Comments on: *Paradise Kiss — Recommended Series

By: *V.B. Rose Book 7 — Recommended » Manga Worth Reading

*V.B. Rose Book 7 — Recommended » Manga Worth Reading — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:55:27 +0000

[...] is a bit fluffier than Paradise Kiss, which revels in being edgy, but I was reminded of that earlier series while reading V.B. Rose: [...]

By: *Nana Book 9 — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading

*Nana Book 9 — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:39:55 +0000

[...] plug various projects coming out related to her work. It’s twisted but fun when George (from Paradise Kiss) congratulates Hachi’s first boyfriend for stepping out of the story. [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:30:23 +0000

There’s a difference between “love” and “crushing on”. And picking someone you’re compatible with isn’t looking for “an easy life”, necessarily. But I think people at different ages and in different situations can all find something to appreciate in this book, although not the same things.

By: yoyo

yoyo — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:55:22 +0000

Dirk Deppey, you wrote: “Caroline demonstrates her maturity by ditching the romantic-but-ruinous guy in favor of the one she can actually live with”.
Then goes my part: that means that in the end she wasn’t going to marry a person she loved but the one she would have an easy life with. Is that what it should be like? that definately sucks.

By: *Essential Books About Manga — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading

*Essential Books About Manga — Recommended » Comics Worth Reading — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:47:22 +0000

[...] of a wide variety of well-known female-oriented titles (including Swan, Hot Gimmick, Fruits Basket, Paradise Kiss, and many more), as well as other, non-manga-related topics. I contributed an overview of the six [...]

By: April

April — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:32:31 +0000

Johanna, thanks so much. I guess I can’t recommend the ParaKiss series then. They are already upset with Ranma 1/2 (1st volume only) containing some skin. Thanks a bunch for the reply!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:18:20 +0000

Tokyopop rates it “Appropriate for ages 16 and up. May contain profanity and strong language, moderate violence and gore, moderate sexual themes and sexual violence, nudity, moderate fanservice, and alcohol and illegal drug use.” I suspect that Paradise Kiss gets rated for older teens because of its transvestite character, which a conservative audience may not be happy with. I don’t recall much nudity or graphic sex, but there is teen sex shown.

By: April

April — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 19:34:53 +0000

I am not familiar with Paradise Kiss (yet) but it has come with a lot of praises. My dilemma is that, I need to come up with a list of manga to recommend (I work at the Library–somewhat not into manga because of the “skins” and graphic issue… let’s just say a very conservative lot) and I have come across this site for help. Does ParaKiss have a lot of nudity and graphic scenes I need to be concerned about for my recommendation? I’m limited to mangas that complete the series in less than 10 volumes, so I have limited titles to work on. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

By: naruto 91

naruto 91 — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:13:50 +0000

once i read this manga, i’ve fall in love with it…….i love it’s journey but not really the ending…….anyway..i stil LOVE this manga

By: Love&Peace*Girl

Love&Peace*Girl — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:00:45 +0000

I love this manga. This is the best josei manga I’ve read yet, and is the most realistic manga I’ve read.

I like how Yukari’s faults are pointed out to the readers, but somehow she still remains a likeable character. that’s something that’s rarely done in manga, especially with shouju heroines.

I also love the clothes, they are sooo pretty. :)

I agree w/ most people, this manga should’ve lasted MUCH longer, but I actually like the ending. (Arashi & Miwako forever!)

By: moua yang

moua yang — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:32:46 +0000

luvvvv. the anime series…. it was sosadat the end… i wish i coulve gone with george to paris.. im so jealouse though.. men…. i wish it coulve last longer .. and a more beautifull ending.. i just wish there is a second part to it or second version.. i love para kiss so much i atch it everyday.. and thank you so much for the peoples who upload the para kiss anime…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:51:03 +0000

This was the first manga I read, and I still love it; I even tracked down the original editions on ebay (the covers of the new ones are different); It is still my most treasured manga.

By: Minna

Minna — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:51:46 +0000

Thanks for info! Those are the ones I have volumes 1 to 4, and 5th is the other style. I always wondered why they chose the 5th vol look so different. But this explains it all. I actually like both sets a lot.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:38:54 +0000

They did go back to print on the series with new covers (that I thought weren't as attractive as the ones I'm showing). You can see examples of the new covers at the Tokyopop site.

By: Minna

Minna — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:30:44 +0000

I think ParaKiss is one of the best mangas there is. I have to agree with Johanna about the end. I was just looking the pictures of the covers of volumes 1-5 up there and mine have different pictures even if they claim to be 1st edition. Did they print many different covers? Anyone aware? Thanks!

By: Comics Worth Reading

Comics Worth Reading — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:25:44 +0000

[...] Like Ai Yazawa’s previous manga series Paradise Kiss, an underlying theme here is that the family you build and choose is better than the one you happen to be born into. Naive Nana is a mostly ignored middle child, and Punk Nana was an orphan raised by a harsh grandmother. The two of them have made small groups of close friends with shared interests that support them instead. [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:43:54 +0000

Again, we disagree. I liked seeing her as more of an adult instead of perpetually a teen obsessed by her first love. It’s a reminder that life goes on.

By: Joshua Macy

Joshua Macy — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 22:09:57 +0000

I think it should have stopped at the bottom of page 181, with the ship sailing to the horizon and the line “Life is short.”

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:39:23 +0000

We’ll have to agree to disagree, then. It was clear to me halfway through the series that the future psychiatrist (!) was the better choice for her, and that she was beginning to see and appreciate his strength. He didn’t seem fixated on jealousy to me, unlike your description, and there’s nothing wrong or unusual about either of them thinking back fondly to their younger days. (That’s a large part of why I enjoy school-set shôjo myself; a wistful nostalgia for high school, when every romance was a passionate epic. At the same time, I realize that my much deeper, mature relationship now is better than that.)

What would you rather have happened to better satisfy you?

By: Joshua Macy

Joshua Macy — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 19:28:25 +0000

Johanna: I’m just not seeing it. She spends the next ten years having a modeling career that eventually peters out as she gets too old, and falling for a series of weirdos, so she ends up marrying a guy who for the rest of his life will be jealous of Arahi winning Minako back in High School, and on their honeymoon she’s planning to go cry about George. But at least she’ll have the memories of the interesting places she went and things she did in her long slow decline from age 28 onward. Oh, and George’s dresses to give her an incentive to keep her figure. I get no sense at all that she’s looking forward to her future with Hiro or that’s she’s actively making decisions about how to live her life.