Jerry Levine wrote:
[snip]
A) A complete ditz whose lack of competence indicate that she
must surely have gotten into the GP on the strength of her
looks or due to nepotism or somesuch, or
In the TV series, Mihoshi is 1st-class Galaxy Police, without a
relative in the upper ranks. She's also quite dumb.
B) A complete ditz whose great memory, great observation
skills, and great luck *just barely* make up for her
clumsyness and airheadedness to produce someone who's
simultaneously a competent police officer (good enough to get
into GP on her own) and walking disaster area.
In the OVA, Mihoshi is smart, just...spacey. Like you described.
However, she's not in the GP still of her own accord - it's hinted
that she wouldn't be there if she wasn't the Commissioner's
grand-daughter.
Doh! I got it backwards. It didn't stick in my head that the dumb
version got in all on her own, and the smart one needed her
Grandfather's influence to get in. :)
Gee, the TV GP's got pretty low standards, ne? :)