Itazura na Kiss

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Itazura na Kiss
イタズラなKiss
(Mischievous Kiss)
Genre shōjo, slice of life,
romance, comedy, drama
Manga: Itazura na Kiss
Authored by Kaoru Tada
Publisher Flag of JapanShueisha
Serialized in Flag of JapanMargaret
Original run October 1991 – September 1999
No. of volumes 23 (unfinnished)
TV drama : Itazura na Kiss
Directed by Yasuharu Ishii
Studio
Network Flag of Japan TV Asahi
Original run October 1996 – December 1996
No. of episodes 9
TV drama : It Started With a Kiss (TV series)
Directed by
Studio
Network
Original run 2005
No. of episodes 20
TV drama : It Started With a Kiss (TV series)
Directed by
Studio
Network
Original run September 2007
No. of episodes


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

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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.

Spoilers end here.

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