Manga Review: Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura (4th Review)

Title: Skip Beat!

Original Title: Skip Beat!

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura

Artist: Yoshiki Nakamura

Year of Release: 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life

Status: Ongoing

Chapters (Translated in English): 230

Volumes & Chapters: 

38 Volumes, Ongoing

Mangafox – Goodreads

Summary

Kyouko Mogami lived solely for her childhood friend Shoutaro "Shou" Fuwa. She follows Shou to Tokyo so that he may realize his dream of becoming a famous singer. When his dream is realized, Kyouko overhears the truth behind his decision to bringing her with him: he was using her as a maid.

Shocked and enraged, Kyouko swears to take revenge by outdoing him in show business. With a new look and a new attitude, she joins LME, the agency where Ren Tsuruga (Shou's rival and the #1 actor of LME) works, in the hopes of achieving her goal of destroying Shou's pride.

Along the way, she discovers her true self, makes new friends (and enemies), and finds herself at the heart of some interesting situations that will change her life, and the lives of all others involved, forever.

My Thoughts

Review covers 214 chapters 

Hi, guys and welcome back to Katie’s Corner! Today I’ll be finishing up with a series of Skip Beat! reviews, as I will mostly cover everything there is released, therefore the next review will be in a far future, maybe 4 or even more months later. I will need some material to read and review. Today’s review will not cover a lot of events, I did want to add the latest chapters, but thought not do it as that arc is still not complete. Well, today’s list is very short but I still made it:

·      Heel siblings are born!

·      The past that he would have loved to bury deep down!

·      Feelings!

Before I start let me just tell you that I’ll be mixing all those three points together so, please, be patient with me. The biggest part of the chapters I’m reviewing today is focused on Ren or we should call him Cain Heel for the time being. This time his role is of a cold-blooded murdered, and for that role he will need to resurrect his real self. You should know who he really is from previous chapters, but if you don’t, well I’ll be spoiling this very soon as I will need it for a statement. We finally get to see what Ren is hiding, though we do get only pieces, we still can out the puzzle together, however, what is really missing is how he became like that. It still is a mystery and hopefully we will get the answer very soon.

But while Ren is assuming that he’s fine playing a murdered and engulfing his past self, president of LME has his own agenda. He wants Kyoko to feel so he gives her a job: she’s to play Cain heel’s sister. The rules are simple: she has the biggest brother complex in history will she be able to play Setsu well? How will she play such an eccentric person? And the most important question: will president’s dreams finally come true? They partially will and the moment when Kyoko recognizes her feelings are simply fantastic. The box of Pandora is now fully open but what will happen between those two in the end? I remember seeing Ren angry throughout the story. I shovered many times reading and seeing how Kyoko performed Mio, but when I saw this:

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My mouth fell open and I think I forgot to breathe. I have this picture as a poster in my room and every morning waking up I see it.

Are you ready to get to know Heel siblings? Are you ready to find out the truth about Ren and his past as well as a secret that he’s still keeping from Kyoko? Are you ready to see Ren snap numerous times while letting his past take control? But don’t forget that there is even more is coming, as now it will be Kyoko’s turn to embark her past and out an end to her misery. Trust me you do not want to miss these chapters! I hope you’ll start reading this story if you still haven’t, it’s fantastic, don’t forget to share your thoughts below! Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos. Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

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Manga Review: Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura (3rd Review)

Title: Skip Beat!

Original Title: Skip Beat!

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura

Artist: Yoshiki Nakamura

Year of Release: 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life

Status: Ongoing

Chapters (Translated in English): 229

Volumes & Chapters: 

38 Volumes, Ongoing

Mangafox – Goodreads

Summary

Kyouko Mogami lived solely for her childhood friend Shoutaro "Shou" Fuwa. She follows Shou to Tokyo so that he may realize his dream of becoming a famous singer. When his dream is realized, Kyouko overhears the truth behind his decision to bringing her with him: he was using her as a maid.

Shocked and enraged, Kyouko swears to take revenge by outdoing him in show business. With a new look and a new attitude, she joins LME, the agency where Ren Tsuruga (Shou's rival and the #1 actor of LME) works, in the hopes of achieving her goal of destroying Shou's pride.

Along the way, she discovers her true self, makes new friends (and enemies), and finds herself at the heart of some interesting situations that will change her life, and the lives of all others involved, forever.

My Thoughts

Review covers 151 chapters 

Hello, everyone and welcome back to Katie’s Corner! Today I’m continuing with Skip Beat! reviews, and trust me you don’t want to miss any of events I’ll covering in today’s reviews. We get to meet new characters, and some old ones will be acting a bit crazy. And this time, again the story focuses on Kyoko, Ren and some of the times on Shou. As always before I start let me make a list of what I’ll be covering:

·      Beagles Appear!!!

·      Trouble to create a new character?!

·      St. Valentine = Trouble in the paradise!!!

So, let me start! As you remember I stopped at the moment when Ren finally found his Katzuki and accepts his feelings for Kyoko. However, at this time Kyoko is interviewed and there she meets a new and formidable enemy both for herself as well as Shou. Meet Vie Ghoul aka beagles, that’s how Kyoko calls them and to say the truth I always remember that name instead of their real one. They’re a band, which will put Shou in a difficult position and will bring lots of trouble for Kyoko, especially the lead singer – Reino. He’s one weird guy who got a creepy interest in Kyoko, well, in her devil forms to be exact. However, during this arc we get to see the real Shou, his another side, the one where he first doesn’t do anything and afterwards starts working in order to get back his first place. We also see Kyoko’s side, she may hate Shou, but she doesn’t care how she will defeat him! And her fantastic confession of her hatred make your skin crawl and there’s this weird excitement buzzing in our heart, that something is going to happen!

Moving on! When the problem with Shou is kind of settled, Kyoko is bombarded with new projects and every time she is asked to just act like Mio, so the tough times will come to our favourite actress. She takes a role of Natsu – a bully. And her problems start as now she has problems with creating her Natsu. She wants her new character to be different from Mio as Natsu & Mio are absolutely different. Will she be able t? You’ll need to find out for yourself. But trust me the way she plays Natsu, the expression of pure sadistic delight will shutter your imagination and you’ll be wondering aloud: “”This girl is a real genius!” however, before she creates Natsu, you’ll get to meet a character which will shed some light on Ren’s past ad we will have at least some ideas as what is happening. Who that is ad how will he help Kyoko? I’ll leave that for you to find out! Because he’s fun and you’ll love how Kyoko will try to boss him around!

And finally moving to my favourite part! Skip beat! is celebrating St. valentine’s Day. And you’ll be having fun reading this arc, as there are lots o misunderstandings to come. Some creepy characters are going to steer trouble for Kyoko, and some will finally understand their feelings, but will take it to a very weird position. There will be trouble for Kyoko as well as Kanae as she’ll have to deal with some awful co-workers and in the end, the “Love-Me” section will get another member. Will the valentine’s leave a good or a bad impression on our girls? Heh, I can’t not just omit their answer to President’s question: “What does the valentine’s mean to you?”

Oh, yes I partially agree with them. But you’ll have to read the story to understand why Kyoko & Kanae can’t stand this day so much!

I’ll be ending my review here for today, but don’t forget there’s some real fun stuff coming as a punishment for answering the question incorrectly. The director gave “Love-me” section a job. What is it? You’ll find out in the next review! Enjoy it to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below! Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos! Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

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Manga Review: Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura (2nd Review)

Title: Skip Beat!

Original Title: Skip Beat!

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura

Artist: Yoshiki Nakamura

Year of Release: 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life

Status: Ongoing

Chapters (Translated in English): 229

Volumes & Chapters: 

38 Volumes, Ongoing

Mangafox – Goodreads

Summary

Kyouko Mogami lived solely for her childhood friend Shoutaro "Shou" Fuwa. She follows Shou to Tokyo so that he may realize his dream of becoming a famous singer. When his dream is realized, Kyouko overhears the truth behind his decision to bringing her with him: he was using her as a maid.

Shocked and enraged, Kyouko swears to take revenge by outdoing him in show business. With a new look and a new attitude, she joins LME, the agency where Ren Tsuruga (Shou's rival and the #1 actor of LME) works, in the hopes of achieving her goal of destroying Shou's pride.

Along the way, she discovers her true self, makes new friends (and enemies), and finds herself at the heart of some interesting situations that will change her life, and the lives of all others involved, forever.

My Thoughts

Review covers 79 chapters 

Hello, everyone and welcome back to Katie’s Corner! I’m continuing with my Skip Beat reviews. As I’m looking right now I‘ll be making quite a lot of reviews, as I do not want to omit a lot. But let me begin, as today I will have 2 other characters that I will be discussing. But like previous time let me make a small list, so you know what this review will cover:

·      Kanae having a crisis at work?

·      A major work for Kyoko?

·      Ren Tsuruga is having difficulties?

First of all, meet Kanae Kotonami or Moko-san as Kyoko calls her. Who is she? Yes, I do not remember if she appeared in the first review; she is the second member of “Love Me” section. Also, she is the one who got cast with Kyoko for her first job on TV – a soft drink commercial. If you have already read 46 chapters, you know why Kanae refused to take part in Shou’s PV – she got a chance to act in a drama. However, nothing is as easy as it sounds. What did happen? Why is that a 11-year-old threatening her with losing her job? That’s for you to find out. The only thing that I’ll say is that we finally get to know the real Kanae. We meet her family, it’s a weird bunch, and we can finally see how hard she tries to achieve her dream. We also find the answer as to why she couldn’t stand Kyoko in the beginning. The bond between two girls deepens, and we are happy for Kyoko, as she finally made her long wished female friend! You’ll be laughing at the stunts Kanae will be doing. And her idea of playing with kids? Hilarious! And don’t forget that Kyoko will have to use her superpower at some point in her attempt to find out what Kanae likes.

But let’s move on! It’s time for Kyoko to act in a drama. She is not the main character, but her role is very interesting and hard to play. Was there an audition? No, she was recommended because of Shou’s PV, or actually because the directors were friends. As Shou’s PV didn’t air to contribute to Kyoko’s popularity. But the role has a catch and if Kyoko can’t understand her character well, she won’t be able to play her role well and won’t be able to surpass the original. I forgot to mention that this drama is a remake? Sorry, sorry. Kyoko will have a tough time coming up with her Mio, but when she finally does; it will blow your mind and you’ll be left shivering! I’ll give you a hint: her character is a young mistress, whose heart is filled with hatred. Kyoko will put this hatred to the extreme and trust me you want to be there to see when she transforms into Mio Hongo! It’s fantastic!

However, not only Kyoko will have problems with her role. Ren Tsuruga will be at a loss, as he can’t play a man in love! But before that let me tell you a bit about Ren, or actually about his and Kyoko’s relationship. They started bad, really bad, as Ren didn’t like that Kyoko was in showbiz for revenge. However, over the time their relationship was getting better, and right now they both need only one push to acknowledge their feelings. Well, Ren already did, but he locked them away, because of his secret. What is the secret, even I do not know it yet. The only person who can read Ren’s fake smile is Kyoko and their encounters are always fun and interesting to watch. Especially, if Ren is angry and has a radiant smile on his face. Devil Kyoko's are going ballistic at that times. Actually in the most chapters after Kyoko found her Mio, the story is focused on Ren. We get to know him a bit better, there’s still a lot of mystery around him, especially why he can’t love anyone at this time. But nevertheless we get to see him from different sides. When Bo aka Kyoko is giving him hints as to what love is, his expressions are just fantastic and you should really see what kind of expressions he makes, but do not forget how he actually came to understand his role! That parts when he sees his feelings for Kyoko are incredible!

I’ll be finishing now, but do not worry; more interesting moments await you when you start reading this story. Enjoy it to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below. Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos! Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

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Manga Review: Skip Beat by Yoshiki Nakamura

Title: Skip Beat!

Original Title: Skip Beat!

Author: Yoshiki Nakamura

Artist: Yoshiki Nakamura

Year of Release: 2002

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life

Status: Ongoing

Chapters (Translated in English): 229

Volumes & Chapters: 

38 Volumes, Ongoing

Mangafox – Goodreads

Summary

Kyouko Mogami lived solely for her childhood friend Shoutaro "Shou" Fuwa. She follows Shou to Tokyo so that he may realize his dream of becoming a famous singer. When his dream is realized, Kyouko overhears the truth behind his decision to bringing her with him: he was using her as a maid.

Shocked and enraged, Kyouko swears to take revenge by outdoing him in show business. With a new look and a new attitude, she joins LME, the agency where Ren Tsuruga (Shou's rival and the #1 actor of LME) works, in the hopes of achieving her goal of destroying Shou's pride.

Along the way, she discovers her true self, makes new friends (and enemies), and finds herself at the heart of some interesting situations that will change her life, and the lives of all others involved, forever.

My Thoughts

Review covers 46 chapters 

Hi everyone and welcome back to Katie’s Corner! Today I’m starting a series of reviews covering one of my favourite mangas – Skip Beat! To say the truth it’s my third round reading it, and the first time was only half a year ago or so. It’s still ongoing and because there’s too much information in it for only one review, I’ll be making a series of it. I will be having some major things as my timelines. But let me begin; oh, but before I begin, let me just make a small list of things that this review will cover:

·      How it all began

·      Practice, practice & again practice

·      First TV appearance

·      A chance to get revenge?

First of all, let me start from the very beginning. Meet our main female character – Kyoko Mogami. She’s one of those who believes in fairy tales, but at the same time, she works hard to achieve her spot of a princess near her prince charming – Shou Fuwa, her childhood friend and newly popular singer. But everything changes when she gets to know the real reason he brought her with him to Tokyo. With her heart broken and Pandora’s box open, she is aiming to get revenge and she’ll be having these little devils to help her.

You’ll see anger/devil Kyoko’s a lot in the story and they’ll make you laugh until your tummy hurts. But how do you get your revenge on a popular singer? You get into the showbiz. Oh, but first you’ll need a makeover! And Kyoko gets her, and she persistently runs after the director to get accepted. She get’s her wish!

 if she wouldn’t someone would have ended up dead!

However, with getting accepted the challenges are just starting! As she has lost a major human emotion she’s sent to a newly made “Love Me” section. There she meets many different people, who will add more knowledge into her… But this is boring just retelling you the story, even if I’m doing a good job. What I really want you to look at is Kyoko. How she’s growing as a person as well as an actress. Her ability to assess the situation and make decisions is fantastic and you’ll have to see her act numerous times during this 46 chapters. It will be nothing major; okay her last job is pretty fantastic. She made me shiver. But trust me there’s more coming. And you do not want to miss any of it.

These first 7 volumes and also this review are mostly focused on Kyoko. Well, I’ll be focusing on Kyoko only and a bit on Shou. I’ll make more time to focus on other characters in the next reviews. We get to see Kyoko from different sides. The one who was doing everything for Shou as well as the one who started to do something for her. We get to see that she didn’t have all that happy childhood, however, we only see bits of it. We do not see the whole picture and we are always left wondering as to what really happened to her.

However, let me not bore you anymore and just say a few words about the last point on the list: A chance to get revenge? As you remember Kyoko got into showbiz because she wanted to get revenge on Shou Fuwa. Why? Please, read the story, as I do not want to spoil this! You’ll be on Kyoko’s side, trust me! However, the chance to get revenge comes faster than expected. She’s asked to take part in his new PV, and her role is satisfying: she’ll be playing the role of the angel who kills Demon (Shou). Will she be able to able to play her heart well? Or will the hatred take over her and she’ll make a fool of herself? You’ll be having goose bumps all over when you see her act, and Shou will be acting weird. Will there be something happening with those two after the shoot? Well, that’s up to you to find out!

Enjoy this work to its fullest and don’t forget to share your thoughts below! I have omitted lots of things and you’ll be having fun meeting all those characters. Stay tuned for more reviews as well as promos! Don’t miss your next favourite book or manga! Don’t miss the next review of Skip Beat! on my blog! Happy reading!

XOXO

Katie

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