December 4, 2007
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... daisukiPOTENTIAL SPOILERS: BE WARNED!
I watch a lot of romance anime, so I get to see a great
number of kokuhaku (confession) scenes. Honestly, they are some of my favorite
scenes, but even I will admit that they tend to be a bit cliché. They usually
fall into one of four categories:The Taciturn
This is one of the more common ones. Basically, the one
confessing is rather shy and stutters while speaking. There is often a great
deal of blushing and eye aversion. An example of The Taciturn Kokuhaku would
come from Lovely Complex between
Suzuki and Chiharu. The guy was a blundering mess, but eventually got his point
across. And there was much rejoicing. (yay!)The Sudden
Here's another confession I see a lot of. Without really
meaning to, the smitten character blurts out his or her feelings, much to the
shock of the receiving party. A prime example of this type comes from Midori no Hibi the manga, where Ayase
blurts out her feeling to Seiji. I also group into this type the complete lack
of a confession. The main character just skips all that fluff and proceeds to
kiss / make out with / copulate with the other party member. See Kimikiss - pure rouge. Kai finally got
the courage to kiss Mao. And there was much rejoicing. (yay!)The Final
I also call this the last words confession. Just before the
two love birds meet their final fate, they confess to each other. I don't see
this one very often, and I feel it's rather cheap, but it seems to be fitting
in some anime. Here specifically I think of the first season of Shakugan no Shana, when Shana confesses
to Yuuji just before unleashing a huge F(ire)-Bomb. As a result, Yuji hardly
heard a word of it, but it did lead to a second season. And there was much
rejoicing. (yay!)The Reluctant
This type is a favorite with tsundere characters. They
hate themselves for it, but they fall for the other, generally wimpy character.
As a result, their kokuhaku lacks confidence. While this can often be mixed
with The Sudden type, I consider it to be separate. One of the best examples
comes from Love Hina the manga when
Naru (finally) confesses to Keitaro. She thinks he'll laugh at her for the turn
around, but he takes it all well. And there was much rejoicing. (yay!)
Comments (1)
I see you forgot to take your testosterone shot this morning. j/k
Love confession scenes are the best, espically when it is really built up and one of the people is like koi about it. My favorite of all times thought is in Pride and Predjudice, it is awsome. Not sure if you have ever seen the 2005 remake(with keria knightly) of it but they did it an excallent job.
I cant stand it when they pull "the final" type of confession, were they confess there love then die or somthing as lame as that. Or at lot of animes that neccessaryly romance centered will have the charaters never confess and that drives me crazy.