Ho Yay / Skip Beat!

• Kyoko and Kanae Kotonami "Moko"
  • Chapter 29 has them sharing a milkshake with straw heart in a red and pink themed cover.
  • Chapters 26-9 also have Kyoko gush about Moko being her friend, acting like it's a romantic relationship.
  • When Kyoko and Maria see Moko feeding her “boyfriend” a French fry:
    Maria: I want to do that to Ren!
    Kyoko: I want Moko to do that to me!
  • Kyoko was incredibly... devoted to Ruriko.
  • In Sho's PV, Kyoko has to act out an angel who has a lot of this with another angel. She perfoms a brilliant act that actually enraptures the other angel's actor, who dislikes her. How did she find the inspiration for this? By inserting Moko into the other angel's role in her mind.
  • During the party arc, Moko immediately goes to look for her present for Kyoko, in response to Ren's gift upon learning it was her birthday. All of her expressions, thoughts and mannerisms wouldn't be out of place on a jealous girlfriend. The fact that it was originally intended to be a Christmas present makes the romantic undertones even more apparent to any Japanese reader.
  • Moko is also behaving more and more like a Tsundere in love. If there is even the slightest distress in the usual over-cheerful Kyoko, she instantly worries and tries to help. She becomes increasingly jealous whenever she hears that Ren knew of something before her. During the aforementioned christmas present scene, when she gives her gift and Kyoko loses her mind about it, Moko actually bothers to gloat at Ren, fully satisfied that his rose can't possibly compare to her fairytale-themed very expensive make-up set.
• Ren tends to have moments with the "rivals" he has in the industry including Shou and Taira Murasame. Then there was the time he had to calm Director Hiroaki Ogata from a complete breakdown that required he pretty much grab the other man from behind and grip his face in a rather... suggestive manner.
• Kyoko was initially quite disliked at the "Box R" set for not properly acting. Once she gets Natsu nailed down, especially her "best friends" blush and swoon suspiciously often, to the point where her fellow actresses even question if they might have fallen in love.
• Erika and Moko during the Kyurara auditions. Kyoko and "little puppy" also have their moments during Sho's PV, due to Kyoko feeling pity (and during recording honest "love") for her while being constantly attacked.