Skip Beat!, Vol. 20

Today’s post is on Skip Beat!, Vol. 20 by Yoshiki Nakamura. It is 192 pages long and is published by Shojo Beat. The cover has Kyoko being very cute making sweets for the party. As it is the twentieth volume in the series , you need to have read the first nineteen 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 the mostly Kyoko. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- It's the season of giving in Tokyo, but Lory's granddaughter Maria is in no mood to celebrate. Kyoko, never one to sit out a challenge, finally gets Maria to admit what has her so soured on the holidays. It turns out December 24 is Maria's birthday--and the anniversary of her mother's death! Can Kyoko work a Christmas miracle and give this little girl a happy birthday?

Review- Maria, the little girl Kyoko made friends with in an earlier volume, is having a hard time as her birthday is coming. Kyoko, being the warm person she is, wants to help Maria handle her pain better. Of course there is more going on than meets the eye as it is Kyoko's birthday too. But the only one who knows is Ren and he gives her a gift. We get some character development but is more plot in this volume. It ends with a party for Kyoko starting and I hope that we see that in 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.