Skip-Beat Vol 13

[meganbmoore]

At long last, the Dark Moon arc is over. I know I’ve said it before, but while this arc was good when it was focusing on Kyoko and her figuring out her voice for her first big role, it was pretty good, but when it switched to Ren having Issues playing romantic roles, it kinda got dull. Yes, the whole “oh hai! Ren and Kyoko horizontal on the kitchen floor and Kyoko has no idea what’s going on because it’s practice for the drama!” thing helped, but it had a limited lifespan. Those flashbacks during the test proved that.

BUT!

It seems we are past that now (I’m sure there will be “how the show went” bits, but that’s ok) and back to Ren being repressed and standoffish and Kyoko being her perky, hyper, near rabid self, obsessed with grudges and pleasing people. And, of course, Ren’s manager is back to being a fulltime Ren/Kyoko shipper. (Is it just me, or do their hairstyles sometimes make it hard to tell him and Ogata apart?)

I’m curious about Ren’s issues with who I believe is the person who played Katsuki in the original drama. I’m curious, but fearful of it overtaking the book. (Look, I signed up for the hijinks of a revenge driven girl finding what she wants to do with herself by accident and her best friend and the slightly older guy who isn’t quite adjusted to liking a girl 5~ years younger, not romantic wangst[some romantic wangsting ok] and Ren’s issues with Kyoko being cute and supportive.)

And…uhm…I have yet to figure out why we need the subplot of Ren and Kyoko having known each other when she was little. It has yet to contribute anything.

(And despite my seeming to complain a lot lately, I still love this thing.)

I maintain that Dark Moon sounds like a terribly melodramatic and overly wangsty drama that, were it real, would be insanely popular. And that I’d flee from.

Now, let’s bring Kanae back, shall we? 

Comments

[swanjun.livejournal.com]

I think I'd dislike a randomly-appearing romantic attachment even more than a deadly illness. So if that happens, I blame you! :)

That is a cute icon, but I think I want one of Kyoko making one of her cute faces or something. I've seen a few in that vein, but nothing that made me go, "That's the one!"

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, people just don't make many icons for the series.