Though on occasion sprinkled with bits of angst, the vast majority of the story chronicles - in paperback novel fashion - the budding romance of two high school sweethearts well, maybe only one is sweet, but I think I make my point. ![]() Where other contemporary anime of similar standing aim to create webs of complex drama and thorny love triangles, the crux behind Kotoko and Irie's relationship encompasses little else but pure, gooey monogamy. Not hollow, frivolous fluff, mind you, but sappy, feel-good fluff.īluntly speaking, Itazura na Kiss is a typical shoujo romance devoid of typical shoujo tedium. After 500 minutes of skidding through Itazura na Kiss, however, I can say with certainty that my days were well spent - through it alone, I was injected with enough shoujo fluff to last me for a lifetime. Stor圜all it strange, but for some reason I seem to have missed the "teenage girl" phase of my adolescent years instead of having fantastical romantic dreams, swooning over dashing and charming men (well, save for myself), and giddily pairing together ideal couples, I spent most of my time plugging away in an old, dirty warehouse.
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