Skip Beat 17
Posted: March 3, 2009 Filed under: Skip Beat 1 Comment »Ahh. I am rarely more satisfied than I am when I get a volume of Skip Beat with a lot of Ren in it. Let’s hope the story never diverges from this path.
Reino is still hanging around, which should be no surprise. Sho gave him a beating, but… apparently he loves to pick apples. Kyoko takes preventive measures (including equipping weapons in a Fujiko-like fashion, I’m always happy to see Fujiko), but Ren assures her that these things are not necessary as long as he’s around. And he blushes. Being an actor, Ren rarely shows emotion, so even a blush is killer. A true daydream face is hidden, and a joke is made out of it by Yashiro, who teases Ren about “minimal progress.”
But Reino seems to know all about Ren, and some scary stuff is eluded to both by him and by a sort of disturbing role he takes for a movie. Was Ren really some sort of punk teenager? I’m not sure if I like that or not. I… I think I do.
Things I do like: apparently Reino’s cellphone ring is some sort of Buddhist chant. That’s just an awesome detail to include.
Moko shows up briefly in the end, expecting to cheer Kyoko up after a crushing blow dealt by Sho Fuwa’s increasing popularity. Very little can get Kyoko down when Moko is around though. I love the relationship between those two. It’s just so… mutually beneficial.
What else… something is said about the success of Dark Moon, Kyoko gets a few more jobs, and she gets one more job straight from Lory to the Love-Me Section. Apparently she is in charge of a very mean man. I’m not sure where that’s going.
I love you, Skip Beat!
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