Shuukatsu - Kimi ni Naitei Vol. 1

Summary:

Asaoka Yuuri is a final year university student in Tokyo searching for a job. However, at the interview, she flustered and got all nervous, especially because there is another confident interviewee, a guy named Manabe in her group. It was her 49th consecutive loss (as in failure in interviews)!

Dissapointed, Yuuri bought an unreserved seat (refer to notes below) for the train back to Kyoto (where her university is). And Manabe just happened to be in the same train! In a reserve seat no less. Unfortunately, Yuuri was not able to grab a seat in the train and fainted while standing. When she woke up, she realizes that she is seating next to Manabe. They chatted a little about her failure in interviews Manabe gave her some small advice about control & to not be so straightforward all the time before departing from the train station.

Back at the university, they bumped into each other again, and realizes that they're in the same university. However, the ever shy Yuuri pretended not to recognize Manabe eventhough he greeted her. Later on, Yuuri got some gossip information from her good friend about Manabe. It seems that he is actually a law student who actually does not need to go job searching. Manabe & Yuuri met again at the cafeteria, and this time Yuuri does not ignore him. Manabe even gave more advice to Yuuri regarding job searching & interviews, but it only got Yuuri depress because his advices cut to all her weakness. However, when she met him again while jogging (wow, how many times can they bump into each other within 1 week but not have met before this!), Yuuri got back her spirits again and even decided to go to Tokyo again for another interview. And it just so happen that Manabe is doing the same (although it is different companies this time)!

Yuuri failed yet again, and was crying her heart out (poor girl) in the middle of a heavy downpour when Manabe came to her. They took the train back to Kyoto again but the typhoon caused it to be postponed. unable to stand the humidity inside the train, both of them left and stayed in a hotel. (hehehe, no cheeky things happened eventhough they slept in the same room.)

The next day on the train, Yuuri was so exhausted that she fell asleep next to Manabe. And....he kissed her...Back at the university, they got friendlier with each other (who wouldn't after such a trip?) and even played badminton! Manabe explain the reason why he went for all those interviews is because he wanted to explore more possibilities for the future. That night, looking at her beloved books (seems like Yuuri likes reading storybooks), she realizes what Manabe's advice means when he said "what you're searching for can only be found within you".

The next day, Yuuri overheard a Manabe rejecting a girl's confession, saying that he don't feel like dating anyone, and she knew in her heart that she could not confess her feelings to him. Instead, she told him that she will continue to persevere in her efforts to find a career and hopes that as a friend, he will pray for her success.

Review:

I know, I know, from the summary, this sounds like a boring manga. But it's not! Classified under josei, it's a story of how a student makes the transit into the working world. Of course, there is the romance between the 2 leads as well. But what makes this manga a success is mostly because of the interactions between them. Most of Manabe's advices to Yuuri makes a lot of sense (although them bumping into each other all the time is too much of a coincedence).

This manga is very realistic in its potrayal of the struggles to find a job and start a good career, especially in the competitive Japan. There are plenty of capable and qualified people who are vying for limited positions. It's a kill or be killed kind of environment. Yuuri is potrayed as one of the more struggling students who lack the capabilities to perform well in interviews whereas Manabe is the complete opposite. In this volume, we can see that Manabe gave continuous advice to her, which helps her grow and develop and to be more confident.

The drawing is pleasant to look at, and the conversations are interesting especially to a university student who is graduating as well like me. I think this is one of the reason why I like it so much, because it is in parallels with my current situation. I wouldn't recommend this to younger teenagers readers who does not have much interest in job seeking and career stories. But this is a nice read if you're between 17 - 25 years old.

Notes:
For the trains in Japan, you can buy either unreserve or reserve tickets. For unreserved tickets, you have to fight with others to get seats, and if you don't, it means standing all the way to your destination.

Labels: Shuukatsu - Kimi ni Naitei

Posted at 9:24 PM

I am a Piano

Review:

The summary is simply as told in the title - A story of a piano, drawn & told in a very unique way. Only 8 pages long, but it manages to convey much. Instead of the usual black & white, the drawings have 2 additional colours - yellow & red. It's definitely one of a kind manga.

I would recommend it to everyone! Just take 1 minute to read and you definitely would want to keep this in your collection of oneshots.

Labels: Oneshots/Single volume

Posted at 7:12 PM

Skip Beat! Vol 16

Summary:

Big confrontation at the door of Ren's room! Although it was Momose who was searching for Kyouko, Shou tag along as well. And he revealed all about the stalking & how he saved Kyouko! Ren got SOOOOOOOOOOOO MAD!!! In fact, he was so shocked that he asked all of them, including poor Kyouko, to leave him alone for a while. Kyouko who never saw him this angry before kept thinking that it's her fault for not telling Ren sooner. Back in his own room, Shou got worried as well because he did not expect this reaction from Ren. Shou realized that Ren really likes Kyouko, and not just as a senpai-kouhai relationship.

Next morning, Ren bumped into Kyouko & Momose. Kyouko profusedly apologized to Ren for what happened, but Ren with a smile, told her to avoid speaking to him from now onwards! Thank goodness it just a dream!!! (I really thought it might be real...haizzzzzzzzz). But the dream really got her depress....and so she decided to take a morning walk at the forest nearby. Guess who should she met, if not Ren himself!

Ren, who regretted his reaction the night before is worried that Kyouko would now be to afraid of him, while Kyouko was still thinking of the dream! It was one awkward meeting between our 2 leads. However, Kyouko again gather up courage to talk and apologize to Ren. She explained everything that happened and things seems to be back normal for now. They both return back to the hotel.

Ren had breakfast with Yashiro in the room & decided to walk down the stairs (instead of taking the lift) as exercise, but on his way, he overheard a confrontation between Kyouko & Shou!!! Shou seems to be on the verge of confessing to Kyouko that he still loves her, when Ren decides to intervene. Here again, Shou not only could see that Ren really likes Kyouko, but that Kyouko didn't realize his feelings!

Ren gave an excuse of not having breakfast yet to get Kyouko out of there, which means he had 2 breakfast that day! For Ren who can't eat much, this means indigestion problems! LOLZ.....In fact, Ren got so sick that he decided to skip lunch and rest. A naughty Yashiro decided to tell a guilty Kyouko (because she thought it was because she made him eat too much) to go comfort Ren in the bus.

Some really cute conversation between Kyouko&Ren, and it ended with a lap pillow!!!! Oo la la@#&$^* Kyouko's lap as Ren's pillow ~ he's so lucky ne?? And some very vague flashback of Ren's dark past is shown again here....something to do with murder??? Hmmm....

Meanwhile, we can see politics between Shou & the Beagles. Shou decided to leak some stupid pig song as well as a remake of the Beagle's own song to them, taunting them & showing that he realizes that they're stealing his songs. Shou decided to take things into his own hands, and confiscated all media devices so to prevent any further leaking! The legendary era of Shou begins?

Review:

Wow, eversince Ren realizes his own feelings of Kyouko, he is revealing more & more of it in front of everyone! But the blur Kyouko will definitely be the last one to see it, eventhough like the previous volume, Kyouko has, in a way, become dependant on Ren - she was so afraid that his anger will ultimately push her away from him (like in the dream). To Kyouko, an angry Ren who still speaks to her is better than a Ren who does not want to acknowledge her presence.

Here, we (i mean me, at least) finally see Shou in some positive light, especially in his fight with the Beagles. But I still hate this guy!

Labels: Skip Beat

Posted at 6:20 PM

Vanilla Ice Vol.2

Synopsis:
Tae Hee & Yoon Sul quarreled all the way back home, but she doesn't understand why he was mad. In her mind, it is alright if she joins the fight club, but it's not alright for him. Flashbacks to when both of them were kids & how they met for the first time (same situation - Yoon Sul gets bullied, and she saves him), him thinking she was a guy only to find out that his saviour is a girl! And when they're older and she kissed him because of a bet with her brothers. Back to present times, Yoon Sul realize that Tae Hee haven't change at all since they were kids, and if there is to be any progress (romantically, i guess), it'll have to be him that change.

At school, the guys all started to call Tae Hee "Nunim" (since she's the current top fighter of her year, therefore she's kind of the jjang for her year). Tae Hee went to find Sijun for an explanation and his answer was that he is interested in her (ooooo, this guy is SO COOL!!!!). After school at the fight club, the initiation ceremony (more like a celebration of the addition of members) started. Sijun showed plenty of "interest" towards Tae Hee, and even ask Yoon Sul if it's alright for him to take Tae Hee!

The next day, Tae Hee had another private conversation with Sijun (I can't wait for more of these moments!). Sijun directly ask her why does she not become his (is he cool or what!!!!!!!), which shocked Tae Hee into oblivion. She refused to believe that he likes her and they ended up in a bet. If she can beat him in 10 minutes, she can do whatever she wants and Yoon Sul can leave the club. This girl just wants a fight...hehehe....Anyway, long story short, she not only loses, Sijun even managed to teased her (her whole face turns lobster red!). Of course, that triggered a straight punch at Sijun. Although his "injured" face caused an uproar in the entire school, but Sijun was completely cool about it. In fact, he seems quite happy with his current situation with Tae Hee, so much so that he even told Yoon Sul that they're dating.



























Poor Yoon Sul was so mad that he actually shouted to her in front of all the students, which of course caused yet a bigger uproar. When Tae Hee confronted Sijun at the cafeteria, he publicly announced to his friends that she is the girl he likes!

All the girls who went to find Tae Hee couldn't believe it's true since she exudes such "male" charisma that they find themselves in a half crush for her instead. Of course, when confronted, Sijun again confirmed that she is his type! Although everyone can't imagine her as a girl, Sijun thinks of her as slender & cute!

Yoon Sul told Tae Hee that he is against this relationship, but she missunderstood his meaning and thought that Yoon Sul likes Sijun as well and he was jealous of her! Poor Yoon Sul....

Review:
I am sooooooooooooo in love with Sijun. He is incredibly cool and a perfect match with Tae Hee! (How many times have I said it in this post?) Although I am sorry for Yoon Sul, but I'm totally rooting for Sijun.

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Labels: vanilla ice

Posted at 11:40 PM

Inu Jikan

Another single volume manga. Only 3 chapters.

Summary:

Introducing class representative, Inukai Jun!! Cool, handsome, popular, with the name Inukai - literal translation is pet dog! Nice name huh. Which was why our leading lady Daizawa Riku took notice of him. She has a madness for dogs. So much so that she doesn't bother about boyfriends and stuff like that (Nice change from the typical shoujo oneshot mangas).

On her way to school one morning, she got caught up with a cute dog again (poor dog, being squeezed to death by her!) and was late. No worries. Back gate! Jump over the fence! Right into Inukai's arms! Naturally, our lovely girl was not embarrassed or anything - because she smelled dog on Inukai!!!! After pleading, she got access to his house, to meet his dogs! Of course, Inukai just thought that the dogs are an excuse for her to "chase" him. Riku has no such thoughts (oh, innocent girl). She really just wanted to meet the dogs. And we have 3 of them! Ocean, Sky, Woody - good names!!!!! Riku's love for dogs attracted Inukai, who is a dog lover himself.....dam di di dum....we have a kiss! Inukai is one fast mover.

Back in school, Riku confided everything to her best friend. The poor girl doesn't know what to think of The Kiss. What to do? Go confirm with Inukai of course! But dear Riku got a bad shock. Inukai has seemingly left after getting a text from his girlfriend!! Riku ran and caught up with Inukai. Is he going to meet his girlfriend? "Yes, I'll bring you along to introduce you." Stupid Inukai. Can't you see our pitiful dog girl is crying in the inside?

Wow - the girl Yuri is cute! How can Riku compare? The tears came out for real this time. Nice Yuri whoosh her away to see -----puppies??? Oh, they're Woody's kids! The mother is Lily - Yuri's dog. She's the one Inukai was referring to as girlfriend (what is it with manga's characters being obscured with their words? be more straightforward next time! Ooops, I forgot, we need these misunderstandings or else there won't be a story to tell). Yuri's just a cousin of Inukai, and yes, he is in love with Riku.

Riku visits Inukai's house everyday now - but it's poor Inukai this time. Riku kept playing with the dogs, that he felt overlooked. What does he do? Take off his shirt & show some skin!! Haha, they're just gonna play in the sea and do some smooching (don't worry - this is not an X-rated manga...hahaha). In the meantime, Woody escapes from the gate (which was left open by Riku....but don't worry, this reviewer love you enough and she doesn't blame you!).

Oh.....here comes the bad guy! Riku's ex-boyfriend whose name Inui also contains the word dog (Inu) but is a dog hater!! Which was why Riku broke up with him (Good reason!). Anyway, he saw Woody, and ......a kick! Woody's on the ground. Riku rushed up in time. Another kick to the dog! Nope - it misses because Inukai is here to save the day!!!

Woody wasn't injured because the smart alec pretended to be asleep/fainted after the first kick. Everything's well. Inukai brought Riku one of Woody's kids for her....and her name is Land!!!! Another pun since Riku's name can be translated literally as Land (same pronounciation). And they live happily (ever after???).

Review:

This is such a cute manga!!!! Really one of my favourite oneshot. They love dogs, I love dogs. And all of them has such cute names! Not only the dogs, but our 2 lead characters as well - Pet Dog & Land.

Really recommend it to all for a nice short read. This one is a keeper.

Labels: Oneshots/Single volume

Posted at 12:03 PM

Ashita no Ousama Vol.2

Synopsis:

Maki who came to Yuu's apartment looking for her, caught Touya coming out out nonchalantly. Yuu who went over to Garandou saw the stranger (the girl at Touya's house the day before) talking to Shougo, trying to persuade him to make Touya give up theatre & be a TV actor (a celebrity) instead. The stranger is actually Kina, a famous model. An old girlfriend of Touya??

Meanwhile, Shougo gave Yuu a task to do - turn a rough plot into a full script. However, after a couple of tries, Shougo discarded her work, and told her to redo it. Finally, he told the actors to act it out and let Yuu see her mistakes in her scripts. The words she wrote does not flow as well as she has imagined. Not giving up, Yuu, re-writes the script again, this time with Touya's help (who came over to Garandou for a visit). In the end, Shougo consider the script as a PASS. He then told Yuu to direct it!!! At the same time, Touya is set to be appearing in a TV drama (seems like Kina got her way after all). At the same time, Garandou's lead actress Misore, is set to go to New York, meaning that Yuu does not have a lead for her production! Although after pulling in (loaning) actresses from other companies, Yuu is dissatisfied with all of them. One day in the university campus, she caught sight of a student - and asked her to act in her play! The girl, Ohara finally agrees, after much persuading, and rehearsal went on. Yuu's first play was a moderate success!

Touya got more & more popular as his TV shows aired. Many reporters wanted to dig for gossips about him. Although Kina was adamant that Touya leave the stageworld and concentrate on TV & films, Touya misses the theatre. He promised that he will act in the play which Yuu writes for him in the future - The Age-changing Mountain Pass.

A message left on Touya's phone by Yuu was deleted by Kina. Yuu continues to try to write the script for Touya's play, although it is not progressing well. At the same time, Ohara met Misore (who came back from New York) for the first time, and realizes that she have a huge rival in front of her. Touya and Yuu met & talked about their insecurities - Touya in his acting, & Yuu with her script.

The rivalry between Ohara & Misore heated up for the new play, The Dinasour Bones. Being the lead actress in the company, Misore kept bullying Ohara, however this only serves to fire Ohara's spirit and improved her acting as the rivalry goes on. Yuu on the sidelines saw this as a positive action by Misore. She realizes that talent can't only be nurtured with sweet words. On a trip to the TV station, Yuu met Touya who seems to have lost interest in stage plays (he always like to go watch Garandou's plays, but brushes it off this time). 1 week before the debut, Shougo decided to leave all directing to Yuu! And Kina suddenly became Touya's manager! Although displeased that she gave up her modelling career for it, Touya had to just accept the fact.

The Garandou play was a resounding success as usual. Touya did not come. after the play, Yuu overheard an argument between Misore & Shougo. Turns out that Misore was angry at Shougo for pushing her away from Garandou. But Shougo just did not want to stunt Misore's growth as an actress. A talk with Shougo later on leads to a question for Yuu - does she love Touya?

Review:

Wow....this is one of the hardest synopsis I have to write among all the mangas. I wonder why....

The thing about this manga is that there are moments of brilliance, but at other times, it is quite boring. The only character that attracts me are Yuu, Touya, and sometimes - Shougo. All the side characters are incredibly boring. In fact, I can't even remember any of their names and had t0 refer back to the manga while writing this synopsis.

I like it enough to continue updating myself with the release of the scanlations, but do I really really like it as much as other mangas like Glass Mask, Ouran, Skip Beat etc? Not even close.....if I have to rate it, I'll say barely above average.

Labels: Ashita no Ousama

Posted at 12:41 AM

Vanilla Ice Vol.1

Synopsis:

In a town known for its delinquents, a fight was going on at the park. 8 vs 1, but the lone person manages to “exterminate” the opposition. A very handsome fellow, fights with grace and lethal moves. The scene cuts in on a very cute person sitting on the ground. A princess saved! What a fairytale!

Cool fighter Taehee & weak princess Yoon Sul have been neighbours for 12 years. And because of Yoon Sul’s beauty that always attracts troublemakers, Taehee had to “take care” of things. It was their first they at Hwan Sang school (both families just moved in), and both students attracted plenty of attention due to their incredible looks (also because they were both wearing normal clothes instead of uniform). The incredible revelation was revealed the next day, when Yoon Sul came into class wearing a boy’s uniform and Taehee a girl’s uniform!!!! The greatest shock in history to all students (and readers of the manhwa alike).

Yoon Sul’s body has always been weak (he’s asthmatic). Therefore, he was always saved by Taehee. She considers it her job to take care of him. However, what Taehee doesn’t understand is that Yoon Sul wants to be a man (meaning he wants to be strong and manly). Taehee’s entire family are private bodyguards (they all look so cool!!!!) whereas Yoon Sul’s father is a manhwa artist!

During a basketball game, Yoon Sul fainted, and Taehee (the everlasting prince charming) carried him to the school clinic. There, she met a handsome student smoking without care who told her that the nurse isn’t there. Later in class, Yoon Sul came back looking fine & annoyed. A fierce looking guy came looking for him, and confessed that he likes him! A punch from Yoon Sul was the automatic reaction. Turns out that the guy was the first year Jjang and the story that Yoon Sul got him down with a single punch spread all over the school. At the school assembly, Taehee found out that the smoker (from the clinic) was actually the student representative, Hwang SiJun. A perfect guy in both sports and academic, he was the living legend of Hwan Sang high.

All sports clubs are vying to get Taehee as member. The same for Yoon Sul for the artistic clubs. The first year Jjang (the one who confessed) also asked Yoon Sul if he is interested in joining “Hwan Sang Universe” (which is actually a club where gangsters are members). Initially declining, Yoon Sul eventually for fired up to join when he heard that only the strongest can join.

Back at Taehee house, we get to see her parents (both so so cool). Turns out that Taehee’s mom is 4 years older than her dad. Anyway, Taehee was ordered to go buy cigarettes. On her way back, she saw Hwang Sijun getting threaten by a couple of delinquents. Wanting to help, but the smoker quickly demolished the delinquents before she could step in. His fighting skills are incredible. After recognizing her, he “stole” her cigarettes & thanked her for it!

The next day, Taehee found out about Yoon Sul joining a “fight club” and went to rescue him! She completely beat up all the other members when Sijun (the smoker student representative cum good fighter) appeared. Turns out that he’s the leader of the club (or gang, if you wanna call it that way..hehehe) as well as the school’s Jjang! (Man, is there anything this guy can’t do?). Ignoring him, Taehee started pulling Yoon Sul out. Sijun laughed and allowed Yoon Sul to leave the club, on 1 condition – that Taehee has to replace him!

Review:
First time doing a manhwa review. And I’ve used so many exclamation marks in my summary. This manhwa is definitely full of surprises and twists. I love it!!!!!
Would just like to warn that this manga is currently on hiatus. It is only up till volume 4. It’s really sad if it is discontinued. The storyline is very very nice. And the drawings are above average. What I like most regarding the drawing is that it is not complex at all. I know manhwa artists tends to draw complex & intricate scenes (imagine Goong & Bride of the Water God) – although they’re beautiful, there’s just too much too look at. Therefore, I prefer the minimalist approach of Vanilla Ice.

Now to the characters: Taehee is just incredibly…incredible…no other words to describe. She’s cool, and confident! She doesn’t mind that other people see her as an ogre lady who’s so strong and manly. After all, her very very cool father fell in love with her mother (who’s also a strong). Yoon Sul on the other hand, is extremely dissatisfied with his looks. He gets angry everytime people treat him as a princess. It is quite clear that he likes Taehee (although he’s denying it) and hates it that he has to be protected by her all the time. Sijun – another incredible character. Like Taehee, he is cool, strong, with a “don’t care if you caught me smoking or fighting” attitude. But at the same time, he is the student representative as well as the school’s Jjang! I definitely love if there will be a development between him & Taehee. I like him more that Yoon Sul, mainly because he is confident with himself.

Taehee’s family appears quite frequently – we get to see her brothers (she’s the only daughter) as well as parents. Her family are all good looking and strong as well. No wonder she turns out to be such a good fighter. While Yoon Sul’s father treats him like his princess daughter. Now we can see how much family environment influence us!

Labels: vanilla ice

Posted at 3:35 PM

Skip Beat Vol. 15

Synopsis:

Kyouko decided to take a bath (Japanese have public baths, especially at tourist hotels) and bump into Shouko (Shou's manager). They discussed about Shou's problems, where a spy in the group keep stealing his works to pass it on to the Beagles. Outside of the bath, Shou was waiting impatiently for Shouko, when the Beagle's themselves pass by. Of course, true to shoujo manga, Kyouko just have to walk out from the bath at this time. It's a 3-way showdown!! Reino (Yes! I finally got his name!), the leader shows great interest in "capturing" Kyouko!

Back in her room with Momose, Kyouko felt great fear, as she is reminded by the scene where Reino touch her. Momose told her that her phone had been ringing previously. It was Ren. Kyouko called back unconciously, and although she did not reveal her fear, Ren could felt that something is wrong.

The next day, Shou suddenly appeared to stay next to Kyouko (seems like you can be a good guy too, eh Shou!) throughout breakfast, only leaving when Kyouko prepares for her shooting. Momose got curious and wonders if they're a couple. Elsewhere, a co-worker of Ren commented that he has been working non-stop without any breaks. Ren suspected something wrong and has arrange his schedule so that he can go off to his main work (Dark Moon) sooner.

Later on, Kyouko (in full Mio getup) came looking for Shou (who's been missing since breakfast), scolding him for leaving his work behind. Shou said that he's just working on a new song (ah, someone's taking precautions to not let the Beagle's steal his stuff) and warns her to not simply leave her film unit and wander around by herself.

Both of them parted ways, and Shou walk back with his crew, when one of them mentioned that they saw Reino. Back at the film unit, a DM crew inform Kyouko that she has a visitor, which turns out to be non other than Reino! She quickly escapes to the nearby woods but Reino was able to follow her. Reino admitted to stealing Shou's songs and the only reason why he is doing all this stuff (stalking, stealing, copying etc) is because it is fun to see the look on Shou's face. This angered Kyouko! She can't forgive Shou! Yep, that's right. She can't forgive him for losing to such rotten musicians such as Beagles. She announced that the only one to defeat Shou would be her. At this moment, Shou manages to find them and overhears what Kyouko said.

Reino than announce that he will now stop harrasing Shou, and instead, concentrate on her. He asks if he did much worse things than Shou to her, would she put all her anger on him instead? At this point, Shou steps in and stops Reino. Director Ogata arrives as well. Reino then threatened that if this news gets out, Kyouko's image would be stained. Kyouko agrees that "Mio's image would be stained" (get it? Kyouko is worried about Mio, not Kyouko herself) and therefore decided to keep this in wraps. Reino started to walk off and said that "it is better for me to publicise this, since it would make her think of me" (does all the guys in the world think that anger & hatred = love????)

Back at DM film unit, Yashiro has arrived and announced that Ren would be coming himself the next day, much to everyone surprise. Turns out that no matter how Ren tries, he couldn't finish his work in 1 day, and had pleaded Yashiro to come to Karuizawa first so that he can check out the situation. Ren is very sure that something is going on.

Back in the woods, Shou went after Reino & they continued fighting over who will get Kyouko (stupid guys!). Both thinks that with Kyouko's amount of anger and malice, the guy she hates the most will be the one to fill up all her heart (with anger, not love), but she will still be "his" (the one to obtain her). MCP!!!! Why do guys think that girls are objects to be obtain?

The entire DM cast had done no progress on the shooting because of Kyouko's condition. As agreed by all, Kyouko's stalker would not be revealed for security purposes. A van was prepared for those who are going back to the hotel (which just so happens to be all girls, since the actors had gone drinking, the the crew had more work to do). This made Kyouko very worried, but one sentence from Director Ogata put all her fears to rest, "It'll be ok for you to go back, because for sure the whole time he will be with you."

Back in front of the hotel room, Kyouko smile at a man at the door, Ren.

They started chatting in the room (with Yashiro as well, of course...hehehe). Of course, the discussion turn serious, and Kyouko was on the brink of revealing everything, when Shou have to come knocking!!!! Baka-Shou!


Review:

Wow....no acting done here in this volume, but plenty of character development. We finally got to see Shou worrying over Kyouko, but men are just so chavunistic! Look at both Shou and Reino! It's a good thing Ren is not part of these MCP gang!

Poor Kyouko. I'm sure she is glad to see Ren. I know I will. This scene which shows her relief at his appearance is very much significant. It is the sense of security that he has given her, whether she realizes it or not, and for a relationship, it is a big progress, as compared to previously when she couldn't stand him. Ren is also very clear in his feelings (at least in front of Yashiro, whereby he couldn't stop himself from trying to reach out and help Kyouko eventhough is he far away.

Labels: Skip Beat

Posted at 1:41 PM