#j: kotoko aihara

[princessandshopkeeper]

Itazura na Kiss- Love in Tokyo

Ok, so let’s take a moment to talk about my favorite J-drama, イタズラな Kiss- Love in Tokyo. 

(this gif is only a spoiler if you don’t know how these dramas work)

This is the story of one dorktastic Kotoko Aihara.

She’s in love with the super genius at school, Naoki Irie.

He cruelly rejects her love letter in front of the entire school, but in a cruel twist of fate Kotoko and her father end up living with the Iries. Yeah, you know where this is going.

Look at these two dorks. Obviously they’re going to end up together, but not without loads of drama. Also the second season has one of my favorite tv openings EVER.

Legit I sit and watch this every time. It makes my heart happy.

Aside from feelings Kotoko’s pain because I too am married to an emotionless robotic genius, I’m just charmed by this show. Sure there’s a lot of silly stuff and outlandish characters, but it doesn’t even matter. Even the villains aren’t that villains. The biggest bad guy of them all is Kotoko’s lack of common sense. 

Definitely give a love note to a guy you’ve never talked to in front of the whole school. That plan is winning on many levels. 

In the end, this show is an ode to love. Familial love, friendly love, romantic love- we cover them all. Plus it seriously has some of the most romantic declarations of love ever. 

I can’t find a gif of what I want, so I guess I’ll have to make it myself one of these days.

Also, in some ways this show feels like a love letter to Tokyo itself. Not the bustling Tokyo you typically see portrayed, but the everyday places and people that make it so great. The seasons and places around where they live and go to school play huge parts in the story. Look at all this pretty.

So in short, watch this show if you want to feel good. It will make you happy and full of love.

Special shout-out to one of my favorite side characters.

Kikyo is biologically male, but they tend to present as a woman and clearly show a preference for men. They are never mocked or used as a joke, but they are instead treated with love and respect. Kikyo is basically the best friend ever.

[dramasnreviews]

Love in Tokyo

This drama gets 🌟🌟🌟 of 5.

This drama is based off of a manga which still haven’t read yet. I watched this version after watching the Korean version my main reason was to see if it was any better since I despised the k ver.

This story already has one strike against it because of the whole “cold unfeeling guy becoming slightly less cold and unfeeling because of the cute quirky girl who melts his heart” because who hasn’t seen that a million times in dramaland. 

I feel like this had a better progression in showing how Naoki started to fall for Kotoko. You could actually see the little smile that she would bring to his face whenever he thought of her. 

Throughout this story there is a character that is head over heels in love with Kotoko and while it’s almost nice to see the roles reversed a little bit it’s mainly done for comedic effect.

[shinsemia]

(Aihara Kotoko |Composer|)