Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Glass no Kamen, The Glass Mask Japanese: ガラスの仮面
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
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Status: Publishing
Published: Jan 1976 to ?
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With Glass Mask and Skip Beat, both of the female leads will do what it takes to make it in the entertainment world, even though their agenda and ultimate goals are different. They are also long running series. Skip Beat with over 20 volumes, and Glass Mask with over 40 - and still ongoing. If you like one, you would enjoy the other.
Glass Mask and Skip Beat both focus on a young girl determined to make it big in the world of acting. However, while this connects both mangas, the difference between Kyoko and Maya's characters is vast. The dark, serious, and often times immature Kyoko provide much comic relief to the Skip Beat series whereas the creative, "genius" actress that sometimes lacks confidence allows readers of Glass Mask to wonder if she has what it takes to get the role of the legendary "Crimson Goddess". Despite the differences between the two characters, readers of one series will definitely be able to enjoy the other. Enter the world of comedy, mystery and subtle romance with Skip Beat and Glass Mask's portrayal of what the world of acting is like, the seriousness of an actor's role and what it takes to make it in the entertainment industry.
Both are series about serious method actor girls. The rest of the cast draws parrells to. Kyoko=Maya, Ren=Masumi (and other characters *giggle*) Kanae sort of = Ayumi and Yahiro=Mizuki. There are many diffence in the plot (mainly cocerning the main characters motive for acting, but both series have humor, drama, bitchy actresses jealous of the main characters, and awesome romance scenes.
Both involve female leads working hard as actresses to portray their characters in a way that impacts the audience strongly.
Both stories are about the TV industry, about acting and about fighting for what you want.
I've read some were before that Glass Mask is like Skip Beats mother and I would have to agree. Glass Mask is about a girl and her career in acting just like in Skip Beat and the romance is a lot like. If you like older manga and you like Skip Beat you have to try Glass Mask!
Both have a girl who goes into show business and gradually gets more popular. Maya is kind of like the innocent side of Kyoko. Both characters surprise their coworkers when they get very into their characters, and there is the whole "I just can't get into the role" thing, and then they end up making up a character that surprises everyone. Kyoko and Kanae's relationship is similar to Maya and Ayumi's, except Kyoko and Kanae are more friendly with each other.
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Cat Street is very short and sweet; it's more about the main character being outcasted for being so good at acting at a young age and than having her role in a play stolen from her. It's not something you should read if you want to read something long, but if you want something semi-short and sweet, than this is the manga for you. It reminds me of Glass Mask with the acting part of it.
After becoming blacklisted/isolated from the entertainment world, both heroines show their strength and love of acting in order to perform again. They sink from tragedy & depression and learn to rise back to the top.
Generally, these mangas are wonderful to read. The main characters are interesting and their dramas will give you twists & turns that you would never expect. It's true that Glass Mask is MUCH longer, but nevertheless, it would still get you hooked just as much as Cat Street.
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A brilliant young artist prodigy with a very sad personal trying to make it in art. both are great stories!
Both characters are prodigies and receive training from former legends in their career dance/acting). Also, both had difficult childhoods with mothers who did not believe in them.
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Both are about talented young artists fighting to get somewhere in life, but the two have very different approaches to it
The stories of the two lead characters (Nodame and Maya) have a great deal in common. Though Glass Mask is not comedic, like Nodame Cantabile, they both feature female protagonists who exist somewhat outside of their artistic communities. Both are phenomenal raw talents who struggle to find their niche amongst those who may be more technically skilled in their respective fields, but who often lack their same level of emotional committment.
The romance stories in the two series are handled differently, but similarly at the same time. Instead of pairing these characters up with their respective partners immediately, and then facing numerous obstacles all together, these romances develop slowly and subtly. Even the smallest of moments between the various couples can make your chest clench. Anyone who has enjoyed one of these series will definitely enjoy the other as well.
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Probably the most similar to one another.
- Both main girls are trying to fulfill their dreams. Glass Mask is centering on acting, while Swan on ballet.
- Both girls are under the care of strict teachers.
- Both have minor romance.
- And obviously, both are old-school shoujo that came out on the same year & they share a similar artwork.
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Both involve acting, where there's a sincere girl with a ridiculous amount of potential being brought out by a guy already influential in the field.
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They're both great shojo manga about a young girl striving to succeed in the world of acting.
Although Kodocha is mostly centered around relationship between the two main characters, while Glass Mask is more focused on the acting part of the story, they both show what it means to be famous and how much pleasure and hardships it can bring you.
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They both talk about plays and acting. :) Ashita no Ousama, on the other hand, talks about the script writer and how their script makes it to the screen, so to speak. :)
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if you like the love relationship in Glass Mask then you will Certainly like the relationship in Dengeki Daisy .
because both of them is about teenage girl who have relationship with adult man , the girl hate the man at the Beginning but she start to love him slowly, the men is secretly in love with the girl , the men play the role of a mean person in front of the girl but they are very gentle in reality and they have another secret Identity and they use their secret identity to help the girl and encourage her , both of them are hide their other identity .
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Althought the main characters are not so similar
the overplot is. Both is about acting and achieving the position of being No.1
The past that was the most similar was the part where they mention the play Staircase to Heaven (i dont remember the clearly, Penguin Revolution)
it is the same as the play Scarlet Angel (Glass mask)
they both state that if you are the main leading female character of this play, it means that you are the best actress around
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There was a hilarious reference to Glass Mask in chpt 4 of SDC, so I thought of recommending it.
Both mangas do have never-ending drama, so much so that it can feel like you're watching a soap opera :3 Yet, the main female leads never give up in whatever they're doing. Both reads are quite enjoyable in their own ways, often silly but full of drama.
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If you like show biz stories, you will love these two!!!
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Both are intertainment-related, where a talented female lead tries to achieve her dreams of becoming a great actor/photographer
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Though set in different time periods, both stories have a male lead who secretly admires the female lead who is much younger than he. These two male characters are rich and have cold-hearted facades, but are actually kind and gentle. They are also acting as the benefactors of the girls; however, in Glass Mask, the girl is unaware of whom she is indebted to.
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Love of Acting and Drama! Though Private Actress is more episodic than Glass Mask, both heroines exhibit strength and admirable ability for the sake of acting!
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Both convey an art style similar to "classic shojo/josei manga" (though Kuragehime is more modern and is merely influenced by it).
But other than the occasional art style, both feature a heroine who initially seemed useless, but over time gained her ambition by following her obsession (whether it would be Acting for Glass Mask, or Jellyfish dresses for Kuragehime). And lastly, both feature a highly stylish, rich male who serves as that push or force to the heroine's ambition.
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