Skip Beat! Vol 17

Summary:

Reino suddenly appeared behind Kyouko, shocking her. But no, our Heroine was not scared, because now she has a powerful weapon with her, one favored by the gods themselves........Ren??? Lolz. Kyouko woke up (looking very cute, I might add) with Ren looking at her from below (remember our pillow lap session)....poor Kyouko...but lucky Ren (hehehe). Anyway, Kyouko confesses that eversince Ren came, he seems to give her confidence & courage which she lack to face the stalker. This made Ren soooo happy!!!! Meanwhile, the spy from Shou's group sent a message to the Beagles informing that he can no longer pass on anything to them. Later, Yashiro could sense that some "development" had happened with him & Kyouko. Although Ren sounded and look passive about it, somehow, he could not stop his building desires from his heart.

The day for Kyouko to finally return to Tokyo (how it rhymes!!) arrives. On her way to say goodbye to Director Ogata, she bumped into Shou's manager who vaguely inform her that Shou music is developing and that he will be a massive superstar. She even mentioned that she thinks this development is thanks to Kyouko (hint hint...hehehe), which Kyouko denied. After parting, who should appear next if not Reino? (Kyouko's bumping into everyone except the person she's suppose to be meeting!!)....A confrontation ensues and Ren came to the rescue!!!!! (again with the rhyming....what am I doing??) Touching Ren, Reino (who has ESP) could see his dark past, which was why Reino quickly backed off as he couldn't stand Ren's touch. Here we found out that "Tsuruga Ren" is just a stage name. After leaving, Kyouko suddenly froze, remembering Reino's words previously about how Corn would have died by now. She started crying, and Ren (who IS Corn) was so touched that he hugged her (and she allowed him to hug her!!!!!!!) and said that since Corn is a fairy prince, of course he would not be of this world and he's surely have grown to be a proper adult by now (how sweet..........). Elsewhere, Reino got a call, informing that the Beagles will be leaving for NY City.

Somewhere, Ren is "auditioning" for a movie role of a cold-blooded murderer. He was brilliant and was immediately invited to join the cast. Kyouko herself was talking to the director of her new drama series (her character's name is Natsu). He told her to not worry and just act like Mio. This does not please Kyouko at all. Further work offers from Sawara-san (since Sawara-san is something like her manager, any work offers for Kyouko will go through him) shows her that all the characters that are offered to her in the dramas are Mio-like role. This does not sit well with Kyouko at all (who dreams of acting in princesses roles!) because she does not want to get confined in a particular type of role and could not expand her skills.

When Kyouko discussed about her problem with Moko, she got support from her. However, Moko mentioned about Kyouko might lose. Not understanding, Kyouko ask what is she suppose to lose at? Flustered, Moko started talking nonsense before finally getting Kyouko distracted (by mentioning that she wishes to eat ice-cream with Kyouko like high school friends...lolz). Moko was relieved that Kyouko did not find out (something) about Fuwa Shou!
President Lory suddenly appear (in style, as usual) with work for the LoveMe section!

At DM set, Director Ogata came up to Ren looking very happy. It seems that the famous Japan actor, Kuu, will be coming back from America next month for some movie promotion. Kuu, whose former name Hozu Shuuhei (yup, the guy change his name for some god know reason) is the previous Katsuki in Tsukigomori. Back to Kyouko and Moko, it turns out that their LoveMe job this time is to take care of a SuperVIP! No prizes for guessing who that is!


Review:
I especially love the part where Kyouko woke up with Ren looking at her from her lap. Her reaction is soooooooo cute!!!!!!!! It's the 2nd time now Kyouko had a dream about Ren....hehehe

There's alot of unsolve mystery in this volume. The part where Reino & Ren touches, we get to see flashback to Ren's mysterious past. blood on his hand, my guess is that he murdered someone. Furthermore, Ren (in his audition as a killer) was really scary. He look so realistic and seems to be comfortable with using the gun. And the part where he seems shocked with the homecoming of Kuu, what is their relationship? How is the president involved in this matter? And why does he wants Kyouko to be involved as well? We'll see next volume!

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