Tenshi no Kiss Vol. 4

Synopsis:

Alternative titles: Forbidden Dance, Angel’s Kiss.

The all-important Cool performance was in less than a day but Akira was still not back yet. However, Diana in England found out that he already checked out from the hotel, which means that Akira was MIA. After hearing from Diana, Aya broke down and wanted to rush to England (which is quite impossible, really). Of course, Tetsuya stopped her. In England, Diana finally found Akira squatting at the side road. She persuaded him to return to Japan.

On performance day itself, everyone was nervous because Akira was not there. Aya suddenly appeared in short hair (looking very boyish, I must say). But during the dance itself, Mr. Suehiro (the old geezer!) realizes that Akira was not among the dancers. He demands that the performance be canceled at once. Luckily, he was overpowered and tied up!

The audiences also started to notice that Akira was not there. They stood up to leave when they were splattered with sweat drops of the onstage dancers. It made them realize that the dancers were giving their all for this performance, and this made the sat back down. Backstage, Akira finally appeared!

The audience was really estatic to see him dance onstage. Of course, when it was Aya’s turn to dance with him for the final part, the audience was shocked to see her – since she was dressed is a DRESS! It was a beautiful dance though, and the people were impressed even though she was a girl (remember that Cool was suppose to be an all male band). A little girl even handed her a bouquet of flowers and said that Aya inspired her to dance.

The final 2 pages showed Diana practicing ballet again and also a positive review of Cool’s anniversary performance by a dance magazine.

Review:

Over all, this is quite a nice ending to the manga. Predictable - yes, but still not so bad. However, I felt that the part about Akira being the only dancer worthy to watch is not “right”. Cool was supposed to be a group who accepts only talented dancers. Then why was it that the audience wanted to only see Akira? A performance is not just about one lead dancer. Its’ success depends on the entire group. The lack of Akira in the performance will affect the performance, but not suppose to be as serious as the story seems to imply.

And why are they (initially) disappointed to see a female dancer? I would understand those girl audiences (who are only there to see a cute male dancing), but what about Mr. Suehiro? Granted that Aya was weaker and slower, but she gives the performance a grace that only a female dancer can give.

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Posted at 1:54 PM