![]() ![]() Paradise kiss series#This is quite hypocritical, since later on in the series George makes the decision to not pursue a career in designing clothes without confiding in Yukari first. For example, when Yukari doesn’t tell George about the possiblity of her getting signed to a modelling agency so the two can have sex, George gets mad at her for not putting her career first. At times, George can be very cold toward Yukari, especially when he feels she’s not making her own decisions or that her priorities are in the wrong place. George never tells Yukari he loves her and always jokes about having a mistress, which makes Yukari feel as though she’s always the one who has to make the first moves in their relationship. Yukari loves George, yet she constantly feels as though there is space between herself and him, and she is unconfident in their relationship. More importantly, Paradise Kiss shows that it takes more than love to make a relationship work. Even though she marries Hiroyuki, in the six months Yukari was with George he gave her the courage to figure out what she wants to do with her life, and allowed her to become more open-minded. One element I love is that the series shows that the person who influences your life the most may not be the person you spend the rest of your life with. There are several things I appreciate about Paradise Kiss. It stands out from most endings not only because is it realistic (since not only do George and Yukari break up but Yukari’s modelling career is described as being only moderately successful), but it also makes me question the true meaning of the ‘happy ending.’ And yet, I love the finale of Paradise Kiss. I generally love happy endings myelf as well because I tend to be very emotionally invested in the characters’ lives in my favorite series. Many people feel media are fantasies and therefore are meant to allow the audience to escape from harsh realism, while others simply prefer traditional endings because they strongly feel that only a ‘happy’ ending can be a ‘good’ ending. Many people who appreciate sad endings enjoy them because they aren’t as common and clichéd as the traditional happy ending. Still, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t great reasons for people to like happy endings either – they often genuinely care for the characters and want to see them happy. Then there are people who enjoy bittersweet or downright sad endings because they find them to be more realistic than happy endings. Because we are used to happy endings, we’ve come to expect them and are often surprised when a film or a book ends on a down note. Disney films always end with the couple living happily-ever-after, while even the majority of romantic-comedies end with the couple finally getting together. Whether you like them or not, most people are accustomed to the happy ending. It’s a bittersweet finale one that makes me think about the art of the happy ending. At the end of the series, we find out that Yukari has married Hiroyuki, a classmate she had feelings for prior to meeting George, and they will be attending a show with costumes designed by George. She rushes to the storage room, finds all of the dresses George has designed, and breaks down crying. Yet one day Yukari receives a package, with the key to George’s storage room inside it. The two part, and without either of them needing to say so, they know that their relationship as come to an end. ![]() At the end of Paradise Kiss, George decides to go to Paris to try to become a haute couture fashion designer, while Yukari stays behind in Japan because her modelling career is beginning to take off. But the strongest impression the series left on me is definitely its ending. From George and Yukari’s glamorous-yet-thorny relationship, to fun characters like Miwako and Isabella who are more than what they seem, to the wonderful clothing we all wish we could wear in real life, Paradise Kiss is so detailed it feels like it’s own world. I’ve already praised Ai Yazawa quite a bit, but there are so many things to love about Paradise Kiss that it’s hard for me to choose what to talk about. It should go as no surprise that I think Paradise Kiss is an amazing series. ![]()
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