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"You will always be my, Zettai Kareshi!" -Riiko
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Zettai kareshi
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| Account Type: | Open, Anime - Fan Group |
| Location: | SEKAI |
| Creator: | anevie |
| Moderators: | zymay_animecraze, tweetyron, shishi_ryo, aijin_jin_17 |
| Date Created: | Jan 19, 2008 |
Description
a fangroup for the hit manga series created by the famous YUU WATASE (fushigi yuugi and ayashino ceres), Zettai Kareshi!
PLOT
Riiko Izawa has never had a boyfriend and she has been rejected by every boy she has ever had a crush on. When she returns a lost cell phone to an oddly dressed salesman she tells him like an idiot she wants a boyfriend when the "Cosplayer" asks her what she wants. So he directs her to his company's website as a way to thank her, but she has to not tell anyone. Riiko unwittingly ends up ordering a "figure" which will be her boyfriend with the intention of returning him after the free three day trial order.
The way to boot him up is to kiss him, so when she kisses him, he wakes up. When he does so he's completely in love with her. He then asks what's his name? and she calls him "Night" since he's one of the "nightly lover" figure.
After her three-day trial is over, Riiko finds that she cannot return her perfect mail-order boyfriend and is stuck with a bill for 100,000,000 yen (approximately 1 million USD)because she had added 100 things she wanted in a boyfriend (but each had costed 10,000.) The mysterious salesman, Namikiri Gaku, tells her the company will waive the bill if she will help them collect data about women's feelings, and data about their mental and physical structures in order to perfect future “Nightly Lover” models.
Unbeknownst to Riiko, her next-door neighbor and childhood friend, Sōshi Asamoto, loves her which he strives to hide by frequently teasing her. He has promised her mother that he will watch over Riiko while her parents are away, and when he sees Riiko with her new "boyfriend," his jealousy creates the central love triangle of the series.
Riiko must keep Night's true nature of an inhuman being a secret from everyone around her while struggling to decide if she loves Night, despite being a "figure" who seems to be developing true emotions, or Sōshi, who has loved her since childhood.
Title translation
While "Absolute Boyfriend" is a literal translation of Zettai Kareshi, it does not fully describe the context behind the words used. Zettai does mean "absolute" but can also mean "perfect", "definite", or "unconditional"; kareshi, "boyfriend", can also mean "he". Thus, a zettai boyfriend could be a "perfect" boyfriend in that he is everything a girl would want in a boy (or, a woman in a man), as well as an "unconditional" boyfriend whose feelings for his lover would be, in a word, absolute. Another translation could have zettai kareshi mean "he is perfect!", in the same way Saishū Heiki Kanojo means both "Ultimate Weapon Girlfriend" and "She is an Ultimate Weapon".
CHARACTERS
Riiko Izawa (井沢 リイコ, Izawa Riiko?)
Riiko doesn't seem to have any luck with boys until she meets a strange salesman and ends up accidentally ordering a boyfriend: Night Tenjo. Riiko is rather naïve, clumsy, and simple-minded, but kindhearted and hardworking. She seems to have feelings for Soshi and Night, which becomes the primary conflict of the story. In chapter 29 of the manga, she finally chooses Night over Soshi, telling the latter she was very sorry, but she loved Night.
Night Tenjo
Night is the perfect boyfriend: charming, dependable, intelligent, athletic, good-looking, sensitive, devoted, and completely loyal. Because he is unaware of certain social conventions, he often seems over-the-top and attracts a lot of attention. Although he is a doll, albeit of a high-caliber design, he seems to have genuine emotions and to want to become more human and be a better boyfriend to Riiko. He wears a mood ring that indicates Riiko's emotions. He later crushes this ring, claiming real boyfriends didn't need it, so he didn't either. In the final chapter, Night becomes sleepier and sleepier, and eventually his machinery stopped working. (Similar to a person dying). Night knew this would happen, but he did not want Riiko to worry and didn't tell her. His last words to Riiko was that he loved her forever. He died shortly after.
Soushi Asamoto
Soushi has had a crush on Riiko since they
were both children, though he has never found the nerve to confess his real feelings and instead teases her. His father is a photographer who travels around the world, so Soushi lives alone with his younger brother, Masaki. Since Riiko lives alone at the beginning of the series as well, Soushi has promised her mother to protect her. He is a very good cook and usually gives Riiko food when he suspects she needs it. Near the end of the series, he moves to Spain with his brother, but six months after he left, he returns to take care of Riiko when Night is gone.
PLOT
Riiko Izawa has never had a boyfriend and she has been rejected by every boy she has ever had a crush on. When she returns a lost cell phone to an oddly dressed salesman she tells him like an idiot she wants a boyfriend when the "Cosplayer" asks her what she wants. So he directs her to his company's website as a way to thank her, but she has to not tell anyone. Riiko unwittingly ends up ordering a "figure" which will be her boyfriend with the intention of returning him after the free three day trial order.
The way to boot him up is to kiss him, so when she kisses him, he wakes up. When he does so he's completely in love with her. He then asks what's his name? and she calls him "Night" since he's one of the "nightly lover" figure.
After her three-day trial is over, Riiko finds that she cannot return her perfect mail-order boyfriend and is stuck with a bill for 100,000,000 yen (approximately 1 million USD)because she had added 100 things she wanted in a boyfriend (but each had costed 10,000.) The mysterious salesman, Namikiri Gaku, tells her the company will waive the bill if she will help them collect data about women's feelings, and data about their mental and physical structures in order to perfect future “Nightly Lover” models.
Unbeknownst to Riiko, her next-door neighbor and childhood friend, Sōshi Asamoto, loves her which he strives to hide by frequently teasing her. He has promised her mother that he will watch over Riiko while her parents are away, and when he sees Riiko with her new "boyfriend," his jealousy creates the central love triangle of the series.
Riiko must keep Night's true nature of an inhuman being a secret from everyone around her while struggling to decide if she loves Night, despite being a "figure" who seems to be developing true emotions, or Sōshi, who has loved her since childhood.
Title translation
While "Absolute Boyfriend" is a literal translation of Zettai Kareshi, it does not fully describe the context behind the words used. Zettai does mean "absolute" but can also mean "perfect", "definite", or "unconditional"; kareshi, "boyfriend", can also mean "he". Thus, a zettai boyfriend could be a "perfect" boyfriend in that he is everything a girl would want in a boy (or, a woman in a man), as well as an "unconditional" boyfriend whose feelings for his lover would be, in a word, absolute. Another translation could have zettai kareshi mean "he is perfect!", in the same way Saishū Heiki Kanojo means both "Ultimate Weapon Girlfriend" and "She is an Ultimate Weapon".
CHARACTERS
Riiko Izawa (井沢 リイコ, Izawa Riiko?)
Riiko doesn't seem to have any luck with boys until she meets a strange salesman and ends up accidentally ordering a boyfriend: Night Tenjo. Riiko is rather naïve, clumsy, and simple-minded, but kindhearted and hardworking. She seems to have feelings for Soshi and Night, which becomes the primary conflict of the story. In chapter 29 of the manga, she finally chooses Night over Soshi, telling the latter she was very sorry, but she loved Night.
Night Tenjo
Night is the perfect boyfriend: charming, dependable, intelligent, athletic, good-looking, sensitive, devoted, and completely loyal. Because he is unaware of certain social conventions, he often seems over-the-top and attracts a lot of attention. Although he is a doll, albeit of a high-caliber design, he seems to have genuine emotions and to want to become more human and be a better boyfriend to Riiko. He wears a mood ring that indicates Riiko's emotions. He later crushes this ring, claiming real boyfriends didn't need it, so he didn't either. In the final chapter, Night becomes sleepier and sleepier, and eventually his machinery stopped working. (Similar to a person dying). Night knew this would happen, but he did not want Riiko to worry and didn't tell her. His last words to Riiko was that he loved her forever. He died shortly after.
Soushi Asamoto
Soushi has had a crush on Riiko since they
were both children, though he has never found the nerve to confess his real feelings and instead teases her. His father is a photographer who travels around the world, so Soushi lives alone with his younger brother, Masaki. Since Riiko lives alone at the beginning of the series as well, Soushi has promised her mother to protect her. He is a very good cook and usually gives Riiko food when he suspects she needs it. Near the end of the series, he moves to Spain with his brother, but six months after he left, he returns to take care of Riiko when Night is gone.
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