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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:03 am

O_O I'm surprised to see no ones made a thread about this.

Name : Skip Beat!
Author/Artist : NAKAMURA Yoshiki
Genre : Comedy Drama Romance Shoujo
Year started : 2002
English Publisher : Viz
Licensed (in English)
Status in Country of Origin : 19 volumes (Ongoing)

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" Kyoko Mogami is a modest and diligent girl who after graduating from middle school has gone with her childhood friend Sho Fuwa to Tokyo to help him with his pop star career in the hope that they have a joint future. Having many jobs and working till late she pays for the their rent and meals never once doing something for herself but dedicating her life to help Sho. But by accident she learns that Sho only brought her along because he didn't want to do any strenuous work and therefore needed a "servant". All the time knowing that Kyoko was in love with him!

Kyoko's reaction to this news may not be what he expected her to do: she vows to take revenge on him. And what could be better than to become Sho's biggest concurrent in the Show Biz and beat him in his own field? Taking a 180° turn from her usual habits she spends lots of money on her new styling and goes to the LME Pop-Productions determined to do everything to become a showstar...

But unfortunately Kyoko has lost the ability to love and this is something you must have if you want to have success in the show biz. But the president of LME Productions gives her another chance and she becomes a trainee in the newly founded Love-Me section at LME Productions and experiences many things; good and bad. And nearly every time she crosses paths with Sho's greatest rival, the successful & handsome actor Ren Tsuruga who always manages to make Kyoko angry but also often helps her. Will Kyoko get her revenge in the end or will she fail? "

Summary taken from : http://skipbeat.pherenike.net/about.php

Reviews :

http://www.mangaupdates.com/reviews.html?id=172

The above information ( excluding the summary ) is taken from

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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:24 am

Characters

*May contain spoilers

Kyoko Mogami

Occupation: love-me trainee (LME Pop-Productions)
Appearance: long dark hair (beginning), then reddish/brown hair, black hair (dark moon movie)

This 15 year old girl is the heroine of Skip Beat!. For as long as she remembers Kyoko has been in love with her childhood friend, Sho. As Sho is chained to Kyoko because his parents want him to marry her and give them the ryokan to maintain. However the worst blow for her is that he described her as a boring wallflower with no sex appeal. Hearing all these things has caused Kyoko's devils to be unlocked and from this moment on Kyoko's behavior changes drastically and swears BLOODY REVENGE to Sho for deceiving and betraying her. But the path to become a star is long and strenuous and since Kyoko has lost the ability to love it’s makes things even worse. But with her determination and lots of hard work she slowly manages to climb the show-biz ladder. All in all Kyoko is a very selfless, polite and is a nice girl that will always be loyal to her friends and family and will help them whenever she can.

Ren Tsuruga

Occupation: actor (LME Pop-Productions)
Appearance: brown/black hair, very long legs, 190 cm tall

Ren Tsuruga is currently Japan’s #1 idol and probably one of the best actors of the time. He is the aloof type who seems to be introverted and doesn’t want anyone close to him. Even his more or less best friend and manager, Yashiro can’t understand him sometimes. Generally, he is very friendly and polite but if something annoys him then he’s pretty blunt and tells it the other person with a dazzling smile that always leaves them stunned, not fully comprehending what really happened. His relationship with Kyoko is however is an entirely different story. He often makes fun of her and scolds her but then there are those moments when he smiles warmly at her and you can see how much he cares. In later chapters it is also revealed that Kyoko and Ren met when they were children and Ren (although his name wasn’t Ren at that time) gave her blue stone that became very precious to Kyoko. All in all he really seems to love his profession as an actor and is always is determined to gives his best. A very puzzling character that is often quite unpredictable.

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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:35 am

Sho Fuwa

Occupation: singer (Akatoki Agency)
Appearance: blonde hair, 178 cm tall

Sho’s parents own a popular ryokan in Kyoto and wanted him to take over the business with Kyoko as his wife when they were old. Sho however is pretty self-centered and didn’t want to comply with his parent’s wishes because he knew that the hostess plays the most important role in a ryokan and additionally he didn’t want someone as “unpretty” as Kyoko on his side. But then he knew what Kyoko felt for him and used this knowledge selfishly by asking her to come with him to Tokyo fully knowing that she will do anything for him. He seems more or less to be the shallow type who only likes girls with big breast, lots of make-up, etc. and he always expects girls to adore him, which they usually do.

Kotonami Kanae

Occupation: love-me trainee (LME Pop-Productions)
Appearance: long, black hair

Kotonami is introduced in chapter 3 at the casting as she furiously thrusts Maria Takerada into Kyoko arms thinking she's her mother because she was making [voodoo] dolls. Not only has Kotonami got quite a temper but she is also quite stuck-up because she thinks she's born to be an actress, which is actually quite true. But nevertheless she also ends up as a love-me trainee because she also lacks the loving feelings like Kyoko. At first she really hates being a love-me trainee but Kyoko’s demons always make sure that she doesn’t flee. She and Kyoko become friends and they both help each other in many ways.

Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:40 am

Other Characters

The above information is all taken from :

http://skipbeat.pherenike.net/

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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:46 am

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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 2:49 am

Discuss -

Why you like/dislike Skip Beat! Why/Why not?
Your favorite character(s) / Why you like them
You least favorite character(s) / Why you don't like them
Your favorite scene(s) / Why you like that scene(s)
Your favorite pairing(s)
Your rating ?/10

Doesn't really matter, as long as it's about Skip Beat!

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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 3:05 am

Why I like Skip Beat! :

All my reasons are explained in the reviews in the first post above.

My favorite character(s) :

Kyoko and Ren.

Least favorite character(s) :

Reiji.

Favorite Scene :

Volume 4, chapter 20. Kyoko stuck her middle finger up at Ren.

Favorite Pairing :

Kyoko and Ren.

My Rating :

10/10

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