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High school senior Kotoko Aihara has had a crush on Naoki Irie since his freshman year. Unfortunately, a few things are discouraging her from him: he's a member of 'Class A,' the top ranking class in school, whereas she's in 'Class F'; he gets the top score on every exam; and he's so smart, popular, and handsome that he's been class president every year. When Kotoki finall High school senior Kotoko Aihara has had a crush on Naoki Irie since his freshman year. Unfortunately, a few things are discouraging her from him: he's a member of 'Class A,' the top ranking class in school, whereas she's in 'Class F'; he gets the top score on every exam; and he's so smart, popular, and handsome that he's been class president every year.
When Kotoki finally musters up the courage to present him with a love letter, though, Naoki outright refuses it, telling her point blank - with a look of disgust and boredom - that he doesn't like 'stupid girls.' Poor Kotoko's worst nightmare. How do I break in the new year? By curling up in my bed and reading a ginormously sized volume of shoujo manga. Good start, I hope this sets the tone for the rest of my year.
This is one of those shoujo where an academically inept girl sets her sight on the most wonderful man in the world. In this case class F Kotoko falls in love with A student and master athlete Naoki. This is how I feel about Naoki: He is such a dick! I'm not even joking with that gif, I shrieked ass! And threw the How do I break in the new year? By curling up in my bed and reading a ginormously sized volume of shoujo manga.
Good start, I hope this sets the tone for the rest of my year. This is one of those shoujo where an academically inept girl sets her sight on the most wonderful man in the world. In this case class F Kotoko falls in love with A student and master athlete Naoki. This is how I feel about Naoki: He is such a dick! I'm not even joking with that gif, I shrieked ass! And threw the volume across my bed more than once.
I should have been prepared because I watched Playful Kiss but in the early episodes I was distracted by the leads cute faces. Plus the kdrama toned him down, Seung Jo never told Oh Ha Ni to deal with it when she was being groped on a train.
And I do not like how being good at everything is effortless for him. Let's ignore realism for a minute, what is compelling about a character like that? I get amazing grades and I'm good at tennis and great at cooking and an excellent teacher because I'm Naoki Irie.
That's great for you buddy. I get that seeing Kotoko try so hard is waking him up from the ennui of his effortless existence.
But damn son. Boring dickbag is boring. The side characters here are fun though! I didn't realize how entirely accurate the kdrama was to the source; again I like Naoki's family much better than I like him.
Except for his brother. His brother can leave. In conclusion: I'd like this manga a lot better if it was a series of Kotoko getting things over Naoki. The proper treatment for dickbags is to put them in their place, not win them over with your unending love and devotion. Blackmail him with his baby pictures some more Kotoko!
Or at least continue to make use of him, if he's going to be a dick the least he can do is be a dick who cooks and tutors for you. Another adorable cute manga Sadly I'll never know the ending in manga, as the mangka died before she could finish the manga, but she told her husband how it was supposed to end, so what we see in the anime is how she wanted to end it. May she rest in peace. The manga follows the life of Aihara Kotoko who is head over heals for Irie Naoki. She is cute, cheerful and a little stupid, while he is the cold genius who never shown any feelings for her (though they start to develop as they grow closer) The Another adorable cute manga Sadly I'll never know the ending in manga, as the mangka died before she could finish the manga, but she told her husband how it was supposed to end, so what we see in the anime is how she wanted to end it. May she rest in peace. The manga follows the life of Aihara Kotoko who is head over heals for Irie Naoki.
She is cute, cheerful and a little stupid, while he is the cold genius who never shown any feelings for her (though they start to develop as they grow closer) The drawing is so-so but she certainly makes it up with a cute and interesting storyline. He thanks to kotoko, starts to think to have a dream of his own (to become a doctor), while she little by little starts to develop her own character instead of just following him around. The side characters are so cute too, their families are just adorable. The friends too (though the Matsumoto or whatever sisters really got on my nerves), but I really loved Kin Chan, I hope in the anime he'll find love, instead of waiting for Kotoko (I only read the manga, I only started today to watch the anime, so I have no idea what happens after Irie's dad in a critical condition and he decided to take care of the company and abandon his dream to become a doctor!) a cliffhanger! This has to one of the best shoujo mangas ever, but Kotoko's character at times really managed to annoy me, luckily she started to build a character of her own in later chapters, because she is way too clingy and dependent on Naoki.
Anyway, though the manga will never be completed, it's really recommended, and you can just watch the anime to know how will it end.:). I started this, because I'd seen the two seasons of the Taiwanese Drama It Started With A Kiss and They Kiss Again, and got hooked. Now I'll have finish the whole series- to see how the first few differ from the show, and then to see what happens after the point where the show left off. I love the characters. Kotoko is a naive girl who has been in love with just one guy, Irie-kun. Irie-kun is a guy that has a cold heart because he doesn't make friends easily.
I love the story. Can't wait to read I started this, because I'd seen the two seasons of the Taiwanese Drama It Started With A Kiss and They Kiss Again, and got hooked. Now I'll have finish the whole series- to see how the first few differ from the show, and then to see what happens after the point where the show left off. I love the characters. Kotoko is a naive girl who has been in love with just one guy, Irie-kun.
Irie-kun is a guy that has a cold heart because he doesn't make friends easily. I love the story. Can't wait to read the rest!
I found this manga from watching its Korean drama adaptation: Playful Kiss, which I really enjoyed. It took me a little while to adapt to Kotoko Aihara being Oh Ha-ni and Naoki Irie being Baek Seung-jo. I had really enjoyed Kim Hyun-joong's portrayal of Seung-jo and admitted I was comparing the manga version Naoki to him. And I had started watching this drama mainly for Kim Hyun-joong (loved him in Boys Over Flowers!). But I did find that this also has a Japanese drama adaption, Mischievous Kiss I found this manga from watching its Korean drama adaptation: Playful Kiss, which I really enjoyed. It took me a little while to adapt to Kotoko Aihara being Oh Ha-ni and Naoki Irie being Baek Seung-jo. I had really enjoyed Kim Hyun-joong's portrayal of Seung-jo and admitted I was comparing the manga version Naoki to him.
And I had started watching this drama mainly for Kim Hyun-joong (loved him in Boys Over Flowers!). But I did find that this also has a Japanese drama adaption, Mischievous Kiss, which I've started watching as well and its helped get more used to the Japanese cultural aspects of the story.
(I also recently found out that there was a new Taiwanese adaptation made last year, Miss in Kiss, that I will be checking out also:) ) I love seeing how Kotoko's energetic, yet clumsy, personality starts to warm up Naoki's cold and arrogant personality. I would definitely call this a slow burn romance and I enjoy watching Naoki slowly fall for Kotoko though he doesn't realize it himself. I found it sad to discover that the manga-ka, Kaoru Tada, passed away before she could finish the series. But with her widower's approval, the story's been continued. I just wish this manga was available at book stores, I've yet to find it at Barnes & Noble or Books a Million. So, my only source is Amazon.and I've already ordered volume 2.
Hoping it arrives soon, so I can continuing reading! I'm not going to mince words here. This thing was terrible. It's probably among the worst manga I've ever read, and I've read a lot of manga over the years.
There were a bunch of reasons this didn't work for me, but here are the biggest ones: The Art So, not the biggest reason I didn't like it, but the art definitely left me disappointed. Normally I don't mind older art styles. This one looks like it came out of the late 80s, and wen I looked it up, it started in 1990, so I wasn't far off. The prob I'm not going to mince words here.
This thing was terrible. It's probably among the worst manga I've ever read, and I've read a lot of manga over the years.
There were a bunch of reasons this didn't work for me, but here are the biggest ones: The Art So, not the biggest reason I didn't like it, but the art definitely left me disappointed. Normally I don't mind older art styles. This one looks like it came out of the late 80s, and wen I looked it up, it started in 1990, so I wasn't far off. The problem wasn't the age, though. It was that much of it felt incomplete. Eyes were often left unshaded. Hair often looks more like incomplete line work than something that should come out of a person's head.
In fact, much of the art looks like incomplete line work. All of this makes the art look messy and unfinished. I don't think this was a stylistic choice, however, as there are panels and pages throughout that DO look like they were finished, which leaves me wondering why so much of it looks so bad. The Characters They were all flat and one-dimensional. No wait, scratch that, there was ONE character who felt like a properly fleshed out manga character, and that was side-character/little brother Yuuki.
He's a little jerk, but he has a REASON for being a little jerk (he's a third-grader whose room has been girlified and given to some stupid chick). He practically hero-worships his older brother Otherwise, the characters are mary-sue/gary-stu shells.
Kotoko is a stupid girl with no hobbies or aspirations, and but for a crush on Irie because he's hot and intelligent, has no motivation either. It's a good thing her crush on him is defined by his good looks and intelligence. Otherwise, she might start to hate him because he's an ass hole when she realizes he wasn't the good guy she thought he was. Speaking of Irie-the-love-interest, he's just a hot(?), intelligent ass hole. About I can say about him. He's just a jerk with a lot of brains and supposed beauty. Well, there's one more thing I can say about this gary stu.
He never studies (apparently, he has a form of photographic memory that allows him to understand everything the first time he reads it), and despite never practicing or exorcising, can kick butt at tennis tournaments. And despite hating helping others and being a super-genus, he's also the best teacher in the universe. Because apparently, Tada-sensei was desperate to find reasons for us to actually LIKE Irie despite the fact he has all the personality of a rock. Otherwise, we had one-dimensional side characters. Kotoko's female friends with names I can't be bothered to remember; 'Kin-chan', a guy who is obsessed with Kotoko and marrying the girl (and I'm convinced is a stalker); Irie's mother, a woman so obsessed with getting a daughter that she dressed Irie as a girl until he was old enough to understand what was happening and later is desperately trying to get Kotoko as a daughter-in-law; and lastly, The Dads, who are practically interchangeable as they just want to convince Kotoko and Irie to get married. Story The story I've seen before. Girl tries to tell guy she likes him, guy turns her down flat.
Then another trope gets introduced: girl moves into guy's house for reasons. That pretty much sums it up. Yup, that's it. Well, I guess there's some stuff with Kotoko desperately trying to pass tests because her head is full of rocks and blackmailing/begging Irie for help studying.
There's also a sports festival with its own tired set of cliches. All in all, it's just not worth it. There are so many other shoujo manga that are better.
This one just hasn't aged well at all. My impossibly high expectations did not disappoint, which is fairly astonishing given i've seen two versions of this already (and the kdrama to come!
Goes to show what a strong, character-based story it is. But what makes the manga in particular is Tada's art.
I was not expecting it to be so delicately skewed and subtly (and ubsubtly too, sometimes) comic as well as just plain well-drawn - unlike some other beloved 90s shojo.cough HYD cough. Justifiably and dservedly a classic. (plus my impossibly high expectations did not disappoint, which is fairly astonishing given i've seen two versions of this already (and the kdrama to come! Goes to show what a strong, character-based story it is. But what makes the manga in particular is Tada's art. I was not expecting it to be so delicately skewed and subtly (and ubsubtly too, sometimes) comic as well as just plain well-drawn - unlike some other beloved 90s shojo.cough HYD cough.
Justifiably and dservedly a classic. (plus huge props to DMP for licensing it.
I promise i will buy lots of your books if you continue to bring it out. Thanking you in advance.). I can't believe they FINALLY have put English translations of this manga into print.available at my lovely local book store! At present, one of my all time fave series.
Funny, sweet, lovely. I can read this over and over again and never tire of it. Kotoko is an adorable idiot who always sacrifices her dignity on the alter of unrequited love.
And the smart, talented, socially inept Naoki is the focus of her pining. Throughout the series, readers witness Naoki coming alive through his int BLISS. I can't believe they FINALLY have put English translations of this manga into print.available at my lovely local book store!
At present, one of my all time fave series. Funny, sweet, lovely. I can read this over and over again and never tire of it. Kotoko is an adorable idiot who always sacrifices her dignity on the alter of unrequited love.
And the smart, talented, socially inept Naoki is the focus of her pining. Throughout the series, readers witness Naoki coming alive through his interactions with Kotoko. And we see Kotoko herself mature through her interactions with Naoki. Lots of hi-jinks, lots of tenderness, lots of fun.happy sigh. Kotoko of Class F has a secret: she's head over heels in love with Naoki of Class A! When she finally summons up the courage to give him a love letter, Naoki doesn't even read it.
In fact, he even goes out of his way to tell Kotoko he doesn't like stupid girls. It seems like Kotoko's heart has been broken and there's no hope in her and Naoki ever coming together - that is, until a natural disaster of fateful proportions intervenes. When Kotoko's family house is turned into rubble by an ear Kotoko of Class F has a secret: she's head over heels in love with Naoki of Class A! When she finally summons up the courage to give him a love letter, Naoki doesn't even read it. In fact, he even goes out of his way to tell Kotoko he doesn't like stupid girls.
It seems like Kotoko's heart has been broken and there's no hope in her and Naoki ever coming together - that is, until a natural disaster of fateful proportions intervenes. When Kotoko's family house is turned into rubble by an earthquake, her father has them all shacking up with an old school friend and his family - and this old friend's son is none other than Naoki! Whether it's trying to get past Naoki's cold demeanor or getting picked on by Naoki's little brother or studying like never before to get into college with her crush, Kotoko's life is harder than ever before. Can living under the same roof as Naoki improve Kotoko's chances of a whirlwind romance - or will Naoki just shoot her down again?
Itazura na Kiss (イタズラなKiss/Mischievous Kiss) is Kaoru Tada's most well-known shoujo series from the early nineties that has gained a huge fan following back in Japan and is considered one of the titles in its respective genre as a classic - and after reading DMP's release of the first seven chapters in omnibus format, it's not hard to see why it is so well-loved (or why its English language release was so anticipated by shoujo fanatics). It's a romance story full of drama and humor, all led by the impossible couple that is Kotoko and Naoki. I find myself loving the Kotoko/Naoki dynamic a lot - they squabble all the time and act more like rivals that love interests, but they also genuinely care about each other in the end, once you strip off all the bluster and posturing.
Kotoko still is in love with Naoki and Naoki is slowly warming to Kotoko's energy and upbeat spirit. You can clearly see that living under the same roof has changed both characters in notable ways. Could one of those changes in the end be a romantic relationship? It's the slow but involving progress of their unusual high school courtship that will bring readers back to read more of their story together. Overall, this manga is a welcome throwback to the shoujo era of the late eighties/early nineties, from the artwork down to the old school manga references in text. In a market when a lot of romantic manga is angsty dramatic messes that read like rejected Degrassi scripts, Itazura na Kiss is a lighthearted entry that succeeds in creating a suspenseful 'will they or won't they?'
Style series while still maintaining its good humor. As the heart of the series, Kotoko is a strong-willed young woman who may still be in Class F with the rest of the academic failures but can still work hard when it comes to working to become Naoki's equal.
If you enjoy a romantic push and pull story between two people as their feelings turn tender towards each other, you can't go wrong giving this series a go. I am looking forward to reading the next volume featuring those turbulent lovebirds Naoki and Kotoko - and once you finish the first book, I think you will too. Ok, so I actually really liked this manga. More so than I thought I would. I would say 4.5 just because it was so much better than I thought it would be. To be honest, the reoccurring 'unrequited' love thing is a really boring tropes which are why I steer FAR away from it every time I see something that might hint at it in the summary. Which is why Itazura Na Kiss is a very strange choice or manga for me to read.
I honestly thought this was gonna be freaking typical in that the girl confesses an Ok, so I actually really liked this manga. More so than I thought I would.
I would say 4.5 just because it was so much better than I thought it would be. To be honest, the reoccurring 'unrequited' love thing is a really boring tropes which are why I steer FAR away from it every time I see something that might hint at it in the summary.
Which is why Itazura Na Kiss is a very strange choice or manga for me to read. I honestly thought this was gonna be freaking typical in that the girl confesses and the guy is like OH I LIKE YOU TOO or like SORRY IM TAKEN or EW NO GO AWAY.
The 3rd option was what happened here but unlike most girls, our main character (Still don't know her name. I'm really bad with names.) accepts that ya, this guy is a jerk.
Most shoujo girls are so blinded by their one-sided love that they always see the best in the guy and want to be together and just cry when they're rejected. Now I'm not saying that our main character here didn't feel sad about being rejected. But she dealt with it in a far better manner than I thought she would.
Also, the fact that there's a random side guy to help progress the ship is nice too. I find myself really rooting for the main girl instead of hating the guy as usual. (Still kinda hate him. The ship) So ya, overall this manga was really nice. It's wasn't as cliche as the summary makes it and honestly, it's quite funny. Anything funny is really a win for me! This is a shoujo master piece.
The art is my fav, it’s 90s manga art which is totally my fav 3. I have to say this just to get it out of the way, I kinda hate how Kotoko is somehow chasing Irie, if I were her I would have dumped him a long time ago but 4. But due to circumstances her moving into his house I guess I would have had a low level of difficulty getting over irie.
I think iriee is Typa A person who is really have high intelligence and less feelings, like those geniuse 1. This is a shoujo master piece. The art is my fav, it’s 90s manga art which is totally my fav 3.
I have to say this just to get it out of the way, I kinda hate how Kotoko is somehow chasing Irie, if I were her I would have dumped him a long time ago but 4. But due to circumstances her moving into his house I guess I would have had a low level of difficulty getting over irie. I think iriee is Typa A person who is really have high intelligence and less feelings, like those geniuses who really are smart but depressed, he is not mean, and when he is, I am happy that Kotoko slapped him when he recited her love letter 7.
AND THE MOTHER IS LITERALLY REAL MVP LET ME TELL YOU 8. The mother knows how her son is a douche and I love how she supports kotoko 9. And I admire how kotoko got in that 100 list. And when she handed the baton to Iriee!!!! Omg if i were her I would hate myself looooool All in all, This manga gets me all feelings!!
I was curious about reading this series after I watched through the Japanese live action Itazura Na Kiss and Itazura Na Kiss 2 on Netflix. Unfortunately I didn't care for this original manga series.
The artwork is a little to be desired, didn't really care for it much. I think the art made Kotoko's friend Kinny look too much like an older person. I know he's supposed to be a hardcore kind of punk guy, but those big cheekbones.
The television series seems to have been made to be a little bit mor I was curious about reading this series after I watched through the Japanese live action Itazura Na Kiss and Itazura Na Kiss 2 on Netflix. Unfortunately I didn't care for this original manga series. The artwork is a little to be desired, didn't really care for it much. I think the art made Kotoko's friend Kinny look too much like an older person.
I know he's supposed to be a hardcore kind of punk guy, but those big cheekbones. The television series seems to have been made to be a little bit more charming than the manga. Obviously it's a story on how two polar opposites attract and fall in love, but here, Irie is ten times more of a cold hearted than in the show. The show makes him mean at times but then a little more subdued when it comes to trying to be enduring to Kotoko's feelings. I will just stick with the charming TV show. Most likely won't read the rest of this. Tada made her debut in 1977, when still a high school student, on Shueisha's 'Deluxe Margaret' magazine.
Tada's stories belong to the shōjo genre of manga and feature love stories centred around young female characters and their love interests. The storylines include comedic moments and are characterised by essential and sharp drawings. Some of Tada's most popular works are Ai Shite Knight, Itazur Tada made her debut in 1977, when still a high school student, on Shueisha's 'Deluxe Margaret' magazine. Tada's stories belong to the shōjo genre of manga and feature love stories centred around young female characters and their love interests. The storylines include comedic moments and are characterised by essential and sharp drawings.
Some of Tada's most popular works are Ai Shite Knight, Itazura na Kiss and Kimi no na wa Debora. Ai Shite Knight portrays the Japanese rock music scene of the early 1980s. The anime series based on Ai Shite Knight was the first ever to feature original songs performed within the episodes. Another of Tada's works, Miihaa Paradise is also set in the rock 'n' roll world. Itazura na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) - begun in 1991 and never completed - was by far Tada's most successful work in Japan. It tells the love story between Kotoko and Naoki from high school until after their marriage.
The series inspired also an illustrated art book and two novels written by Nori Harata and published in Shueisha's 'Cobalt' series. In 1996 a live action Japanese TV series based on Itazura na Kiss was also produced, starring Aiko Satō as Kotoko and Takashi Kashiwabara as Naoki. In 2005, the series was adapted into a Taiwanese drama under the name of It Started With a Kiss and in 2008 an anime was also released. Kaoru Tada died in 1999 of a cerebral hemorrhage. While moving to a new residence, she hit her head on a marble table and fell into a coma. Three weeks later, she died.