22 July, 2008

First Kiss Prt. 1

Recently, I have been watching this series entitled "First Kiss". It's a bittersweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl named Fukanaga Mio and her brother Kano Kazuki. You might think that they are not siblings because they have different family names which are Kano and Fukanaga because in Japan, they state their names with their last names to be pronounced first. Fukanaga Mio is played by Inoue Mao and Kano Kazuki is played by Ito Hideaki.


I'll summarize the story for you guys but beware! This summarization is a spoiler so if you really want to watch the series, better not read this blog. To start off, Fukanaga Mio is in United States to treat her heart illness. This illness led to the separation of the two siblings. Mio is a very active girl. She, too, is very sarcastic and a very good liar. One day, Mio and her mother were called by the doctors and they explained that Mio will undergo surgery with 50-50 chance. Because of this, Mio personally asked a doctor named Takagi Renko, a professional cardiac surgeon and doctor, to let her go back to Japan and spend time with her Onii-chan or big brother Kazuki. After some few instructions to Mio, Doctor Takagi gave the green light to Mio to go back to Japan and meet her brother. In Japan, Kazuki dreamt about Mio when they were still young. They were having fun at a japanese festival of some sort. They were 10 years old back then. Kazuki woke up on his bed, with his girlfriend Haruna. I assumed that they made love that night, as suggested by the scene that was shown to me. Mio, who was still in America, phoned Kazuki that she will return in Japan and he must prepare for her arrival. Kazuki could not believe it but he had no choice. The day of Mio's arrival, Kazuki and his friends Ichiryu and Masaru, waited for her arrival. Ichiryu and Masaru even teased Kazuki that it will be a very emotional reunion because it was already 10 years past. Kazuki told them it will not be an emotional reunion. Kazuki turned back as he heard Mio's voice and then he saw Mio out of the crowd. He was about to go to her but she went straight pass through Kazuki. The reason for that is because Mio thought that Kazuki was still fat so Mio went straight to a fat guy. After that, Mio apologized to the fat guy when Kazuki introduced himself and his friends. That's when the story begins.


Part 2 soon. Please support Japanese series and this series is a must-watch series both young and old alike.

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