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watching now... 2 eps watched... 3 things to say so far: 1) The little brother (Yuuki) is a "G". LOL. 2) The male lead is a jerk. 3) The female lead is a baka. LOL. The art, animation, and character design all remind me of an upgraded Tokimeki Memorial OVA and that isn't saying much i'm afraid. Oh well... Never forget Xenosaga. Last updated Sunday, October 12 2008. Created Thursday, October 09 2008. | ||||||||
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First off, I got into this series already knowing how it would end and pretty much knew the jist of what was going to happen along the way. I had already watched (and enjoyed), the Live Action version. But, aside from that, I won't be comparing the two much like I wouldn't compare an anime to it's manga counterpart. Afterall, one should look and rate an anime based on its own merit(s)... not it's various other produced formats; i.e. manga, live action, etc. I actually liked this anime. The story of a "never-say-die-attit Art, Animation & Character Design Starting off, the art/graphics wasn't interesting. Actually, below par really. However, after a few episodes you get use to it. Although, I think near the end, it did start improving... or it was my imagination. The animation itself wasn't bad though. It looked to be your average frame-rate. Character design wasn't anything out of the ordinary. As well, most of the character roles were just mildy interesting. Naoki's mother was probably the most interesting character of the lot. I really didn't care for alot of the character designs, aside from some of the later characters such as Yuuko, Chris (Kinnosuke's gf), and several other lesser roles. As well, almost none of the characters were well developed... in fact, I can't recall any character besides your two mains that were developed. Music The music wasn't anything that caught my interest.... whatelse is knew right? No, I can't say completely. The ending theme song did start growing on me. Series & Episode Stories As for the story, I really enjoyed it and was mildy surprised at how it turned out. I mean, I expected them falling in love and getting together, however, I didn't expect the series to go into marriage, and a life after marriage... and parenthood. I mean, typically, when one thinks of a romance series, usually the stories are about trying to get to the point of getting together and it pretty much ends the series there. But this one, they get to the marriage point a little past the middle of the series, and carries on with their lives. So curious at how the story would unfold thereafter kept me interested.... and it was pretty much worth it. At episode 17, it seems it took a complete turn... wow! Actually, it introduced a whole new set of characters... as if the series were starting new... in fact, it even jumps 4 years ahead at one point. The new set of characters were much more lively and humorous to say the least. And being that they're all in college, we have a few scenes of them getting plastered (at least Kotoko). I thought this was a uniquely different approach to concluding a series. It was interesting and had me a lot more amused and enjoying it. As well, in this second half of the series, if you will, it was much more funny. Overall, it was a good show. Not the best, but one of the better ones for sure. I loved how the story progressed from childhood... or at least from teens to college years, to adulthood and finally parenthood. Aside from the subpar animation and graphics, the story was nearly top-notch and well worth the buy. Last updated Thursday, October 09 2008. Created Thursday, October 09 2008. | ||||||||
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This Anime/Manga also has a live-action taiwanese series "It started with a kiss"
Jo and i forgot the girl's name.
Although I have watched that series and I think I could say that this one will be good.
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(All episodes watched): Itazura na Kiss was the next chapter in my Peach Girl/Bokura ga Ita/Lovely Complex/Kimikiss Pure Rouge gravy train of teen romance in Japan. Judging from the first episode, it seemed like a fairly interesting show, with a welcome touch of humor; Kimikiss (the last one) had a higher ratio of drama, which isn't necessarily bad, but I was pleased with a little change. InK didn't seem terribly funny; more like a "smile show". It didn't seem terribly clever either, but I was satisfied. Basically, my first impression was that I didn't have a whole lot to say since I neither noticed anything that I really loved nor really hated about this show. It seemed satisfactory, that's was all I could say at the moment. I read that this is based on an early 90's manga, and come to think of it, the character designs do have a look to them that reminds me of that period. As of episode two, I was pleased that the plot was moving steadily along in a manner which is both enjoyable and makes sense. Actually, making sense is one of my primary prerequisites for a show being enjoyable, unless it is so godawful funny or has such sheer coolness that I don't care. Since Itazura na Kiss doesn't fall into either of those categories, it's encouraging to see that it's taking the correct route to enjoyability by being fairly realistic and plausible--and a little silly, too. Despite what I wrote earlier, I came to feel that this show is pretty funny! I would say there is more humor in this romantic comedy than most of the harem shows I watch, probably because the latter rely too much on ecchi fanservice to entertain the viewer and humor has a low priority. This show, in contrast, was clearly designed to be funny, which works well with the romantic element because you can't help liking the plucky Kotoko after all the embarasment she endures. It's not often that a series shifts into high gear like InK did during episode 14. We go from the same state of affairs as has been going on for most of the series to a radical change in the space of 23 minutes--I'd be spoiling things if I told you exactly what happened. As I watched, I became convinced that this must be the final episode of a slightly longer than one season series, but no, there was a preview for the next one. Most anime romantic comedies seem to feel that just letting you know that the main characters have agreed to be boyfriend and girlfriend is about as far as they dare go. But that's clearly not the case here, which makes InK unusual and interesting. Likewise, episode 20 both introduces and resolves a minor problem in the first half of the episode, which left me wondering if a new plot arc would take off after the station break. Sure enough, the show resumes with a label of "Four years later"--how often do anime series take such liberties with the timeline (not that there's anything wrong with doing so)? Itazura na Kiss has settled into it's place in the spectrum of anime I watch as a modestly entertaining show. There are shows which I jump on as soon as a new episode becomes available, though I try not to watch more than one of them per day in order to stretch the enjoyment out. And then there are the shows which fill the remainder of my anime watching bloc, ones which take a couple days but do get watched eventually--that would be the category this one falls into. Last updated Sunday, October 12 2008. Created Wednesday, April 09 2008. | ||||||||
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| Japanese Series Web Page | http://itakiss-anime.jp/index.htm |
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