Comments on: Kimikiss pure rouge – 24 (Final)

By: mina1510

mina1510 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000

where did you see the last episode
i didn’t find

By: somebody

somebody — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:05:09 +0000

Err… The Mao-Kouichi relationship happens in real life, you know. I found it quite convincing, and I can certainly empathise with it (the whole realising that the friendship is more than just that). And I like how the story left some eggs broken in the end. That’s life, I guess. Besides, from my perspective, the more interesting girls get the attention in the end, so I found it very natural. Though, of course, that might seem a bit superficial.

By: Raid

Raid — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:51:06 +0000

A crappy ending imo,i liked the Eriko x Kazuki story though like most of you did ;d
I still can’t understand though,i can’t imagine how did he get to love Mao if the only thing that i’ve seen was him pity her because he couldn’t say that he loved her and then it started evolving into something,prolly love but it just started of him feeling bad for Mao,this is not a good enough reason to break up with someone you trully love Hoshino…,honestly what a bullshit…,half of the series he loved Hoshino and in the last few episodes he realised that he didn’t

By: Analytical Critic

Analytical Critic — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:56:01 +0000

@W0LF

Keywords: Episode 1 up to ‘episode of Mao’s confession’, Kouichi x Yumi = CRYSTAL CLEAR

Let me repeat: CRYSTAL CLEAR. Also, nowhere in my post did I state that loving someone older is wrong. That is also CRYSTAL CLEAR.

By: W0LF

W0LF — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:44:55 +0000

LOL, Analytical Critic I’m affraid you just don’t see the beauty, perhaps you should be less analytical and should have approached the show with a humble/simple mind and heart from the start. The end result was just right, not perfect but just right. He kept his feelings locked away probally because how he saw Moa as a sister figure, that can throw you off as nobody wants to love their sister in a romantic way unless you’ve got some…issues. This is why it probally wasn’t “CRYSTAL CLEAR” from the beginning because childhood love is not quite like adult/mature love, what I’m saying is they probally didn’t really see how they felt for eachother, but in the course of the show, some sooner than others, look back and re-interpret those feelings since they’re older and begin to see that they’ve always loved eachother since they were kids. I found the ending fitting and heart warming to say the least. I myself had a childhood love but it was only recently I figured that I’ve always loved her, I don’t know where she is but that’s another story I don’t wish to share, I guess that helped me to better fully understand this show, I give it a perfect 5*/5*
Oh and being 1 year old is NOT wrong, jesus it’s not like she’s 5-7 years older.

Good luck in your new tomorrows Kouichi and Moa, I wish you the best!

By: shao

shao — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:12:19 +0000

wow, just had to spoil myself with the ending, I would have definitely dropped the series if eriko didnt get the happy ending. That whole arc was the only hook that kept me watching the series. But it seem like i would like it and will keep on watching it. Thanks

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By: stevelikesanime

stevelikesanime — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:14:54 +0000

@Jauken7

thats very nice man
your right that epople with a high IQ have their different take on things and react differently
but its also very nice on how both their feelings for one another were strong but whenever in doubt they managed to place thier hopes back and be together at last.
the only reason I watched Kimikiss was their unique story

By: Jauken7

Jauken7 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:42:32 +0000

I too, found Eriko’s story to be one of the most interesting aspects of Kimikiss. For what it’s worth at this point, I will try to summarize in short, from all the clues and background on Eriko gleaned from the series and basic human psychology, what I believe to be the reasons behind her state of mind.

Children with high IQ tend to react differently than the average kid, often resulting in pranks, teasing, avoidance, etc… leaving them feeling a bit ostracized. Sometimes they will be befriended only to be betrayed and made a fool of, which can be pretty devastating by itself. Even worse, adding to the trauma, Eriko lost her mother, I believe at about 5-8 years old; series never made clear whether by divorce or death. Many children assume they did something wrong to make their parent no longer love them (feelings change) and caused them to leave. Children with high IQ also tend to over analyze as well. This was the main tipping point that left Eriko feeling so much pain she decided to remain alone and have no emotional attachments. Her father is also away from home much of the time.

Eriko went the extreme and assumed feelings will always change, you’ll always end up alone, so why have any attachments at all; it’s best just to stay alone in the first place. Having lived half her lifetime in this emotional vacuum, she was unable to understand the feelings that were awakening within her during “the experiment”, so she became frightened of them. That, coupled with the assumption that feelings will always change, left her expecting the same unbearable pain she experienced before, or worse. Hence, the fear and avoidance that was crippling her.

Kazuki was always returning to Eriko, his feelings for her growing, and her feelings for him growing. Her fear always drove her back to wanting the safe haven of solitude. Fortunately, Kazuki and Asuka prodding her back into the mainstream of life, provided the impetus she needed to forge ahead and begin undoing those many years of errant thinking. Eriko herself initiated “the experiment” in an attempt to “save herself” one way or the other. She’s lucky she picked the right guy to experiment with and in the end, found the love and happiness she didn’t think was possible.

That’s my take on it, anyway.

By: stevelikesanime

stevelikesanime — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:04:59 +0000

so much for the freakin baton pass!!!
The only thing that I was rooting for was Eriko and kazuki kissing in the rooftop and cheering them on. Nice Tsundere
other notable cheers were Megumi(again another Tsundere)and Akira, the Nan and Narumi(Nice Udon), Mitsuki and Eiji
now for my impression

Kimikiss was one of those anime that might impacted me during the fall seasons and its name looked promising seeing the first Ep ended with a kiss. but as it went on and dragged on it was turning into those 2 sided arguemnts, shes the one or the other type of anime. Both stories are seperate love triangles and it was given that it looked like school days in the “which one are you rooting for” kinda of way. For Kouichi I think my thoughts of him are that he thinks that for a older “pretend sis” he just wanted to take a more eaiser path like what Makoto did, and that just not the reason for why I hated him. I thinked that when Mao confessed to him, he was thinking that it was okay to love an older and more mature person/childhood friend. and also one other thing. She was a nerd back then!! and when she came back looking so hot and sexy, Kouichi was like “Dang, I wanna bang that chick!” and just took that road instead of Yumi. Again not motivated by love, he wanted to take the easier path. I consisder him one of the worst prontagonist ever. He just might even sit next to Makoto in a way.
But of all I was yelling at my computer screen “No!” for like the moments that was inevitable to come even though I knew this crap was going to happen:
Kouichi says to yumi “We need to talk”, NOOOO!
Kouichi says “remember that I promised……….”, NOOO!
Kouichi says “I can’t do those and I’m sorry”, NOOOO!
Sorry if im ranting this on and on but now to a more calmer side.

Eriko’s story was very interesting from the very beginning. The way they are now just came from a simple experiment and thats a fantasy everyone should have. but when she grew to love Kazuki, she got confusing for a reason that I do not know. Maybe she afrid of something? anyway the way they took on that, was awesome and til the end, they kissed for the third(am i right)time. this time it was for real. and I hope they shall live happily.

still what was the freakin baton pass for?
it was like: “Oh, I shall pass my slutiness to you my child now go on and make me proud”
Kimikiss, kimikiss…. you are one weird anime. I think my score for this will be 6/10 considering the nice Eriko x Kazuki ending. Only thing that was nice. the rest was like crap. And the rantings over.