Paradise Kiss

パラダイス・キス

After encountering two oddly dressed individuals, high school student Yukari Hayasaka collapses from shock. She regains consciousness in the basement studio of Paradise Kiss, a fashion design club at Yazawa School for the Arts, surrounded by a group of strangely attired students. Though she initially believes she has been kidnapped, Yukari learns that the club members simply want her to model for their upcoming fashion show. As a senior with a heavy workload, Yukari declines their offer, but her refusal becomes complicated when she accidentally drops her student passbook. The club's leader, George Koizumi, retrieves it and uses it to persuade her to reconsider. Inspired by the passion of the club members, Yukari reflects on her own situation and ultimately agrees to join them. Taking on the role of Paradise Kiss's model, Yukari struggles to balance her new commitments with her already demanding life. As she spends more time with George and the rest of the team, she finds it increasingly difficult to resist the allure of the fashion industry's dazzling world.

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Paradise Kiss was published in English by Tokyopop from May 21, 2002, to March 9, 2004. Due to Tokyopop dissolving in 2011, Vertical Inc. acquired the publishing rights and republished the entire series in three volumes from September 25, 2012, to March 5, 2013. For the series' 20th anniversary, the publisher also released a complete omnibus volume on December 3, 2019. The manga received a live-action film adaptation produced by Fox International, which was released in Japan on June 4, 2011. A mobile game based on the series was published by Hot Pod on June 6, 2011.

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