![]() ![]() The tension is always there, but it is open in book 3, and, frankly, kinda graphic. Her relationship with George is painful and pleasurable, since he is a perverse individual and an admitted "tri-sexual" (He'll try anything!), and it makes her feelings for him all the more confusing.This is one of those manga, however, that I have reservations about giving to kids under the age of 16, simply because, by book 3, there is a LOT of sex. And, although she tries to change and get stronger, she can't help her feelings for George, the leader and main designer for Paradise Kiss, and the primary tormentor in her adolescent life, right next to her mother. Yukari is an engaging character, going through the trauma that is adolescence. There is something profoundly "real" about Paradise Kiss, while it maintains its ability to stay, well, manga. ![]() Okay, I'm not a teenager, but I love this manga. They arn't that bad (then again its all drawn so wonderfully.) i am waiting for the 5th book eagerly but i wish there would be more than just 5! Miwako is so cute and innocent, Isabelle is graceful and mother-like, George is sly and handsome, and Arashi is emotional and dependant.(lol).The characters all relate so well.And about the "sex" scenes. I found Caroline kind of snobbish at first but then i realized why by later books (her mother is very very strict)and felt more sorry for her. Ai Yazawa's art is beautiful, I love all the characters and think George and Arashi are both handsome :-) (why don't guys look like manga characters in real life?)The clothes are equally beautiful and I have paged through all the books after I am done just to look at the beautiful pictures again. #PARADISE KISS SERIES#The first series she lend me were Peach Girl and I didn't really get too interested in it other than for the art.THEN she gave me Paradise Kiss.and that hooked me. Well, I first got indroduced to manga by a foreign exchange student at our school. It is worth readin just for the breathtaking art. If you have not read ParaKiss yet, I highly reccomend it. In some later volumes there is some sexual content, so I it is not very appropriate for those under 16. If you enjoy Tokyo fashion you will enjoy ParaKiss for the fashion alone. However, there is one other element that makes ParaKiss such a delight to read: the unique fashions! Ai Yazawa shows off the many different styles of Tokyo including Lolita and punk, and Aristocratic as well. We can also understand her later attraction to George the forbidden fruit. We can understand Yuniko's struggle to find her own path in life and not just take the path others have laid out for her. Ai Yazawa has a way with quick snappy dialogue and such a unique art style, that even though the story is somewhat run of the mill, it makes the story feel fresh and new. They ask Yunkio to model, she refuses, but cannot get these strange people out of her mind. ![]() She passes out from the shock of Isabella and is taken to their hang out where she also meets Miwako, a tiny and cute girl who she mistakes for an angel at first (Miwako is wearing a backpack with wings on it). Until one day she is taking a walk and thinking, and a weird guy named Arashi with piercings all over his face, sees her and asked her to be a model, Yunkio attempts to run away, but she is snatched up by a drag queen named Isabella. It is because of this pressure, she has never even considered an alternative to college so even though she hates where she is headed, she continues in the same direction. To Yuniko if she is not placed in a good school she is worthless. The story goes: Yukari is a high school student who recieves a lot of pressure from her parents and fellow students and teachers in school to excel and get into a good college. What made ParaKiss so unique to me that I read and reread the first volume so many times? Let me first give you a synopsis of the story. Since I obtained it, I have read volume one about five different times (as well as started reading Gokinjo and more recently Nana). So, finally a year had passed since I read that sample of ParaKiss and after reading so much praise for the series I got the first Volume for Christmas last year. Since I initially read "Paradise Kiss" I have read hundreds of other series, and never have I seen a drawing syle come close to Yazawa-san's. Now, Paradise Kiss immedfiately caught my eye was because of the unique drawing style. There were two mangas that caught my attention: 1. When I had got a Tokyopop manga sampler book (before I was into manga) for my brother, as a prize from a summer reading club, I read through it to see if anything in there was worth reading. Paradise Kiss is one of those mangas, or books, that will immediately catch your eye. ![]()
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