Skip Beat! 9 Kyoko’s challenge this episode was to act a scene from a new drama to get into the agency’s actor’s training course. However, she is instructed by the director’s grandaughter Maria to portray the role of a loving older sister as a person who actually hates her younger sister. Maria feels this would be more realistic - since Maria herself was blamed by her family for the death of her mother. Kyoko’s real challenge is thus: to impress the bitches in the acting program, to reverse the personality of the character as written, and to “save the heart” of the younger sister (Maria) in the process. Of course Kyoko totally blows everyone away, by using the exact same script but flipping the older and younger sister’s lines (mirroring Ren’s acting style by forcing her acting partner to do what she desires). Halfway through the scene Maria takes over as the younger sister, and Kyoko’s acting of the scene pushes her to *gasp* realize that her own father doesn’t hate her - he is distant because Maria has been the one distancing him. Willing suspension of disbelief is required to handle this show. But Kyoko is successful, impressing Maria, the director (who needs to stop dressing like the sheik of Dubai/an imperial Russian czar/whatever stupid costume he’ll have on next week) and her Love-Me partner Kotonami (better known as Mouko-san, since she’s always saying “Mou!”). Kyoko and Mouko-san get to take the actor’s training course, and at the end of the episode they all happily ride together in a Hum-vee limo with the sheik of Dubai.
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I'm shocked by Kyoko's acting! (O_o) It's surprisingly good.Is she really talented in acting? Or is she just reacting to the actors' provocation? Hmm.. I think it's a little of both.Kyoko not only shocked and impressed Takarada, Kotonami and the actors in the acting agency with her acting, she also manages to open Maria's heart. Maria can now face her past and her beloved Papa. ^-^bEpisode 9Maria thinks that it's unfair for the actors in the acting agency to assign such a difficult task for a beginner like Kyoko. Takarada thinks otherwise.To enter the acting training course, she will need to go through practical acting test. Kyoko can use this opportunity to see if she qualifies for the training course. Takarada is looking forward to Kyoko's acting performance.Kyoko is at a loss. She does not know what to say for her acting performance so she decides to make doll clothes. =.=Kotonami reminds Kyoko that actors only need to focus on the script's description and perform it out. That gives Kyoko an idea what to do.The actors think that Kyoko and Kotonami use money to buy their way into LME.Before the actual performance, the actors accused Kyoko of using her parents' money to buy her dream. That really p*sses Kyoko off.It's finally Kyoko's turn to say her line.She gives a terrifying stare.That stare frightens the actors but makes Maria really happy and excited!Kyoko uses the exact same lines from the script but she uses a different emotion (a very fierce one!).The conversation between the actor and Kyoko reminds Maria of her past.Till today, Maria thinks that she's the one who caused her mother's death. She feels that all the adults around her are liars. They say nice things to her just because she's a child. She also feels that Papa hates her for her mother's death even though everyone says otherwise.Maria's beloved Ren also tells her that Papa does not hate her but she prefers to deny what everyone says. She's scared and does not want to believe what everyone says as she does not want to harbor false hopes.When Kyoko shouts out, 'You are being hated by your Father' during the act, Maria feels especially touched and starts crying. She's touched by Kyoko's precise and straightforward dialogue.At this moment in time, Kyoko's and the actor's dialogue has been switched. Instead of Kyoko giving reasons why Papa still loves her younger sister (actor), the actor is now giving reasons why Papa still loves herself.Suddenly, Maria interrupts and starts giving Kyoko reasons why Papa still loves herself.Kyoko then starts treating Maria as her younger sister in the script. Kyoko asks Maria how much she understand about Papa. She also insists that she does not know Papa's real thoughts.Maria finally comes to a realization and starts crying. She realizes that the obstacle between Papa and herself is.. herself'.After the act, while filling up the application form for the training course, Kotonami asks Kyoko if she has planned for the older sister and the younger sister to switch lines right from the start. The answer is Yes!Kotonami asks Kyoko what if the younger sister does not read out the older sister's lines. Kyoko replies that she's confident that if she goes according to script, so will the younger sister as when a person's mind is blank, the first thing the person will think of is the dialogue in the script. (Kyoko is so smart!)Kyoko and Maria are now good pals. (*^o^*)
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Now, this is something I just CANNOT WAIT. Can a parent really hate their own child? Is Maria really hated by her own father for her only action of childish plea in her meager years? The conclusion of the training arc will reveal the truth! Summary Maria was worried over the difficult challenge, as Kyoko was clearly a [...]
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