Audience reviews
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Prashantttt
Kimikiss in One Sentence (one of the most shitest romance show ever) which supposed to be an anime filled with romance and drama, but it ends up being a confusing and disappointing jumble. Right from the start, the series can’t decide what it really wants to be, juggling too many love triangles and character stories, which eventually causes it to fall apart.
A show with 24 episodes which you think is about romance, within a few episodes you realize why 24 episodes, for a garbage with makes no sense
story - The plot in this tale is a mess. There are too many love stories intertwined, but they are confusing and not well thought out, so it’s hard to care about any of them. Especially frustrating is the main love triangle involving Koichi, Mao, and Yuumi. Rather than adding substance, it ac…
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In essence, this is a quite classic romantic anime. What makes it a bit better than other animes of the genre is the larger than usual cast of characters, and the fact that it actual features two lead pairs.
The characters themselves are also quite classic, but a few twists here and there prevents them from being too predictable.
The anime also has the usual flaws of the genre: too many "Oh, it's nothing" lines at times, characters conveniently catching deadly colds from rain, etc.
Still, the double pair of leads saves the show, perhaps because it gives it enough density to be entertaining.
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Everyone has a different love story to tell. Perhaps you fell in love through sheer persistence. Maybe it took you multiple tries (and many heartbreaks) to find the person just right for you. Maybe your love was unrequited. Or even better, you were just a bystander to the war of love.
Kimikiss Pure Rouge is an anime that tells the tale of three different love stories with each different in the way the couple approach their relationship (hint: the storylines are similar to my opening paragraph). Although I say "different," I mean that the romance is different but all the characters are friends with each other. The story of the anime begins with a very pretty girl, named Mao, coming home to Japan after spending a few years in France (though we don't get to hear her speak French at any point…
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This is a mixed bag for me. Kimikiss isn't without ANY watchable features (actual establishment of relationships, carefully separated relationships and character personalities, love triangles hurrrr), but it definitely has enough drawbacks that I couldn't really enjoy it as much as I would have liked. While a 4 may seem pretty brutal, I just can't bring myself to rate a 5 considering the numerous standout problems that kept poking me in the face during every second of every episode.
Kimikiss clearly started off with the idea in mind of having multiple dynamic relationships, only to realize it had to pick one or the other; multiple or dynamic. It ended up choosing multiple, which means while we get three relationships all develop separately, the problems encountered in these relationships…
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Seven girls. Two guys. One school. A lot of romance. I won’t blame anyone for flinching at what those words imply, since the high school romance genre is done to death. But I’m not jaded enough to start bashing unoriginal stories just because they’re unoriginal; any story can be good with enough care. But instead of talking about entertainment philosophies, let’s look at Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~.
The story opens with a quick scene of a lass arriving in town, followed by a scene where main lead Kouichi wakes up from a dream he can’t remember. But as he wakes, the doorbell rings with that lass standing at the front door, who promptly settles down in his house as if she knew him. But Kouichi doesn’t know who she is, until his friend Kazuki shows up at his house as he and the lass quickly recogn…
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"Pure Rouge" is a perfect title for this universal show.
What a great and emotional anime to justify your "first love".
This show grabs you immediately with questions and every episode ends with either a surprise or warm feeling.
Most people won't enjoy anime's that have a one way setting with no change. We're so use to changes in the story plot like going from average school life to battling demons or shop keeper to ghost specialist.
However, Kimikiss has proven to the world that an anime can be build and performed solely on nothing but romance, and what a great job J.C. Staff has done this.
In my book, this anime should be the gateway to romance animes everywhere.
What a better example for a great love story than the expression of young kids first falling in love. Given, this story…
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Right, it's been a while since I did a review and I felt this one evoked a bit of a response from me by the end of the story.
BEFORE YOU READ ANY FURTHER, KNOW THERE ARE MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS ON HERE SO DON'T READ UNLESS YOU EITHER HAVE SEEN THIS OR DON'T MIND BEING SPOILED!
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I watched this series over the last couple of days and my initial thought was "this is Amagami SS without the arcs," and even by the end I still thought the same. I scored Amagami higher than this as it allowed everyone to be happy as this anime seems to be notorious for disappointing people with how the pairings worked out by the end.
Story: 6
This is the biggest flaw in the whole anime if you ask me. The plot starts out quite nicely as many anime of this genre do. You…
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A straight 9 in all points, I put Kimikiss into those animes that whereas they may not be classics, they are wonderfully done and thoroughly enjoyable.
Characters are well defined and placed and the situations put into the story are near life, common day ones in most plots (not so with Futami and Aihara - my favorite characters as well, but just at the start, then their story is sweet and plausible, and by far the cutest in this anime to the very end)
Plot may be simple, but so well done that every episode is a joy to watch, and the end was not predictable even near the last one, and the end for each couple is sweet, and cute.
There are echoes from Ichigo 100% regarding Yumi story, and those watching it will understand why...although I agree with Kimikiss end, and disliked Ichigo 100%…
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When I first started watching this anime, i didn't know exactly what to expect from it, but as soon as i started i knew exactly what i got myself into.
KimiKiss Pure Rouge was originally a dating simulation game for the PS2. Released by Enterbrain in 2006. It quickly gained popularity and become a media franchise which turned it into a light novel as well as a manga series. Then in 2007-2008 this anime adaptation was relased.
If your into the stereotypical romance, drama, school life genres, then KimiKiss Pure Rouge is a must watch. Its an anime full of love triangles, a hint of drama, & beautiful girls, all within a school setting. This series was great anime, comparable to the Amagami SS series which was later relased in 2009.
Story: I decided to give the story a 7/10 because of its c…
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To sum it up: A nice romance. Very relaxing to watch. Not too cheesy or mushy-gushy, nor overdramtic!
Story - 7
While the story is fine, I found that it kind of lacked a defined direction. It really was 100% about relationships and love. I shouldn't really criticize it for this, because that's the point of this anime. However, I think I would have enjoyed it more if there had been something else than just the romance storylines. I really appreciated that the ending of the story wasn't at all rushed, it takes a few episodes to conclude. All of the loose ends are tied up and I think this part of the story was done especially well.
Art - 8, Sound - 7
The art is well done, although it's nothing special. The characters are cute and their appearances suit their personalities. The facial expres…
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When watching this anime, my first initial thought was: why did no one recommend this to me sooner >< seriously, I had to find this anime all on my own, after everything I asked for in an anime, this anime had. It baffled me.
That being said, let's get onto the review, shall we?
"it seemed like it would break, & it was so precious i couldn't touch it.
but i won't ever forget the wish i made upon that star." < I got drawn in.
Overall: Overall I would recommend this anime to anyone who is into the whole, Rom/com genre. It actually made me tear up a few times and smile other times, so I really got into it! If you're not into love stories, I guess keep looking because that's mainly what this anime is. That being said, I would watch it again. And I would rec. it to my rl friends & my sissy.…
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So far this story is quite interesting. It may not have the full experience of a normal high school but it's very good in its own way. Kimikiss Pure Rouge can give you a good laugh from time to time and then in the next scene it might make you cry. The drama and suspence builds up in each and every episode. I enjoyed taking the long journey with all of these characters; learning theirstoried and making their memories.The only thing that I didn't like is a personal style of anime taht i like, but i would make the guys a bit more cuter maybe. But i loved how they kept it simple with the characters and didn't go overboard with the animation style or the storyline. It was quite cute but the overral score i give Kimikiss Pure Rouge is a 9. I hope that all of you enjoy this anime and find it's d…
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Ok this anime well pretty much goes Down after 2-4 episodes, They start making us wait until the last ep for something to actually happen :P ,Very annoying , other than that the charecters were Too Much,storyline was pathetic after the 2nd episode
So ye if u dont like boring stuff dont watch this
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I really want to put this out there first: This is my first review that i have ever done so im really sorry for any inconvenience i may have caused with this.
Kimikiss is a very well scripted high school romance i believe. In this the romance is between not the main character's mao and kouichi but there's still romance between them, anyways Futami and Aihara really did the job for me. The love between the two makes you angry and sad and happy and in love at the same time. It was really frustrating to watch them, but its all worth it. This high school romance shows really strong passion between the pairs a bit like romeo and juliet if you have seen it. The art in kimikiss really helps bring out the emotion from the characters. This is one of the very few high school romance that i've seen t…
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This is the first time I have ever written a review, and I thought I wouldn't need to. But after watching Kimi-kiss, it just stuck to my head so I had to write what I feel about the series.
First thoughts on the series even before watching it: typical harem, ecchi type of anime. So I started watching it only after I really ran out of options for anime to watch. Man, I was blown away.
The story of Kimi-kiss is very simple and short. Spreading the short story over 24-episodes, it would make the series feel that it is moving at a rather slow pace, which could put some viewers off. I personally enjoyed the slow pacing of the story, it helped to build the tension up slowly, slowly drawing the viewer into the drama. But probably because the story was build up over that many episodes, the end f…
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Kimikiss Pure Rouge was one of the first anime I ever watched. Knowing it was from the same director as Honey and Clover and Nodame Cantabile – two brilliant anime in their own right – I had to watch it. But after I finished, I refrained from doing a review for it, simply because I didn’t want readers to think I just gave perfect scores to everything. Needless to say, Kasai is simply a mastermind that makes the cogs spin to perfect time, but I didn’t know what I had stumbled upon at the time.
However, recently I have been watching an anime strikingly similar to Kimikiss’s style called Hatsukoi Limited and when I realized how utterly pale it was in comparison to Kimikiss Pure Rouge, I had to try to realize why. Hatsukoi is a 13 episode disaster waiting to happen and I’ll be surprised if it…
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The reason why I started to watch Kimikiss was because I heard that Kehichi Kasai and the rest of the team that did Nodame and Honey and Clover were working on this. That and some very well known voice actresses were playing key roles. Oh, and I’m a romance junkie…ahem anyway.
Almost immediately Kimikiss reminded me of Boys Be, another ensemble style HS romance with a slice of life feel. This can be attributed to Kasai splitting the main character from the game into 2. Because of this he was able to follow multiple stories lines and cause controversy with game fans. However, I applaud his gutsy move as it solves the problems with the narrative structure associated with typical visual novel conversions (ie episode 1 girl 1, episode 2 girl 2, etc). The story follows a more real…
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"Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~" turned out to be a fairly good romance series.
I say fairly good since while it started off strong with excellent episodes I do feel the series had a significant dip in the middle, luckily the final episodes picked up the pace again in a positive direction.
What I enjoyed most was although the series had comedic elements and is based on an eroge, it's not a real harem series as most harem series go, since the "Kimikiss ~Pure Rouge~" anime series focused on multiple males, females and their different pairings (not all the female characters are pursuing the same male character).
The most interesting characters in the series were undoubtably the supporting characters. While the main characters Kouichi, Mao and Yuumi were nice and likeable, especially Kouichi and Mao…
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Wow. Just wow. After watching the last episode of Kimikiss, I can say that this was one of the best romance animes I've seen in a long while.
Story
The story is so simple ... it's about true love. We all chase it, but not all catch it. And that's what our two main guys are doing as well. Revolving around the typical high-school environment, two events of the first episode put a whole romance story in motion, a romance story you probably won't forget that easy. It seems so simple and human that you easy forget about this world and live the feelings of the characters involved in this story. As in all romance animes, the drama can't miss out, and you'll find many moments when you'll actually feel like crying if you put yourself in a certain character's situation (like I do, usually). One th…
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A satisfying Rom/Com that focuses not only on a main boy & girl but on all the stars of the show. This series has a very casual feel to it, with a typical level of teenage angst.
KimiKiss ~ Pure Rouge is a Slice of Life, Romance anime about the daily lives of high school students. Unlike most of the “visual novels” – to – “anime adaptations”, this one does not carry an overall theme or concept but it’s just about normal daily lives of the characters. The story itself is very casual so some may get bored of it but as a person who’s seen numerous romance anime, I enjoyed the lack of comedy and intense drama. Seeing how there’s not too many relationship dilemmas that make it feel overbearing, all that is left to do is relax and enjoy the…
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