feature. She also wears a pair of white gloves and usually goes barefoot. Although petite, she has been nicknamed the for her large bust size, which makes some of her deity peers like Loki jealous. Unlike most other deities, Hestia is depicted as energetic and kind, if not slightly childish; and is also willing to form romantic relationships with a member of her Familia, being clearly infatuated with Bell. After descending to the Lower [human] World; Hestia was initially unable to recruit anyone into her Familia due to not being well known and looked down upon. After failing to recruit for the 50th time, she noticed Bell and decided to secretly follow him. She later found out that Bell had also been trying to enter a Familia, but was too repeatedly rejected. Hestia then took the chance to recruit him, which Bell happily agreed upon. Hestia is voiced by Inori Minase in Japanese and by Luci Christian in English. Reception Critical commentary Theron Martin of Anime News Network labelled the "Hestia Factor" as one of the reasons for DanMachis success, citing Inori Minase's voice acting, character development, as well as relationship with Bell. In a review of the series' first novel, Martin further wrote that "Fujino Ōmori's writing skill is actually higher than average [...] By the end of the novel we have a very good sense of who most of the major players are and where they stand, especially Bell and Hestia." iDigitalTimes, in a review of the DanMachi anime, found the relationship between Bell and Hestia to be "really touching", writing "she obviously loves him and wants to be with him, not simply as patron goddess but as a lover. Bell’s ignorance to her every overture is a grating genre standard, but his trademark obliviousness lessens Hestia’s love for Bell not a whit." In an article titled "Is It Wrong To Try To Understand What Is Going On With Hestia's Improbable Boob Ribbon", iDigitalTimes commented that "Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? stands out for providing us with one of Japanese Twitter’s latest and greatest trends", with that trend being "Hestia's boob ribbon", which "is all over the place lately." Kotaku's Richard Eisenbeis believed that DanMachi "Really [Isn't] About Picking Up Girls In A Dungeon", as the characters actually have depth, and "The other characters, while rarely as deep [as Bell], are