Comments on: Series Review: KimiKiss Pure Rouge … love, where is thy sting?

By: Series Synopses @ Mega Megane Moé

Series Synopses @ Mega Megane Moé — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:53:32 +0000

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By: X

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:19:31 +0000

That’s the best thing about Kimikiss, you’ve mentioned it perfectly. Each heroines are “good” characters, they all care about the main leads. This is the kind of show where I actually didn’t mind who ends up with who in the end, for example I wouldn’t mind if it was Asuka X Kazuki or Kouichi X Yuumi. Though I don’t mind with who they end up, I still personally prefer a couple, I prefered Eriko with Kazuki and I would’ve also preferred Yuumi with Kouichi. Since I truly like a show where the majority of it was used to develop a certain couple and that such a couple will stay strong and be together despite all the obstacles, I prefer such show rather than a show where there is a sudden twist (Canvas 2 anyone?). Still I couldn’t bring myself to hate the show, instead I liked it so much I got hooked onto watching it.

There is another idea that each mail lead represents about love: Kazuki who fell in love with Eriko, stayed true to his feelings throughout the show (his feelings never changed – Eriko’s ideal) while in contrast Kouichi who loved Yuumi from the start changed his feelings. One guy stayed true to his love, the other guy changed his heart. Well that’s just my 2 cents.

By: Dirian

Dirian — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:31:37 +0000

Excellent analysis, and really there IS nothing wrong with doing something well, even if it’s been done before, instead of trying to be original. In my experience the shows that really are original are the ones that just try to tell their story well instead of trying to break the mold(and this holds true for pretty much anything).

At the end of the day, we all need reminding more than we need to be taught something new.

By: omo

omo — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:23:47 +0000

Good insights trying to tackle the real meat of the romance relationships. You might be reading too deep into it but it makes sense.

I think despite how people put Kimikiss as an above-average average show, when it comes to this subtle inter-relational dance it’s one of the best I’ve seen in a long time.

Taking Yuumi’s side is natural only because she’s the quiet, under-appreciated and oft-misunderstood side. Personally she’s not my favorite character either, but something just had to be said on her behalf.

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By: IKnight

IKnight — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:41:42 +0000

Thinking about how Kk didn’t really have a single shock moment – not something I’d considered, probably because of genre unfamiliarity – I reckon the whole show did have a sense of inevitability or flow to it. ‘First girl wins’ aside, we could see from fairly early on that Eriko was likely to ‘win’ and certainly Mao’s chances began to look good many, many episodes before the finale. But perhaps the show itself played on that: one could see the hammer coming for Asuka a long time before she did, and – regardless of who (if anyone) one was supporting – there was a lot of sympathy generated by that.

And it’s a very good point that, while this show wasn’t a barnstorming success, it did manage to make people discuss romance at a level above ‘Kyou’s thighs – Kyou’s thighs – Kyou’s thighs – Kyou’s thighs’. After all, in a show almost devoid of fanservice, there are no thighs to be obsessed over.

By: Shirukii

Shirukii — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:16:11 +0000

YES! Thank you!

All throughout the series as I was commenting on random Kimikiss blogs, I would always get flamed for supporting Mao and saying that Kouichi and Yuumi weren’t fit for each other for the reasons you outlined. I’m thankful that someone finally took the time to properly look over the personalities of the two which were similar, yet conflicting instead of resorting to “Why is Mao such a slut?!”