Itazura Na Kiss Vol.1, P.1-52
P.3
boy: I don't want it.
(The boy hands a letter addressed to "Irie Naoki-sama" back to a girl. Cultural 
note: this letter was most likely romantic in nature. School girls in Japan 
sometimes confess their feelings to boys by giving them a letter describing 
their feelings.) 
P.4-5
(title pages) 
P.6
(filler page)
(picture of the girl from P.3 sitting on the ground next to luggage) 
P.7
girl: No... no waay!
student: [hey, isn't that Aihara-san from F-gumi?]
(school grades in Japan are divided into smaller class sections known as "gumi")
student: [I heard that she confessed to Irie-kun from A-gumi this morning]
student: [and he majorly rejected her!]
(the rejected girl walks through school, as everyone around her discusses her 
failure)
{whisper whisper} 
P.8
student: [no way! she tried to make a play for Irie-kun from A-gumi]
student: [that's really going for the impossible]
student: [really? to Irie-kun from A-gumi?]
student: [she doesn't understand her social position]
girl: Lea...
girl: Leave me alone!!
student: [oh, we pissed her off]
girl: Everyone is soo mean! Why do they have to rub it in??
(she runs through the hallway)
student: [ah, it's Aihara-san from F-gumi]
student: [guess what I heard?]
dark-haired friend: Kotoko!!
wavy-haired friend: You confessed to Irie-kun?! 
P.9
dark-haired friend: You're such a dummy. Why did you do something so reckless?
dark-haired friend: You should've known he was going to reject you.
Kotoko: [you don't have to go that far]
wavy-haired friend: On top of it all, you did it at the school entrance where 
everyone would see.
Kotoko: W-well
Kotoko: I thought he would like me...
dark-haired friend: (hitting Kotoko over the head) Come on, like that could ever 
happen!
wavy-haired friend: We're talking about the famous Irie-kun here!
friend: Irie-kun who was put into the A-gumi class during the aptitude class 
division, and moreover is at the top of that class.
(ok, I wasn't exactly sure what to call this "aptitude class division" thing. 
The Japanese word is a series of four characters having to do "scaling", etc.. 
Anyway, it appears that, in this school, students are divided into gumi based on 
academic achievement or intelligence, with A-gumi at the very top and Kotoko's 
F-gumi somewhere at the bottom.)
friend: Besides that, I heard that he might be the top student in the nation.
friend: His IQ is like 180. 
P.10
Kotoko: That's right, he's a genius.
Kotoko: For someone like me, who was put into the bottommost class during the 
aptitude division, trying for him is like reaching for the flower at the top of 
the mountain.
Kotoko: I understood that, but...
Kotoko: I fell in love with him anyway.
Kotoko: It started two years ago, in the springtime.
~speaker: Now one of our new students will greet the current students.
Kotoko: At the enrollment assembly in the auditorium. 
P.11
~girl1: Hey, I heard that the guy who's going to do the greeting is some sort of 
whiz-kid from ____ Junior High.
~girl2: What do you mean?
~girl1: His IQ is like 200.
~girl2: Are you serious??
~Kotoko: [hmm]
~Kotoko: I wonder what kind of guy he is?
(she pictures the stereotypical ultra-nerd)
~speaker: Here is the representative of the new students, Irie Naoki.
(Kotoko is stunned by the boy who walks on stage) 
P.12
~Kotoko: I-I can't believe it! He's so cool!
~Kotoko: And-and he's hardly looking at that difficult-looking scroll as he 
reads... I wonder if he's memorized it instantly.
~Kotoko: It looks like high school will be really fun.
~Kotoko: I hope we're in the same class next year.
~Kotoko: I have to become friends with him...... and then, maybe
~Kotoko: maybe...
Kotoko: That was the dream, anyway.
(a chart of the class division is shown, with Irie Naoki at the top in A-gumi 
and Aihara Kotoko at the bottom in F-gumi)
Kotoko: As long as we're both in this school, I'll never get to be in the same 
class as him. 
P.13
dark-haired friend: Well of course. Y'know, they call us F-gumi students "the 
leftovers".
Kotoko: I-I tried so hard every year to get into A-gumi.
dark-haired friend: Well that's more difficult than the college entrance exams!
wavy-haired friend: [kyahahaha]
Kotoko: I was afraid that at the rate I was going we would leave high school and 
he would never know my feelings,
Kotoko: so I made the decision to just go for it and tell him!
Kotoko: I stayed up all night writing that letter.
Kotoko: I went over it so many times, checking for incorrect characters and 
missing letters especially.
(in flashback, Kotoko peers around the corner waiting for Irie Naoki to come to 
school)
~Kotoko: [b-bump, b-bump]
(she sees him come in through the door)
~Kotoko: He... he's here! 
P.14
~Kotoko: Um... pardon me, Irie-kun.
~Kotoko: W...would you read this please?
~onlooker: [woah]
~onlooker: [look at that]
~Naoki: I don't want it.
(Kotoko's world shatters)
Kotoko: Ahhhhhh!
dark-haired friend: So that's that. 
P.15
dark-haired friend: Irie is pretty cool, but his personality is a problem.
wavy-haired friend: That's right, it's weird for a 17 year-old boy to not have 
any interest in girls.
wavy-haired friend: There are a lot of more normal boys in the world, y'know.
voice: KOTOKO!
guy: Did you make a pass at Irie in A-gumi and then get turned down??
wavy-haired friend: Oh, here's Kin-chan. [he's so noisy]
Kin: Do you really like that-that bookworm?! 
P.16
Kin: B...besides you're already my woman. [what do you need him for??]
Kotoko: Who ever said I'm your woman?
Kin: [oh! oh!] Th...that's really cold! [haven't we been sitting near eachother 
for the past 2 years?]
Kin: S...still, who does that guy think he is! I-I won't forgive him for 
re...rejecting Kotoko!
Kin: I'm gonna challenge him to a one-on-one duel!
dark-haired friend: W-wait a second, Kin-chan. [you're so hot-blooded]
Kin: Who cares if he's a genius, he doesn't have the right to be so arrogant!
Kotoko: It's ok. 
P.17
Kotoko: Everyone's right, I was being ridiculous. Now that I think about it, of 
course I was rejected.
Kotoko: Still, a guy who won't even read a love-letter is probably no good 
anyway.
friend: Y-yeah.
Kotoko: So it's ok, I give up already.
(the homeroom teacher enters)
teacher: Hey, the bell rang a long time ago. Get in your seats.
Kotoko: That's right, I should give up
Kotoko: that cold guy. 
P.18
Kotoko: But...
Kotoko: I really did admire him.
Kotoko: My poor letter.
(after school, in town)
friend: Kotoko, is your house built yet?
Kotoko: Uhuh.
dark-haired friend: Why don't we have a party there soon to celebrate?
Kin: Yeah, that's a great idea!
Kotoko: But you'll all laugh. The style is so outdated. 
P.19
dark-haired friend: Oh yeah, your dad's an Edo kid, huh?
Kotoko: Yeah, he's so old-fashioned.
Kotoko: Personally, I was really hoping for western style, like lace curtains on 
the windows.
Kin: Don't worry Kotoko, pretty soon I'll be turning it into your dream house.
dark-haired friend: It's only your dad and you, right Kotoko? It'll be tough for 
him when you get married and leave.
Kin: Hey, are you listening??
Kin: I'll become his son-in-law! [and then he'll be my "papa" too]
dark-haired friend: (to Kin) [did you say something?]
Kotoko: {gasp}
(she sees Irie Naoki and a boy with glasses coming from the opposite direction) 
P.20
Kotoko: Irie-kun!!
(Kotoko hides behind her friend, but the boy in glasses sees her)
glasses boy: (to Naoki) Hey, it's the girl from this morning.
(Irie Naoki looks at Kotoko coldly)
Kotoko: {b-bump}
(he walks away)
Naoki: (to glasses boy) Let's go.
glasses boy: H-h-hey, Irie.
Kotoko: I knew it......
Kin: What's his problem?? 
P.21
Kin: Hey you! You think you're such hot stuff just 'cuz you're in A-gumi!
Kin: Who do you think you are?! When Kotoko went to all the trouble to give you 
a letter and you just give it back to her, can you call yourself a human being?!
(Kotoko gets really embarrassed)
Kotoko: K...Kin!
Naoki: I don't like stupid girls.
glasses boy: [that was k...kinda harsh]
Naoki: Let's go. 
P.22
Kin: [y-you bastard...!]
Kin: [how dare you disrespect the F-gumi!]
punk: [Kin-san, let's go kick his ass]
Kotoko: A...awful.
Kotoko: I can't believe it.
Kotoko: How could he say such a thing so flatly.
dark-haired friend: That Irie is such a jerk.
(she holds Kin back)
Kin: [lemme go! I'm gonna slug him!!]
dark-haired friend: It's a good thing you're forgetting about him.
Kotoko: It hurts that I've been hung up over that guy for two years......
Kotoko: I won't forgive him! 
P.23
(at Kotoko's home)
voice: A new house is a wonderful thing.
voice: Right Kotoko?
(Kotoko's father wipes a tear from his eye)
father: You've been put through a lot of hardship too, Kotoko.
father: But now father and daughter are finally in their new home.
father: I wonder what your mother in heaven is thinking?
father: Yep yep, she thinks it's really something.
father: This house smells like fresh cut wood.
father: Right Kotoko?
Kotoko: Uh... sure.
Kotoko: But don't you hear the house creaking every now and then?
father: Don't be ridiculous! This house is at sturdy as they come!
father: It'll still be that way by the time you live here with your future 
husband.
Kotoko: Wh-what are you talking about? When I get married I'm moving out.
father: Whaat? 
P.24
father: You're going to leave your father all alone when you become a bride? I 
don't remember raising such a heartless daughter...
{ding dong}
Kotoko: Oh, we have a visitor.
Kotoko: Who could it be at this hour?
father: [wait a minute, Kotoko, are you listening to me?]
(Kotoko's 2 female friends, and Kin-chan and his punk friends appear at the 
door)
everyone: Yoohoo! We're here to celebrate your new home!
Kotoko: Ahh, no way.
Kotoko: You guys were serious?
female friends: Mr. Aihara, congratulations on the new house!
father: Ohh, Jinko-chan and Satomi-chan.
(Yay! We finally know their names! Ok, henceforth "dark-haired friend" is 
"Jinko" and "wavy-haired friend" is "Satomi".)
father: [I swear you ladies get prettier all the time!]
Satomi: [we brought a cake!] 
P.25
Kin: (to Kotoko's father) Father, allow me to pour a cup of sake for you.
father: Wh-who are you?
Kin: (to his punk friends) Hey, you deadbeats, get over there and rub father's 
shoulders!
punks: You got it, boss.
(I'm not sure what the arrow next to them says, but I guess it's something like 
"Kin-chan's underlings")
Kin: Father, my name is Ikezawa Kinnosuke. I'm a very close classmate of 
Kotoko's.
Kin: Feel free to call me Kin-chan.
father: [what's with this "father" "father" stuff?]
(the young punks are massaging his shoulders)
father: (to the punks) [hey! stop that!]
punk: [there there]
Jinko: Kin-chan came here to cheer you up after what happened this morning.
Kotoko: Oh.
Satomi: Kin-chan is totally in love with Kotoko.
Jinko: He's a good guy. [but he always talks in Osaka-ben]
(Japanese note: "Osaka-ben" means "Osaka dialect")
Jinko: Unlike Irie... Huh?
(the beverage cans on the floor near her start to roll on their sides) 
P.26
Jinko: Say, I wonder why they've started rolling. [I didn't do anything]
Kotoko: Eh?
Jinko: Maybe the house is... tilted.
Jinko: Ya think?
Jinko: [ahaha]
Kotoko: [ahaha]
(suddenly there's a loud noise)
Kin: It-it's an earthquake!! Yeeee!!
father: There's nothing to worry about! This house was built to last!
father: [gahahaha]
Kotoko: It-it feels like a big one.
Satomi: Oh... oh no!
(Kinnosuke is freaking out)
Kin: [oh no!! Someone help!]
Kin: [Osaka-ins are no good in earthquakes!]
(I'm not very up on my modern Japanese history, but I'm guessing there was a big 
earthquake in the Osaka area or something?) 
P.27
(the house is still shaking)
Kotoko: Sh...shouldn't we evacuate to the street?
father: Don't be silly. This house is the safest place in the world.
Kin: Kotoko! Hurry! We have to escape!
(All of Kotoko's friends have linked hands in a line and are running out the 
door. Kin-chan, at the end of the line, has grabbed Kotoko's hand and is pulling 
her outside.)
Kin: [Japan is sinking!]
(ahaha =D)
father: Ah! Hey! Wait!
father: The house is the safest place to be...!
(Kotoko's father runs after them outside. Just in time, as the Aihara's new home 
collapses into rubble.)
Kotoko & father: Eh? 
P.28
(in front of the house the characters for "collapse" are written)
father: Our... our home is destroyed!!
Kin: This is horrible! It's the big Kantou earthquake!
(they look at the neighbors' houses and see that they're all fine)
Kotoko: Eh...?
(the neighbors have all run out of their perfectly intact houses)
neighbor: [what a mess]
neighbor: [the Aihara's house has fallen down]
neighbor: [call 119]

P.29
Kotoko: Only...
neighbor: [uwaa]
neighbor: [incredible]
neighbor: [it was newly built too]
Kotoko: only our house...?
newscast: This is the 7 o'clock news report.
newscast: Yesterday, at 7:10pm on the 16th, there was an earthquake centured in 
the Kantou region.
newscast: Here in Tokyo, it was felt as a minor 2.0 quake with light 
aftershocks.
newscast: Only one case of serious damage is reported. In Suginami district, the 
house of a Mr. Aihara Shigeo, age 52, collapsed completely.
(next morning, an embarrased Kotoko walks to school with Jinko)
student: [it's Aihara-san from F-gumi]
student: [did you see the news?]
student: [she was in the paper too]
student: [and she had just been rejected by Irie-kun that morning too. she's so 
unlucky]
student: [bad things just pile up, don't they?]
{whisper whisper whisper whisper} 
P.30
Jinko: You're the center of gossip everyday, huh?
Kotoko: I've caused you all so much trouble.
Kotoko: [if there was a hole around, I'd jump into it]
Kotoko: Last night in the hotel, my dad was having a fit too.
Jinko: Oh.
Jinko: But it's not surprising.
Kotoko: Yeah, anyway it looks like we're going to be staying at some friend of 
my dad's.
Jinko: It'll take at least 2 or 3 months to rebuild, huh?
Kotoko: And I thought it was finally built already...
Jinko: Hey, there's Kin-chan.
Kotoko: What is he doing out in front of the school door?
Kin: [attention!]
(Kinnosuke is holding a cone for a megaphone and wearing a box that says "money 
collection for poor Aihara-san whose house is destroyed". His punk friends are 
next to him with boxes saying "money collection".)
Kin: Last night senior Aihara Kotoko-chan lost her house in the earthquake!
Kin: We're collecting money for her from the graciousness of peoples' hearts!
(one of the punks grabs a passing student)
punk: [you got any money, kid?]
(Kotoko is in shock)
Jinko: [c-calm down Kotoko] 
P.31
Kotoko: S-stop it, Kin-chan! You're embarrassing me!
Kotoko: [kyaaa, you even taped the newspaper article to the door!]
Kin: Oh, ladies and gentlemen, the girl herself has arrived!
Kin: Even after the terrible ordeal she's gone through, she still comes to 
school cheerfully! Doesn't is make you want to cry??
Kotoko: Stop it, dummy dummy!
Kin: What are you saying? I'm doing all this for you.
(Kin-chan shakes his box)
{jingle jingle}
Kin: [look at how much money we've already gathered]
Kotoko: Oh no!
(Irie Naoki has arrived at school) 
P.32
Kotoko: I-Irie-kun!
(she stands in front of the newspaper article)
Naoki: I'd like to get through the door, if you don't mind.
Kin: Hey! Who's fault do you think it is that Kotoko's been hurt so much??
Naoki: It's the fault of a 2.0 earthquake, right?
Kin: Th-that's a separate matter!
Kin: You're the source of it all! Ever since you rejected Kotoko all sorts of 
calamities have been happening to her!
Naoki: ...... Are you saying I caused the earthquake?
Kin: That's right!
Naoki: Fine.
(he reaches into his pocket)

P.33
Naoki: If I contribute to the collection there'll be no more complaints, right?
(Kotoko gets mad and knocks the money out of Naoki's hand)
Kotoko: Don't... don't take me for a fool! 
P.34
Kotoko: Th-thinking about you for the past two years... seems like a huge waste 
of time to me now!
Kotoko: I don't want your handouts!
Naoki: ... Hnn, it's good that you say that.
Kotoko: Of course it's good! There's no reason for you to trouble yourself over 
me!
onlooker: [what's going on?]
onlooker: [those two again?]
onlooker: [looks like they're fighting today] 
P.35
(Kotoko yells at Naoki as he walks away)
Kotoko: Don't think I'm an idiot just 'cuz I'm stupid!
Naoki: [ha]
(Kinnosuke is being reflective meanwhile)
Kin: I just can't understand how geniuses think.
Kin: [still, I liked the way she talked to him just now]
Kotoko: {haa haa}
(in a taxi, at night)
father: Do you have all our temporary luggage packed, Kotoko?
Kotoko: Uhuh, they found a lot under the rubble that was still okay. 
P.36
father: To think that termites had eaten through the central pillar.
Kotoko: It's because you were stingy with the material costs.
father: N...nevermind.
Kotoko: Where exactly are we going?
father: To my friend's place in the next town.
father: We were good pals in junior highschool.
father: Although he was much smarter than me.
father: I stopped after industrial highschool, but Iri-chan went all the way to 
Todai.
(I translated "industrial highschool" literally, but I'm not sure what it refers 
to. "Todai" however is the nickname of a very prestigious university in Japan, 
Tokyo University that is.)
Kotoko: Iri-chan?
father: That's his nickname.
father: We met unexpectedly recently and rekindled our friendship. I invited him 
to come over to our new house, but after what happened yesterday he insisted 
that we come to his.
Kotoko: Hmm, he must be a nice person.
father: Yeah, Iri-chan's a great guy. 
P.37
father: We talked a lot about you too.
Kotoko: Hm?
father: Oh, here it is. Driver, stop please!
(they lug their luggage out of the taxi)
father: He told me that he has a son who's the same age as you.
(Kotoko notices that the last name printed outside the house is "Irie")
father: And it seems that he goes to the same school as you too.
father: So you'll have someone to hang out with. Isn't that nice, Kotoko?
Kotoko: It...
Kotoko: It couldn't be... right...?
(Kotoko's father rings the doorbell)
{ding dong} 
P.38
father: But remember, no matter what anyone says, all men are wolves. Don't 
trust any of them...
voice: Ohh! They're here!
(a short, balding man with glasses opens the door)
man: Ai-chan!
father: Iri-chan!
Mr. Irie: You're really here! Please think of this place as your own home! Don't 
hold back!
father: Thanks, Iri-chan!
Mr. Irie: Oh, this must be Kotoko-chan. She's a beauty just like her mother!
(a blood vessel pops out on Mr. Aihara's forehead)
Kotoko: N...nice to meet you.
Kotoko: Uh... um, about your son...
Mr. Irie: Oh yeah, he's in the same school as you, isn't he? 
P.39
(they're all inside the house now)
Kotoko: B-but this man doesn't resemble him at all. It-it must just be a 
coincidence after all...
Mr. Irie: (shouting to somewhere else in the house) Hey, Nao! Nao! The Aiharas 
are here!
Kotoko: Na...Nao?
(yep, it's Naoki)
Mr. Irie: Say hello son.
(Kotoko freaks out, naturally)
father: Oh, this is, this is-- 
P.40
Kotoko: N-no wayyy!
Kotoko: It's Irie Naoki!!
Naoki: I'm the eldest son, Naoki.
Naoki: Nice to meet you.
father: What a fine young man. He's handsome just like his mother!
(a vein poppes out of Mr. Irie's forehead) 
P.41
Kotoko: Wh-what am I gonna do??
Kotoko: This is his house!
Kotoko: I...I'm really in a fix!
voice: Are you Kotoko-chan? 
P.42
woman: My my!
woman: Dear me! You're such a cute girl! I'm so thrilled!
father: (to the woman) Thanks for letting us stay, maam.
Mrs. Irie: It must have been hard on you, Aihara-san.
Kotoko: She-she really is pretty attractive...
Mrs. Irie: Is Naoki in a different class from you?
Mrs. Irie: Are you acquaintances at school?
Naoki: Our classes are VERY far apart, but lately we've become acquaintances.
Naoki: Right Kotoko-san? 
P.43
Mrs. Irie: That's good to hear.
Mrs. Irie: Ah, it's going to be so much fun from now on!
Mrs. Irie: I'm going to go shopping with Kotoko-chan, and bake cakes with 
Kotoko-chan.
Kotoko: Hey,
Kotoko: s-someone's staring at me.
Mrs. Irie: Oh, Yuuki. Come say hello to Ms. Kotoko.
(a little boy appears) 
P.44
Kotoko: U...uwaah, he-he's just like a miniature Irie-kun!
Mrs. Irie: Say hello, Yuuki.
Yuuki: How do you do?
Yuuki: My name's Irie Yuuki, and I'm in 3rd grade.
father: My, what a smart little boy!
Kotoko: N...nice to meet you, Yuuki-kun.
(Kotoko reaches out her hand for a handshake, but Yuuki doesn't respond)
Kotoko: Huh?
Yuuki: Ms. Kotoko, I'm doing my homework right now.
Kotoko: [eh?]
Yuuki: Could you teach me the pronounciation of this kanji combination?
Kotoko: If it's 3rd grade level, I-I should be alright.
Kotoko: Okay. 
P.45
(Kotoko stares at the two characters Yuuki points at)
Kotoko: Eh...? Th...this is what they're studying in 3rd grade...?
Kotoko: It... it's
Kotoko: na... "nabeushi"
Kotoko: I guess...
Yuuki: Are you stupid??
Yuuki: It's "katatsumuri".
(in case anyone's curious, "katatsumuri" means "snail" =>)
Yuuki: You're 17 and you can't even read this? 
P.46
Mrs. Irie: Yuuki, you're being rude!
Mrs. Irie: Apologize to her.
Yuuki: (to Kotoko) I hate you!
Mr. Irie: Wh-what did you say?
Mr. Irie: Yuuki!
(Yuuki gives Kotoko an "akanbee", i.e. sticking one's tongue out and pulling 
down the skin beneath one eye) 
P.47
Kotoko: Wh...what just happened here...?
Mrs. Irie: [I'm so sorry, he can be so unruly sometimes]
Kotoko: [not at all]
Kotoko: I... I've been rejected by both brothers.
Naoki: [ha]
Mrs. Irie: Well, Kotoko-chan, why don't I show you to your room?
Kotoko: [ok]
Mrs. Irie: [heehee] I fixed it up for you.
Mrs. Irie: Here it is.
(the room is filled with ultra-girly decor, i.e. lacey curtains, flowers, 
stuffed animals, etc.)
Mrs. Irie: [teehee] Well? What do you think? 
P.48
Mrs. Irie: Do you like it?
Kotoko: Y-yes, i-it's very cute. [a little over-the-top though...]
Mrs. Irie: I've always wanted to have a girl so much. It's such a breath of 
fresh air to have a feminine room in this house.
(Naoki leans against a wall)
Naoki: That room was Yuuki's.
Kotoko: Eh?
Naoki: Because of you, he's been moved into my room and it's really cramped now.
Mrs. Irie: [sheesh]
Mrs. Irie: Naoki, don't say unecessary things to her.
Mrs. Irie: Don't worry about it, Kotoko-chan. 
P.49
Mrs. Irie: (to Naoki) Now help Kotoko-chan unpack. I'm going to go downstairs 
and get dinner ready.
Kotoko: Ah...
(Kotoko and Naoki eye each other)
Naoki: So what would you like me to do first?
Kotoko: It... it's fine! I'll do it myself!
Naoki: Ahh, that's right. There's no reason for me to trouble myself over you. 
P.50
Naoki: Whether you're here or not has nothing to do with me.
Naoki: Just don't interfere with my life.
(Yuuki appears at the door next to Naoki) 
P.51
(he sticks his tongue out at Kotoko)
Yuuki: [behhh]
(the door closes, and she slumps down onto the floor with her luggage)
Kotoko: I've fallen into a terrible situation...... probably. 
P.52
(filler page)
(picture of Kotoko and Naoki asleep in chairs with their heads on the same 
table)