SKIP BEAT, the manga

 

I have been binge-reading eleven volumes – the 3-in-1 version- of the manga, SKIP BEAT. I checked out the first volume from the library. It was enough to get me hooked. I had to know more!

Unfortunately, my library did not have anymore. So, I started buying the 3-in-1s. I bought all of them except volume 12. It is proving to be elusive. People who are selling their copies for exuberant prices. Please, VIZ, bring out some more of that volume!

As I mentioned, I got hooked. I had no more books in my book queue, so I started. Okay, I held out hope that by the time I got to Volume 12, the copy I ordered would have shipped.

SKIP BEAT follows a 16-year-old girl – who has been spurned and dumped by the boy she loved. She had sacrificed everything for Sho Fuwa while he pursued his music career. Kyoko vows revenge; however, to achieve it, she must into showbiz.

In her quest, she runs into Japan’s number one actor: Ren. The one-man Sho despises above all.  Ren does not make Kyoko’s transition into showbiz easy. He dislikes her reasons for being there.

Kyoko must learn to love again. So LME’s president puts her in the Love Me section. Kyoko really grows in each volume. Hate still drives her, but she finds something she enjoys: acting.

And she’s good at it. Ren, and his manager and others, helps her hone her craft. I really do not want to give out spoilers so…