relief Office. Before he could begin to comprehend what on earth was going on the beautiful Goddess Belldandy wa...
Skuld

Main

Skuld is Belldandys younger sister and is the third Goddess to appear to Keiichi Morisato. Skuld has a Goddess second class, type one, limited license, a category similar to her eldest sister Urd. Her true age is unknown, but her appearance is that of a g...
Urd

Main

Urd is Belldandys older half sister and is the second Goddess to appear to Keiichi. Urd ranks as Goddess second class, management category limited license, similar to her youngest sister Skuld. She is the Yggdrasil System Administrator and Manager. Though...
Aoshima Toshiyuki

Supporting

Toshiyuki Aoshima is a playboy around the Nekomi Institute of Technology campus and Sayoko's cousin. He is enamoured by Belldandy and tries often to steal her away from Keiichi, going as far as to set up a rival motor club. In the TV series, he and his co...
Aoyama Otaki

Supporting

Toraichi Tamiya and Otaki Aoyama are the directors of the Motor Club. They make life very hard for Keiichi by passing on a lot of work to him. However, they have a great deal of respect for Keiichis abilities both as a mechanic and a driver. In the manga,...
Banpei

Supporting

A humanoid robot that was designed and built by Skuld. Banpei-kuns primary function is to guard the temple, originally from Marller, however, this has expanded to include any threat the demons send, and even to protecting Belldandy from Keiichi Morisato. ...
Chrono

Supporting

Chrono is one of the three goddesses who maintain the Yggdrasil system. She is clumsy and lacks a sense of direction.As a third class, white wing, apprentice, she is a Valkyrie candidate. She has Lind's recommendation for a promotion to silver wing....
Fujimi Chihiro

Supporting

Original founder, and director of the Nekomi Institute of Technology Motor Club. She is a resolute person and an incredibly skilled mechanic and motorcycle driver, even more so than Keiichi. She starts up her own motorcycle shop called Whirlwind and hires...