Paradise Kiss
Hayasaka Yukari is a typical high-school student who listens to her parents and attends school every day. As she starts to question her way of...
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Should you watch Smile Down the Runway tonight?
Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is, she's too short to be a model, and everyone around her tells her so! But no matter what they say, she won't give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto Tsumura, also has a dream: to become a fashion designer.
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