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Synonyms: ParaKiss
Japanese: パラダイス・キス
English: Paradise Kiss
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 48
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 23, 1999 to Mar 22, 2003
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Themes: School School, Visual Arts Visual Arts
Demographic: Josei Josei
Serialization: Zipper
Authors: Yazawa, Ai (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.291 (scored by 1853518,535 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #2942
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #325
Members: 44,189
Favorites: 2,244

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Synopsis

After two eccentrically dressed individuals ambush her, high school student Yukari Hayasaka promptly passes out due to shock. She soon awakens to find herself surrounded by even more strangely dressed people in the basement studio of Paradise Kiss—a fashion design club composed of four students from Yazawa School for the Arts. Although it seems like Yukari has been kidnapped, the older students explain that they only approached her to see if she would model their collection for an upcoming fashion show.

Being a senior with a busy schedule, Yukari furiously rejects the group's offer. But when she drops her student passbook in her haste to leave, the ringleader of the group, George Koizumi, picks it up and uses it as a means to coerce Yukari into considering their request. After hearing about the other members' unbridled ambition, Yukari is inspired to reevaluate her own circumstances and eventually agrees to help them out.

Now as Paradise Kiss' model, Yukari must learn to balance her new responsibilities with her hectic personal life. However, the more time she spends with George and the rest of the team, the harder it becomes for her to avoid getting swept up in the glitz and glamor of the fashion world.

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Background

Paradise Kiss was published in English by Tokyopop from May 21, 2002 to March 9, 2004. Due to Tokyopop dissolving in 2011, Vertical Inc. acquired the publishing rights and republished the entire series in three volumes from September 25, 2012 to March 5, 2013.

The manga received a live-action film adaptation produced by Fox International, which was released in Japan on June 4, 2011. A mobile game based on the series was published by Hot Pod on June 6, 2011.

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Prequel:Gokinjo Monogatari
Adaptation:Paradise Kiss

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Sakurada, Miwako
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Koizumi, George
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Hayasaka, Yukari
Hayasaka, Yukari
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Yamamoto, Isabella
Yamamoto, Isabella
Main
Nagase, Arashi
Nagase, Arashi
Main
Kouda, Mikako
Kouda, Mikako
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Yamaguchi, Tsutomu
Yamaguchi, Tsutomu
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Tokumori, Hiroyuki
Tokumori, Hiroyuki
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Kisaragi, Seiji
Kisaragi, Seiji
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Aso, Kaori
Aso, Kaori
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Jun 22, 2008
SeerQueen
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Whenever I read "Nana" from manga-ka Ai Yazawa, I feel suckered into a world that, not only is fantastic, but is completely relatable... She has a knack for producing characters that are flawed, human. And make them likable... One doesn't realize the skill of an author so much when just given one example of their work, and, since I had only read the "Nana" manga (and absolutely love it, despite its flaws) I wasn't able to see just how good Ai Yazawa's pacing and storytelling can be... :)

"Paradise Kiss", an amalgamation of a love for fashion and love in general, is, as a whole, a ...
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Jan 21, 2011
UKyun
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If your like me, you probably like deeper mangas then the ever so cliche tale of a innocent high school girl who falls in love with the nice guy and then falls in love with the guy who she has constantly insults while he is chasing after her. It scares me too how I kind of got the gist of most shojo mangas (Although, I must say that to those kind of stories, Im addicted ^.^).
Anyway, Paradise kiss is about this unwelcoming, smart, attractive, and tightly wound girl, yukari, who meets her fate when a student of a fashion school asks her to ...
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Aug 18, 2015
taiyakicute
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Paradise Kiss is a josei manga written by the mangaka of the famous Nana. It is apparently a sequel to a previous work of hers, Gokinjo Monogatari, which I wasn't aware about until after I already started reading (oops). This is only my 2nd time reading a josei manga (shoujo reader all the way), but I still found this one quite enjoyable.

Yukari is a senior in high school who has known studying all of her life. One day, however, she is kidnapped by a group of fashion designers who believe that she would be the perfect model for the next fashion show. Even though she ...
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