Skip Beat! Vol 18 (edited)

Summary:
Yay! The hot pink LoveMe suit made its appearance after such a long time!!

Kyouko is very pissed off with this assignment of taking care of Super VIP, Hollywood major star, former Hozu Shuuhei it's former because he decided to dump that name for a reason and even gave it a grand burial!! Kuu-san while he's back in Japan. fireworks please.

Flashback to President Lory suggesting to Ren about meeting him. Ren did not answer, but look pained.... back to present time, Yashiro rushed in to inform Ren that he saw Kyouko together with Kuu on the TV. the programme is of course showing Kuu's grand arrival back to Japan

That evening at the hotel, Kyouko finally finish preparing Kyoto-style food for Kuu. However, he refuses to eat it, giving all sorts of excuses. It has been that way since his arrival. Kuu seems bent on making Kyouko mad! Meanwhile, Ren called President Lory - asking about Kyouko's situation with Kuu...he seems suspicious on what the president & Kuu are up to.
Back at the hotel, the war between Kuu & Kyouko is still going on. The fight, in short, is about whether Kuu will eat the food prepared by her. Kuu is surprised by Kyouko's determination in not giving in! Naturally, he lost and went running to President Lory instead! lolz

At President Lory's house, Kuu revealed that no matter what, he have to get Kyouko angry/mad enough so that she can go crying to Ren. Feeling worried, he asked the president whether Ren will really come to him on his own accord. President Lory was confident that Ren would, if it is something regarding Kyouko.

After coming back to the hotel, Kuu found Kyouko waiting for him, and apologizing for their fight earlier. our Kyouko is worried about getting fired :) All is alright again, when Kyouko saw a music programme news about Sho. Seems like he is dominating the charts with all his releases and is currently considered as the top musician/singer in the Japan music industry!
This shocked Kyouko to oblivion and she was more convinced than ever to not accept roles similar to Mio from DM. Overhearing her conversation on the phone, Kuu reprimanded her about her choosiness and gave her some advice as well as a lesson - she is to act as Kuu's son for a day. now comes the confirmation! drumrolls... The son's name is Kuon! Similar to Corn right? Even Kyouko got confused by the names at first.

Having no idea on how to act as Kuu's perfect son, Kyouko was feeling troubled. When meeting with Ren at the DM set, she wanted to ask him for advice, but realizes that she should not always depend on him. Ren on the other hand, is getting even more suspicious at Kyouko's weird antics. Back in her dressing room, Kyouko remembered back on the words Ren said when he was advicing her on Mio. She realizes she can mirror her act on a certain perfect being - Corn!!!

Early that morning, President Lory receives yet another call from Ren!! He is more determined now in finding out what is going on with Kyouko-Kuu. President Lory smiled...
At the hotel, Kuu woke up to the sounds of his son!!! Eating the horrible breakfast his son prepared, because in Kyouko's mind, the son can't cook! Kuu looked blessed. And Kyouko, who had never felt a parent's love could not control herself and started crying.

After breakfast Kyouko followed Kuu to several TV events and bumped into both Ren & Yashiro. Ren was surprised to see Kyouko pretending 'not to know him' and got an even bigger shocked when Kuu suddenly appeared and called her Kuon. However he quickly hid his emotions and greeted Kuu as a stranger. Later that night, a serious Ren called President Lory.


Review:

Honestly, I think my recap this time is not so good...haiz.... so here's a super condensed version of this volume:

Kuu came back to Japan for a reason - to force Ren to meet him (for some reason). He hatched a plan with President Lory for Kyouko to come "take care" of him. During that time, he will try to make Kyouko go to Ren to complain about him. Ren will then surely find Kuu! However, in the middle, the story turns to Kyouko's problems regarding her acting roles. Therefore, Kuu (who is suppose to be the bully at first) decided to help her! And that is why, Kyouko is acting as Kuon!


Back to my review, I find this volume extremely interesting. The fact that we know Ren = Corn, and that it is implied that Corn = Kuon, we can safely infer that Ren is Kuu's son. All that is left is why their father-son relationship degenerated to the current state in which Ren refuses to meet him and why he is so desperate to meet Ren.

It is really cute how Ren tried to find out what the heck is going on, but don't dare to poke too deep into the matter. I can't wait for the father-son meeting!!

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