Skip Beat Chapter 123 Discussion

algelic said:
Ren should learn how to get better gifts... he's always giving her rocks.  XDDD



"HE'S ALWAYS GIVING HER ROCKS."



LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLLLLLL!!!!!!!! *DIES LAUGHING* XD

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!  *huge typo*



LOL! I read all the chapters that have been released!



Ren should learn how to get better gifts... he's always giving her rocks.  XDDD   if only he had given her a rock like the "corn" one and then confessed his identity.............. but NO! Huge chance missed!



This manga has given me a great amount of frustration with all the "ideal" romantic moments totally put to waste.  T_T

Yeah, the birthday thank you party. I wasn't sure if you were this far quite yet since you said you had read 12 volumes, and this is in the 20s I think.



And we never know, maybe the rock will end up ON a ring :)



I thought it would have been fantastic if it was one of those special rocks instead, like the one he gave her long ago.

Even though its a year later.. I just now got around to reading these chapters and completely agree with the previous comments about it being too drawn out.

I'm starting to only read it because I feel obligated too, and because I keep wondering maybe I'll miss the relationship development if I stop reading.

Bleh. It's so boring now. So much filler and not enough relationship development.



And I'll admit that I'm cheering for Shou for some strange reason. I don't like that Ren and Kyoko hide so much from each other, especially Ren. He should tell her that he's Corn, not hide it. :/

At least Kyoko and Shou tell each other exactly how they feel about each other. <3

You mean the birthday/thank you party?!



Ryoko pretty much doesn't know anything about Ren and his background. She should care more and ask him or get him to talk... but she's doing the same thing as when they were kids and she called him Corn.   T_T  



You know... I guessed RIGHT AWAY that the rose Ren gave to Kyoko had something inside! Then I spent the several next pages mumbling  "Open the damn rose! See what's inside!". -- Then I was disappointed... it's just a pretty rock. If only it was a pretty rock ON a ring... =\



BAHHHHHHHHH! Spending so many chapters dedicated to Kyoko's trouble with her FEW acting roles is BORING! I don't want to see that anymore!!  T_T   the mangaka should, from now on, simply MENTION that she's working on something... and then dedicate the chapters to actually develop the Kyoko/Ren relationship!

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                I don't get why did Ren leave... still, it was a nice chapter. Though, I'd love if something happened between Kyoko and Ren already... or even if Shou decided to show up.

algelic said:


BAHHHHHHHHH! Spending so many chapters dedicated to Kyoko's trouble with her FEW acting roles is BORING! I don't want to see that anymore!!  T_T   the mangaka should, from now on, simply MENTION that she's working on something... and then dedicate the chapters to actually develop the Kyoko/Ren relationship!



I strongly disagree with this. Strip acting and other show biz jobs from Skip Beat, and you get Itazura na Kiss. And I'm not gonna read that. But, I have all the faith in Nakamura, I mean, just look at the Tokyo Crazy Paradise, if that's not a masterpiece I don't know what is.

Totally!



Though I still do have to say, my most favorite chapters revolve around Shou. Ren is sooo......plain. Hes a romantic character that just likes to yell at Kyoko, and she melts when she looks at him...



....but with Shou its like Fire and Ice.  



I almost cried when I read the chapter about the MV, and how she had to kill him. It was priceless really.



Ren needs to be more like him....

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO frustrated!



I just finished a manga-reading marathon... read all the 20 volumes since yesterday. And I can't believe how SLOW this story is going!



Wait... story? What's the point of this story, anyway?



In the beginning I thought the main goal of the story was to get Ren and Kyoko together, and that was it. But all I see is random filler scenes happening.

The development of Ren and Kyoko's relationship is like... 10%. She won't admit her feelings and he won't act on his. Plus, their relationship is now leaning waaaay too much friendship to the point where Kyoko won't even remotely consider love.



And just when there's a scene that makes me think "THIS IS IT! ACTION!"..... nothing happens. (I'm remembering the scene of Kyoko falling down in the kitchen and Ren on top of her holding her).  FRUSTRATING!



Many of you won't share my opinion. I just want ROMANCE. Almost everything I watch/read has the goal of finding tons of romance. So in that department this manga is disappointing.



Worst of all... I think this story will continue moving slooooooooooowly for the next 2 years or more. The long-awaited ENDING seems like a distant thing.



Oh please... PLEASE make Kyoko and Ren end up together! During that arc where one of the 'beagles' started stalking Kyoko and then Shotaro ended up saving her... I was SO angry. It make me think that there's still the possibility of Kyoko choosing Shotaro in the end... where he acts all redeemed and recognizes her value.  NOOOOOOOOO! That can't happen!



*end of rant*

haha!!! i actually thought that the start was real. it was just a dream! haha.. and then that was followed by a conversation with ren who i thought was real and just ended up being a doll! hahahaha



anyway... new role natsu... and as usual, kyoko thinks about it, gets depressed, asks ren for help, one way or another ren helps her, and then she gets a breakthrough! but whats with the doves and the contact lenses falling out? hahaha..

I hope they do it too.



You find out alittle more about Ren, but Kyoko doesn't.

She gets other parts and works through those



and the BIG plotline is the party (which I still don't get half of what is going on).  That is much later on though. (which ends around volume 20 I think, started in vol 18 I think again. I don't know off the top of my head)

When the story drags for too long, people are bound to drop it. Like Inuyasha... it was sooo awesome in the beginning but then filler filler filler... 560 chapters and the romance hasn't come true.



But at least Inuyasha is a fantasy story with a lot more elements to play and keep it interesting.



Skip Beat, although a pretty good shoujo, with really funny moments and whatnot... has become too repetitive. Inserting meaningless scenes that last for wayyy too many chapters.



And then some things that I actually WANTED to see... weren't there. Like, how the Dark Moon drama actually turned out.



I don't know if I can keep reading this manga if the only events happening are  "someone's birthday party" or "visiting someone's house" or "shooting another commercial and then taking a long time getting into the character". -- This is becoming too much like "Glass Mask".



I want to see:

- Ren and Kyoko confessing their love and actually dating

- Kyoko's background... why her mother was so cruel and where's her father

- Kyoko finding out about Corn/Ren's identity



In short:   get along with the story, get rid of the fillers, and complete the romance!