Itazura na Kiss
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Itazura na Kiss | |
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イタズラなKiss (Mischievous Kiss) |
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Genre | shōjo, slice of life, romance, comedy, drama |
Manga: Itazura na Kiss | |
Authored by | Kaoru Tada |
Publisher | Shueisha |
Serialized in | Margaret |
Original run | October 1991 – September 1999 |
No. of volumes | 23 (unfinnished) |
TV drama : Itazura na Kiss | |
Directed by | Yasuharu Ishii |
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Network | TV Asahi |
Original run | October 1996 – December 1996 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
TV drama : It Started With a Kiss (TV series) | |
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Original run | 2005 – |
No. of episodes | 20 |
TV drama : It Started With a Kiss (TV series) | |
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Original run | September 2007 – |
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Itazura na Kiss (イタズラなKiss, Mischiveous Kiss) is the popular, unfinished manga series by mangaka, Kaoru Tada. Itazura na Kiss began to be serialized and publish in 1991 by Shueisha through Margaret Magazine. It became successful very quickly and became the manga series that Tada became known for in Japan. The manga became so popular that two live TV series have been made so far in 1996, and 2005 with a continuation of the series set to soon set to be aired in late 2007. Despite the success of the manga series, the manga series was never completed due to the unexpected death of the author in house accident while she was moving to another house with her husband and son. However the manga series continues to be published with the permission of the late writer & artist's husband.
[edit] Plot
Itazura na Kiss tells the love story of Kotoko and Naoki from their days as high school students to their marriage. The story continues after the marriage as the continue to grow as a couple.