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Paradise Kiss

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I didn't like Isabella in the anime... She just didn't seem quite right.

Coffeeman wrote:

I didn't like Isabella in the anime... She just didn't seem quite right.

*coughs* spoiler[Isabella's a man in both the manga and anime] That's why .... it's strange.

DarkTenshi90 wrote:

Coffeeman wrote: I didn't like Isabella in the anime... She just didn't seem quite right. *coughs* spoiler[Isabella's a man in both the manga and anime] That's why .... it's strange.

....Yeah Strange spoiler[Never said 'She' had a .. change]

I did love this series for multiple reasons (characters, development, music, visuals, etc) but I do have one question. spoiler[Why exactly did George give the Paradise Kiss collection to Caroline? I understand that it's his love for her, etc, etc. but I think it goes beyond that.
I think it has something to do with the change that the viewer perceives in George after seeing him fail at seducing that other girl who's studying in London. Thus we see George as more of a human rather than the god he's sort of been throughout the series (Gendo anyone?). Or perhaps it has something to do with George somehow seeing Caroline as the perfect girl which doesn't line up because I think he really likes that girl studying in London more. I guess I think that George handing over the wardrobe to Caroline is his gift to her because not only does he want her to remember her, he wants her to sort of have him around and learn about him through his clothing the way she would if he were around her. The Parakiss collection is a snapshot of George's soul and perhaps he has something in his past he doesn't want to reveal to her.]

This question has been eating me ever since I had a conversation with myself about it late Saturday night. Yes, it is longwinded I realize that.

Sounds reasonable. It's just spoiler[I think that floundering that George experiences when he's with the girl from London, she's one upping George I think. He's never slept with her and I think the fact that his charm doesn't work on her is what produces that real image of George the human, as I already said. I can accept the idea that the Parakiss collection is to commemorate various experiences that whole group had but I don't know that we can say that Caroline is George's ultimate project. Certainly, he plays a huge role in her life and in changing her but I just think George has a different kind of love for these two different women. For Caroline, I think he is the teacher and recognizes that he will not be the last man in her life, he will not truly be the romantic lover, hence her getting married to another guy at the end who we don't believe to be George. The girl in London however, appears to have the romantic grip on George that he had on Caroline. She is the teacher for him but possibly, they are equal in some way. I think of the sequence where the London girl comes to George's apartment near the end and Caroline freaks out, etc. That girl seeks something from George, I think and even if its simply his company, I think that puts them on a more equivalent plane and a more, excuse the terms, "equal romantic playing field more likely to result in some sort of life long commitment."]

Of course, it's just all my opinion. You could very well be right, I wrote this out more to reinforce my opinion that to "disprove" yours. So please don't take it the wrong way. In a way, I'm just glad I wrote it, explaining things to the self clarifies things.