Today's post is on Skip Beat! volume 10 by Yoshiki Nakamura. It is 200 pages long and is published by Shojo Beat. The cover has Ren in profile looking up into the light. It is the tenth in her long running Skip Beat! series and you need to have read the first nine volumes to understand the story. There is no foul language, no sex, and no violence in this manga. The story is told from third person close of Kyoko and Ren. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- Kyoko's been scouted for a role in this year's most anticipated drama, a remake of the classic Tsukimori. But shades of the past threaten to stifle the production as Kyoko struggles to get into the character of Mio, a young woman with a severely scarred face. Ms. Iizuka, the actress who played the original Mio, is now playing Kyoko's mother, and has grave doubts about Kyoko's ability to do justice to the role. She demands that Kyoko pass an acting test, and quit the production if she fails!
Review- So Kyoko has to learn the why of her new character Mio so that she can stay on the show. We get to see Kyoko's mind work as she puzzles out how she is going to play a character so different from herself. If was very fun to see Kyoko become this new, scarier Mio. Ren has some time in the narrative where we get to see into his mind but that just added to Kyoko's journey. But Ren is going to have some problems, according to the president of LME, as he has not ever really been in love with anyone and he is playing a devoted lover in this new series. Ren is more worried about it then he lets on and I am curious about how he is going to deal with this next problem. I really love this series and I cannot wait to read the next volume.
I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
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