Kiss wa Hitomi ni Shite

キッスは瞳にして

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episodes

Type

OVA

Status

Finished Airing

Aired

Aug 27, 1993

Studios:Madhouse

DramaRomance

Synopsis

High school student Morisato Ibuki has a startling dream about kissing a prince on a white horse. The next day, the prince from her dream, Ebisu Naoto, shows up as a transfer student at her school and a guest at her house. He had indeed kissed her, in an attempt to wake her up in the morning, although he claims that she kissed him. Ibuki is smitten with Naoto, but he seems to have other commitments, to American football and to a mysterious girl called Kawahara Izumi. Meanwhile, Nitta, a shy boy in Ibuki's class, has a crush on her. Will true love eventually find a way? (Source: Orphan Fansubs)

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5.0/10

Average Review Score

33%

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Recommended

It all begins when Ibuki dreams about kissing a Prince. Then, she wakes up and finds out she's late for school, and rushes to get there. While in class, the teacher starts calling the students's names, and she notices a guy who's late for class trying to get into the classroom without being noticed by the teacher. When she sees the guy, she screams: it's the same guy who appeared in her dream! By the end of the class, the guy asks her for them to go home together. He enters her home, and she finds out he's her father's best friend's son, who came fromCanada and will be living with her family. His name is Ebisu Naoto. The storyline was interesting, though it had lots of clichés. This OVA is 'old' (from 1993), so the 'graphics' and the traces aren't THAT great. But, because it is an OVA, if you don't like stories that are too rushed and that the storyline and the characters aren't that developed, I do not recommend you this anime. As an avid fan of shoujo animes, I did not enjoy this one. Like I said above, the relationships and interactions between the main characters didn't develop to a point that I could feel they had chemistry and intimacy. Also, many situations in the anime remained unresolved, without a proper ending or explanation.

5 found helpfulDec 7, 2012

Community Discussion

The problem with these 30-minute shoujo OVAs is that they are commercials for much longer manga series. This series was 10 volumes long. This doesn't NECESSARILY have to be a problem, if the full story is summarized effectively (if that happens to be possible). But, it seems like they didn't bother with summarizing at all. They just adapted a linear chunk of the manga and left it off because it hasn't finished serializing yet. And that means nothing can come back around to create moments of satisfying closure. This one is a particularly egregious example of that because the series hook—her kissing a prince in herdream—turned out to be a complete non sequitur after the real boy was introduced.

DanielaQm

Mixed Feelings

Of all the OVAs produced by SHUEISHA in this group, I think this one is the most normal and understandable. Even though the story feels somewhat rushed, it can still be understood without any problem. While there are several things that lack explanation, the story develops well and explains the background of some problems related to the protagonist. Although it doesn't properly explain how the relationship between the two protagonists develops, it fails to establish a connection with the viewer. In general, it didn't seem bad to me. I would recommend it if you have nothing else to do and are feeling completely bored.

1 found helpfulOct 24, 2023