Skip Beat! Vol.1

Synopsis:

The main character, Mogami Kyouko is a polite, nice young high school girl - except that she doesn't goes to high school. Instead, Kyouko is working 3 part-time jobs and slaves away everyday, just for the sake of her prince charming – Fuwa Sho. Sho is an idol singer who on the surface is a perfect guy in every way, but in reality is a selfish and egoistical bastard who’s only using Kyouko as a servant.

Finally, Kyouko finds out the truth – and did she break down and cry? NO! She did a 180 degrees change of personality. Her only purpose now is to get revenge on Sho – and the best way to do it is to get into the entertainment circle and beat him in it! And thus, began the adventures and struggles of our heroine in her quest for revenge!

Review:

This manga is hysterically good! It has a nice pace for the storyline, and most of the main characters are introduced well enough. There’s loads of humours as we get to see Kyouko transform from a weak girl (who’s only purpose in life is to serve Sho) to a demonic person. We also get to meet the super uber cool Tsuruga Ren (which I am definitely falling in love with!) although most of this volume revolves around Kyouko & Sho.

The art is clean & nice – not too much mess around although Nakamura-sensei tends to add some bits & pieces to explain the feelings & thoughts of the character. I particularly love the Kyouko demons (they are a character all by themselves!) and we will definitely see more of them in future volumes.

I also like the fact that the storyline isn’t too shoujo-ish . Kyouko was unable to pass the acting test at LME (the company where actor Tsuruga is with). It was also nice to see that even with so much determination & will, one still cannot get through that easily. In Kyouko’s case, it was because of her lack of love.

And before I end this review, I must add one more thing.BAKA-SHO!!!!!!!! I hope you will rot in hell for how you treated Kyouko. You will never be the lead character in this manga!!!!! That honour will go to Tsuraga-san!!!!

Labels: Skip Beat

Posted at 11:51 PM