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| Abunai Paradise (Dangerous Paradise) by Hasegawa Jun |
This is a story about a teenage girl, Hiroyuki, with a serious problem-everyone
thinks she's a boy! She's tall and skinny, with no figure, and has
a very masculine face(for shoujo:P) She really likes a teen idol
called Kazuki. When she sees a notice for an audition to be in a
commerical with him, she decides to try out, but it goes disastrously.
Though she wears a long wig and a dress to try to look feminine, it backfires.
After the audition, she runs into one of the interviewers, who says that
though that audition didn't work out, Tsuchino(the agent) likes her look
and thinks she would be very popular with teenage girls. Of course,
hearing it like this, Horiyuki refuses, until she sees one of Tsuchino's
other clients-Kazuki! Tsuchino says Kazuki needs a friend, since
his schedule doesn't permit normal relationships, and Hiroyuki agrees.
So Horiyuki is introduced as a boy to Kazuki.
Part
2(August 1998): Kazuki seems to like Hiroyuki and goes off to work.
Tsuchino asks Hiroyuki to do a job as a guy and Hiroyuki refuses, that
is, until Tsuchino promises to give her a photo of Kazuki sleeping if she
does a good job. She does very well, and is walking home thinking
that it was kind of fun when she runs into Kazuki, who accidentally causes
her to lose the picture. Before Hiroyuki can get mad or anything,
girls start to chase them so Kazuki pulls Hiroyuki away, holding her hand.
When they stop, Hiroyuki acts like a typical lovestruck girl but Kazuki
thinks 'he' is just joking and laughs it off. He asks Hiroyuki to
come to his job and says he'd like to have a male friend, which bings Hiroyuki
back to earth with a thud. At the job, a cute girl is the costar,i
has his shirt off, and Hiroyuki is jealous, but before the taping is done,
Kazuki runs out of the set. It seems he's allergic to girls(ever
heard this one before?^_^) and gets a rash whenever he touches one.
He asks Tsuchino to wait an hour and if he's not okay by then, he wants
Hiroyuki to do the job instead!
Above pic: Kazuki
Part 3(September 1998): Kazuki and Hiroyuki do a commercial together as two guys, though Hiroyuki finds it hard to concentrate. It's decided that they'll be the new idols. A girl named Amika, who was supposed to do the commercial with Kazuki, vows to get back at Hiroyuki for stealing her commercial
Part 4(October 1998): Kazuki and Hiroyuki are really popular as Hiros the idol group, and Kazuki preteneds to be homosexual and flirts with Hiroyuki. They do a show or something with Amika, who acts mean to Hiroyuki, saying she's trying to keep her and Kazuki apart(she doesn't know Hiroyuki is a girl). But during the shooting, Amika and Hiroyuki are together and Amika starts to like Hiroyuki for a second. That night, Amika follows Hiroyuki and takes a picture of her changing into girl clothes! She says that to get the picture, Hiroyuki has to become her Cupid, and help her get together with Kazuki.
Part 5(November 1998): Hiroyuki goes to see Kazuki do a commercial, and invites him out to tea afterward. Kazuki says there'll be rumours of them being homos again, but Hiroyuki says it's okay, because the fans will like it. Then, not coincidentally, Amika shows up and sits down with them. But as soon as she does, Kazuki gets up, saying he has nothing to talk about. Amika gets mad at Hiroyuki and threatens her with the picture again, and Hiroyuki says they'll think of another plan. That doesn't work either, and at another planning session Amika notices that Hiroyuki really does act unboylike. Later, Hiroyuki and Kazuki are talking about why they became idols. Kazuki says he wanted to become independent from his parents, and asks Hiroyuki about his(her)reason. Hiroyuki kisses Kazuki on the cheek, freaking him a bit, and won't answer. Amika seems to like Hiroyuki more than Kazuki now, and Hiro's fans are noticing. One day outside the studio where Hiros is working, Amika is ambushed by their fans. Hiroyuki descovers them and tries to help Amika, but is accidentally pushed down some stairs. Kazuki sees this happen and leaps to save Hiroyuki, and holds him(her)around the chest to do it. Kazuki stares in surprise at Hiroyuki...
Part 6(December 1998): Hiroyuki
smells Kazuki's cologne and, realizing that he's holding her, turns red
and starts to stutter something out. Kazuki, also blushing, points
to Hiroyuki's chest and starts to say something about it as well.
Hiroyuki looks down and pulls out a shoulder pad, saying it slipped.
Then one of the girls holds up a picture of Hiroyuki changing into girls'
clothes (putting on a bra and skirt) and demands to know what the story
is. She says it looks like Hiroyuki is a girl, and Hiro doesn't know
how to answer her. Going back inside, Kazuki catches her arm but
Hiroyuki pulls away, saying he might break out. Kazuki asks if she
really is a girl, and Hiroyuki tells him he should have noticed, since
he was with her so much. Kazuki says in this case, it would have
been weirder for him to have noticed than not, offending Hiroyuki.
Before she can reply, a crowd of reporters appears, and Kazuki fends them
off, telling Hiroyuki to escape. It's a big scandal, but most people
still aren't really sure that Hiroyuki is female. Hiroyuki asks Tsuchino
if she's fired, and he answers only if HIROS' next job gets cancelled.
It's a Gaia commercial, and the script is pretty much the same as before,
but instead of Amika, Kazuki's 'partner' is Hiroyuki. It's going
ok, but when they get close, Kazuki's face goes red and they have to stop.
Outside, Hiroyuki doesn't blame Kazuki. Kazuki agrees that it's hard,
but is determined to make it work, but Hiroyuki leaves without hearing
him say that. She calls Tsuchino and, crying, says she has to stop,
because she doesn't want to make things difficult for the guy she loves.
When Kazuki hears
this from Tsuchino, he can't believe that she quit, and asks where she
lives, but Tsuchino won't tell him. They get into a fight, and Kazuki
ends up declaring that he's going to find Hiroyuki, because he needs her.
After he stomps out, Tsuchino smiles and starts writing HIROS' next song...
At home, Hiroyuki
is hugging her oversize Kazuki poster and being depressed, when she hears
Kazuki's voice behind her. He's gone all red again from seeing a
huge poster of himself, and Hiroyuki asks why he's there. Kazuki
recovers and walks into her room, asking her why she quit, and Hiroyuki
tells him to stop because he'll get a rash(really it's so he doesn't see
what she wrote on the poster^_^). Kazuki just looks at her, then
leans down and kisses her! He points out that he hasn't gotten a
rash, and Hiroyuki calms down. She wonders why, and Kazuki says maybe
it's because she's his fated love and calls her Yuki(her real name).
Kazuki asks her to stay with him, Yuki agrees, and they kiss. Her
family is spying the whole time and her dad says he feels like he's watching
a very dangerous love scene(two boys). Her sister agrees but says
it doesn't really matter as long as they're happy.
So HIROS continues,
getting very popular with Yuki doing both male parts and female, and the
story ends with Tsuchino announcing a job in Hawaii! Now Yuki has
to worry about keeping her secret in a bathingsuit!^_^
THE END