Kusuka ku-ShoujoMagic: Isikhulu esikoleni samabanga aphezulu u-Aihara Kotoko ube nentshisekelo ngo-Irie Naoki kusukela engumfundi omusha. Kodwa udangele ukuvuma kuye ngezinto ezimbalwa: uyilungu “lekilasi A,” ikilasi elikleliswe phezulu esikoleni, kuyilapho “ekwikilasi F”; uthola amaphuzu aphezulu kuzo zonke izivivinyo; futhi uhlakaniphe kakhulu, uyathandwa, futhi muhle kangangokuthi ube ngumongameli wesigaba minyaka yonke. Lapho uKotoki ekugcineni equnga isibindi sokumnikeza incwadi yothando, nokho, uNaoki uyenqaba ngokuphelele, emtshela iphuzu lakhe elingenalutho—ngokubukeka kokunengeka nesithukuthezi—ukuthi akawathandi “amantombazane ayisiwula.” Iphupho elibi kakhulu laseKotoko! Inhliziyo yakhe iphukile, kodwa ukushintsha kwesimo kuphoqa uNaoki noKotoko ukuba babe ndawonye nsuku zonke…!? I-Itazura na Kiss iyigugu kubantu base-shoujo, njengoba ingumama wezingoma eziningi ezitholakala ochungechungeni lwanamuhla lwe-shoujo. Ngaphandle kweqiniso lokuthi inamashumi eminyaka ama-2 ubudala, isagqama njengehlukile ngoba uchungechunge lulandela abalingisi abaphambili empilweni yabo, esikhathini esiyiminyaka eyi-10. Yayidume kakhulu igqugquzele uchungechunge oludumile njengeMarmalade Boy neFruits Basket. Kodwa-ke, umbhali waba nengozi ngesikhathi ehamba nendodana yakhe nomyeni wakhe, futhi washona ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, eshiya i-manga yakhe ethandwayo ingaqediwe unomphela. Yashintshwa yaba idrama yaseTaiwan edumile ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi “Kwaqala Ngokuqabula”, yaze yazuza enye inkondlo elama. Iphinde yashintshwa njengomdlalo weshashalazi omfushane waseJapan ngo-1996, kanye nochungechunge lwe-anime ngo-2008, ne-anime ebonisa isiphetho esihleliwe sombhali.
