KimiKiss

キミキス
(KimiKisu)

Genre
Romance

Game

Developer
Enterbrain

Publisher
Enterbrain

Genre
Dating sim

Rating
CERO: B (12+)

Platform
PlayStation 2

Released
May 25, 2006

Manga

Author
Masashi Kokura

Publisher
Enterbrain

Demographic
Shōnen

Magazine
Famitsu PS2

Original run
June 30, 2006 – ongoing

Manga: KimiKiss: Lyrical contact

Author
Mimei Kuroi

Publisher
Square Enix

Demographic
Shōnen

Magazine
Gangan Powered

Original run
June 2006 – February 2007

Volumes
1

Manga: KimiKiss: Various heroines

Author
Tarō Shinonome

Publisher
Hakusensha

Demographic
Seinen

Magazine
Young Animal

Original run
August 25, 2006 – ongoing

Volumes
2

Light novel

Author
Chabō Higurashi

Illustrator
Kisai Takayama
Kamo

Publisher
Enterbrain

Demographic
Male

Magazine
Famitsu Bunko

Published
July 2006 – ongoing

Volumes
2

Manga: KimiKiss: Sweet lips

Author
Masahiro Itosugi

Publisher
Akita Shoten

Demographic
Shōnen

Magazine
Champion Red ichigo

Original run
December 2006 – ongoing

Volumes
1

TV anime: KimiKiss: pure rouge

Director
Kenichi Kasai

Studio
J.C. Staff

Original run
October 6, 2007 – March 24, 2008

Episodes
24

KimiKiss (キミキス, KimiKisu?) is a dating simulation game for the PS2. Released by Enterbrain in 2006, KimiKiss has become a media franchise, including manga, light novel, and has been made into an anime as of 2007.

Contents

• 1 Story
• 2 Characters
  • 2.1 Heroines
  • 2.2 Anime lead characters
  • 2.3 Support characters
• 3 Adaptations
  • 3.1 Manga
  • 3.2 Light novel
  • 3.3 Anime
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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Story

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In KimiKiss, you play as a high school boy who’s just come back from a lonely summer break. Will you end your high school career having never known a kiss? You decide to spend the new school year making sure to get some lip action.

Luckily enough, when you return to school, you find yourself in the company of six beautiful girls. The game begins with the start of the new school year and continues over one month, culminating in a school festival. Your goal is to have one of the above girls confess her true feelings for you at the festival and give you a kiss. The game lets you move about freely throughout the school grounds, selecting your desired location from a map of the full school. When interacting with the girls, the game uses what it refers to as “Matching Conversation,” a system where you select the topic that you think the girl is interested in discussing.

Characters

Heroines

The following information is based on the anime version, Kimikiss: Pure Rouge.

Mao Mizusawa (水澤摩央, Mizusawa Mao?) Voiced by: Haruna Ikezawa
She is very active, energetic, and cheerful, though not so much in the mornings. At first, she lives with Kouichi and his mom but moved to a different house due to her feelings for Kouichi. She still goes to the same school as him. Lived in France before the story.

Yūmi Hoshino (星乃結美, Hoshino Yūmi?) Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu
Hoshino is Kouichi’s love interest. She is always shy but from the help of Mao and the others, she began to speak up a little. She also has feelings for Kouichi and throughout the story they began to date, but began to realize Kouichi has feelings for Mao.

Narumi Satonaka (里仲なるみ, Satonaka Narumi?) Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi
Good friend of Nana. Expert at cooking udon.

Asuka Sakino (咲野明日夏, Sakino Asuka?) Voiced by: Ryou Hirohashi
A tomboy who loves to play soccer. She starts to have feelings for Kazuki after he helped her.

Eriko Futami (二見瑛理子, Futami Eriko?) Voiced by: Rie Tanaka
Always cold to others but begins to soften up after she realizes her feeling for Kazuki. Has an IQ score of 190.

Mitsuki Shijō (祇条深月, Shijō Mitsuki?) Voiced by: Mamiko Noto
A wealthy girl who can play the piano.

Megumi Kuryū (栗生恵, Kuryū Megumi?) Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
Class president of Kouichi’s class. Her love interest is Hiiragi.

Anime lead characters

Kouichi Sanada (真田光一, Sanada Kouichi?) Voiced by: Satoshi Hino
He, Kazuki, and Mao are childhood friends. Kouichi is the main protagonist in this story. He has feelings for Hoshino but began to realize his feelings for Mao. At the end of the series, Kouichi gives up Hoshino and ends up with Mao. They kiss, and the fire works begin.
NOTE: In the Various Heroines manga and also in the Kimikiss PS2 game, Kouichi and Kazuki are a single person (having Kouichi’s first name and Kazuki’s last name) and shares both of their traits (Kouichi’s looks and Kazuki’s soccer skills). Nana also becomes Kouichi’s little sister.

Kazuki Aihara (相原一輝, Aihara Kazuki?) Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima
Also another protagonist in the anime. He loves playing soccer. Kazuki’s love interest is Futami-san.

Support characters

Nana (菜々, Nana?) Voiced by: Sakura Nogawa
She is Kazuki Aihara’s sister in the anime and her name becomes Nana Aihara (相原菜々, Aihara Nana?).

Akira Hiiragi (柊明良, Hiiragi Akira?) Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
Is the president of the Movie Research Club. He always asks Kazuki into helping him with the movie films.

Eiji Kai (甲斐栄二, Kai Eiji?) Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai
Classmate of Mao, plays the Saxophone and works in a Jazz bar. He and Mao date for a while but she breaks up with him after she admits her feelings for Kouichi to herself. They remain friends.

Tomoko Kawada (川田知子, Kawada Tomoko?) Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi
School’s teacher for modern Japanese language and advisor of swimming club. She is Mao Mizusawa’s home room teacher.

Adaptations

Manga

Several manga adaptations have been made.

• KimiKiss ~lyrical contact~ (キミキス ～lyrical contact～), in Gangan Powered
• KimiKiss ~various heroines- (キミキス ～various heroines～), in Young Animal
• KimiKiss ~sweet lips~ (キミキス ～スウィートリップス～), in Champion RED Ichigo

Light novel

A series of light novels have been published by Famitsu Bunko.

Anime

The anime, entitled Kimikiss ~ pure rouge, began airing in Japan on October 6, 2007. The series is produced by J.C. Staff and directed by Kenichi Kasai, whose directorial accomplishments include Nodame Cantabile and Honey and Clover. The series will focus more on the girls and their daily lives and the genre will be romance.

Opening Theme:

“Aozora loop” (青空loop) by marble

Ending Themes:

“Negaiboshi” (願い星) by Snow* (episodes 1 – 12)
“Wasurenaide” (忘れないで) by Suara (episodes 13 – 24)

Story

Sanada Kouichi wakes from a dream where his younger self was crying. When he goes to answer the door, he finds a beautiful woman standing in front of him. She quickly enters while reacquainting herself with things in the house, and even enters the shower. A confused Kouichi tries to remember if he knew a girl like this in the past, when his friend Aihara Kazuki comes in. A misunderstanding is caused when the girl comes out of the bathroom, but she suddenly realizes who Kazuki is. Kazuki also realizes who the girl is: his childhood friend Mizusawa Mao. Finally realizing this, Kouichi welcomes Mao back. When Kouichi’s mother begins talking to Mao about her living in France, Kouichi notices how much Mao has changed. The story then continues with them going to the same school. Many relationships are formed with different people during their school years but always thought to be a mistake as Mao realises her true feelings toward Kouichi Sanada. Telling him of her feelings gets him confused as he always thought of her as a sister, always thinking of her gets Yumi worried as he never seems to be focused. As it is nearly time for Yumi to move away, she puts on a brave face so she doesn’t upset Kouichi while he is still in his endless daydream. Nearing the end, Kouichi finally realises who he truly loves and tells yumi (which could already tell by looking at him) before he heads out to find Mao. Having found her, tells her of his feelings and it finishes with a kiss, as they both feel the same way.

References

1. ^ “Kimikiss TV Anime Announced” (in English). Anime News Network (2007-06-05). Retrieved on 2007-06-15.

External links

• (Japanese) Enterbrain’s official KimiKiss website
• (Japanese) KimiKiss pure rouge official website
• (English) FAQ at GameFAQs — includes developer release information of the PS2 game.
• (English) KimiKiss pure rouge (anime) at Anime News Network’s Encyclopedia

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