Of How Itazura Na Kiss Has Unexpectedly Taken Over My Life
So a few months back I wrote a post about how I was recently hooked on this anime, and I rambled on and on about how Naoki Irie was my ideal type of guy, and how crazy I was because I like mean guys.
Well. It's been four months now and I am so incredibly obsessed with the story that it's ridiculous! It's really not, but my sister thinks I'm nuts. It's not my fault there are like a thousand versions of Itazura na Kiss for me to see (actually, it's only four, but whatever); the story is that good.
She also thinks I'm nuts because I love Irie-kun--she might be right about that, but as I've mentioned before, I really can't help it. It's not something I can rationally explain. I just love guys like that: serious, smart, good-looking and mean. Of course, not like mean to the core--the core is actually quite sweet--but it's a very well hidden core, if you get my drift.
He really is a nice person at heart, although I can understand why people sometimes dislike him--he can be a real jerk sometimes. It's even worse when he's a jerk to Kotoko, who's so adorable that sometimes you want to sock him for treating her like he does. But in spite of that, he actually takes real good care of her, and I'd even go as far to say he's extremely patient with her, if you consider her... not very bright ideas/actions, which often result in trouble for him. Throw in his overbearing mother who, although incredibly funny, sometimes is too much of a meddler.
One of the few things I don't like about the Anime version is that it's so fast-paced (because they have to wrap up a very long story in 26 episodes) that they skipped several storylines/scenes that are originally in the Manga where you can see more of Irie-kun love/worry for Kotoko, and that's why you usually only see him being a jerk.
If you read the Manga, however, you'll notice. Even more so if you watch the Taiwanese drama, It Started With a Kiss and its sequel, They Kiss Again which stays very true to the Anime except for the notable exceptions of the wedding (which is funny as hell but I prefer the original) and the ending, which they had to improvise as Kaoru Tada passed away before she could give the Manga a proper closure. Aside from that they are very loyal to the story, skipping only three storylines, I think, but keeping most of the romantic parts--sometimes making it even more so, which makes it ideal for romance lovers such as I.
Seriously, if you like ItaKiss and romance, I beseech you to watch the Taiwanese drama--it's ADORABLE. I don't care very much for the Japanese drama because they change most of the story, it's way too short, and I don't like Kotoko there (they make her look even more stupid than she is). Ariel Lin, though, is the perfect Kotoko/Xang Qin--just the way I'd picture her in real life. Zhi Shu (Irie-kun) too. I love it so much I even got my cousin to buy the DVD in Australia for me. :P
As you can see, I'm in love with it.
The thing I love the most about ItaKiss, though, it's that it's made me write again! I'm so psyched about that. If you read my journal for the past 3 years or so, you'll notice a lot of entries in which I've worried over "losing the muse". I haven't been able to write anything worth reading for two years. And before that, it was six months, I believe. I haven't been able to finish Nine Months (with only one chapter left) and I've been beating myself over it.
But ItaKiss made me write. Unbelievably, but it did, and I spent one week jotting down the hundred ideas floating in my head (something that hasn't happened in a long time) before I finally was satisfied with Cocoon, which I posted over at Fanfiction.net because, 1) I think it's outrageous that there aren't more Itazura na Kiss fanfiction on the net and so I had to contribute, and 2) Because I felt the need to defend Irie-kun and show the oher side of him that I mentioned before and most people fail to see. :P
Call me crazy, I know. I might be, but fact is I'm writing for the first time in two and a half years, and that's saying something. And the best part is, although I successfully finished Cocoon, I have about other 4 ideas for a story, and I fully intend to write them.
Yay me! And yay ItaKiss!
Well. It's been four months now and I am so incredibly obsessed with the story that it's ridiculous! It's really not, but my sister thinks I'm nuts. It's not my fault there are like a thousand versions of Itazura na Kiss for me to see (actually, it's only four, but whatever); the story is that good.
She also thinks I'm nuts because I love Irie-kun--she might be right about that, but as I've mentioned before, I really can't help it. It's not something I can rationally explain. I just love guys like that: serious, smart, good-looking and mean. Of course, not like mean to the core--the core is actually quite sweet--but it's a very well hidden core, if you get my drift.
He really is a nice person at heart, although I can understand why people sometimes dislike him--he can be a real jerk sometimes. It's even worse when he's a jerk to Kotoko, who's so adorable that sometimes you want to sock him for treating her like he does. But in spite of that, he actually takes real good care of her, and I'd even go as far to say he's extremely patient with her, if you consider her... not very bright ideas/actions, which often result in trouble for him. Throw in his overbearing mother who, although incredibly funny, sometimes is too much of a meddler.
One of the few things I don't like about the Anime version is that it's so fast-paced (because they have to wrap up a very long story in 26 episodes) that they skipped several storylines/scenes that are originally in the Manga where you can see more of Irie-kun love/worry for Kotoko, and that's why you usually only see him being a jerk.
If you read the Manga, however, you'll notice. Even more so if you watch the Taiwanese drama, It Started With a Kiss and its sequel, They Kiss Again which stays very true to the Anime except for the notable exceptions of the wedding (which is funny as hell but I prefer the original) and the ending, which they had to improvise as Kaoru Tada passed away before she could give the Manga a proper closure. Aside from that they are very loyal to the story, skipping only three storylines, I think, but keeping most of the romantic parts--sometimes making it even more so, which makes it ideal for romance lovers such as I.
Seriously, if you like ItaKiss and romance, I beseech you to watch the Taiwanese drama--it's ADORABLE. I don't care very much for the Japanese drama because they change most of the story, it's way too short, and I don't like Kotoko there (they make her look even more stupid than she is). Ariel Lin, though, is the perfect Kotoko/Xang Qin--just the way I'd picture her in real life. Zhi Shu (Irie-kun) too. I love it so much I even got my cousin to buy the DVD in Australia for me. :P
As you can see, I'm in love with it.
The thing I love the most about ItaKiss, though, it's that it's made me write again! I'm so psyched about that. If you read my journal for the past 3 years or so, you'll notice a lot of entries in which I've worried over "losing the muse". I haven't been able to write anything worth reading for two years. And before that, it was six months, I believe. I haven't been able to finish Nine Months (with only one chapter left) and I've been beating myself over it.
But ItaKiss made me write. Unbelievably, but it did, and I spent one week jotting down the hundred ideas floating in my head (something that hasn't happened in a long time) before I finally was satisfied with Cocoon, which I posted over at Fanfiction.net because, 1) I think it's outrageous that there aren't more Itazura na Kiss fanfiction on the net and so I had to contribute, and 2) Because I felt the need to defend Irie-kun and show the oher side of him that I mentioned before and most people fail to see. :P
Call me crazy, I know. I might be, but fact is I'm writing for the first time in two and a half years, and that's saying something. And the best part is, although I successfully finished Cocoon, I have about other 4 ideas for a story, and I fully intend to write them.
Yay me! And yay ItaKiss!