It’s quite ironic: Itazura na Kiss is based on a manga that started its serialization in 1990, and was probably one of the pioneers in the shoujo romantic comedy-genre, and its premise still stands out as an original one: never have we travelled this much into the life of the lead couple. Where most stories [...]
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Itazurs na Kiss has been a long and winding road to watch, and unfortunately most of that road has been on a steep downward incline, filling me with more hate and bile then I imagined possible from any anime series. Given those twenty-three episodes of anguish, it's actually quite amazing that this series has finally, finally managed to get it right with the very last episode of the main story (
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ItaKISS is probably one of the better shows I’ve watched recently. Following Irie and Kotoko from high school to their marriage, it chronicles the ups and downs of love, relationships and marriage. All the while making us laugh at Kotoko’s silly antics. [Summary] It starts with Kotoko having a crush with the smartest and most handsome guy in [...]
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Ahh, all’s well ends well. Itazura na Kiss has been a really fun show to watch throughout it’s run… WAIT! WHY IS THERE A PREVIEW?!! WHAT! THERE’S STILL MORE?! So, er, okay… I guess this post will have to wait. ©2008 Kurogane's Anime Blog. All Rights Reserved..
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「ハッピー・ラブ・カーニバル」 (Happii Rabu Kaanibaru) "Happy Love Carnival" Episode at a Glance: Being pregnant, Kotoko is thrilled about having the C-cup breast size that she's always wanted. Later that day, she stops by Kinnosuke's restaurant to check out his wedding photos, where everyone is surprised to find out that Christine is pregnant too.
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Months after my very first fangirl rave-filled ItaKiss post, and I rise from the depths of the grave with my now burning hatred for this show. Apologies in advance to those who will be offended by this post. I know I’m taking this too seriously for my own good, but I just can’t help it. Incoherent ranting ahead!
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<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> I GET [SPOILER] WITH NAOKI AND GET TO [SPOILER] AS A [SPOILER] AND WE HAVE A [SPOILER]?! Okay so, same idea with Code Geass. I’d like to resume normal blogging and there is no way that is happening with all the summer [...]
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Kotoko dreams of what her perfect birthday would be and hopes that Irie will do something similar for her.
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The finish line is clearly in view, but is it a happy ending or a sad ending? The preview for episode 24 was shockingly grim compared to pretty much everything that has been shown up until now. Part of me expected some sort of challenge to happen to close things out, but I wasn’t expecting anything [...]
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Watching Itazura na Kiss has become almost an episode-by-episode hate-fest for me, not so much for the series itself (although I suppose perhaps I do dislike it by association to some degree) but for the various characters on show within it. Despite Naoki's conversion into really rather a decent husband (which still leads me to suspect that the real Naoki is being held hostage by aliens), it
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As Itazura na Kiss enters the home straight, we learn that Naoki has been captured by aliens and replaced by a facsimile that manages to act far more like a reasonable human being than the real thing. Okay, so that point isn't quite make explicitly clear in this episode, but it's the only plausible explanation I can come up with for Naoki's personality change over the past couple of episodes.
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Kotoko finds out the guy who hugged her was Non, from back when Yuuki was hospitalized.
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So powerful was the Kotoko slap that Non-chan needed a neck brace afterward. Man studying for finals in this heat wave is a bitch, but at least Naoki has finally stopped being a jerk for once though it might be due to Non-chan being the biggest jerk ass for the episode. It was still though a [...]
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Waffleface. XD Jinko and Satomi have been joining social clubs to pick up guys, but woe is to Kotoko who is in the absurdly tough tennis club. As proof of her troubles, Kotoko now sports a mark on her face from when her racket hit it as a result of Sudou-sempai's fast ball. It [...]
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Kotoko has her nurse’s capping ceremony and hopes for Naoki to arrive to see it.
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What on Earth is this? An episode of Itazura na Kiss where Naoki isn't even an asshole once?! Have I just watched the wrong series or something? Of course, we can't have an instalment of this show without someone being Satan incarnate, so this time around Naoki's place is taken by Nobuhiro, the formerly sweet but sickly child who is now sixteen, still terminally ill, but now with added bile.
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<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XX2urKvMxHQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XX2urKvMxHQ&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Watch and listen to it in higher quality here. While Itazura na Kiss isn't one of the series being covered on this site, I've been following it ever since it started airing back in April. Back then, I got a bit overambitious when I started blogging and tried to cover every series that I was watching and Omni wasn't. When I had eight series under my wing, I stopped myself though, which just so happened to be on a Friday---the day that Itazura na Kiss airs. So for those wondering, this is the reason why continued coverage of this series, BLASSREITER, and Kamen no Maid Guy never saw the light of day back in spring. In any case, being a romance comedy, I kind of figured Itazura na Kiss would be my kind of show back then and having Mizuki Nana starring in a series never hurts either. What surprised me though is that the series is relatively popular amongst current generation anime fans (which doesn't include me since I'm kind of old school), despite the 1990's style character designs. Anyway, I had to put this series on hold while I was on vacation in Japan and am still catching up when I can, but the second ending theme grew on almost instantly when I heard it. Now before people start jumping on my case that this isn't new anymore, I'll make it clear now that I'm already aware of that fact. However, I only came across this PV somewhat recently when I was looking for what had come out for the past summer season, so I thought I'd share my findings for those who don't actively look for anime-related PVs. More after the jump...
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Wow Chris called it first… So this post is again late mostly because the DoD ID Card folks were closing earlier than they used to, much to my misfortune I had to make an unplanned over night stay. It also didn’t help that I was playing Castle Crashers with some friend the previous night. So here [...]
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If my overall feelings regarding Itazura na Kiss haven't made themselves clear by now, then I've failed both as a 'Blogger and also as a man. How can I possible feel any real love for a series with so many unlovable characters? While the Naoki we see before us in this twentieth episode isn't quite as outright evil as the man we encountered in the first, in a way he's worse, with his almost
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Irie deals with his growing feelings of jealousy as he watches Keita with Kotoko.>
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