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Paradise Kiss (manga)

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Alternative title:
Paradis Kyss (Swedish)
ParaKiss (Japanese)
パラキス (Japanese)
パラダイス・キス (Japanese)
天國之吻 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: romance
Plot Summary: To live up to the demands of an overbearing mother, high school senior Yukari has always been a student first and person later. But then she is spotted by a group of fashion school students who decide she's the perfect model for their new clothes line. Soon she is skipping school to hang out with a groups of (crazy) kids working hard to make their dreams a reality and before too long Yukari decides to find out if she can do the same.
User Ratings: 344 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 84 votes (Eng:33, sub:24, dub:19, raw:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:3
1 Portuguese
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish
)
 Excellent: 106 votes (Eng:58, sub:23, dub:21, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 French
)
 Very good: 80 votes (Eng:47, sub:19, dub:7, ?:3, others:4
1 Spanish dubbed
1 French
1 Polish
1 German
)
 Good: 43 votes (Eng:26, sub:11, ?:2, dub:2, raw:1, edit.dub:1)
 Decent: 12 votes (Eng:5, sub:4, dub:2, ?:1)
 So-so: 9 votes (sub:4, Eng:3, raw:1, others:1
1 Korean
)
 Not really good: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Weak: 3 votes (Eng:2, sub:1)
 Bad: 3 votes (Eng:2, dub:1)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 1 vote (Eng:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 814 users, rank: #79 (of 4762)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.361 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.6151, rank: #546 (of 4872)
Weighted mean: 8.301 (Very good+), rank: #552 (of 4872) (seen all: 8.56 / seen some: 7.48 / won't finish: 4.69)
Bayesian estimate: 8.295 (Very good+), rank: #180 (of 2904)
Number of tankoubon: 5
Number of pages: 184
Vintage: 2000-04
Release dates: We have 20
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 1
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Fox in Talks for Live-Action Japanese Paradise Kiss Film (May 17, 2009)
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Graphic novel
    Paradise Kiss - Part 1 (GN 1) 2012-09-25 (from $16.65)
    Paradise Kiss - Part 2 (GN 2) 2012-12-04 (from $15.33)
    Paradise Kiss - Part 3 (GN 3) 2013-03-05 (from $15.28)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 1) 2002-05-21 (from $7.46)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 2) 2002-08-13 (from $35.20)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 3) 2002-10-15
    Paradise Kiss (GN 4) 2003-01-14 (from $4.99)
    Paradise Kiss (GN 5) 2004-03-09 (from $42.61)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Story & Art: Ai Yazawa
Publisher: Shodensha
Serialized In: Zipper
Japanese cast
(none)
English staff
English cast
Art Director: Matt Alford (Vol 1-2)
Translation: Anita Sengupta (Vol 1-2)

Adaptation: Paul Morrissey (Vol 1)
Editing: Bryce Coleman
Editorial Director: Jeremy Ross (Vol 1-2)
Managing Editor: Jill Freshney (Vol 1-2)
Production Coordination: Antonio DePietro (Vol 1-2)
Production manager:
Fred Lui (Vol 1)
Joaquin E. Reyes (Vol 2)
Retouch & Lettering:
Dolly Chan (Vol 1)
Paul Tanck (Vol 2)
Senior Editor: Julie Taylor
VP of Production: Ron Klamert (Vol 1-2)
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by:
TOKYOPOP
Vertical (2012)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Kana
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Publisher: Editorial Ivréa (Argentina; España)
Spanish cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Planet Manga
German cast
(none)
Russian staff
Russian companies
(none)
Publisher: Comics Factory
Russian cast
(none)
Polish cast
Polish staff
Translation: Aleksandra Watanuki
(none)
Polish companies
Publisher: Waneko
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Sharp Point Press
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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