[Anime] Ai Yori Aoshi | Page 1 | -Anime/Manga- | Guild Forums

Dah Buddah

Offline

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:02 pm

Ai Yori Aoshi

User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.

Kaoru Hanabishi just wanted to help. Aoi Sakuraba just wanted to find her first love. They never realized they were looking for each other. Ever since their arranged marriage 18 years ago, Aoi had been in love with Kaoru, but she traveled to Tokyo to meet him when she learned the marriage had been called off. While Kaoru's impressed by Aoi's loyalty, innocence and beauty, to accept her affection, he might have to return to the Hanabishi Clan and the emotional and physical pain he suffered during his childhood... Their self-control and their love will be put to the test when she moves in and he tries to stay a gentleman!

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:04 pm

Episode guide:

Fate
Supper
Separation
Living Together
Old Friend
Family Tradition
Spiriual Illusion
Cherished Treasure
One Night
Place of Learning
Debutante
Kiss
Star Festival
Servant
Feelings of the Heart
Shores
Waves
Bedsharing
Lap Pillow
Cure
Familiar Scent
Returning Home
Decision
Aoi
Spring Blossom
Friends
Tennis
Phantom
Piano
Journey
Summer Resort
Fish and Water
Pure White
Bathrobe
Moonlight
Ties

Dah Buddah

Offline

Dah Buddah

Offline

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:06 pm

Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~

It has been one year since the end of Ai Yori Aoshi, and not much has changed. Kaoru and Aoi are still keeping their love a secret. Kaoru has finished college and is now writing his thesis for a doctor's degree. He is even working part-time at the university institute. Of course, all of the other girls (except for Miyabi) all have crushes on Kaoru, and continue to try and win his heart. Kaoru and Aoi know that they can't hide their love from everyone forever...

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:07 pm

Episode guide:

Spring Blossom
Friends
Tennis
Phantom
Piano
Journey
Summering
Fish
Pure White
Hot Springs
Moonlight
Ties

Dah Buddah

Offline

Dah Buddah

Offline

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:11 pm

Characters:

Main Charactes

Kaoru Hanabishi: The main male protagonist of the series. He is a fairly average person and he does not fit the mould of the stereotypical male hero in most harem anime series. For the most part, he is shown to be a fairly good student, and is not prone to emotional outbursts unlike other leading males in harem anime. He is generally well liked and is a member of the photography club at his college. He harbours a deep dislike for the Hanabishi clan due to their inhumane treatment of himself and his mother, due to the clan's disapproval of his parents' relationship. Kaoru's mother and father never married, and he was an illegitimate child. His back is scarred from when he was beaten with a bamboo cane for trying to prevent his grandfather from burning mementos of his dead mother.

Aoi Sakuraba: The main female protagonist of the series. She is generally very shy and demure. Also, she is usually portrayed wearing a kimono and specifically, a blue one. Because she is a very good cook and keeps her house in a very clean state, she is seen as a traditional Japanese beauty. Unlike other female leads in harem anime, she is not prone to jealousy. She is very devoted to Kaoru, however, and will do all in her power to prevent being separated from him. When Kaoru moved into the Sakuraba summer house, she was appointed to be the landlord by Miyabi. Aoi has a quiet but strong willfulness.

Tina Foster: Tina was born in the United States, but spent the majority of her life in Hakata, a ward in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. She attends the same school as Kaoru, and was the one to get him to join the photography club, which she is also a member of. She moves into the servant house that Kaoru is staying in because she had no place to stay after returning to Japan from a year-long trip around the world. She has a habit of greeting females by grabbing and rubbing their breasts, which most people find very uncouth. She is loud and outspoken and very protective of Kaoru when it comes to Mayu. She is also very fond of drinking. She has a white pet ferret, named Uzume, which most of the cast finds very cute, except for Miyabi. Tina is also an experienced swimmer, and coaches Chika's swim team for a time during the second series. In many respects, Tina is one of the more deeply developed—and somewhat tragic—characters of the show, despite her ditzy behavior. Being an American, and yet having been raised in Japan, she is constantly haunted by the fact that she can never truly fit in either country. When she left Japan to attend high school in America, she explained that she was unable to fit in there because she was culturally Japanese. But she also realizes that she can never truly fit in Japan either, because of her appearance. Tina wishes that she had been born Japanese, so that perhaps she would have a better chance at winning Kaoru's heart. Tina is very deeply in love with Kaoru, but pains her heart with efforts to hide her feelings, because she thinks that he could never feel the same way about her. Towards the end of Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi she realizes that Kaoru loves Aoi, and that her own opportunity to win his heart has passed.

Miyabi Kagurazaki: Aoi's appointed guardian, she spent most of her life looking after Aoi and helping in her upbringing. She is also very active in the running of the Sakuraba department store. She is generally very strict and enforces the rules of the Sakuraba summer house as the manager. Although she initially disliked Kaoru (and all of his friends), she learns to accept him because of the feelings that Aoi and Kaoru have for each other. She is also very fond of breaking watermelons in the summer.

Taeko Minazuki: Taeko is a new member of the photography club and eventually moves into the Sakuraba summer house as the housekeeper after being fired from her previous housekeeping job. Her most prominent features are her very large breasts and her clumsiness. She was so clumsy that Aoi had to convince Miyabi to hire her, as she had a tendency to break a lot of valuable objects. Taeko explains that the reason she wants to be a housekeeper so badly is because when she was very young, her father died and her mother had to raise her as a single parent. Taeko's mother was very proficient at keeping house, and Taeko wishes to achieve the same proficiency that her mother had. She also develops feelings for Kaoru as the series progresses.

Mayu Miyuki: Something of a prodigy, Mayu attends the same college as Kaoru purely by accident. The college was chosen for her by her father and she initially thought poorly of it. She is in love with him because he cheered her up at a party when she was 12 years old. At that time, Mayu's parents informed her that they would be missing her 12th birthday because of business overseas. They gave her a stuffed rabbit that she had been asking for as a gift to make up for it. Mayu's parents had been holding a party for their business partners, and no matter what Mayu said or did, her parents simply did not have the time for her. Dismayed, Mayu ran off into the woods, bumping into Kaoru and dropping her rabbit as she fled. Kaoru followed her and tried to cheer her up, but she exclaimed that her parents did not take care of her at all, and that they also did not love her. Kaoru then uses the rabbit (which he named "Ussa") as a puppet to cheer up Mayu, telling her that her parents do love her very much, and that even if they do not pay as much attention to her as they should, it's better than having no parents at all, like himself. This left a significant impact on Mayu, and she kept and cherished Ussa to the current day. Mayu is still very lonely, because her parents are always busy working. She tries as hard as she can to do things that would make Kaoru happy, such as learning how to cook from Aoi so she could make lunch for him. Mayu shares a rivalry with Tina, who she considers uncouth, and cannot stand to be in her presence. The two characters are opposites in many ways. Where Mayu is serious, Tina is playful. Where Mayu is uncharacteristically open in her unrealistic desire for Kaoru, Tina is uncharacteristically shy in her [almost] reciprocated love of Kaoru. Where Tina is an American who embraces Japanese culture, Mayu is Japanese and embraces Western culture. When Tina accidentally bumped into her during their first meeting, Mayu reprimanded her in English, while the out-of-practice Tina struggled to recall an appropriate retort in her native language. Even their introduction to Kaoru are mirrors of one another. Kaoru did much to lift Mayu out of her loneliness, while Tina lifted Kaoru out of his own loneliness and apathy following his defection from the Hanabishi clan. Mayu is a gifted pianist, though this is never mentioned until the Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi series.

Chika Minazuki: Taeko's younger cousin. During the summer she spends most of her time working in a cafe down by the beach. Because of this, she is very tanned. She notices that Taeko has a crush on Kaoru and spends a lot of time trying to fix the two of them up. She is generally upbeat and energetic. She occasionally has mild feelings for Kaoru as the series progresses, but for the most part, looks up to him as an older brother.

Uzume: Tina's pet ferret. He seems to prefer the company of Miyabi, much to Tina and Miyabi's chagrin.

Welcome to Gaia! ::

Gaia Guilds

The Magnificent Everything Guild

Quick Reply

More Information