(L) KimiKiss pure rouge

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

HAHA!!
ep 10

Spoiler:

Oh sh*t ~ the timing of the ED song did it again!

This time we have mao looking deep into kouichi eyes after giving him a kiss (on the forehead but still a kiss mind you) before the "koware sou de..." actually kicks in...

Spoiler for Episode 10:

One of the main parts that made that scene for me was Mao's facial expression after the kiss, you know, completely in shock --- though at the same time coming to terms with what she does done.

Beautiful!

[Mizuno]

looks like mao is doing all the receiving and giving in terms of kisses, lol.

need more asuka interaction with kazuki.

[ThoHell]

It's all about the Kouichi and Mao relationship; Kazuki's relationship can come later! But hmm...how's this really going to end or work out with final relationships? I thought this was only a 12 episode series, but it's suppose to be 25--lots of room for twist and breakups and so on. Maybe they're going to focus on 1 relationship at a time.....

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by ThoHell

It's all about the Kouichi and Mao relationship; Kazuki's relationship can come later!

At the moment it's definitely that --- the shows focus is set around those two at the moment, with a bit of Kai on the side, that blends into the drama.

[Deathkillz]

Hope it moves onto kazuki soon for one specific reason...

futami

[landau]

Hope to see "Mao check" soon!

[Freeter]

LOL, seconded. "Mao Check" would totally redeem this trainwreck

[adamatari]

Just as expected...

Spoiler for Episode 10:

Well, the whole point of this episode is "Mao finally figures out her own feelings (that is, for Koichi)". This was pretty heavily pointed to at the end of the last episode, so no suprise there.

I've been thinking it would be Koichi/Mao for a few episodes at least, but now I'm pretty sure. The only real question is what Koichi thinks. Altogether I think he's more on Mao's side than Yumi's, so really it's just a matter of how they try to wrap it up or what Yumi will do if/when she figures out she has a rival.

As much as the 'childhood friends' thing is overdone, in this case it has a certian advantage - you can understand why they wouldn't realize what was going on. Of course you care about your childhood friend. There's nothing special about that... So I could see the border between that and romantic love being fuzzier than it would be in another situation. So it's easy drama, but I like Mao and Koichi enough anyway so it's okay.

I think Kai figured them both out - Mao after she'd been kinda freaked out after he kissed her, and Koichi in this episode when he asks him to take care of Mao. He probably told Mao on purpose to push her closer to Koichi. But that's just my thoughts.

Next episode looks to be full of akwardness. I'm not sure whether I'm looking forward to it or not. Just take him, Mao! He won't put up much of a fight!

[Kaoru Chujo]

Spoiler for ep10:

Excellent episode. Sure, not a lot happened, and what did happen was somewhat ambiguous. But excellent subtle feelings. Great character design/animation of features. Mao's face is just wonderful, so expressive in its unexpressiveness. Ikezawa Haruna (Yoshino in Marimite) is doing a great job with her voice, too.

I am still not sure who is going to "end up" with whom. Mao's voice on the phone with Kai was quite joyful. Sure she loves Kouichi, but she likes Kai, too. Kouichi is so desperately passive. I just about screamed at him when he decided he couldn't call Yuumi. And on another front, there's Kazuki spending all that time with Asuka....

[dojikyo]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

Osananajimi love is an amazing meme. Does it just strike something in the Japanese otaku soul? Are osanananajimi and siblings the only girls that they know? Is it a sanitized version of incest? Or is it pure accident that someone stumbled on it and since it was useful enough, it proliferated?

Good question. It could be basically it sets up a situation without the fear of an initial rejection and that appeals to the socially awkward. Perhaps some desire that people who are meant for each should meet each other soon that later.

On the other hand, you'll notice the childhood friend almost never "wins". Aoi, being one noticeable exception.

edit: Episode 10 is up? Lack of Japanese language skills or not. Downloading.

[Manji Midou]

w00t, another step closer for the MAOxKOUICHI pairing.

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by Deathkillz

HAHA!!
(is it me...or are japanese people really weak against water )

naaa, its just the blokes.

women are highly waterproof.

Unless its an idiot women, then they will suffer just as bad as the blokes.

wait.

does that mean all men are stupid?

[golthin]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Oh lord.. here we go.

Spoiler for Episode 10:

I just finished this episode, and all i have to say at the moment was about that last scene. Anyone who wants Kouichi x Mao, here it begins. The kiss on the head from Mao, leading upto the two looking at each other --- it couldn't have been displayed any better if you ask me. Even more so when you see the preview for next weeks episode.

This is brilliant, i love this series.

also there seems to be some secret in Yuumi land that we don't know about it.

[babybro]

Wow, well I was a bit too late for the childhood friends cliche discussion but I would like to add that alot of things in this anime is cliche. From the super passive innocent kouichi who is shy with talking with the girl even after all this time. Absolutely cliche and beaten like a dead horse, but that's not nothing in comparison with yuumi. How many times have we seen the super shy girl who always place second place in an anime (cough nodoka from mahou sensei negima cough) but more on the super shy girl part than playing second place. It's used so many times that it's a given that there will be one in almost every single romance anime.

So basically put, I want you guys to realize your watching a very cliche genre, and you shouldn't be anymore annoyed at the childhood cliche than the shy girl/shy guy cliche.

[Deathkillz]

Originally Posted by Onizuka-GTO

naaa, its just the blokes.

women are highly waterproof.

Unless its an idiot women, then they will suffer just as bad as the blokes.

wait.

does that mean all men are stupid?

Curse the male genes

Originally Posted by babybro

Wow, well I was a bit too late for the childhood friends cliche discussion but I would like to add that alot of things in this anime is cliche. From the super passive innocent kouichi who is shy with talking with the girl even after all this time. Absolutely cliche and beaten like a dead horse, but that's not nothing in comparison with yuumi. How many times have we seen the super shy girl who always place second place in an anime (cough nodoka from mahou sensei negima cough) but more on the super shy girl part than playing second place. It's used so many times that it's a given that there will be one in almost every single romance anime.

So basically put, I want you guys to realize your watching a very cliche genre, and you shouldn't be anymore annoyed at the childhood cliche than the shy girl/shy guy cliche.

And like with any other character traits

There are a basic set of "character personalities" in each romance series which are used to show diversity...cause really - wouldnt it just be boring to have a cast where all the girls are, for example, tsundere?

Even though we complain about the cliches being overused, at the end of the day it cant be avoided much. but not all romances are predictable to where a certain "character trait" has an advantage over the others - ive seen shy girls winning at times as well

[Onizuka-GTO]

Originally Posted by babybro

Wow, well I was a bit too late for the childhood friends cliche discussion but I would like to add that alot of things in this anime is cliche. From the super passive innocent kouichi who is shy with talking with the girl even after all this time. Absolutely cliche and beaten like a dead horse, but that's not nothing in comparison with yuumi. How many times have we seen the super shy girl who always place second place in an anime (cough nodoka from mahou sensei negima cough) but more on the super shy girl part than playing second place. It's used so many times that it's a given that there will be one in almost every single romance anime.

So basically put, I want you guys to realize your watching a very cliche genre, and you shouldn't be anymore annoyed at the childhood cliche than the shy girl/shy guy cliche.

Well if you don't want cliche, just go play the game!

Nothing like chasing after the teacher, or asuka, or even...KAZUKI.



Eroge. Cliche free (unless you choose it)

freedom love. banzai.

[tun]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

Osananajimi love is an amazing meme. Does it just strike something in the Japanese otaku soul? Are osanananajimi and siblings the only girls that they know? Is it a sanitized version of incest? Or is it pure accident that someone stumbled on it and since it was useful enough, it proliferated?

Obviously because otakus would never have the guts to actually confess to a normal woman, so they love osananajimi's for their pure convenience.

[tripperazn]

The osananajimi is an extremely easy way to introduce as many moe characters as possible into a harem. It simplifies the entire process of crafting a scenario, since one character is already done simply by labeling her "osananajimi". There is virtually no need for any background or reason for liking the protagonist. Because a guy and a girl who grew up together *must* like each other right?

Also, just because it is cliche, doesn't necessarily mean that it's unpopular. Tsunderekko have become incredibly cliche and I don't see their popularity declining at all. If anything characters like Hiiragi Kagami are becoming more popular. I'm just surprised that Kimikiss doesn't have it's own.

[Joachim]

there is this unsettling feeling seeing how well mao and kouichi advance, strange eh, couple of episode back i was praying for more kouichi x mao scenes, but now... i guess its because of my "bad experience" lol, just when i saw those signals and i ended up disappointed, but i think for mao and kouichi to be together its just too early for them getting together (in my opinion) well if this series is only 13 episodes it is too late but if its 24 or 26.. hmm 16 more episode and they already giving out signals of mao and kouichi.. not good for me = ( but well who am i anyway, let see how this played out = )

meh enough rambling, pretty good episode, love that scene before ed song kick in, oh mannn though cliche (kissing thinking that the male was unconscious but of course he is not lol) but its still a good scene

[Joachim]

Originally Posted by tripperazn

Also, just because it is cliche, doesn't necessarily mean that it's unpopular. Tsunderekko have become incredibly cliche and I don't see their popularity declining at all. If anything characters like Hiiragi Kagami are becoming more popular. I'm just surprised that Kimikiss doesn't have it's own.

man tsundere turn me on completely, and usually cliche things are indeed popular thats why its overused lol