Alternative TitlesEnglish: Skip Beat! Japanese: スキップ・ビート！
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: 2002 to ?
StatisticsScore: 8.821 (scored by 4883 users)
Ranked: #132
Popularity: #26
Members: 8,055
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SynopsisKyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! (Source: Viz) |
Related MangaAdaptation: Skip Beat!
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AegisReborn
59 of 77 people found this review helpful
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133 of ? chapters read
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10 |
| Story |
9 |
| Art |
9 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
It's always a shock when you start submerging yourself in a story that you don't think will be that interesting and suddenly find yourself completely lost in it. Being a big fan of stories about the underdog, I'd have to say, Skip Beat! definitely captivated me; you're pulled in and can't stop reading wondering what will happen next.
The characters themselves are very unique and well developed. The main character turns out to be a young heroine, Mogami Kyoko, probably one of my favorite characters. Her natural frankness and unsurpassed perseverance makes you just want to root for her even though the way she was introduced into the entertainment world is so unusual. Despite being undermined and looked down upon, it's just amazing how much she achieves and shines. Besides Kyoko, there are so many characters that you meet in the story, each with their own complex story and background. The characters are so dynamic, each in their own way that it just makes you want to know more about every single one of them.
It's no surprise that the characters themselves are so well developed since even those characters have to try act out other characters within the story, almost like a story within the story. The main storyline is quite simple, but the complexity lies within the background of each actor, each character. As you read on, you find out that everyone has a secret that they don't wish to be revealed, and that must be how it is in the entertainment industry.
As far as art is concerned, I must say that I have no complaints at all, although the author does tend to "chibi" forms a lot probably because of the difficulty and detail involved with each character. However, when it comes to the crucial moments, the expressions and looks on the faces of each character are amazing. When a character looks angry, it sends chills down your spine. The author certainly breathes life into each character. A smile can be from genuine to cruel to down right evil.
Overall, I loved the characters and the story development of Skip Beat! If you enjoy stories about the underdog, someone with a little bit of talent and a lot of perseverance, then I definitely recommend giving Skip Beat! a read.
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SimpleCandy
29 of 38 people found this review helpful
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139 of ? chapters read
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10 |
| Story |
9 |
| Art |
10 |
| Character |
10 |
| Enjoyment |
10 |
When I first heard about Skip Beat, I (sadly) wasn't one of the first people who loved it from its summary. In fact, after reading the brief summary I went "Psshhh, what's so great about this? No originality at all! The art isn't even that great either!" and walked away.
The reason I first started to read it was because
1) I had finished my favorite manga at the time
2) I was extremely bored and it was ranked quite high
Horrible reasons I know, and I really didn't think I would enjoy Skip Beat at all. In fact I don't know why there were so many people that love this series.
After the first chapter, I was hooked. The main girl at first was just like any other but the comedy and sarcasm and carefully drawn out eyes got my attention. Plus, the originally "not so original" plot began to seem much more interesting. After that, I read every single chapter up to 139 in about 3 days.
Story: It's not that high on the originality style because I can probably name a couple of stories that revolve around revenge and etc. However, the plot after the beginning, although a bit cliche, is still quite different and makes you crave more. That's the important thing, sure plot is necessary but even if the plot isn't "original" so long as the characters are good, then the story will automatically be good. Which is why this is 9.
Art: Okay, so the bodies are a bit exaggerated and elongated to show how "beautiful" they really are. Even though this a bit of a turnoff for me at first before I read the manga, I grew to be able to ignore the bodies and focus more on the facial expressions and eyes. Her eyes are amazing, it shows you all of the emotions and feelings. Since you can grow to ignore or later like me now, enjoy the exaggeration then art goes to 10. If you can't, it's more 9 since you cannot deny that most shoujo manga art is quite beautiful.
Character: No matter what anyone says, characters are JUST AS or even MORE important than the plot. No matter how unique or original your plot is, if your characters don't match up to it, the book or manga is not going to fare well. What Skip Beat lacks in it's originality department, it shows up in the characters. I won't go into great detail at the people because it would border on spoilers but as you read you can greatly identify each of the character's inner thoughts. Since this is told in Kyoko's perspective, you get to see how crazy she gets and laugh your head off at her "misfortune"! Truly an interesting main character.
Enjoyment: It's great. That's all I can really say. You laugh, you sympathize, you cry and you get angry along with Kyoko. It's amazing when a manga can get you going that much. This manga really is great and I'm sure even the worst critics (like me) can enjoy this.
Overall: 10. Simply (almost) perfect. A great read!
(Man that really was long! But I hoped this helped at least someone!)
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same where the gurl trys 2 get revenge through acting and becoming a bigger star
The ends of the heroine are the same and that is to defeat a certain someone in showbizness that is (was) mutually related to them. Other than that, they both contain the love triangle scenario though that facade is yet to be seen in Honey Hunt.
Honey Hunt is a tale about a girl who wishes to have revenge on her superstar mother. Also, she wishes to make a name of her own since a lot of people only saw her as the daughter of one of the world's greatest musician and a talented actress.
Both mangas have the exact same premise. The protagonists both enter the entertainment world in order get revenge by outshining an enemy. Also as usual in shoujo mangas both protagonists have two love interests which are introduced. Both get by on alot of luck because they both have no experience but the way they navigate showbiz is different due to their different characters and circumstances.
Both feature a teenage girl enters the entertainment industry in Japan with revenge on her mind, a love triangle of sorts, and a similar atmosphere that knows how balance drama with comedy.
If you like the concept of Skip Beat! then I think you'll defenitly like Honey Hunt.
It's basically about a girl entering showbiz for revenge, pursuing acting and a long the way she has to deal with love betrayal and hardship.
Not on the same lvl as Skip beat but defenitly worth reading.
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If you've read Skip Beat and liked the concept I think you'll defenitly like The One.
Both are about girls entering the entertainment business,(Skip beat-acting,The one-modelling) and how they struggle to make it, falling in love a long the way aso.
The drawing style is similar. There is a bit of love and showbiz industry requires you to pose infront of cameras and wear fashionable just like in The One. They are both funny and both about a girl entering into an industry with little to zero experience yet a lot of talent. They both have a sad past related to their parents and the reason they are doing it both started from love. Either falling in love with a guy but then getting betrayed so they hated the guy and wanted revenge (Skip Beat!) or joining the industry to see the guy (The One). Either way the are really similar have similar story line, same sense of humor and drawing style. (At first when I was reading them I thought they were from the same author)
One young girl with talent moving up and up the ladder of showbiz; two guys who seem to share some weird 'bond' with her... All too similar.
Both of these are very similar. To start of with, they are both about girls trying to make it big in similar careers, (The One - Modeling, Skip Beat! - Acting/Entertainment) and fall in love along the way. The characters also remind me of each other.
Kyoko - Lele
Sho - Angus
Ren - Eros
I'm sure if you enjoyed Skip Beat! or The One, you will definitely enjoy the other.
You'll definately like The One if you like Skip Beat, whilst the main character in skip beat does acting, the main actor in The One does Modelling. Both main actors have similar love lives, with the male in interest having a bad past
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