Skip Beat Vol. 11

Synopsis:

This volume started off with a very young Kyouko, crying to Corn & asking him not to leave (seems like Corn lives in another “world”). Corn gave her THE STONE, which he said is magical. The scene shifts to Ren waking up from the dream.

At the studio set, filming was going on, with evil Mio & Mizuki fighting. It is clear that Kyouko has completely embraced her character and won the approval of everyone. For the next shoot, it involves a very important scene between Katsuki & Mizuki, on how he tries to stop himself from showing his feelings for Mizuki because of his revenge plan on her family. For the first time in the shooting of DM, Ren who had a perfect record of no NGs, had 4 for this scene. Director Ogata tries to explain to Ren that this scene is vital in showing the development of Katsuki’s feelings towards Mizuki & his inner conflict regarding this forbidden love.Elsewhere, Sho was imagining both Ren & Kyouko in a lovey-dovey situation, and this pissed him off extremely (sorry for the use of vulgar words, but I can’t seem to think of a better expression….LOLZ). Back at DM set, Ren was still unable to act out the scene, blanking out each time (actors block???). Everyone’s extremely worried, including Yashiro, who told Kyouko that he had never seen Ren in such a bad situation. No one expected Ren would be so utterly incapable of playing Katsuki, including Ren himself who seems completely lost.

2 days later, the DM shooting schedule was rearranged so that Katsuki’s scenes can be move backwards. Director Ogata confided to Kyouko about how he is unable to help Ren at all, other than telling him to take his time and return after he has found his own Katsuki.

After Bridge Rocks (is this the name? I think so... hehehe) shooting, Kyouko who was pushing Bo’s suit to keep, was still very worried over Ren, and wonders how she could help him the way he had helped her. Suddenly, she saw Ren sitting at a corner, looking very very DARK & FRUSTRATED. Kyouko, who was actually going to run away, suddenly thought of “chatting” with him using Bo’s character.

Although silent at first, Ren finally asked Bo – “Have you ever been in love?” and admitted that he has not. This shocked Kyouko almost into oblivion (hahahaha). Ren continued to explain on how he tried to cover up using his acting abilities but he failed to put in emotions into it. Kyouko, who was thinking about her own failure & Sho accidentally brought her feelings to reality & started “jumping up & down – wanting to crush the cockroach Sho” (OK…THIS IS REALLY HARD TO EXPLAIN!!! Kyouko’s actions are always weird to the extreme). Ren got mad at her, thinking that she is not seriously listening to him, and started to pull off Bo’s hat!!!! Kyouko was so afraid he would pull off Bo’s head (whereby Kyouko would be revealed) that she hanged on to it for life!!! The end result was HILARIOUS!!!!!

Elsewhere, President Lory appeared on DM set, shocking everyone. He asked about Ren’s whereabouts (the President is already suspicious) and said that he will be back again the next day. Back to Ren & Bo, Ren was still laughing over Bo’s “bald head”!!! Although unable really to help him, Kyouko was glad that she at least made him smile again & released some of his tension. Ren questioned about what is love (he really have 0 experience on this!) Kyouko tried to put in simply by saying that with love, even little things would make him happy. She asked him whether there is a time where he thought a girl was cute or pretty by her actions. Ren’s immediate thought was to Kyouko!!!! He asked Bo what it represents... and Bo answered him that this is a sign - a prelude to love!!!!!!!!!!!!

After leaving, Ren (in his set-up – or do you call makeup?? - room) thought how ridiculous it is to get love advice from a chicken (OMG!!! THIS IS PRICELESS). His thoughts went back to their conversation. Ren admitted to Bo that the girl he likes is a high school student, and that at this moment, he has no intention of falling for anyone. Bo was extremely happy as his current situation resemble Katsuki’s, and encourages Ren to deepen his relationship with the girl.

At this moment, Yashiro came in, feeling very concerned. He advised Ren to eat even though he is worried over the DM – shocking Ren, as he is not thinking about the drama at all, but about love & Kyouko!!!

Back at DM set, while changing costumes, Mimose-san (that’s the actress playing Mizuki) commented on how she felt disappointed with Ren’s acting and how Kyouko’s is better even though she’s a newcomer. Kyouko was soooo shocked, she ran off crying! To Kyouko, Ren is above everyone else, and she felt that he can’t be compared to the rest of them (hehehehe). Kyouko called Yashiro, asking for Ren’s schedule for the following day. Yashiro agrees... on 2 conditions (HEHEHEHE... EVIL GRIN).

That night, when driving back, Ren was surprised to see Kyouko waiting for him in front of his house. Bo’s words - just seeing the face of your love ones will make you happy no matter how weary you are – came drifting back to Ren as he smiled back to Kyouko & greeted her. Turns out that Yashiro wanted Kyouko to have dinner with Ren & also speak to him about his work. In his home, while eating dinner, both of the watch a show on the TV about a couple with an age difference of 19 years. Kyouko asked Ren what he feels about the TV couple, and he seems to have no problem with it. This surprises Kyouko, as Ren accepts it if it is another couple, but not when it comes to himself. When fetching Kyouko back home, and saying their goodbyes, Kyouko said some really encouraging words (while looking really cute & sweet) about how she more than others, want to see Ren’s Katsuki and that she will wait for him!!!

Reviews:

Oh my goodness! Does this volume seem longer than the others? There’s so much going on. We get to see Ren struggle for the first time ever! And this volume also clearly shows how much Kyouko looks up to Ren and how she cares for him (compared to the start when she hated him! LOLZ). This is also the first time Ren actually realize and acknowledges to himself his feelings towards Kyouko (KYAAAAA!!!).

One thing though that I find a little unrealistic is how young Director Ogata looks! Just like a teenager! In fact, he looks younger than Ren (who is 20 years old). Although I understand that aspiring directors can be as young as in their 20s, but Ogata is the director of DM, a very important drama. Shouldn’t he be at least in his 30s?

Labels: Skip Beat

Posted at 10:48 PM