[Rina Touin]

Itazura na Kiss
Japanese Title: イタズラなKiss
Genres: Romance, Shoujo
Episodes: 13
First Air Date-Time: 04/05-2:25AM
OP: “Kimi, Meguru, Boku” by Motohiro Hata
ED: “Kataomoi Fighter” by GO!GO!7188
Producers: TMS Entertainment
Source Material: Manga
Official Site: http://itakiss-anime.jp/index.htm
Probability of watching this: Above Average
Probability of blogging this: Low
The title means ‘Naughty Kiss’. Immediately, shoujo warnings start flashing in my brain. I’m not saying I dislike shoujo, but like shounen, a lot of it is the same, and hardly any really stand out as good productions. But we’ll have to see. The story goes like this: Kotoko (girl) likes Naoki (boy). After two years of admiration from afar, Kotoko decides to hand Naoki a love letter, but is immediately rejected. By a highly NONgeneric twist of fate, she ends up living with him, and the rest is history. Or not, since technically it hasn’t happened yet, but oh well. Notice how it’s highly similar to shounen romances, except the POV is from the girl. I like how Kotoko is voiced by Nana Mizuki (Hinata from Naruto, Fate from Nanoha etc).