Sunday, May 23, 2010

Itazura na kiss - shojo cliche yet enjoyable!

Itazura no Kiss is one of the few shoujo anime that I have watched that has the stereotypical shoujo theme in it which, for the most part, I hate. Despite that, I , surprisingly, enjoyed watching it.
Itazura no Kiss is about this dumb girl, Kotoko, who has a huge crush on Irie who happens to be the number one in almost everything in school, heck, even the whole of Japan! Kotoko decided to confess her feelings to Irie by giving him a love letter only to be rejected right on the spot. Poor Kotoko... what should a girl at such a tender age do after this heartbreaking encounter with her first love? Give up or pursue endlessly on this one-sided love affair? Kotoko's life was about to change and how would she react when she finds out that she has to live under the same roof with the very guy who rejected her?!?! Is this torture or a blessing in disguise, maybe. Only a couple of episodes, and throw in some junk food on the table, would you be able to find out.
I enjoyed watching this anime because it has a lot of hilarious stuff in it but it wasn't too much for my taste. Although I do hate the protagonist but I admire her, in a way, because she doesn't give up that easily and I just don't wanna think about how dumb she is. Ultimately, I love Naoki Irie! Woohoo!!!!
If you are about to decide on watching a romantic comedy shoujo anime then this is one of the few that you have to watch and I tell you there are still a lot to choose from if you want this kind of anime. I'm gonna make reviews of those when I have the time.