Let's just say that this is the most adorable manga ever made in the 90's.
I actually watched the anime first and then the manga.
I was shocked.
I'll tell you why.
First of all I will comment on the artwork. The artwork in the anime was such a startling difference to the manga and the anime was TEN TIMES better than the manga.
People who watched the anime first than the manga would be solely disappointed. Otaku's have a habit of watching the anime first and then read the manga and some does it vice versa.
I was shocked to see Tada Kaoru's artwork in the manga because her drawings are no different than the scribbles of a 5 year old. Seriously, it VERY bad. Cruel as I may sound, this is the truth.
I wonder how her scrappings have been passed for artwork and published.
The publisher/editor/whoever's in charge of screening mangas before commercializing them had to have a big-heart that looked pass the mangaka's scratches and see the wonderful story behind it.
Truly, the story itself is just so adorable.
It's about this girl Kotoko having a huge crush on the popular guy in school, Naoki.
Kotoko is an easy going girl but otherwise a total loser. She's in the 'stupid students' class and always fails her exams.
Naoji is the school's prodigy.
Kotoko is either stupid or innocently ambitious for wanting a guy like that.
She boldly gave him a love letter where he just rejected her like no more than a piece of trash.
Ouch.
Fastforward, Kotoko's new house had been eaten to the ground by termites(how is that possible???) and had to temporarily stay in her father's friends' house who not-so-coincidentally is Naoki's family.
Talk about rotten luck.
Naoki's mother is very excited to have a girl in the house as she had always wanted a daughter and her secret intention is to match-make Kotoko to Naoki.
The rest is history,
The manga had never been finished due the mangaka having a freak accident while moving into her new home: she was moving something upstairs when she slipped on the stairs and hit her head on the table edge. She died instantly. Thus the manga had never had a conclusion. The was an uproar among the fans as they were waiting for her new release was due soon.
Fans are dissapointed to know(or the lack of it) what might've happened to Kotoko and Naoki in the end. No one knew what was the mangaka's plan.
The anime had conjured up it's own ending. The lovely couple got married and had a daughter and Kotoko quit her job as a nurse and Naoki became the top surgeon in the country.
They were both 26 years old in the end.
I recommend EVERYONE to watch this anime and read the manga as well in respect to the mangaka. Just bear with her scribbles and you would soon find out that you wont mind it.
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