Skip Beat Vol. 14

Summary:

During lunch, Kyouko & Director Ogata discussed about what happened previously. It seems that Momose was very frustrated with the fact that the ad-lib scene (refer previous volume) was completely dominated by Ren. Momose herself was way behind him in terms of acting skills and ability. Kyouko could relate to that because she had felt the same way when she first work with Ren as well.The scene shifts to Ren looking very sexy while playing the piano (seems like his character Katsuki plays the piano in the story) for the reporters as part of an interview. After it, he chatted with Yashiro who teased him about Kyouko and prospective guys. In Ren’s mind, only 1 guy matters: Shou!!!

Kyouko was invited to appear in Japonet Scoop, a entertainment program covering the ranking of Japan artists, as well as featuring up & coming new artists. While waiting for her turn, she realizes that Shou might be there as well. A knock on her door reveals a handsome guy wearing gothic clothes. He asked if she was the “Kyouko who starred in Fuwa Shou PV” girl, and sneered at her, saying “it can’t be”. Meanwhile, elsewhere, Ren & Yashiro overheard some girls gossiping about how they were deceived because the real Kyouko isn’t all like the “Fuwa Shou PV Kyouko”. And the girls have found a new target to idolize over: Vie Ghoul.

It turns out that the guy who sneered at Kyouko is part of the Vie Ghoul band, whom Kyouko infamously thought & mispronounced as Beagle (a dog!!!). The band has overtook Shou in the rankings, but Kyouko realizes that they’re just copy cats (copying Shou’s music and patterns). After the programme, they insulted both Kyouko and Shou. Angrily, Kyouko went to find Shou for a “chat”. After calling him a coward for losing to copycats, Shou got mad and slapped Kyouko, thus scarring her face (unintentionally I would say…but still unforgivable!!!! Go Die!!!!). Kyouko demons made their appearances. Outside the room, the Vie Ghoul members are eavesdropping. Surprisingly, the leader guy (the one who snubbed Kyouko. What is his name?? I need a name!!) is able to see and capture on of the Kyouko demons. It is the first time this guy is interested in someone!

Back to Ren and Yashiro, the latter actually got hold of a copy of the Fuwa Shou’s PV – and tempted Ren with it. Although Ren appeared uninterested, but actually….hehehee….Ren got even more worried about Shou.

The next day at the company, Ren bump into Kyouko, and both of them went to the DM set together. Who should be waiting there, if not Shou himself! He wanted to talk to Kyouko alone, and to apologize. He even brought along some cream (for the scar). Although appearing unconcern, Ren was actually trying to control himself from breaking out.

That night, Kyouko was packing her bags, preparing for the on-location shooting of DM at Karuizawa when she received a call from Ren. Since Ren will be going later compare to Kyokou and the cast, he gave her advice about controlling herself (since this is a first time for Kyouko), Ren was actually watching Shou’s PV at the same time, and looking very very serious, as the beautiful face of angel Kyouko appears on the TV screen.

Karuizawa is a famous place for entertainers, and in the world of manga/anime, there’s no such thing as coincidence! Not only were DM casts there, Shou’s there as well as the Beagle band!!!! (I decided that Beagle is a much better name than Vie Ghoul). The only one missing now is Ren, who is modeling for some jewelry brand. He gets more and more concern about Kyouko (impending sense of doom?? Ren is very perceptive!!). Kyouko on the other hand, scolded Shou for losing to the Beagles. After hearing her call them by a dogs name, Shou got so tickled that he lost the sense defeat that he felt earlier on. He realizes that just by being with Kyouko for that short while, she manages to help make him laugh and release his tension (oh no….Shou’s definitely wanting to keep Kyouko for himself!!). gaining his confidence back, Shou vows to beat the clones!


Review:

Hmm…maybe it is because Vol. 13 was too good? Or that Vol. 14 doesn’t have much action going on?? Or maybe I just don’t like Shou?....This volume is alright, but not too spectacular. I like for a fact that Ren is getting worried that Kyouko might be snatch away by Shou, and Shou finally realizes how good Kyouko is. But the thing I enjoy most would be Yashiro’s antics in trying to get Ren to admit his feelings! He’s such a good character for laughs!

Next volume: Kyouko gets kidnapped!

Labels: Skip Beat

Posted at 11:29 PM