He treats her badly, and she distrusts her own emotions, but yet they continue their dysfunctional dance.

At the crux of the series is a relationship between the naive Yukari and the almost narcissistic George, who she can’t resist. Faced with the option of becoming a model, our heroine must decide whether she will live the life her mother desires for her, or follow a new path.įirst of all, the premise of Paradise Kiss is quite unique how often have you seen an anime that focuses on the fashion design industry? Deeper than that, though, is a rich vein of character development that is unearthed from beginning to end. After a chance encounter with Arashi, a pierced and eccentric art student, Yukari is thrust into the world of fashion design, and soon her shaky ambitions and dreams come crashing down around her. Like a coat of armor without a soul, she lives her life from day to day, studying endlessly and working her way towards graduation but something is missing from her life. The story follows a high school senior named Yukari, as she struggles to live up to her mother’s unrealistic expectations of her. Perhaps it’s for this reason that watching Paradise Kiss resonated so strongly with me, and depending on your own experiences, may resonate equally as strongly for you. If you are a woman, odds are you’ve had a similar kind of experience. It ended, of course, in a less than desirable manner, and I questioned myself for some time as to why I let myself become involved. He was a player, spoke sweet nothings into my ear and set off multitudes of red flags in my mind nevertheless, I couldn’t resist, and was drawn to him like a moth to a flame. StoryWhen I was 21 and a great deal more naive, I was in a relationship that I shouldn’t have been in, with a man who was not right for me.

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