Audience reviews
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ephemerry
This series is the antithesis to Ai Yazawa's Nana! While Nana is a coming-of-age story about young adults pursuing their passions and having mature romantic relationships, Skip Beat is about Kyōko Mogami, a teenage girl who drops out of high school to get a full-time job, so she can simp for her childhood crush... and when he inevitably betrays her, her solution is... to stalk him and join the same talent agency, to get her revenge by becoming more famous than him! The premise is just as vapid as it sounds and while I occasionally like a nice romance anime to shut my mind off to, the narrative rolled along as sturdily as a flattened tire!
⚠️ This review of Skip Beat! will be spoiler-free ⚠️
—Story/Characters
While I can perfectly understand why Kyōko would want revenge, it still boggles…
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I put this anime off for the longest time, but it isn't at all what I expected! After re-watching 5 years later, I still give this anime a 10/10!
The art was really good but what I enjoyed most was the chibi-style drawings that emphasized the humour and the funny parts from the anime.
I would've liked to see her take revenge on Sho and rise to a higher position, so in other words I would've wanted an OVA or another season so I could see how it ends. But that being said, we can tell that she would've gotten there eventually.
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Skip Beat! is very fun. Watching it, the show slowly cleansed away all the dirty substances I've gained from Clannad After Story. Making me feel more at ease as I advance throughout the show. Sadly, it ended as a cliffhanger. Resulting in the utmost of disappointment. But overall, the show was great and it does portray your typical drama romance anime.
If I had to describe this anime, then I would describe it as "Bitches : The Anime". No offense or anything, but the majority of the female characters in the show does give off an awful lot of bitch vibes. As expected from a showbiz anime anyways? But I'm not really bothered by it. In fact, it was kind of entertaining.
This show gives me the right amount of drama. Enough amount of romance and a little comedy that aren't funny at all but m…
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I fell in love with the manga and ended up watching the anime afterwards because I just couldn't get enough of it. That being said, I was highly disappointed with the anime adaptation, and felt like the overall vibe was very different than the original manga (and no, I am not someone who automatically feels that the manga version of any story is superior). It's difficult for me to pinpoint exactly why I loved the manga and hated the adaptation, but I'll try.
Plotwise, the anime more or less follows the story. Parts were shortened and some scenes eliminated, but nothing that really stood out at me. However, the anime ENDS right about when the manga starts to get good and the characters start to develop. Skip Beat is a long a** manga (too long some might say - I love it but the mangaka doe…
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The reason I enjoyed this anime is because of the main character. After learning that her love interest was using her, she doesn't break down and cry and pity herself, but she takes some action and decides to take revenge on him by going into showbusiness.
Story (7)
The story might seem a but ridiculous at times ( for example she got into the LME agency way too easily with no talent really). I was also disappointed with the Love Me section as it was forgotten really easily and wasn't really mentioned anymore. It kind of seemed useless at the end, but at the end of the day I was really cheering for the main character to suceed and was looking forward to see how she will deal with various kinds of things.
Art (5)
I didn't really enjoyed art in this series. Sometimes the animation of moveme…
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The anime is amazing. The characters are learning some lesson throughout the story like learning to love or to move on if something doesn't go your way. The advice they put through the story somehow fits with reality. I don't really find the ending of the show that great but the rest of the story is extremely amazing and fits with the plot. I can't say i loved it but i did enjoy it and liked it, and i recommend you watch it.
Read at the sourceMagicPotato98
I am a little biased because this is my favourite shoujo anime of all time!!!
The reason why this anime is so good is just because most female shoujo characters are very weak, shy and boring and only used as a tool to highlight how hot or amazing the guys are. But Skip Beat! is on another level in terms of the main characters.
Kyouko is just the funniest, strongest, and most surprising heroine I have ever seen, her character development will shock you and you will not believe how amazing she is in every way. She actually makes the guys seem less cool compared to her. It is refreshing to see a shoujo anime that emphasizes girl power.
The two main leads are also exceptionally interesting from other animes, and they all have extremely funny and heartwarming moments throughout. The charact…
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Been quite a while since I last found a shoujo title that I genuinely enjoyed. Skip Beat focuses on the challenges faced by our lead Kyoko in trying to become a successful actress as she learns that she wants to get more out of it besides being a tool to get revenge on her jerk of an ex-boyfriend and popular musician, Sho Fuwa. Some have called the series as something of a Cinderella story and the description seems mostly accurate as we learn of Kyoko's tragic and impoverished back story and dealing with the ramifications of being abandoned by those close to her. The emotional scars do affect her at the start of the series as she lacks the passion for wanting to enjoy acting at first as she only seen the profession as a means of seeking revenge on Sho. But as episodes progress, she does de…
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After finishing Kaichou wa Maid-sama and Special A, I was looking for another show that would give me the same flavor. I saw Skip Beat! in the list of recommendations so I thought to try it. Then I read the synopsis and kind of put it on the back-burner. The concept of a girl struggling for revenge and all that drama kind of switched off my interest. Yes, I passed judgement on this show prematurely. My mistake, because this show just blew me away. It was exactly what I was looking for and then some.
The story was great. The show does have drama, but the comedy does balance it out. As for the art, it wasn't anything outstanding but I'm not complaining. I never felt turned off by it and the characters designs were fine by me. Same thing with the sound. The music was okay and nothing really…
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Love can make people do crazy things, even if it’s skipping high school to follow your boyfriend to Tokyo to begin his career as a rockstar. Admittedly, the popular rom-com Skip Beat may give bad presumptions when it’s revealed that the main character’s (Kyouko) sole motivation for entering showbiz is to seek revenge on her ex-boyfriend (Shou) by outshining him. In actuality, Skip Beat is just as fun to watch as its name portrays it to be. The plot itself is actually what brings out the comedy in the anime because of the characters’ reactions. The anime is not reflected on a girl’s life that revolves around her ex, but it focuses on how she discovers herself. Apart from the steady pacing, Skip Beat is also a prime example of how creators advertise a manga by ending the anime with a cliffha…
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Amazing, amazing, AMAZING! Skip was just amazing. I loved this anime because of all the drama...the feeling...the EMOTION...the acting! It was all so wonderful!
The only thing I disliked was the ending. It was so....it was SO a cliffhanger! I was so angry but I've seen this whole anime twice because it's so amazing.
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We know the story of the plucky girl making it big in the glitzy world of showbiz. It's the story of Bridget Jones, Josie, the Pussycats, and even Hanna Montana. Skip Beat! puts a welcome spin on it, and it's not just the (fascinating) insight into the Japanese entertainment industry. The story is consistently compelling throughout, and the surreal imagery is inventive and keeps the tone light and humorous, even as its emotions are scathingly deep.
While it's not beneath the show to humiliate the characters or make them look foolish, they are complex and principled, and the show has enough compassion to give them their dignity. The way it allows even its most prickly characters to learn and change feels natural, authentic and worthwhile. It's rare to see any show about anything from anywh…
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This shoujo coming-of-age is nothing you haven't seen before unless you started anime within the last month, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's not worth watching. Equal parts drama, romance and comedy as set in the world of showbiz, a typical charming lead that tries to make self-insertion easy scrapes up the ladder with a variety of virtues that play much better on screen than they ever would in real life, with important people regularly going out of their way for someone they barely know as she rises to the top. But that's par for the course and rarely detracts from the presentation.
Two points need to be made. Don't watch this if you're looking for music, there is none. I'd like a single in here somewhere, better yet two - dueling tracks from the male leads would be excellent. Kyo…
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Ah...Skip Beat...what can I say about you, except that you're probably THE most enjoyable anime I've ever watched. If you've ever jumped into an anime, not expecting much of anything from it, so ready to drop it (I was NOT a big fan of the art at first) and yet after watching a few minutes of the first episode you knew you couldn't for any reason pull away? Well that's how I felt watching Skip Beat! I saw this a while back, but I've currently started reading the manga, so I thought I'd give it a review.
Story:
The story is one of revenge. Kyouko is devoted to her childhood friend Shou and thus tries to help him out on his quest to become famous. But Shou is a jerk of epic proportions and he mistreats Kyouko to the point she can't take it anymore. She decides she'll get revenge on him for…
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This is a fun show.
The main character, Mogami Kyouko, is one of the best shoujo heroines to pop up in a long time. I adored her dual personality--she swings between being an innocent, sweet, caring girl to a vindictive, bitter one at the drop of a hat! Her facial expressions are a riot, too, especially her chibi ones.
Unlike so many heroines of this genre, Kyouko's motivation for seeking greatness in showbiz is revenge, not love. Of course, revenge is never a good motivation, and a fair portion of Kyouko's character development involves her learning to love and trust people again, or at least to learn to enjoy acting for its own sake.
The rest of the main characters are equally enjoyable. Japanese voice actor Miyano Mamoru (Light from Death Note, Tamaki from Ouran HSHC) is absolutely p…
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Shoujo Lovers! This is something you can't afford to miss out. As for the rest, you might think twice if you are going to overlook this anime, just because it's, you know what, "Oh! Another shoujo anime. I will pass."
A couple of my female friends (blu-chan, hagumi_honey) have been pestering me to watch this anime. I was quite reluctant as the story seemed too iffy when i read the synopsis. And then, I recommended the anime to my sister, since she is a crazy shoujo anime fan, and decided to overlook the anime myself.
I was just recently having the time of my life, with Hayate, Ippo and Spice and Wolf II all rolling week in week out, until they all ended. I was looking for a replacement but was not sure what to pick. Then I checked my HDD and thought "okay. there is skip beat! there, I co…
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Undeniably shoujo, with a good balance of drama and slapstick. Well I must admit there is a LOT of slapstick going on. However, how the plot was shown had an amazingly constant and timely pace to it. In addition to that, the concept is not overly interesting as it is (when you read the synopsis), but how it is portrayed made it so. I will probably watch the next installment of this series and probably read the manga if I have time. This one was worth the time.
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Skip Beat is definitely one of my favorite anime shows. I honestly don't normally like most shoujo anime, but Skip Beat is different. This show is on my top 5 because it has a fantastic storyline, fantastic characters, and nonstop excitement. On top of that, it has romance as well...with a twist. Kyoko practically loses her ability to love after being betrayed by the only guy she ever loved. She had basically devoted her life to him so, on that fateful day when she is betrayed, it sets her loose. Kyoko stops being a sweet, innocent girl and goes into show business as Fuwa Shotaro (the guy she liked) already is a popular singer. She stops at nothing to try to outshine Sho. He was cruel and now, he needs to pay in her eyes. What will it take? Will Kyoko be able to rise to the top? Can she re…
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This review comes from my own opinion. ^ ^
Ok, so I've recently finish watching this anime. I've came across it quite a few times, but didn't really bother watching it because the description of this anime just didn't sound all that interesting. I watching it, and now I am regretting not watching it sooner. :)
Story: Well i gave it a 10 out of 10.
The story truly is one of a kind, it quite surprised me. Well the basic story is about a girl named Kyoko who WAS always stepped on by the one guy she would give anything to( an up-coming star at that). Through certain chains of events (Yes i will not give spoilers cos i REALLY hate them) she realized she that she needs a change of personality, she will NOT be a pushover any longer. At this point in time she is determined to get her revenge. A…
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If you disregard animation and art, the gender of the main character (usually) and other minor differences; one major difference remains between shoujo/jousei and shounen animes that have romance and drama as the two main themes. This difference protrudes as one thing and that is character interaction, character interaction is a result of script/screenplay and to a certain extent storyboard. Character interaction is one of the key features in anime that needs to be executed well for it to be successful, if an anime has good character interaction then you can almost forgive everything else that's bad about that particular anime. This being said, there has never been nor will there ever be (probably) a shounen romantic drama/comedy with as good character interaction as a shoujo anime equival…
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