Series synopsis
Good Luck Girl!, also known as 貧乏神が! is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on MBS on July 5, 2012. It ended on September 27, 2012. It stars Kana Hanazawa, Yumi Uchiyama, Koki Uchiyama and Haruka Tomatsu.
Ichiko unwittingly absorbs happiness energy from everyone around her. It’s up to the poverty god Momiji to end Ichiko’s positivity consumption and restore the world’s balance.
Premise
Ichiko unwittingly absorbs happiness energy from everyone around her. It’s up to the poverty god Momiji to end Ichiko’s positivity consumption and restore the world’s balance.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kana Hanazawa as Ichiko Sakura (voice)
- Yumi Uchiyama as Momiji (voice)
- Koki Uchiyama as Keita Tsuwabuki (voice)
- Haruka Tomatsu as Ranmaru Rindou (voice)
- Kikuko Inoue as Yamabuki (voice)
- Yoshihisa Kawahara as Bobby (voice)
- Hiroshi Naka as Kikunoshin Suwano (voice)
- Hiro Shimono as Momoo Inugami (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 13 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | July 5, 2012 | September 27, 2012 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
You May Be a God, but Aren't You More Like the God of Flatness Than the God of Misfortune? The God of Poverty, Momiji, is sent down to earth to greet a spoiled high-school girl named Ichiko Sakura, who has had good fortune all her life. Momiji explains that Ichiko has an abnormally high level of good fortune, and is also sucking up fortune from those near her. Momiji attempts to take some of Ichiko's fortune and make her a normal girl, but Ichiko manages to fight her off. The next day, however, Ichiko's butler, Suwano, has a heart attack and is left in a critical condition as a result of Ichiko taking his fortune over the years he served her. Ichiko agrees to let Momiji suck some good fortune out of her, but then she runs off with it and releases it at the hospital, saving Suwano's life. Afterwards, Ichiko decides to sack Suwano from his position so he can live his own life without being at risk. A week later, Ichiko's fortune levels soon return, as does Momiji. |
July 5, 2012 |
| 2 |
It Feels Like the 'God vs Girl' Fight Has Just Begun! In order to get closer to Ichiko, Momiji transfers into her class, much to Ichiko's displeasure. As Momiji continues to bother her, Ichiko meets Bobby, a perverted travelling priest with the ability to detect fortune energy, giving her an item called the Soumin Shourai, allowing her to manifest her good fortune into various creatures. Momiji responds by manifesting her own monsters out of her misfortune, but they turn out to be useless and she is soundly beaten. |
July 12, 2012 |
| 3 |
Being Ordered Around By You Somehow Makes Me Really Angry! / What Do You Mean 'Somehow?' Figuring she needs a boyfriend, Ichiko takes an interest in her sleepy classmate, Keita Tsuwabuki. Upon finding and returning his ID card, Ichiko is invited by Keita to have dinner with his siblings, who are quite poor as their parents had left them. Keita soon takes a strong dislike to Ichiko when she rejects his ideal that being together is more important than money. The next day, Ichiko tries to make up with Keita's brother Ryūta by buying him a super rare trading card. However, he ends up dropping the card down a sewer and gets trapped in there whilst attempting to retrieve it just as a typhoon starts to settle in. As Ichiko is told by Keita how he doesn't want to be in anyone's debt, Momiji makes her aware of the danger Ryūta is in, prompting her to go and save him. As Ryūta gets swept into the river, Ichiko dives in after him, using a device given to her by Momiji to use her fortune to rescue him. |
July 19, 2012 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 5, 2012 |
| Last aired | September 27, 2012 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Thursday at 01:50:00 |