Kimi Kiss – Various Heroines
Don’t know how many of your readers have heard of Kimi Kiss, but for it, it seeing a lot of advertisement on the internets. I even remember getting a 2006 July Issue of Famitsu Wave as the cover was featuring the Kimi Kiss girls!
Despite all the eroges that’s floating around, Kimi Kiss isn’t ero in nature compared to some of the other counterparts. I actually like this idea as they try to ‘protect’ their characters from all the ‘ero-positions’ out there. Not that I mind though.
If you don’t fancy the ero-stuff but still want some love story with ecchi pictures, do read on.
Just yesterday, I was given a link to one of the pages of one of the KimiKiss manga adaptations, Kimikiss ~various heroines- (キミキス ～various heroines～).
^ Image grabbed from Amazon.co.jp
I remember seeing while I was in Akihabara, Japan. Didn’t grab it because of it’s not-that-attractive front cover.
However, after taking at the link given, I decided to give it a go.
^ Mao-neechan’s sexy thigh..hmm!
The storyline of the manga seems to follow the game quite closely – You play as a high school boy who’s just come back from a lonely summer break. Will you end your high school career having never known a kiss? You decide to spend the new school year making sure to get some lip action.
I never did own a PS2 so I didn’t managed to play it, but won’t mind a PC port ^^: The first book focuses on Mao-neechan, the male character’s childhood friend. It’s probably one character per book, so probably 6 books featuring all the girls.
^ Yeah, absolutely!
The character designs aren’t too bad as well. I do really like some of the illustrations! Very Yummy.
I won’t compare this with Love Hina as even though they seem to have similar male protagonist in somewhat similar situations, I think they are on different levels. Besides Various Heroines, there are also 2 other books – KimiKiss ~lyrical contact~ and KimiKiss ~sweet lips~ (キミキス ～スウィートリップス～). They can be bought from amazon.co.jp. I added them to my shopping cart already ^^;
If you prefer the translated version, scanlations for volume 1, chapters 1 – 6 are out. Just do some googling. Search terms include Plumcity, Kimikiss Various Heroines…
So, if you would like some light-hearted love romance with kissing scenes, do try out Kimi Kiss – Various Heroines – .
BTW, Anyone started on the anime yet? How is it?
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Charged for unauthorized wireless net access
^ The Straits Times, 11 November 2006
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Or download the scanned article here.
Teen, 17, first to be charged with unauthorised wireless Net access.
Wow. Charged for unauthorization. (Sarcasm)
This article did not elaborate on what circumstances this teenager was charged with. Which leaves me to ponder…
1. Either the neighbour wanted to be an ass and decided to lodge a complaint against him
2. The kid was downloading illegal stuff (ran share/winny or some p2p program) via his neighbour’s network, and the neighbour received a letter from the RIAS (Recording Industry Association of Singapore) and decided to employ some IT expert to take a look at the logs, monitor the network traffic, found a unknown MAC address, traced it back to the kid and lodged a complaint against him.
3. This was actualy a hoax (JOKING)
We can leave options 1 and 3 out. Which leaves us with option 2.
There are 2 sides to this issue. The former, ‘owners’ of wi-fi networks, and the latter, the ‘users’.
I really do not understand why he has to lodge a complaint against the kid. Unless the kid has been downloading illegial stuff, sure go ahead. But just unauthorized access? Isn’t lodging a complaint going too far? Why waste that money on hiring a lawyer and stuff, when being the owner of the Wi-fi network, access the router’s setting page, set-up WEP, WPA, WPA2 and volia! Network secured (to a certain extent).
There are so many ways in which a wireless network can be secured.
Methods
- Set up WEP, WPA or WPA2
- Change the default access password/username (if applicable)
- Disable SSID Broadcast
- MAC filtering
- Static IP addressing (disable DHCP and manually assign an IP to each pc)
Or even better, disable wireless and stick to UTP cables for connection.
The article mentioned on how many users (wifi-owners) do not seem to realize they can block intruders by setting passwords. And also that in some countries, like Holland, Wi-fi network owners can even be held liable by the courts for crimes commited their unprotected networks. That’s what you get for leaving your network open. :p
ASSUMPTION, the everyday used state of mind. Assume and it makes an ass out of you and me.
Many people do not take the time to read the manual even, comprimising their own network security, assuming that it would not be accessed by an unauthorized person. I remember doing a mini-project of my own last year, scanning the number of unsecured wireless networks available near my estate. To my horror, many were unsecured and what’s worst is that they were using the default SSID.
Owners, do your part by securing your wireless networks if you do not want unauthorized access. Instead of bitching “Hey! ‘Insert name here’ accessed my network without my permission”, secure it first! Prevention is better than cure. A quick search on the net and you can find guides on securing your network.
On the other hand, I believe the ‘users’ do have to understand the dire conseqeunces of accessing a network you’re unauthorized to do so. You got yourself into this shit, now clear it up yourself and face judgement. It is your own maturity. Cause and effect. Do not expect someone to clean up your mistakes.
Of course, there are methods to cover your tracks, but lets not mention it here :)
Always remember,
Oh it wasn’t ero by nature. I was thinking with so much ero content around it was an ero series. LOL
The animation isnt too bad. Quite nice and light hearted
I’m enjoying the anime, ep.1 wasn’t that nice but it all got better in ep.2, so I’ll keep it in my watch list.
Haven’t watch it yet. I guess I’ll give it a try though.
Protection? What little protection there was has been dismantled by h-doujins. :P
Started watching the show. Graphics are quite good to me, and after 2 episodes I still want to know what’ll be next.
But i’m still surprised about how main character can easily forget Mao’s face in only 2 years xD
The first two episodes have been very nicely animated so far and it’s definitely one of many favorites that seem to have popped up this season. Also, it has the same director as Honey & Clover and Nodame Cantible so it’s sure to be a good anime in the long run, too. (though there have been some seemingly major changes to the scanlated chapters of Various Heroines)
The anime does have good potential, it’s definitely on my to watch-list. Now… to find the scans of the manga…