15-year-old Ranze Eto lives in an isolated castle in Japan with her werewolf mother, vampire father, and younger brother, Rinze. Despite her lineage, she has yet to demonstrate any special powers of her own, and her parents are worried she might be a normal girl. One day, Ranze's innate power finally manifests itself when she, quite by accident, discovers that she can change herself into a carbon copy of any object she bites, whether it be a person or an inanimate object like a piece of bread, and can return to her normal self only by sneezing. Her parents are overjoyed, but Ranze's new powers make it difficult to continue living life as a normal teenage girl. On Ranze's first day at her new school in junior high, she meets and falls in love with the brash yet handsome young athlete, Shun Makabe. The chief problem with this is that Ranze's parents will not allow her to date a human - although there may be much more to Shun than meets the eye. On top of this, she also has a bitter rival in the pretty but spiteful Yoko Kamiya who also likes Shun and doesn't take kindly to Ranze's intruding on her turf.
Final anime episode
Since the anime series ended years before the manga, the writers had to create an original ending. This leaves the story open-ended. In the last episode, it had Shun being discovered of a star birthmark, proving that he is actually the long lost prince of the Demon World. Ranze is thrilled by the news, meaning she'll be able to marry him. However, when confronted by the King, Shun denies being the long-lost-prince and claiming the star as a bruise. The King bans the Eto Family from the Demon World, until they can bring back his long-lost-son. When Shun returns home, his mother reveals that the star is actually a birthmark and he realizes that he's the true long lost prince of the Demon World, and the Eto family were right about it all along. The following morning, Shun tries to talk to Ranze about that star on the way to school, but Yoko ends up interrupting the conversation. The series closed with a special ending, with not only Ranze but the main cast dancing to the ending, "Super Love Lotion".
Characters
Eto Family
Ranze Eto Rinze Eto Mori Eto Shiira Eto Peck
Makabe Family
Shun Makabe Hanae Makabe
Kamiya Family
Yoko Kamiya Tamasaburo Kamiya
Others
Kunihiko "Shuusai" Takaba Aaron Sand Mr. Mitsuki
Media
Manga
There are 30 volumes in the original release of the manga series in Japan. In 2006, they sold 26 million copies, making Tokimeki Tonight the sixth best-selling shōjo manga.
Volume 1,
Volume 2,
Volume 3,
Volume 4,
Volume 5,
Volume 6,
Volume 7,
Volume 8,
Volume 9,
Volume 10,
Volume 11,
Volume 12,
Volume 13,
Volume 14,
Volume 15,
Volume 16,
Volume 17,
Volume 18,
Volume 19,
Volume 20,
Volume 21,
Volume 22,
Volume 23,
Volume 24,
Volume 25,
Volume 26,
Volume 27,
Volume 28,
Volume 29,
Volume 30,
Tokimeki Midnight
In 2002, a second manga series called Tokimeki Midnight, also by Koi Ikeno, began serialization in Shueisha's magazine Cookie. The manga is an alternate retelling where the roles are reverse. The series completed in 2009 at nine volumes.
Anime
A 34-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa and produced by Group TAC and Toho, aired in Japan between October 7, 1982 and September 22, 1983 on Nippon TV. Its opening theme is "Tokimeki Tonight" and its ending theme is "Super Love Lotion".
On Anime News Network, Justin Sevakis said the anime was "a thirty year-old comedy that's still funny, with a setup that's still plausible and interesting, and animation that's still serviceable".
