Skip Beat! Chapter 191 Discussion

@Yinhie and jesscosta Completely agree, really feel that a lot happened to set the scene for the upcoming tracks/character interactions. Can't wait for the next chapter!!!

this chapter sucked. literally nothing happened in 30 pages

I knew it, I know I saw Corn in Ren!!!



Stupid Sho, get your hands off of Kyoko!!! Ren is really going to kick your ass if there's a bruise on Kyoko's wrist and she says it was an accident or something, he'll know it was YOU!!!



Villetta_Nu said:
Shou is getting ridiculous.  The manhandling just to get her to say what HE wants to hear was a bit much.



If he's going to get more violent towards Kyoko the more her feeling gravitate towards Ren, then I can see this manga taking a VERY dark turn.



I sense a confrontation between Ren and Shou in the future and there ain't gonna be nothing nice about it!  I have no doubt that Ren will pummel Shou into something that closely resembles a wet prune.



And I agree with you.

even though nothing much happened in this chapter I liked  Yashiro's attempts to figure  out the situation and Kyoko's imagination of Ren's reaction .

I think Kyouko shouldn't have said it LOUD & CLEAR to Sho regardless of him being aggressive. If it's Kyoko I'm sure she could have found a better way especially since it's not true. This means that Sho still is special one way or another.

Sho was kinda despicable pushing her like that. I don't think that a Ren-Sho showdown for Kyoko is happenning anytime soon cuz Sho still doesn't want to admit he is developing feeling for her -I don't believe he's completely in love with her but I'm looking forward to when it happens- unlike Ren who was rather firm with that flashy text guy. That's merely my opinion and how I see things.

A lot of people have been saying there wasnt much development in this chapter. I have to disagree. I think there's a lot of "ground work" in this chapter. Nakamura-sensei is preparing for future developments. I think there are a lot of meaning and possibilities in this chapter. I'll go through my thinking.



1. Ren sees Kyouko and Sho together -  The look on his face - I think we can all agree we can see kuon in it. He keeps it cool though. People were expecting him to do something about it but I think if he did it wouldnt be like Ren at all. I think he's been keeping everything in and soon he's just going to explode and that's going to be a really dark time.



2. Sho getting more dangerous - So far we've seen Sho being completely negligent towards kyouko, then he was a possessive, wanting to monopolize her heart. He comes back, goes away, comes back again, goes away. He only wants to keep kyouko thinking about him. But now he's starting to get dangerous and what it was worse than the man-handling for me was the mind games he started to play with kyouko, the manipulation of her thoughts and feelings. Sho knows the damage he's inflicted on kyouko and he's using that without second thought.



3. Kyouko realizing how she feels about Ren - ok, so I didn't understand how people didn't see this as a major development. The last three pages were all kyouko figuring out her feelings. "Because if I succumb even a little to my feelings, shoutarou, I am sure I'll become more of a fool than the time with you" Isnt that her saying she likes Ren even more than she did Shou? That the joy she feels even by the little things Ren do (praise her) are even bigger than when she was with Shou? I mean this took 191 chapters to realize so I think it is a major development - I was very excited when I read this. "I don't want to succumb no matter how much my heart aches". That is just showing the start of her suffering. I think from now on she will probably start keeping her feelings in. I wonder for how long she will be able to do this, specially after kuon comes out.





There will be some very interesting chapters coming soon, I can't wait.



One more thing - keep in mind that nakamura-sensei works are good because they are very well planned and very well thought out. Every thing she does has a meaning. :)

I feel sad at this current state of fandom of basically anything, that they would jump onto a bandwagon as quick as they saw a comment, as if they are incapable of forming their own opinion. That whole "lack of development" kinda makes me cringe, especially when one person says it, and others just follow suit. This chapter even spoonfed us the fact that Ren acted differently from how he'd usually confront Kyoko about that matter with Sho, it's definitely setting up for the future in regards to Ren and Kyoko's relationship. The ending of the chapter basically reaffirmed Kyoko's stance on romance and loving another person again, her entire purpose of being in the "love me" section. She already has the path figured out but she is afraid of taking the first step because of her trauma. (compared to when she was in denial) This chapter is setting up for them to confront their issues.



This chapter also tells me that I don't like Sho, and I hope he will appear a lot lesser in the future.

I just can't believe I have to wait another month for the next one.

/sob

;A;

I'm just waiting for Ren to finally snap and beat up Shou.... please fulfill my whishes Ren. <3