She's also extremely accident-prone, which puts her at odds with Miyabi when she applies for work at the Sakuraba apartment complex that eventually serves as the cover for Aoi's continued presence in Kaoru's inner circles. She's sporting a pair of glasses and a bustline barely shy of "ridiculous", which makes her a popular target for Tina's random groping attacks. Taeko, on the other hand, is a clumsy, meek and quiet girl. Then again, I'm not even American.) Naturally, she's ridiculously outroverted and loud, which is probably the reason why her popularity weren't on the rise. It is said she has a habit of throwing around English words every now and then, but since I watched the dub, I had to make do with a pretty badly portrayed southern accent. Tina Foster is an American, which means she's blonde, fairly loud and drinks some pretty nasty brews.
It's time to meet contestants B and C (with more to come.)įirst in the lineup is Tina Foster and Taeko Minazuki, whom more or less arrive simultaneously through the Photography club. So, where does this lead our lovebirds to? An apartment complex, soon to be invaded by Kaoru's other love interests. As Christina noted in her review, Kaoru fled for a reason. Kaoru was to be bred, much like Aoi, for a position at a company easily as large and influental as the Sakurabas, and his grandfather spared him no amount of physical abuse and mental scarring to do so. Because while Aoi's parents are generally kind, at least as much as leaders of a multimillion conglomerate can be, Kaoru's parents - which is to say his grandfather - was anything but. So, when he meets up with Aoi and learns that she's the girl he was betrothed to in his youth, that's where we learn just what happened to him that eventually led to him choosing this form of exile. He attends college and lives in a bit of a run-down apartment complex during the evenings, where he does his homework and lives on instant food. Kaoru also seems to be a fairly typical twenty-something at first.
Or, at least, that's the impression you get at first. She has been bred for a single purpose, and that training colors everything she does and says.
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In fact, most of Aoi's life has been spent in preparation for her marriage to Kaoru, which means hard training in how to tend a husband properly according to Japanese traditions. Yes, Ai Yori Aoshi has a very traditional view on gender roles, at least for Kaoru and Aoi, and in more ways than one.Īoi and Kaoru both come from very well-to-do families. It's also easy to assume that any man would like the "perfect wife" - one who cleans the house, does the laundry and the shopping, and cooks the meal for the working man when he returns home.Īnd, in Ai Yori Aoshi, that's pretty much what you get, and then some. It's easy to assume that all men really wants is a pretty girl with a big chest and/or large eyes. After all, most people are different, and have different expectations of what they desire in a potential partner. Romantic ideals can often be hard to understand. But starting a relationship, much less keeping it alive, proves to be far more difficult than the two envisioned. But Kaoru, as it turned out, ran away from the family after years of abuse and doesn't want to have anything to do with the Hanabishi anymore.Īoi's heart is still set on Kaoru, though, so the two starts taking faltering steps towards their new life together. Aoi is searching for her childhood friend, whom she once was supposed to marry. Notes: Based on the manga by Fumizuki Kou, once serialized in Young Animal.Ī chance meeting on the local train station turns the lives of Kaoru Hanabishi and Aoi Sakuraba completely around.
Related Series: Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ (sequel)Īlso Recommended: Maison Ikkoku, Marmalade Boy, Please Teacher, Ah! My Goddess, Chobits, Clannad. Length: Television series, 24 episodes, 23 minutes eachĭistributor: R1 DVD/Blu-Ray from FUNimation Geneon release out of printĬontent Rating: 13+ (brief nudity, fan service, adult themes, some violence)
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