Aishite Knight: Bésame, Licia, vol. 2

愛してナイト 文庫版 [Aishite Knight bunkoban] #2

by Kaoru Tada

Isuzu se niega a perdonar a su amiga por su traición y, sabiendo que esta se siente culpable, finge estar enferma para que Yakko le pida a Gô que vaya a verla. ¡Así da comienzo el peor día de San Valentín de la vida de Yakko! Por otro lado, Hashizō, que está encantado con la pareja y asume que van a casarse pronto, causa un gran revuelo al contárselo al padre de Yakko. Pero cuando el niño intenta comprar un regalo de boda para la pareja, ¡lo confunden con un ladrón y se arma! Cuando las aguas parecen haberse calmado, aparece la madre de Gô: «¡No tienes nada que hacer con mi hijo!».

Genres: Manga

340 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2010

About the author

Tada (多田かおる) made her debut in 1977, when still a high school student, on Shueisha's "Deluxe Margaret" magazine. Tada's stories belong to the shōjo genre of manga and feature love stories centred around young female characters and their love interests. The storylines include comedic moments and are characterised by essential and sharp drawings. Some of Tada's most popular works are Ai Shite Knight, Itazura na Kiss and Kimi no na wa Debora.

Ai Shite Knight portrays the Japanese rock music scene of the early 1980s. The anime series based on Ai Shite Knight was the first ever to feature original songs performed within the episodes. Another of Tada's works, Miihaa Paradise is also set in the rock 'n' roll world.

Itazura na Kiss (Mischievous Kiss) - begun in 1991 and never completed - was by far Tada's most successful work in Japan. It tells the love story between Kotoko and Naoki from high school until after their marriage. The series inspired also an illustrated art book and two novels written by Nori Harata and published in Shueisha's "Cobalt" series. In 1996 a live action Japanese TV series based on Itazura na Kiss was also produced, starring Aiko Satō as Kotoko and Takashi Kashiwabara as Naoki. In 2005, the series was adapted into a Taiwanese drama under the name of It Started With a Kiss and in 2008 an anime was also released.

Kaoru Tada died in 1999 of a cerebral hemorrhage. While moving to a new residence, she hit her head on a marble table and fell into a coma. Three weeks later, she died. She was 38.