Friday, November 04, 2005

Paradise Kiss Ep 03: Kiss

Eagerly waiting for school to end does not mean that I'm dying to see that guy...

At the atorie, the members of ParaKiss are chit-chatting when George asks Yukari why she's looking under the weather and if this had to do with drinking champagne last night. She denies this but ends up scalding her lips with hot tea when she's not paying attention. He then asks Miwako to take Yukari's measurements before he returns to school for a torso used for dress making. George asks Yukari for her handphone number where she feels very nervous when he stands close to her. He reminds Yukari to concentrate on her studies for the time being and she realises that there is no need for her to come to the atorie every day. Somehow, this upsets Yukari as she would not be able to see George outside of the atorie.

During tuition class, Yukari can't concentrate at all and keeps thinking about George. Even when she returns home, she is eagerly anticipating him to call her handphone. However, Yukari feels that it's not right to think of George in the romantic sense and tries to remind herself that she likes Tokumori in the first place.

Miwako sees that Arashi has skipped fashion history class again which he finds boring. She mentions that she's meeting Yukari for tea and asks Arashi if he wants to come along. He rejects her offer which she replies happily that her intention is to spend time alone with Yukari and it's better if Arashi doesn't tag along.

After school, Yukari invites Tokumori to go somewhere with her but she does not reveal that they are meeting Miwako and Arashi as she wants it to be a surprise reunion for them. However, they happen to meet George on the way where he ignores Yukari as if they are strangers. Upon seeing George's response, Yukari shouts his name but he refuses to turn back. Tokumori asks Yukari if she knows that guy i.e. George where she denies it. Yukari is very disturbed by George's behaviour and Tokumori notices that she is thinking about something. He reveals that he's been thinking of the meaning behind going to a good university which leads Yukari to remark that even the No.1 student in school is troubled over such things.

At the cafe, Miwako and Tokumori are shocked at seeing each other. Yukari asks why Miwako did not bring Arashi along since she wanted to create a reunion for the three of them where Miwako apologises for not telling Arashi properly. When Yukari offers to call Arashi, Tokumori stops her and says that they can meet another time. He diverts the topic and says that he's surprised that Miwako also knows Yukari. Just then, Yukari prepares to leave so that Tokumori and Miwako can chat. She also promises to keep this meeting a secret from Arashi.

Yukari meets Arashi at the entrance of the atorie where he asks why she is not with Miwako. Yukari lies that Miwako had something to do and Arashi bids her goodbye as he's going for band practice.

As Yukari walks down the staircase, she bumps into George who is preparing to leave. Yukari tries to explain to George about her relationship with Tokumori but he gives her the cold shoulder. She has no choice but to grab hold of him and questions George why he is treating her like this. George says that he's jealous of Tokumori since he might have fallen for Yukari. This shocks her so much that she loses her balance but George manages to grab her arm before she falls down the stairs...

Meanwhile, Tokumori and Miwako are chatting at the cafe where she feels very guilty about what happened 2 years ago. At that time, Miwako had to choose between Arashi and Tokumori where she told the latter that she didn't want to see him anymore. Miwako regrets hurting Tokumori in that way but he says that he has gotten over it. As he has to go for tuition class, he tells Miwako to come to his father's shop with Arashi if they are free since his parents miss them.

At the same time, George lets go of Yukari's arm and tells her to answer her handphone since it might be Tokumori on the line. However, Yukari denies this possibility since Tokumori doesn't know her number. George refuses to believe her where Yukari keeps explaining that she doesn't want him to misunderstand things and hopes to have a close and amicable relationship with him. George turns back and asks Yukari how close she wants them to be. He kisses her hand and asks if it's enough. Yukari doesn't want George to have the upper hand all the time and rebukes that this is simply not enough to satisfy her. George bends closer to kiss Yukari on her lips but his handphone rings at this moment. As such, George makes a date to meet Yukari on Saturday where he declares that he will satisfy Yukari so much that she feels like dying...

After tuition class, Yukari sees Miwako waiting for her outside where the latter says that she's here to pass the photos of the welcome party to Yukari. Miwako reveals that she called Yukari just now but she does not dare to tell Miwako about what went on between her and George. Even though Miwako pretends that nothing is bothering her, Yukari can sense that Miwako has something on her mind and suggests that they have a chat at the fast food restaurant. Miwako thinks that it's not nice to talk to Yukari about this since she likes Tokumori but Yukari reveals that she has someone in her mind now instead of Tokumori.

Miwako says that she's not feeling too well in her stomach which makes Yukari concerned. However, Miwako insists that she will be fine after eating the rainbow candy given by Arashi and Tokumori when they were kids. Miwako confides in Yukari that she feels bad about hurting Tokumori due to her choosing Arashi. Yukari states that the reason why Miwako chose Arashi would be because she loves him more than Tokumori so there's no reason to be sad since she's very happy with Arashi. Later, Miwako goes to Arashi's department and says that she will do anything to make him happy. This leaves Arashi puzzled about Miwako's sudden declaration of love where they spend the night together in the end.

As for Yukari, she realises that she has fallen for George and removes Tokumori's picture from her student handbook. However, she can't bear to throw the photo away so she hides it at the corner of her drawer.

The next day, Yukari apologises to Tokumori for bringing him to meet Miwako without knowing what actually happened between them but he says that it's OK. Later that day, Yukari's friends ask her to go out on Saturday but she rejects them because she has agreed to meet George. Her mind is entirely on their meeting but she starts to worry if George did not mean what he said since he hasn't called her at all since that day.

Saturday finally arrives and Yukari starts to feel that the possibility of George taking her for a ride gets higher. As such, she tries to persuade herself that it's OK if they don't meet. However, she decides to make a final attempt by calling George who arranges to meet her outside the atorie. Actually, they had both thought that the other party would call up thus resulting in this misunderstanding.

When Yukari sees George, she grumbles about how his lack of response has resulted in her distraction over the past few days. George then traps Yukari against the wall and asks if she is unwilling to meet him today. If so, he can stop himself from getting involved at this juncture before they get serious about each other. Yukari objects to this and tells George not to do that. They start to kiss passionately when George's handphone rings. At first, they try to ignore the incessant ringing but Yukari tells George to answer it as she's getting out of breath. The phone call is actually from Arashi who is hurrying George to meet him at Nippori to buy materials for the dress. As Yukari goes along with George, their relationship is exposed to everyone at ParaKiss...

The kiss scene was too short but the atmosphere was definitely electrifying! Someone should tell them to switch off their handphones while kissing or else they would be constantly interrupted. ^__^ When George said that he will satisfy Yukari until she feels like dying, that is so suggestive and cool in my opinion.

"Omae wo shinu hodo manzoku sasete yaru."

He has great faith in himself that he knows that Yukari will not look at another man again once they get together. Likewise for Yukari, she knows that her anxiety to explain things to George when he got jealous over her appearing with Tokumori suggests how much George means to her. Seems like they are progressing further in the next episode as Yukari stays over at George's place...

I only realised it in the third episode that George's seiyuu, Hamada Kenji appeared in Hachikuro as Nomiya. No wonder I find George's voice vaguely familiar but did not bother to research further. Nomiya & George...they are kind of similar in the sense that they put on a cool pretence in front of others but they are not what others think of them when it comes to their true selves. And I find both characters equally attractive...

As for Miwako's choice, I don't think choosing Arashi meant that she loved him more in absolute terms. It's just that Arashi had threatened to leave her if she chose Tokumori. Miwako may have felt subconsciously that Tokumori will forgive her for choosing Arashi and decided to stick to Arashi since he's likely to go ahead with the threat of ignoring Miwako forever. Of course, this may also be interpreted as she is more scared of losing Arashi as compared to Tokumori. Too bad for Tokumori, he seems to like Yukari now but she is totally obsessed with George to see this. It's all a matter of timing. Maybe if Tokumori and Yukari had got together before she met George, things might have changed. However, George is so charming that Yukari might still fall for him even with Tokumori by her side.

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