Happy World!

"Happy World!" is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenjirou Takeshita. It was serialized in Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine. The manga was adapted into an original video animation by KSS, with animation work done by Zexcs. The story follows Takeshi Ōmura, an unlucky middle schooler who faces daily misfortunes. One day, an angel named Elle appears before him, claiming to help him get rid of his bad luck. To do so, he places his curse in a small ball with Elle's help and throws it away. After Elle leaves, Takeshi's life returns to normal, but he finds the ball again and decides to wait for someone else to pick it up. Unfortunately, a girl picks up the ball and is about to be hit by a truck. Realizing he can't do nothing, Takeshi touches the ball, shouting that he will take the curse and is teleported with Elle to a backyard. Elle becomes human (experiencing gravity and a tangible body). From then on, Elle lives with Takeshi's family (adopting the name Elle) and attends school with him. The manga ran for 72 chapters, and Shueisha published 11 bound volumes between 2001 and 2006. In addition, a 3-episode original video animation was produced, with theme songs "Kami-sama no Okuri mono ~Naked Angel~" by Millio and "Shiawase Biyori" by Satomi Hanamura.