Skip Beat!

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Skip Beat! (Sukippu Bīto!) is a Japanese shōjo manga by Yoshiki Nakamura. It is the story of Kyoko Mogami (Mogami Kyōko) a 16-year-old girl who discovers that her childhood friend and romantic goal, Sho Fuwa, only keeps her around to act as a maid and earn his living expenses, as he works his way to become the top pop idol in Japan. Furious and heart broken, she vows to get revenge by beating him in show business. An anime adaptation is produced by Hal Film Maker, and began airing October 5, 2008. It ended airing with episode twenty-five on July 12, 2009.



PLOT
Skip Beat! follows the story of Kyoko Mogami, a sixteen year-old girl who loves her childhood friend, Shotaro Fuwa, but is betrayed by him. Having spent a large part of her childhood at Shotaro's parents' inn, she learned a great deal about hostelry and other such jobs. Shotaro, not wishing to take over his parents' business, moves to Tokyo to pursue a career in music. Sho, as he is called by his fans, asks Kyoko to leave high school and her life in Kyoto Prefecture behind to help him. Upon arrival in Tokyo, Kyoko lives an unreasonably frugal life and works multiple jobs to support Sho, spending nothing on herself and doing whatever she can for Sho, who eventually becomes ranked seventh of the top twenty most popular male celebrities of Japan. One day, she overhears Shotaro complaining about her to his manager, saying that she is a boring and plain girl. He proceeds to sweet-talk and flirt with his manager, in stark contrast to the cold and demanding attitude he usually exhibits towards Kyoko. Kyoko doesn't shed many tears when she learns that Sho wanted her along only to handle housekeeping duties. Instead, her "Pandora's box" opens and she vows vengeance on Sho. As she is carried away by security, Sho mockingly tells her that if she wants revenge, she had better become a bigger star than he is. And so, Kyoko changes her appearance and enters the entertainment industry, facing many challenges along the way. Skip Beat! follows Kyoko's journey to climb the showbiz ladder as she meets interesting people, troublemakers and friends alike, with hopes of getting revenge on Shotaro, as well as regaining the sense of compassion that she had lost when her heart was broken by him. Along the way she meet Tsuruga Ren, who at first hates Kyoko but later comes to love her. As Kyoko cultivates her acting and friendships, she soon discovers a sense of self separate from her initial plans for revenge.


CHARACTERS


Hikaru Ishibashi One third of the idol group 'Bridge Rock'.
Hio Uesugi A child co-star of Kanae Kotonami, who she has a run in with due to her problem with kids his age.
Hiroaki Ogata Ogata is the young director of the tv series 'Dark Moon'. His real name is Hiroaki Date, but change it to distinguish himself from his father. He suffers from a bad inferiority complex with regards to his father famous director Hirotaka Date.


Itsumi Momose A young upcoming actress, who plays the lead in 'Dark Moon'.
Kanae Kotonami Love Me Section member Number 2. Kyoko Mogami's best friend.
Kyoko Mogami Kyoko is a sixteen year old girl was was scorned by her crush, who only wished to use her as labor. Bent on revenge she works toward the goal to beat him to the fame in show business he desired.


Maria Takarada Granddaughter of LME President Lory Takarada.
Mimori Nanokura Young actress from the same agency as Sho Fuwa, who is acting in his PV alongside Kyoko. Due to her fawning over Sho she reminds Kyoko of her old self. Sho nick names her 'Pochi'.
Ren Tsuruga Considered to be one of Japan's most popular actors.
Ruriko Matsunai Ruriko is the petulant idol that hired kyoko for a love me section job as her helper, but her real aim was to totally crush kyoko. Kyoko challenges her to an acting contest.
Seiji Shingai A famous young director. Considers himself 'Takarada clan member number 2'.


Sho Fuwa Childhood friend of Kyoko Mogami, who dumps her after becoming a famous singer. Is a bit of a jerk.











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