Kayt O'Bibliophile's Reviews > Skip Beat!, Vol. 37

IS THIS THE SLOWEST BURN TO EVER BURN?

I DON'T KNOW BUT MY FEELINGS CAN MOSTLY BE SUMMED UP AS AAAAHHHHHH

I went from "well, I'll try to keep reading" to "hey this is actually enjoyable" to "GIVE ME MORE" over the course of the past thirty-odd volumes, and even though she's softening up, I think Kyoko is such a great main character, what with her still-existing spite and anger.

This volume, and the one immediately prior, were a shift since Kyoko and Ren are done playing the Heel siblings, and we're back to seeing the other characters. I had to wrack my memory for a bit to remember who Chiori and Moko were, and it was hard to shift my expectations back to more regular entertainment work.

I'll say something for this series: for as long as it is, it doesn't usually make any given thing take too long. It feels like, to make up for the focus on Kyoko and Ren of the previous books, that we got a lot more focused on Kyoko's showbiz and entertainment connections here. Good.

But of course, the ending of the book. THE ENDING SCENE. We've just seen not only a bombshell, but Kyoko's having to deal with it.

I am having emotions about this.