Skip Beat! Vol. 8

Synopsis:

We continue on with the shooting of Shou’s PV. During the break, Shou revealed that even though he thought of Kyouko as a servant before, now he felt that she belongs to him! (BAKA SHOU...... YOU IDIOT...... Kyouko will never be yours!@@)

The final part of the PV was where Kyouko’s angel was suppose to kill the demon. However, her real life hatred for Shou got in the way of her acting, and she was unable to finish the scene properly. Feeling very down, she called Ren, but was unable to reach him. Therefore, she left a message that doesn’t make sense (because Kyouko is Kyouko, you just have to accept this... LOLZ). Instead, she talked to Moko (Kanae~ who’s also part of Love Me) whom is already a best friend in Kyouko’s eyes (how sweet......). Kanae told her that if she is the angel who fell in love with the demon, she would hate Kyouko for killing him, to the point where she would kill her.

With the help from Moko, Kyouko finally grasped the feeling of her character and successfully finish the killing scene. However, Sho was the one who got shocked as Kyouko suddenly cried (in the scene). He was unable to potray the demon who fell in love with Mimori. Instead, he seems to be in love with Kyouko’s angel. Shou had to retake the scene again (without Kyouko though). At the same time, Ren receives Kyouko’s message, and for the first time, irregardless of his work (he is in the middle of a shoot himself), he decided to call back. This shocked Yukihito, as Ren has always been the professional worker who doesn’t take personal calls during work.

As the shooting wraps up, Shou confessed that he didn’t know what to do when he saw Kyouko cry (even from when they were young). Kyouko replied that she realizes this, which is why she never cry in front of him again, and instead will go off alone to cry – where she meets Corn for the first time. At the same time, Ren’s phone call finally got through (who knows how many times he called her...hahha), asking her to explain her weird message previously. Kyouko was extremely happy to hear from him. However, the happiness was short-live as Shou stole the phone from her and claimed to Ren that Kyouko is happy because she acted in his PV. This made Ren extremely angry inside.

When the both of them finally met up the next day, Kyouko was extremely afraid as Ren was displeased with her. She tried to explain that she chose to work in Sho’s PV because it seems interesting and not revenge (which is actually not all that true). Later on, meeting up with Moko (who seemed troubled), Kyouko had a small quarrel with her as well because Moko refused to confide her problems with her.
Kyouko decided with Maria to investigate Moko and they saw Moko dressing up and going out with several different men, which shocked Kyouko, although she didn’t know how to confront her about it. Later on, back at the Darumiya restaurant, Kyouko caught Moko red-handed having a meal there with yet another old geezer! However, Moko was still refusing to tell her the truth.

The next day at LME building, Kyouko overheard some girls gossiping about problems with Moko’s drama work. A new character – a young boy actor – appeared. Seems like he has some kind of grudge with Moko, and plans to make sure that Moko can never work in the entertainment industry again!


Review:

Wow. The scenes with Sho’s PV is really interesting. I love almost every part of it, even if I hate Sho!!! Ren’s anger towards Kyouko was not explained much. At first, I thought it’s because he is jealous when he heard Sho’s voice through the phone. But it also might be because he is displeased with Kyouko’s attitude towards her work in the PV.

The later chapters in this volume – the ones regarding Moko’s work and the new kid wasn’t as interesting as the front part. Much as I enjoy Moko’s character, I hope we can get on quickly with Ren & Kyouko... sigh...

Labels: Skip Beat

Posted at 3:44 PM

Skip Beat! Vol. 7

Synopsis:

From where we left off in volume 6, Ren was surprised with Kyouko’s development in her skills. Questioning her about her motives for joining the industry to get revenge on Fuwa Shou, Kyouko replied that she practice acting now not because of revenge, but because she wants to be herself, Mogami Kyouko. From young, all that she has done was for others. Therefore, it is the first time she is doing something for herself. Ren was extremely pleased with her answer.

The next day after school, Kyouko saw the Kyurara commercial in public for the first time. It was a considerable success although Kyouko did not shine as much as Moko in the commercial. She met up with Ren as well as Yukihito-san, where the former gave her 90 points for her work as his temporary manager (it was actually 100 points but Ren stamped a minus 10 points on it making a total of 90 points and a mad Kyouko! LOLZ). At the same time, Fuwa Shou’s company called to request for the Love Me Section members to act in his latest promotional video (PV). However, Moko-san was unable to accept as she is going to work on a new drama, making Kyouko the only member who is going to work on Shou’s video. Kyouko accepted, very pleased to being able to use Shou as a stepping stone to rise in the industry as an actress. The scene shift to Shou watching the Kyurara’s commercial, wondering if the actress Kyouko is the same Kyouko that he knew.

On the day of the shooting, Kyouko met Shou again after such a long time, although she pretended not to know him. At the same time, Kyouko found out that the substitute actress for Moko-san in the PV is Mimori (a classmate of Kyouko, meaning that she knows kyouko’s full name!). Shou is seriously suspects Kyouko’s identity by now and tried to question Mimori, but was stopped by Kyouko’s demons. However, several incidents finally proved to Sho that Kyouko is really Mogami Kyouko – and from then on, the battle begins!

A little info on the PV shoot: the story is about 2 angels (Kyouko & Mimori) who were the best of friends, but a demon (Fuwa Shou) came in between of them, and Mimori’s character fell in love with him. However, Kyouko’s angel fear for her friend’s life and therefore decided to kill the demon.

Review:

Although this volume did not showcase much “acting” by all our main characters, we get to see a lot of real Kyouko scenes, which are really cute. And the final part of the volume is an incredible cliffhanger as Kyouko appeared in her costume for the PV shoot (She looks incredible!!!) and Shou was warned that Kyouko has the ability to pull other people in with her acting which makes it dangerous for Shou as he is suppose to be the one in charge. I’m so happy to see the shocked expression on Shou’s face. You deserve it!!!! Who asked you to dump Kyouko. GO REN!!!!!!

The drawing of the costumes worn by the 3 characters in the PV is incredibly detailed. I love Kyouko’s dress the most!

Labels: Skip Beat

Posted at 3:41 PM