The title came from a song, which I’ve never heard.

Summary:

After another busy day when Kyouko has prepared a special meal for her beloved childhood friend, Shotaru, she overhears a conversation between him and his manager Shoko. As it turns out, Sho had only asked Kyou to come with him to Tokyo, where he wishes to fulfill his dream of becoming a major celebrity, in order to pay off the rent for his expensive apartment. Immediately, Kyou decides to take revenge on him by joining his agency’s enemy and becoming a superstar herself, but the idea of her even getting into the entertainment industry has Sho in fits of laughter.

In the LMI building, Kyou stumbles upon Sho’s enemy, Ren, and before she tells herself that she no longer needs to hate him for being better than Sho, she decides otherwise once he kicks her out. With a lot of persistence, Kyou manages to convince Ren’s agent to let her join in the industry, but he explains that she needs to audition first. Although remarkable and unforgettable, she fails during the audition for the LMI Agency because she lacks what is most important for an artiste: love. The idea of wanting to be loved and loving others has long since abandoned her, so Kyou gives up the idea of trying to be famous. Later she cries in her room at the inn she’s staying at. Elsewhere in the LMI building, the director wants Kyou to come back and audition again. Once the owner encourages her to not give up, Kyou decides to return.

First things first:

• Moé baa-chan usagijen was going to have a mental breakdown, so …
• I deliberately decided to torture myself for twenty minutes watching Skip Beat!
• But the shocking truth is the first episode didn’t turn out to be so bad after all.
• In fact, it was awesome.
• Motivated, I indulged myself in another two episodes and absolutely loved it.
• However, three episodes of shoujo in one day was too sudden for a crazed bunny murderer.
• And yes, this is still your loving blissmo.

According to the world’s top scientists, the best yet most uncommon formula is:

2 very fugly assholes + 1 exceedingly adorable and stupid girl + radish(?) = WIN.

So lately I’ve been watching anime I wouldn’t usually watch and I put all the blame on usagijen and issa-sa. They’ve been cleverly dragging me into the “lovey-dovey turf” which I had never dared set foot in before, but now that I’m lovin’ ToraDora! I told myself that Skip Beat! might not be so horrible as I imagine it is. Little did I know that I was in for more than I ever bargained for: I was actually enjoying every bit of Skip Beat!.

As usagijen nicely puts it: “Kyoko’s naivety and semi-stupidity might irk people off”, but I think she’s really cute. Usually the main thing I despise in the shoujo I’ve seen is that the female protagonist can’t stand up for herself and always follows the “evil” boy she has a crush on even if he tosses her out into the cold etc., but when Kyouko punched Shotaru in the face when she found out that he had been using her all this time, I was definitely impressed. I also like it how there’s a lot of chibi faces involved in this series because it rids the seriousness.

The OP is okay, but I absolutely adore the ED, especially because the song is by one of my favourite singers SEAMO. Like usagijen, I reccomend that all you guys check out the first episode for my sake so that you know that while you’re watching it, you’re not totally wasting your time /kidding! Anyway, I’m looking forward to episode three since it appears that Kyou runs into Sho which means more of Sho hate-time.

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Skip Beat! 01-03: Come On, Shine On, Be My Superstar