Itazura Na Kiss

i was watching an anime Itazura Na Kiss in crunchyroll when i suddenly realize that it was somewhat familiar to me..


Itazura na Kiss tells the love story of Aihara-Kotoko and Irie-Naoki from their days as high school students to their marriage. The story starts with Kotoko finally building up the courage to confess to Naoki by giving him a love letter but was rejected in front of everybody. After that humiliating moment, she decided to give up on her love for Naoki. Unti one day, the Aihara's newly-built home was destroyed during a mild earthquake due to poor construction. They ended up staying in the Irie household thus starting the development of their relationship..

hmmm... sounds familiar? well, thats because it was the anime version of tha taiwanese drama Started with Kiss, both made after the manga Itazura na Kiss (Playfull Kiss) by Tada Kaoru. However, the shouju manga series was stop at volume 23 due to the unexpected death of the author in a house accident while she was moving to another house with her husband and son.

From a manga, I thought I am way past too matured to enjoy this kind of teen drama but I bloody (sorry, but have to use an intensive to underscore my point) well love it! Superbly animated by the characters. I came to the end of the show with a happy silly grin. It has got to be one of the greatest and memorable anime so far (aside from bokura ga ita ofcourse). I havent finished the drama version yet cozt i preferred the anime one :)

Kawaii anime... watch it too!