I liked this anime because of it's lively romantic comedy an it's mix of lovey dovey moments. That's what makes this anime so enjoyable. Kotoko Aihara was cute, her friends too. Just the way her personality is made up is most of what Itazura Na Kiss runs it's comedy on! Heck, I think they did a not-so bad job on the laughs, and I had my laughs. Heck, I even had some tearjerkers, and they were nice too. Umm, Irie was absolutely hilarious sometimes. His kid brother too. The lovey dovey scenes were nice, the very few of them that happened, I was intrigued and it felt satisfying for those moments of Irie and Kotoko. They did start getting a tad weaker going through the mid to end parts of the series but they were few of them due to how the plot and the development was based on, which became a hindrance but hey, the moments were neat and nice to have jsut enough to make you smile! Kinnosuke and the gang, well they were funny. I did like Kinnosuke alot though, because he was actually involved in Kotoko's life! The rest of Irie's friends and peers other than Irie's family and all, well... nothing much to say to that. Oh btw there's marriage!
What I dislike about the anime well haha you guessed it is the story. This is one of those animes that like when you go time traveling in a fast car months and years into the future, and then you finally arrive to the future at ferrari-esque speeds, and then the plot couldn't keep up with the car...turns out the development for the characters that had something going for them just sat out away from the car too...Hence the result, the characters development were fail. This is IMO remember that. I thought I never got to see enough Irie! I thought I understood Kotoko, but nooo...Umm when an issue happens, it's so hasted, and so like..idk...but it's synthetic. It ain't fresh, it isn't lively, it's like the same old boring-looking pizza you see at a pizza shop type of thing, idk how to explain it. The conflicts didn't explain themselves well, the characters appear and reappear whenever they want..remember Kotoko's dad, her little crew, Keira, and Matsumoto...come on... Pretty much, the friendships in this anime are not realistic at all. It doesn't feel irl to me, like...not even a chance. when you combine trying to pull off marriage and have an interesting cast of characters..
.I know it's hard but man I think Itazura na Kiss was greatly held back and hindered by this issue. The animation was whatever, nothing great to look at for me. Music was the same, some parts nice, some parts repetitive. Um yeah..the story was rushed, therefore most of the characters where whacked up and downright boring to watch for me when the high school era subsided other than Kotoko and Irie.
TL;DR Overall I do recommend this anime for some touchy moments and some laughs, but don't expect to get a whole lot of both in one punch due to the plot development. Actually I'll recommend to most anime romance fans, heck maybe even to all romance fans, because Kotoko is just cute haha! This will get a 7 out of 10 from me.
(I have decided to re-write this review soon, since it's not very accurate and helpful anyway!)
Thanks for reading my mediocre review and may God bless you and may you be filled with grace and peace. Amen.
