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...

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