Itazura Na Kiss Vol. 03

Itazura Na Kiss Vol. 03

Kotoko finds out that Naoki is going out on a date with her nemesis, Yuko! What is she up to!? She better not make any moves on him! Kotoko is too worried and couldn’t leave them two alone, so she takes Sudo senpai and tails them! Will they successfully disturb them and ruin their date? And just as Kotoko thought she got Yuko under control, now she has to worry about Ayako – Yuko’s younger sister, who is also after Naoki. But Naoki doesn’t seem to mind — he’s been cool and nonchalant about it.

What’s up with those two? And Naoki is little different these days– He’s been quiet and Kotoko feels he’s being distant– He suddenly decides to move out of his home and live on his own! Why would he do that!? Where is he staying? How is he affording his new place? Where is he working!? Energetic Kotoko is frantic about Naoki’s every move!

Biographical Notes:

Tada made her debut in 1977, when still a high-school student, on Shueisha’s “Deluxe Margaret” magazine. Tada’s stories belong to the shoujo genre of manga and feature love stories centered around young female characters and their love interests. The storylines include comedic moments and are characterised by essential and sharp drawings. Some of Tada’s most popular works are Aishite Knight, Itazura na Kiss and Kimi no Na wa Deborah.

Itazura na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) – begun in 1991 and never completed – was by far Tada’s most successful work in Japan. It tells the love story between Kotoko and Naoki from high school until after their marriage. The series inspired also an illustrated art book “Itazura na Kiss Illustration Shuu” and two novels written by Nori Harata and published in Shueisha’s “Cobalt” series.

In 1996 a live action Japanese TV series based on Itazura na Kiss was also produced, starring Aiko Satoo as Kotoko and Takashi Kashiwabara as Naoki. In 2005, the series was adapted into a Taiwanese drama under the name of It Started With a Kiss. Kaoru Tada died on 11 March, 1999, aged only 38, following a domestic accident which occurred while she was moving to a new house with her husband and son.

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