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Last semester, I made the transition from listening to lyrical music when I study to listening to background noise. I found that I became much more productive and engaged in my work when I wasn’t distracted by what I was listening to.

nature noises

rain

rain on a tent

tropical island

ocean waves

deep sea

thunderstorm at sea

blizzard

fire

swamp

cave

forest

farm

unnatural noises

cafe

restaurant

airport

airplane cabin

potion shop

train / train + rain

white noise

office

fandom noises

harry potter playlist

game of thrones playlist

lord of the rings playlist

gaming playlist

star wars playlist

supernatural playlist

bioshock playlist

overwatch playlist

doctor who playlist

fallout 4 playlist

destination noises

new york

paris cafe / paris + rain

london / 19th century london

seattle

las vegas casino

disneyland

italy

obstsaft

once in a while when i wake up. i find myself crying. your name (2016) dir. makoto shinkai

Paradise Kiss

Title: Paradise Kiss (jap. パラダイス・キス paradaisu kisu)

Author: Ai Yazawa

Release: 1999

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Josei, Mature, Romance, Tragedy.

Synopsis

Yukari depicts the typical Japanese high school student in her final year. While striving hard at school to meet her parent’s expectations, she appeals to a group of Fashion design students on the road because of her model-like silhouette. Which leads her way to entering the Fashion world, even though she seemed unsure and lacked self confidence at the beginning. Needless to mention that the enchanting George does play a big part into captivating her by the frivolousness and fantasy-like stagewalks and his own designs that he sells under the brand name “Paradise Kiss”. Hence, she finds herself walking the stages and working as a model for Paradise Kiss as she slowly sinks deeper and deeper into the world of fashion and forms a close bond with their members.

My Summary

Being a big fan of Ai Yazawa’s art-style and overall the genres her manga usually depict, I instabtly fell in love with this short manga of hers. I feel like we clearly get to see that the artist herself has a deep understanding of the fashion work (since she herself has been to one) and that makes the story so much more realistic and even aesthetically pleasing. Although there seem to be some parallels to her famous Manga “NANA”, the story caries it’s own climax and is more entertaining through its more joyous plot. I find the characters each have a solid character development and get an equal share of appearance throughout the story. The fact that we dwell into the story of a high school girl at the verge of becoming an adult, makes the story even more meaningful for young adults who might relate to it a lot. Yukari is truly an example of what each teenager might go through at some point or another and her encounter with George does awaken an earthquake of emotions and desires within her. So we somehow follow the personal development of Yukari as well as her hardships and successful moments. I enjoyed the retro vibe and the flow of the whole story, also without wanting to spoil, I kinda like it’s unusual ending.

Also having read the manga, seen the anime and even the live adaptation, I can only recommend watching them all ;3. Maybe start with the manga or anime, since they (for once) follow the same plot without too much of distortion...(truthfully I didn’t notice any). For those unsatisfied by its ending, I strongly recommend watching the live adaptation then :P.

#manga #anime #romance #slice of life #paradise kiss #paradisu kisu #ai yazawa #comedy #drama #tragedy #mature #josei #manga recommendation #live adaptation #george #yukari #school life #fashion manga #fashion #art

scykedelic

it’s been awhile

shoujo-dreamland

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F I S H Y

jariten

夏目友人帳 ( Natsume’s Book of Friends), Yuki Midorikawa

madamoftime

“They come without asking, and then they leave just the same. But once you meet them, even if nobody ever knows it, that encounter will change your life for the better.” ― Natsume Yuujinchou

ban-o

shoujofavedits

Nana

Romance is a bonus book

Yes... I guess I’ve fallen for K Drama at last! >^< Going from the person who would usually find the guys too flashy and fake somehow because that’s the impression I had seeing most of the actors with hair dyed in the most unnatural colours or wearing contact lenses and the girls having undergone countless plastic surgeries... I usually get very picky about films and series in general, if it doesn’t appeal to me from the plot, which might be too shallow or the story too protagonist-cantered, a failure at creating a climax, shallow characters i.e. no proper character development etc...

But for the first time I have to admit that I really, really fell in love with this series. I stumbled across it on Netflix and truth be said I didn’t like the synopsis and the trailer, but I still decided to give it a go and got absorbed into it sooooo quickly *^* I have a deep appreciation and understanding for the plot and I really value the real life situations they tried to include, the hardships of life from an adult’s point of view and not a teenager. The social implications and pressure, the work life in general... it’s a very entertaining show and yet an emotional one, well to me at least. I did end up pouring out tears T.T

But yes, I thought of maybe sharing it here. I would love to have some other people enjoy this show as much as I did. Plus if you are a sucker for romantic comedies this is just perfect >w< <3

#romanceisabonusbook #kdrama #leejong-suk #lee jongsuk #romance #romcom #lee na young #cha eunho #kang dan i #song haerin #wi ha joon #jung yoo jin #soworthseeing #dontmissit #niceplot #greatstory

elnerdyside

“I don’t know when I started to like you. From spring to summer. From summer to fall. And from fall to winter. Do you know when the season changes? Do you know exactly when winter ends and spring begins? I don’t know when exactly my feelings for you started to grow.” - Cha Eun-ho, Romance is a Bonus Book (ep 10)