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Summary: Excellant Graphic Novel!
Review: "Paridise Kiss" is deffinatly one of the best comic books I have so far picked up, plus it's as good as the first one. It's loaded full of the very famous Japanese fashion. (Lolita Fashion, Japanese Street Fashion, etc.) It is so different from the usual comic books..(Notice that the eyes of Ai Yazawa's comics are diffrent and more wide than normal comic book charecter's eyes. For example, Sailor Moon, and Marmalade Boy.) Still, comic book strives to be diffrent, resulting in how now, there is a whole new style called "Para-kiss." You must check this book out, and if you might want to find out what Lolita Fashion is, you should check out the pure Japanese, infamous books... Gothic & Lolita Bibles, 1 through 4. (I believe that's as far as it goes.) Also, Alice Doll comic have Lolita fashion in them, and so does the comic book "Cinderella" (no, not the classic!) and Cardcapture Sakura. You can also find out more about Lolita Fashion and Gothic Lolita fashion on my website [website]
-Enjoy!
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Summary: beautiful!
Review: Ai Yazawa does it again. Her gorgeous art makes this book great- for paradise kiss fans or anyone else who happens to open it. Yazawa is a creative genious and her fashion designs are beautiful, using the gothic lolita style that has become increasingly popular in the US. I suggest you read this book...if not for the awesome story, then for the even more awesome art.
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Summary: It Just Gets BETTER
Review: Continuing from volume 3, the Parakiss cast of George, Isabella, Miwako, and Arashi finally finishes the dress and the accessories for the fashion show competition (in the last minute of course ^_^:). Yukari (aka Caroline) begins her run-way career premiering 'the dress' and it is just breath-taking! Wonderfully detailed and just beautiful. We learn the reason as to why Isabella has become who HE is. A line is hinted in volume 3 of where George plays an important role in encouraging his ideals of dressing up as a girl. Along with this high climax we are introduced to a new female fashion designer character in which George knows. His relationship with this Ms. Aso is not quite understandable and vague, so far we know that George is impressed with her. Unfortunately this puts our protagonist, Yukari, back into her jealous side. ^_^; So far George has eyes for Yukari but we all know he'll go for any opportunity...or will he? Ahhahah
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Summary: Yeah! Another Gothic Lolita manga^_^
Review: If you love Mana, you'll love Isabella. If you love funky Kogaru-Lolita fashions, you'll love Miwako. If you've ever wanted to design beautiful clothes or model or just look at a really cute goth boy, you'll love the others. The art is brilliant! (& very similar to I.N.V.U.)This story is also hillarious^.^ If you love this book, I reccomend Under the Glass Moon.
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Summary: Grounded in reality...
Review: The thing about Paradise Kiss, is that it starts off in the first volume in a somewhat fantastical style, and then with each volume we get to know the characters a little bit more as they grow into adulthood and get ready to face the real world. In Volume 4 the show is about to happen Yukari and George's relationship is now not such a sure thing. What seemed like a match in heaven is now seeming to become something that can never truely work out. I think the thing I like most about this volume is hwo realistically it deals with the relationship of George and Yukari and the triangle of Miwako, Arashi, and Tokumori. This volume and the last volume make it pretty clear that its no longer a fantasy, but its real. Yukari is getting ready for her college exams and finding work as a model, George is still uncomprizing, and the whole Paradise Crew remains optimistic, even when its seems failure is eminant. Oh, and another thing, guess what! We learn more about Isabella, woohoo!!!! God Bless & *enjoy* ~Amy
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Summary: Welcome to Paradise
Review: This is a great shoujo/fashion manga by the talented Ai Yazawa, packed full of an amazing attention to fashion...It is a fashion manga after all, it's focus point being on the less sociably acceptable styles ie: Gothic Lolita or in the case of Arashi and his family, punk. Not only are the outfits portrayed in the story fabulous, the story it's self is solid. The drawing ranging from simple and elegant to technical and elegant (this goes back to the detail payed to the fashion aspects). Paradise Kiss revolves around the life of Yukari aka Caroline, who after being hunted down by Arashi, on the streets, to be the model for a fashion show, gets swept up in the world of the Yaza School for the Arts student designer group Paradise Kiss. Paradise Kiss consists of George (Yukari's love intrest, also the head of Parakiss because he designs the clothes), Miwako (who's sister also attended Yaza School for the Arts and is now the top desinger for Happy Berry), Arashi (Miwako's Boyfriend), and Isabella (a stately drag queen, who cooks a mean feast). Yukari who was frustrated with her school and her demanding mother, breaks out into the modeling world...but soon finds things aren't as easy as they seem at first glance, especially not her tangled relationship with George. I can't wait until the next issue comes out in the US, to bad i have no clue when that will be. The Tokyopop website says Paradise Kiss is OT (older teen 16up) but the books say T (teen 13up), so *shrug*, there's a little profanity and a little nudity so you be the judge.
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