The publisher Kurokawa demonstrates in the first two volumes of Kiruru Kill Me that falling in love is often closer to a real death than a small death. Follow our tender map to understand these allusions…
Every appointment could be the last!
In Kiruru Kill Me, Nemo Aoi is a young boss of a transnational pharmacy firm. Not only does he earn a lot of money but serves his country by putting Japan back at the forefront of this industry. He is also a handsome man. However, behind the image of finance magazines, Nemo Aoi is a savage who avoids worldliness. However, he comes to a party and in order to find a waitress, Kiruru Akaumi. He had, indeed, love at first sight when touching his hand. This feeling becomes a real madness of love because he can no longer work, he looks for it everywhere and even appeals to Japanese espionage. Nemo then discovers that this lover is part of a secret sect of assassins and hitmen. To be sure to cross her, he decides to hire her to kill him. Each encounter therefore represents both his potential death and the possibility of falling in love.
Eros and thanatos
Writer and cartoonist Yasuhiro Kano is clearly part of the romantic comedy. The exaggeration of feelings is typical of romantic comedies. While all women desire him, he falls in love with the only one who avoids him. However, it is not for once the woman who seeks Prince Charming and will do everything to conquer him but it is the man. This genre is also mixed with action storytelling. Yasuhiro Kano multiplies the fight scenes and shows in Kiruru Kill Me that heartbreak can be very bloody. Nemo must do everything to avoid the traps that Kiruru Akaumi sets while taking risks to see her. He must get as close as possible to death without succumbing to it. He can't get by on his own and needs the help of his assistant Mori and all the resources of his company. After each attempted murder, he tests medical products such as artificial skin or liquid plaster. The series then becomes a guide to all medical innovations. In front of him, Kiruru begins in murder and must prove his worth. But the more failures accumulate, the more its place is threatened. In order to be more effective, she will investigate her target and discover everything about her life. But, it is no longer a simple contract and she becomes attached to him. This mix between action and romance often makes you smile. Indeed, Nemo Aoi puts himself in totally absurd situations. During their second meeting, she stabbed his body and he ended up on the floor and bleeding in the toilet.
However, the series is also dripping with good feelings and often falls into machismo. It is the man who leads the game of seduction. Nemo Aoi practices combat sports and plans very complex plans. Alas, these shenanigans very often turn into sadomasochistic fantasy. Conversely, Kiruru Akaumi is subject to his organization and must constantly prove his worth. She is very often naked or in outfits revealing the body (a very tight top, a very short mini-skirt …). The images border on vulgar eroticism by allusions to erection, semen etc. The pulmonary obsession of the series is unbearably tiresome.
Kiruru Kill Me is a light romantic comedy where the reader smiles at the paradox of the situation: to see his lover, Nemo bets on his imminent death. We admire the action scenes and the sloppy situations. However, the reader may be disturbed by the misogyny very present in the series.
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