13 September 2014

イタズラなKiss2 ~ Love in Okinawa (Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa)


Title: イタズラなKiss2 ~ Love in Okinawa (Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa)
English Title:
  • It Started With A Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa
  • Mischievous Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa
  • Playful Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 2014
Episode: 01
Cast:
  • 未来穂香 Miki Honoka
  • 古川雄輝 Furukawa Yuki
  • 増田有華 Masuda Yuka
  • 岡部尚 Okabe Nao
  • 西村知美 Nishimura Tomomi
  • Imoaraizaka Kakaricho
  • 田中要次 Tanaka Yoji
  • 相澤侑我 Aizawa Yuga



SYNOPSIS
Cyntia - Kiss Kiss Kiss
Aihara Kotoko has gotten married to her first love Irie Naoki, and she has finally become Irie Kotoko after six years of unrequited love.

Naoki and Kotoko go to Okinawa for a few days for their honeymoon. Although they are already married, the couple haven't yet been intimate with each other, and Kotoko is resolute about getting her wedding night before she goes back to Tokyo.



REVIEW
Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa is basically about Irie Naoki and Irie Kotoko's honeymoon. It starts where イタズラなKiss ~ Love in Tokyo (Itazura na Kiss ~ Love in Tokyo) left off, after the couple's wedding, and serves as an introduction to イタズラなKiss2 ~ Love in Tokyo (Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Tokyo), which is about the couple's married life.

I had fun watching the drama as it was short and sweet. It was funny to see their family in disguise as Naoki's mother tries to stealthily document an important moment for Naoki and Kotoko through photographs. Naoki recognized them right away, and it was amusing to see his disbelief that Kotoko doesn't.

Based from Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa, I'm quite hopeful that fun things are in store for everyone who's willing to watch Naoki and Kotoko learn how to become husband and wife.

I'm not surprised that I watched this drama (and that I will be watching the next one), because I tend to want to finish things I started. It helps that although I was somewhat underwhelmed with the prequel as a whole, I wasn't exactly unsatisfied with it.

I'm still worried with Miki Honoka's portrayal of Kotoko, as she tends to overact to the point that she makes the character more caricature-like, but she has managed to tone it down in this production and I wish that will remain so for the rest of the series.



Related:
イタズラなKiss ~ Love in Tokyo (Itazura na Kiss ~ Love in Tokyo)
イタズラなKiss2 ~ Love in Tokyo (Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Tokyo)

Alike:
jp - イタズラなKiss (Itazura na Kiss)
kr - 장난스런 키스 Playful Kiss
tw - 惡作劇之吻 It Started With A Kiss
tw - 惡作劇2吻 They Kiss Again


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イタズラなKiss2 ~ Love in Okinawa (Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa)
イタズラなKiss2 ~ Love in Okinawa (Itazura na Kiss 2 ~ Love in Okinawa)