Love Me? Well, I’m not on hiatus or dead or anything like that, I just had a very short and busy weekend. December has begun, but it’s not like the work load has decreased or anything, but in just 3 agonizingly long weeks I will be free on my holiday break! Until then, I will just [...]
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Sorry for the late post, but here is my Skip Beat 8 review. I’ve been quite busy over the last few days with exams and homework so please accept my apology. Other then that Earl and Fairy 7 review will be up tomorrow, Vampire Knights episode 8 review will be up Monday, and Yozakura [...]
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Moko's back! YAY! After her last foray into acting, Kyoko has added Ren to her list of people to gain revenge on. She goes back to LME and is given a guide to all the acting classes she'll have to take, but it's very expensive. She runs into Kanae (the black-haired lady from episode 03). To her surprise, Kanae has been made the newest member of the Love Me section. When she asks what
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Really Funny episode! I can't stop laughing throughout! :DKyoko now has 2 enemies - Fuwa Sho and Tsugura Ren! It's funny to see her demonic side.'Love Me' Section finally has a new member, to the delight of Kyoko. Her name is Kotonami (the girl who acts very well during the audition).The ending is a cliffhanger. I can't wait for Skip Beat! next week to see how Kyoko acts. ;)Episode 8Kyoko swears to be better in acting than Ren and take revenge on Sho.She then laughs evilly!! (LOL)Takarada, President of LME, enters the LME building on a camel. (w00t.. impressive!)Kyoko is looking out for acting courses available in LME and to attend, she must pay fees. However, she's too poor to pay.Kyoko bumps into Kotonami.Kyoko is happy to know that Kotonami is also posted to 'Love Me' Section.However, Kotonami is not so happy.Kotonami did very well in the reaction test. However, in the last round of audition, it was ascertained that there's no feelings in her heart. That made Takarada very sad.Kyoko consoles Kotonami and shares with her the advantages of being in 'Love Me' Section.Kotonami tries to escape but is stopped by Kyoko.Kyoko forcingly makes Kotonami change into the 'Love Me' uniform. Kotonami is depressed to be seen by others in the bright pink uniform.She tries to leave but again is restricted by Kyoko's 'little demons'.Sawara asks the 'Love Me' Section for help to look for someone.That person is Takarada's granddaughter, Maria. Both Kyoko and Kotonami recognize her as they have seen her during the audition.Takarada talks to Kyoko about Maria inside his room..while Kotonami waits outside. She wants to escape but can't. The actors from the Acting agency tease her and comment that members in 'Love Me' Section are Leftovers.Upon hearing the comment, Kotonami is very angry and she breaks free from Kyoko's 'little demons'. (LOL)Kotonami then displays her incredible acting skills in front of the actors. She has only read through the script once and she can act out the roles of Mother and Father.She completely defeated the actors.Kyoko is happy to hear that Ren has failed to make Maria listen to him. She wants to achieve what Ren can't so that she can prove to Ren that she is better. Kyoko asks Takarada for a favor. If she can open up Maria's heart, she wants Takarada to split the acting course fees into terms. However, Takarada says that the fees can be exempted.Kotonami is initally saying bad things about 'Love Me' Section but when she sees Kyoko with Takarada, she immediately praises 'Love Me' Section and..joins Kyoko. Kotonami promises to find Maria too. (really fast reaction!)Kyoko thinks of using the Ren doll to lure her out. (Exact replica of what he wore in an event)Thank goodness, Kyoko never sees the Sho doll. I wonder what she might do to the doll.Maria suddenly appears and embraces the Ren doll.Kyoko and Maria are talking about human shaped candles and voodoo dolls. Kotonami cannot understand what they are talking about.Maria feels that Kyoko and herself are the same. (I agree!!)Maria asks Kyoko to give her the Ren doll. She wants to use it to curse the doll to make Ren her prisoner. (LOL... she fantasizes alot.. just like Kyoko)Takarada appears and asks Maria to apologize to the acting agency for causing trouble. Maria refuses to and she wants the acting agency to stop the production of 'The Angel's Words'. She's unhappy with the plot as it reminds her of her past. Kyoko agrees with her and thinks that the plot is too fake.The actors in the acting agency feels offended and challenges Kyoko to act out the 'sister hates lead' scenario.Kyoko is at a loss as she's unsure about how to act out a scenario which is not even in the script.
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LOVE ME PLEASE! I could try to write a whole paragraph of Moko love to introduce the new arc of Skip Beat. However, I should just say this to describe everything I think about Moko. MOKO, I LOVE YOU! You are so damn hot! Summary Kyoko cursed at the dolls of Ren and Dicktaro, psyching herself up to give [...]
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The battle between Kyoko and Ruriko finally comes to an end. It's a happy ending. Ruriko gets her role and has a change of heart and Kyoko gets her 100 'Love Me' points from Ruriko. ^^After acting with Ren, Kyoko comes to realize how good Ren is in his acting. She aspires to be like him. So far, Kyoko has been pretty lucky. The roles she acts in require her to do things she has practiced a lot in the past (ie. making a perfect bow). It will be interesting to see how the story develops from here. Will Kyoko get more exposure to acting or will she be posted to help out in the other sections (ie. singing and variety shows)? I look forward to Skip Beat! next week!Episode 7It's Kyoko's turn to act and perform the tea ceremony but her foot pain is getting unbearable.She recalls her childhood. Sho's mother used to tell her that no matter what she has to smile when she's in front of a guest.That gives her strength and she decides to treat Ren like her guest. When the camera rolls, she manages to put on a perfect smile.Kyoko has learned how to perform tea ceremony from Sho's mother before and she does it perfectly this time round.Her perseverance and seriousness touch Ren and he decides to act seriously with her.Kyoko is shocked by his acting skills and she realizes that the expressions that she give are all led by Ren's acting.In the middle of the act, Kyoko cannot bear the pain anymore and she loses her consciousness.Ruriko seems to be touched by Kyoko's seriousness and perseverance too. She recalls her debut and how serious and persevering she was then. She decides to retrieve back those feelings and be a serious actor. She asks the director for the chance to act again. He obviously agrees as that's the original plan, but he also tells her that he will be very strict with her.Ruriko then visits Kyoko and gives her 100 'Love Me' points!Kyoko is shocked and clueless about why Ruriko gives her full marks.Ruriko says that she likes Kyoko slightly more now and..Kyoko is even more shocked! (haha..)The director feels bad about giving the role to Ruriko (since that's the original plan), so he gives a framed photograph of pretty Kyoko as a form of compensation. Kyoko, not knowing the reason behind the gift, is very happy!The director apologizes to Kyoko for not giving her the role and reveals that her acting is actually as good as Ruriko's. Upon hearing that, Kyoko disagrees and feels that the expressions she gave during the act were actually led by Ren, not by her own abilities. The director tells her that this happens to everyone who acts alongside Ren and Kyoko feels disgusted upon hearing that. She feels like a puppet who is unable to control her own actions.Ren and Yashiro escort Kyoko back to her room. Yashiro asks her when she had learned tea ceremony before. When she heard that, she fell as she recalled her training days with Sho's mother. Then, she realized that Sho's mother was actually training her to be Sho's wife as the tea ceremony is only taught to daughters-in-law in Sho's family. She suddenly felt like an empty shell.She then resolves herself to act as well as Ren.In her room, the makeup artist wants to remove her makeup but she refuses to. Ren then reminds her about Sho's Whitening advertisement and if she does not remove her makeup, she will have bad skin and will never beat Sho.She unwilling agrees! (haha.. so sad for Kyoko)The next morning, Kyoko bumps into Ren in the hotel lobby.Ren asks her if Sho is still the motivation behind her desire to enter the entertainment industry. Kyoko answers YES and she gets another stamp - Minus 10 points!Of course, Kyoko is p*ssed with Ren!! (who wouldn't? even though he meant well)
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Well I’m finally reviewing this. I apologize. I’ve had homework all week and everything. Since Winter Break is in four weeks the teachers are packing us with homework. I’ve fallen behind in some subject so that is the reason for my disappears, and off schedule reviews. But I’ll tell you this. Earl and Fairy 6 [...]
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Late post. -_- Anyway, this was a great episode. Kyoko really shines when she's acting. This episode picks up from the previous episode with Kyoko taking her turn to perform with Ren. When Kyoko kneels on the platform, her ankle begins to hurt even more. The pain is practically unbearable, and Ruriko is confident that Kyoko won't even be able to complete the scene. But as soon as the
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The announcement came out a couple days ago, but I am a slow bento. It's been announced that the Skip Beat! manga will be converted into a Taiwanese drama. The two leading roles have been announced. Kyoko will be played by Ariel Lin, who has been in Taiwanese adaptions of Itzura na Kiss and Tokyo Juliet. Ren will be played by Jerry Yan, an actor made famous by his role in the Taiwanese adaptation
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Kyoko’s so moe that the word moe is not good enough to describe her! A combination of extreme work done for my graduate application (just took the GRE and got a 1400!) and a serious bout of laziness meant that I did not blog for two whole weeks. Now, I have a huge backlog waiting for [...]
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Woo! Three cheers for ten times easier full arc posts! Now I can do fun little titles and I’ve cut my work by…well more than half. Doing it this way also makes it a lot easier to enjoy Skip Beat! since I don’t really have to worry about trying to say something about a scene [...]
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Title:  Skip Beat! Vol 15 Author: Yoshiki Nakamura Publisher: Viz ISBN: 9781421519524 May Contain Spoilers Argh! Kyoko really has to learn to rein in that impressive temper of hers!  Stalked by the lead singer of Vie Ghoul, she is finally cornered, and like a cat, she comes out [...]
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Yep. There would be a Taiwanese live-action dorama of Skip Beat!!! Jerry Yan and Ariel Lin at the airport. [Source: ANN] A live-action television drama version of Yoshiki Nakamura’s Skip Beat! shōjo coming-of-age manga has been announced in a press conference in Taiwan on Monday. The story centers on a teenager named Kyōko who followed her childhood friend [...]
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Yay for Chibi-Mode! Dunno if it is just yet…but it is definitely a pretty strong contender! After watching episode two, I couldn’t stop myself from wanting to see what was going to happen next. This anime has a nice way of pushing me to the edge of the cliff and leave me hanging on it. By [...]
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What a funny episode! I have a really good laugh! :DI love Kyoko. She can be kind, vengeful, sarcastic and scary, all at the same time! ^^This week, the battle between Kyoko and Ruriko begins. One is vengeful and scary and the other one is spoilt and demanding. Sparks fly when the 2 girls clash. Who will win? We will only know next week, but it's easy to guess. Though it's predictable, Skip Beat! is still fun to watch! :DEpisode 6Continuing from last episode, Ren carries Kyoko back to the filming location.Ruriko is obviously angry. (scary looking!!)Ren's manager, Yashiro, helps Kyoko to bandage her foot. He wants to bring Kyoko to the hospital but Kyoko refuses to because she wants to protect Ruriko.Before the filming starts, Kyoko approaches Ren. Ren smiles at her and says 'You are finally here. I'm tired of waiting'. (haha.. that's very truthful of him)She angrily walks out and bumps into Kyoko. That's when she admits to Kyoko her hatred for 'Love Me' Section and Kyoko!The battle begins!!Despite her anger, Kyoko composes herself to carry Ruriko back.The filming starts.Ruriko has to repeat the first scene many times because it's not up to the director's expectation. She gets impatient, throws temper and attributes her bad acting to her inexperience. (=X what an excuse!)Ruriko then suggests that Kyoko should try out the role since Kyoko will do anything to gain points. Kyoko can't stand Ruriko's behavior and agrees to the offer. The director accepts the proposal and Ruriko is p*ssed. (serve her right!!)Actually, bringing Kyoko and Ruriko together is part of Takarada's (President of LME) plan. The director and Ren are the accomplices. The plan is to reform Ruriko.Kyoko, with makeup on, is..popular among the crew.Kyoko is grateful to Ruriko as it's her willfulness and arrogance that gives Kyoko the opportunity to put on makeup and look beautiful. (LOL.. really sarcastic!)Kyoko makes a perfect bow in her first acting scene. Everyone is impressed and Ruriko is beginning to feel threatened.At the outdoor scene, Kyoko is shocked to know that Ruriko is not allergic to UV rays, but only scared of getting dark. (Actually, Kyoko misunderstood Ruriko in the last episode.)It's Ruriko's turn to act. She is caught looking at Ren dreamily during the filming. That displeases the director. Ruriko again comes out with excuses.At the end of the episode, Kyoko swears to fight it out with Ruriko. (Hee.. there might be a cat fight next week :P)
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So Earl and Fairy 5 finally came out. I watched it and the review will be up sometime tomorrow. So it looks like Vampire Knight Guilty will be the last review of this week. Well we still got Earl and Fairy 6, but since today is Thursday and m33w has a lot series on their [...]
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Blah. Chiorin is so not a threat. Her evil twisty plots don't seem to be going anywhere. Chiorin changes her look to be more mature, knowing that it's not what the director wants. Her plan is to keep missing the direction so that she delays the filming, thus making everyone blame Kyoko for forcing her to change in the first place. That's...such a terrible plan. Seriously? You're going to do
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Things really start getting good now that Kyoko's actually doing some acting. Oh, and of course more Ren x Kyoko scenes are made of WIN. Ren carries Kyoko to the filming set princess-style, which sets Ruriko off. Ruriko tries to flirt with Ren, but he repels her with an insincere smile saying that he was tired of waiting. Ruriko decides to make trouble by leaving the set, knowing that since
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If it is…that asSho is gonna get it!! Pretty interesting, I was sure Kyoko was gonna break down or something, so I’m dying to see what Kyoko’s ‘revenge’ is and how she’s going to execute it. I just hope she doesn’t turn into the same showbiz spoiled @sshole as Sho. Posted in Anime   Tagged: Skip Beat    [...]
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Daikon beating, to be exact. I’ve just watched the first three episodes of Skip Beat! and I am wondering two things: What just hit me, and Do I want it to hit me again? Having just come off Itazura na Kiss, Skip Beat is like a 180° from the antics of Kotoko wooing Irie, except it’s more like a [...]
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