History Manga / SkipBeat

* AdaptationalVillainy: Kyouko does an InUniverse example when she is cast as one of the villains in a remake of a late 80s drama. The character is a [[RichBitch Rich]] BitchInSheepsClothing who harbours some major resentment towards her cousin, who is the heroine, and both her own older sister and mother (also villains). She uses the facial scar her character got from an accident, which her sister caused on purpose, to emotionally blackmail both her and their mother, who has always looked down on her youngest daughter. The original actress interpreted the character as an apparently timid girl who was not ashamed to use the WoundedGazelleGambit near constantly, using PeekABangs to conceal her [[GoodScarsEvilScars Evil Scars]]. Kyouko instead plays the character as a bitter, resentful teen in perpetual PassiveAggressiveKombat mode, openly showing her scar and having a more "in your face" attitude. Kyouko's justification is that, while the original interpretation was valid and all twenty years ago, she couldn't see the daughter of a rich family sporting such a big facial scar ''now'': if you had gotten such a scar twenty years ago, you would have had to live with it, but nowadays you could easily get a plastic surgeon to erase or minimize it. Since the scar blackmailing is fundamental to the character and the plot, Kyouko decided to play her as the [[MagnificentBastard kind of person that would have kept the scar on purpose]].

* IllGirl: Kyoko mistakes [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Ruri]] for one.

A {{shoujo|Demographic}} manga by Yoshiki Nakamura, ''Skip Beat!'' began serialization in 2002 in the monthly magazine ''MagazineHanaToYume'' and [[LongRunners is still running to this day]]. An {{anime}} adaptation aired from October 2008 to March 2009 for 25 episodes, and [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/skip-beat can be legally watched]] on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. There is also a Taiwanese LiveActionAdaptation that aired in winter 2011.

A shoujo manga by Yoshiki Nakamura, started in 2002 in the monthly magazine Hana to Yume [[LongRunner and still running to this day.]]

An {{anime}} adaptation ran in autumn 2008, [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/skip-beat which can be legally watched]] on Website/{{Crunchyroll}}. There is also a Taiwanese LiveActionAdaptation that aired in winter 2011.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: As [[spoiler: Setsuka, Kyoko]] wears positively minuscule shorts. [[spoiler: Even when she's wearing a pair under a long tunic, Ren-as-Cain-Heel asks her to put on pants. He's worried that on of his coworkers might be developing a crush on Setsuka, thanks in part to her flashy wardrobe.]]

** Summary of Ren's issues as currently understood in late 2013 spoilertagged here. '''Do not look''' if you don't want all the twists spoiled. [[spoiler: His ParentalIssues were huge from around the age of ten, due to his doting parents being busy and his father's reputation intimidating. He was apparently bullied for being interracial. He had a hard time making it in Hollywood due to being a brat. These things gave him identity and anger issues. Then his best friend chased him into traffic while he was working on beating up a bully, and died, and he cracked up and became catatonic. Takarada pulled him out of it with an invitation to come to Japan and reinvent himself as a different person, and thus Tsuruga Ren was created. Unfortunately Kuon's issues have festered while he was busy being Ren, and his temper is becoming truly dangerous.]]

* LoveHurts: The whole reason Kyouko swore off love in the first place.

** Enforced by Takarada when she played Setsuka Heel. Since she was supposed to always BE the sister, she ends up in a 24h Setsuka-mode for almost a week and only slips out of the role whenever something happens that actually troubles or irritated Kyouko enough to break character.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Kyouko does an InUniverse example when she is cast as one of the villains in a remake of a late 80's drama. The character is a [[RichBitch Rich]] BitchInSheepsClothing who harbours some major resentment towards her cousin, who is the heroine, and both her own older sister and mother (also villains). She uses the facial scar her character got from an accident, which her sister caused on purpose, to emotionally blackmail both her and their mother, who has always looked down on her youngest daughter. The original actress interpreted the character as an apparently timid girl who was not ashamed to use the WoundedGazelleGambit near constantly, using PeekABangs to conceal her [[GoodScarsEvilScars Evil Scars]]. Kyouko instead plays the character as a bitter, resentful teen in perpetual PassiveAggressiveKombat mode, openly showing her scar and having a more "in your face" attitude. Kyouko's justification is that, while the original interpretation was valid and all twenty years ago, she couldn't see the daughter of a rich family sporting such a big facial scar ''now'': if you had gotten such a scar twenty years ago, you would have had to live with it, but nowadays you could easily get a plastic surgeon to erase or minimize it. Since the scar blackmailing is fundamental to the character and the plot, Kyouko decided to play her as the [[MagnificentBastard kind of person that would have kept the scar on purpose]].