History Manga / PrivateActress

* SiblingYinYang: Shuuto Tanabe is a PrettyBoy MrFanservice. His younger twin brother Yuuto is just as good-looking, but extremely awkward and insecure. Shuuto wants to help Yuuto with his love life, so he hires Shiho for this...

* SiblingYinYang: Shuuto Tanabe is a PrettyBoy MrFanservice. His younger twin brother Yuuto is just as good-looking, but extremely awkward and insecure. Shuuto wants to help him [[ShipperOnDeck woo the girl he likes]] and thus he hires Shiho to pretend they (she and Shuuto) are dating so there will be no chances for a SiblingTriangle.

* StockShoujoBullyingTactics: In her super prestigious middle school, Fuyuka Sakuragi was subjected to this. (According to her friend Miyako she had her stuff stolen, garbage was dumped on her desk, her sketchbook was ripped and stepped on, etc.). Then she dies in strange circumstances, and Shiho is hired to pose as a middle schooler and find out the truth... [[spoiler: She was murdered by AlphaBitch Kana Juumonji and her GirlPosse, who then try to do the same to Shiho.]]

* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: At some point, Shiho-as-Miyu is attacked and beaten up by a thief who tries to steal Sendou's luggage. In comes a '''very''' angry Sendou, [[CurbStompBattle who knocks out the guy with a single punch]] ''despite being seriously ill and not expected to live for too long''.]] It's later discussed by Shiho and her agent, eith the latter telling Shiho "For his daughter, any father would do the same".
* ParentWithNewParamour: Shiho is once hired to pretend being a PhonyPsychic to undo one of these situations -- the client wants to convince his very young, naive and spoiled daughter Konomi that, if her beloved MissingMom's spirit "approves" of him marrying Konomi's manager, she will approve of their marriage.\\

''Private Actress'' is a manga by Creator/MichiyoAkaishi, author of ''Manga/TowaKamoShirenai'', among other titles. It had 31 chapters and was released in eight tomes.

Shiho Kobayakawa is the most popular girl at her school. She's pretty, polite, softspoken, booksmart... almost the spitting image of the YamatoNadeshiko aka ideal Japanese woman. What her classmates don't know, however, is that Shiho has two part time jobs to pay for her own expenses and specially her education. The first is as a simple movie extra... but the second is one as a ''private actress'', meaning an actor and stand-in who is hired for personal purposes rather than fame. For example, if a young man needs someone to pretend to be his girlfriend so their family will stop nagging him about lack of commitment to relationships, he can go to Shiho's agency and hire her to pose as his girlfriend for some time, which she will do for as long as it's needed and the requester can pay up.

The manga itself dwells on Shiho's life and work, showing us the reasons why people would hire an actor for such purposes. It also slowly shows us Shiho's ''real'' life, and the reasons why a girl like her would rather pose as a PA than going into stardom despite having both looks ''and'' talent to do so. . .

* AttackAnimal: A pair of CreepyCrows commanded by [[spoiler: a middle schooler named Mai. She is the BetaBitch to AlphaBitch Kanna from the BoardingSchool two-parter, and she uses them to attack Shiho and another girl from Kanna's GirlPosse. (And in the past, to cause the death of another girl...)]]

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Shiho's father, as said below, was a famous actor named Masakazu Ogata, who's know for three things: his brilliant career, [[SilverFox his good looks]], ''and'' his [[TheCasanova womanizing]]. Shiho, raised only by her mom, understandably has MANY issues related to him; and for his part, Ogata [[LockedOutofTheLoop is completely unaware of Shiho's existence]] until VERY late in the story.]]

* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:The reason why Shiho's mother stops acting.]] Additionally, towards the end we meet an aspirant actor named [[spoiler: Yuuichiro Minamoto]] who has one [[spoiler: on his wrist, coming from him trying to commit suicide to join his dead girlfriend Misaki in death.]]

And both genderflipped and PlayedForDrama with [[spoiler: Naoya Koshiba, Shiho's first client. He had hemophilia and then contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion; Shiho was hired to pretend she had a crush on him to help him get out of his massive depression, but [[FirstLove she fell for him]] [[BecomingTheMask for real]] (and since they met the year before [[MeetCute by accident]], she already kinda had a thing for him.)]]

* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Naoya Koshiba, for Shiho.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Since Sayuri [[ParentsAsPeople cannot take care lots of Shiho]], the nanny Makiko Mori does it instead.

* TraumaInducedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Satoka collapses mentally and goes through this after Shiho's punishment]]

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: [[spoiler:Shiho's mother Sayuri ''almost'' becomes this]]. She actually relies more on her acting talent than her looks, but [[spoiler:once she's scarred, it's very hard for her to keep up. (It's hinted at the end, however, that she might be able to recover her career.)]]. At the same time, her old rival, Ruriko Daichi, is absolutely ''terrified'' by the prospect of becoming one of these, which is what makes her become a LadyDrunk.

* YokoOhNo: An in-universe example: [[spoiler: Chiomi is hired to pose as Sayuri's lover, and a bunch of Sayuri fanboys attack him. Shiho walks into this and quickly pulls a BigDamnHeroes by ''pretending she is her own mother'' to calm them down.]]

* ChastityCouple: [[spoiler: Averted! Shiho and Tomoomi actually sleep together few after meeting.]]

* BodyDouble: Some of Shiho's assignments, like the one coming from IllGirl Kyouko Itou.

* DestinationDefenestration: In the last chapter, [[spoiler: the vengeful Yuuichirou tries to kill Kana, now known as Satoka, when she's standing near a window. [[SubvertedTrope She tricks him into falling off said window]], however, and he dies of the injuries he sustains -- but not before entrusting Shiho with what she considers her "last P.A job": Satoka's punishment.]]
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Shiho's father, as said below, was a famous actor named Masakazu Ogata, who's know for three things: his brilliant career, [[SilverFox his good looks]], ''and'' his [[TheCasanova womanizing]]. Shiho, raised only by her mom, understandably has MANY issues related to him; and for his part, Ogata [[LockedOutofTheLoop is completely unaware of Shiho's existence]].]]
* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding: Shiho finally earns a place in entertainement, and her parents are able to get married few later.]]

* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Shiho was born from an affair between Sayuri and an already married veteran actor, Masakazu Ogata. Shiho is very aware of it, and this is one of the reasons why she didn't go into stardom from the very start: she doesn't want anyone to learn about her origins.]] This makes things '''super''' awkward when, in the second story, [[spoiler: she is hired by none other than ''her half-brother Kyousuke'', who is LockedOutOfTheLoop [[note]](he knows his dad is a womanizer but NOT that he had an illegitimate child)[[/note]], to pass as his girlfriend.]]
* IllGirl: Subverted: Shiho is not sickly, but pretends to be so people won't suspect her when she takes time off school to work. [[spoiler: Genderflipped by Kouichi Kuwabara... who [[WoundedGazelleGambit uses this to his advantage]]: he ''is'' ill, but his illness is less serious than he makes it look.]] \\

Played straight by Kyouko Itou, Shiho and Chie's school mate who hires Shiho to impersonate her since she's hospitalised and cannot go into a series of dates arranged beforehand with a pen-pal.

* SympatheticMurderer: Shiho once plays one of these [[spoiler: in the movie she and Satoka star in.]] The trope is also lampshaded when the director comments on how Shiho makes the killer look so sad and woobie-ish that one wants to hug her despite her crimes.

* AttackAnimal: A pair of CreepyCrows commanded by [[spoiler: a middle schooler named Mai. She is the BetaBitch to AlphaBitch Kanna from the BoardingSchool two-parter, and she uses them to attack Shiho and another girl from Kanna's GirlPosse.]]

* CutePsycho: [[spoiler: Kana/Satoka, Shiho's rival. .]]

* CutePsycho: [[spoiler: Satoka, Shiho's rival, turns out to be this.]]
* DestinationDefenestration: In the last chapter, [[spoiler: the vengeful Yuuichirou tries to kill Satoka when she's standing near a window. [[SubvertedTrope She tricks him into falling off said window]], however, and he dies of the injuries he sustains -- but not before entrusting Shiho with what she considers her "last P.A job": Satoka's punishment.]]

* {{Foil}} - ShadowArchetype: Satoka, to Shiho.
-->'''Satoka''': "She's an angel, and I am a demon"

* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: Satoka becomes this towards the end, after Shiho succesfully scares her into TraumaInducedAmnesia as punishment for having caused the deaths of Misaki and later Yuuichiro's.]]\\

Additionally, there is [[spoiler: Masakazu Ogata's ''actual'' wife, who is shown as a quiet and sad lady who is often alone at her BigFancyHouse. Kyousuke tells Shiho that she is "a little mentally unstable", implied to be a consequence of Ogata's constant womanizing. This is confirmed when, after seeing Shiho, Mrs. Ogata tries to kill herself; for worse, when Shiho and Kyosuke try to aid her, she mistakes her for Sayuri again and begins to insult and threaten her. (Though she later comes to her senses, realises the mistake and asks Shiho who she ''actually'' is.)]]

* TheRival: Satoka Ryouda, to Shiho.

* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: An assymetric one -- Sendou ''did'' realise that Shiho wasn't the real Miyu (Miyu had a birthmark on her hand and Shiho lacked it), but didn't say anything since he appreciated how she kept him company in his last days. Shiho doesn't realise this until Egawa tells him his FamousLastWords: "Miyu is with me... ''now''."]] Shiho's work involves to be one of these too, helping her clients keep afloat lies for different reasons.

* GuileHero: Shiho often acts like one. As examples we have the first episode, where [[spoiler: she immediately comes up with a more or less believable scenario to convince Sendou that she is his long-lost daughter]] and how towards the end [[spoiler: she manipulates Satoka and everyone in the set of the movie they're filming so she can punish Satoka for her past deeds.]]

* ItsPersonal: Several of Shiho's works have her getting emotionally involved with her clients and their motivations, specially if they have suffered painful losses in the past. Specially obvious in the end: [[spoiler: when Yuuichiro dies and asks Shiho to punish Satoka for her role in the death of his girlfriend, Shiho takes it '''very''' seriously.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: Chiomi and Shiho.

* GenreSavvy: Chiomi, who deduces how much of Shiho's attitude is purely acting and how much is true. The discovery [[OhCrap almost sends pooor Shiho into a panic.]]

* {{Otaku}}: During the meeting with the boys of a nearby school, Shiho has a kinda... odd run-in with a TallDarkAndHandsome boy who's a huge anime fanboy. That boy turns out to be Chiomi Hanamura, whom she starts dating some time later.

Subverted later, however: [[spoiler: Shiho believes that Chiomi is her mother's boyfriend but it turns out Sayuri is dating ''someone else'', and she hired Chiomi to pose as her boyfriend to keep her actual lover's identity hidden.]]
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Shiho and Chiomi clash at first, but start to warm-up to each other after she rescues him from the punks that beated him up, takes him to her apartment and then tends to his bruises. And then OneThingLedToAnother... ]]

* SailorFuku: Shiho's all-girls school has the ''fuku'' as its uniform, and sometimes Shiho goes out with her clients while wearing it.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: Chiomi Hanamura, Shiho's boyfriend.

* {{Tsundere}}: Shiho is a Type B to Chiomi.

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* CutePsycho: [[spoiler: Satoka, Shiho's rival.]]

* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding: Shiho finally earns a place in entertainement

* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:The reason why Shiho's mother stops acting.]] Additionally, towards the end we meet an aspirant actor named [[spoiler: Yuuichi Minamoto]] who has one [[spoiler: on his wrist, coming from him trying to commit suicide to join his dead girlfriend Misaki in death.]]

* ItsPersonal: Several of Shiho's works have her getting emotionally involved with her clients and their motivations, specially if they have suffered painful losses in the past. Specially obvious in the end: [[spoiler: when Yuuichi dies and asks Shiho to punish Satoka for her role in the death of his girlfriend, Shiho takes it '''very''' seriously.]]

* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: Satoka becomes this towards the end, after Shiho succesfully scares her into TraumaInducedAmnesia as punishment for having caused the deaths of Misaki and later Yuuichi.]]\\

* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:The reason why Shiho's mother stops acting.]] Additionally, towards the end we meet a guy named [[spoiler: Yuuichi]] who has [[spoiler: one on his wrist, coming from him trying to commit suicide to join his dead girlfriend Misaki in death.]]

* IllGirl: Subverted: Shiho is not sickly, but pretends to be so people won't suspect her when she takes time off school to work. [[spoiler: Genderflipped by Kouichi Kuwabara... who [[WoundedGazelleGambit uses this to his advantage]].]]
* ItsPersonal: Several of Shiho's works have her getting emotionally involved with her clients, specially if they have suffered painful losses in the past. Specially obvious in the end: [[spoiler: when Yuuichi dies and asks Shiho to punish Satoka for her role in the death of his girlfriend, Shiho takes it '''very''' seriously.]]

* MissingMom: The young actress Konomi's mother, Masami, died some time ago, and Konomi misses her terribly. Not only she rejects her father's girlfriend, but she also feels drawn to a certain copy of a Renoir painting because it reminds her of her mom. [[spoiler: Subverted when Shiho finds out Masami might be alive and living abroads.]] [[spoiler: Then it's DoubleSubverted when it turns out Masami ''did'' die while in New York, three years ago.]]

* {{Otaku}}: During the meeting with the boys of a nearby school, Shiho has a kinda... odd run-in with a TallDarkAndHandsome boy who's a huge anime fanboy. That boy turns out to be Chiomi Hanamura, [[spoiler: another private actor, a MasterOfDisguise and Shiho's soon-to-be love interest.]]

Subverted later, however: [[spoiler: Shiho believes that Chiomi is her mother's boyfriend. It turns out Sayuri is dating ''someone else'', and she hired Chiomi to pose as her boyfriend to keep her actual lover's identity hidden.]]

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: [[spoiler:Shiho's mother Sayuri becomes this]]. She actually relies more on her acting talent than her looks, but [[spoiler:once she was scarred, it's very hard for her to keep up]]. At the same time, her old rival, Ruriko Daichi, is absolutely ''terrified'' by the prospect of becoming one of these, which is what makes her become a LadyDrunk.

* YokoOhNo: An in-universe example: [[spoiler: Chiomi is believed to be Sayuri's lover, and a bunch of Sayuri fanboys attack him. Shiho walks into this and quickly pulls a BigDamnHeroes by ''pretending she is her own mother'' to calm them down.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: A certain actress who works with Shiho at some point, Ruriko Daichi, who is famed for being sweet on stage and a total bitch to her co-workers, especially her personal attendants. [[spoiler:Ruriko turns out to be more of a {{Tsundere}} than this.]]

* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: Shiho's father, as said below, was a famous actor named Masakazu Ogata, who's know for three things: his brilliant career, [[SilverFox his good looks]], ''and'' his [[TheCasanova womanizing]]. Shiho, raised only by her mom, understandably has MANY issues related to him; and for his part, Ogata seems to be unaware of Shiho's existence.]]

* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:The reason why Shiho's mother isn't an actress anymore.]] Additionally, towards the end we meet a guy named [[spoiler: Yuuichi]] who has [[spoiler: one on his wrist, coming from him trying to commit suicide to join his dead beloved Misaki in death.]]
* GuileHero: Shiho often acts like one. It's specially seen in the first episode, where [[spoiler: she immediately comes up with a more or less believable scenario to convince Sendou that she is his long-lost daughter]] and specially when [[spoiler: she manipulates Satoka and everyone in the set of the movie they're filming so she can punish Satoka for her past deeds.]]
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Shiho was born from an affair between Sayuri and an already married veteran actor, Masakazu Ogata. Shiho is very aware of it, and this is one of the reasons why she didn't go into stardom from the very start: she doesn't want anyone to learn that her mother is a famous actress.]] This makes things '''super''' awkward when, in the second story, [[spoiler: she is hired by none other than ''her half-brother Kyousuke'', who is LockedOutOfTheLoop [[note]](he knows his dad is a womanizer but NOT that he had an illegitimate child[[/note]], to pass as his girlfriend.]]

* MissingMom: The young actress Konomi's mother Masami died some time ago, and she misses her terribly. Not only she rejects her father's girlfriend, but she also feels drawn to a certain copy of a Renoir painting because it reminds her of her mom. [[spoiler: Subverted when Shiho finds out Masami might be alive and living abroads.]] [[spoiler: Then it's DoubleSubverted when it turns out Masami ''did'' die while in New York, three years ago.]]
* MistakenForCheating: Happens in the third chapter. [[spoiler: A guy named Kouichi Kuwabara hires Shiho to pose as his lover to speed-up his divorce, therefore invoking the trope. Then Kouichi's sister-in-law, Chie turns out to be one of Shiho's school mates and follows them... unaware that her ''sister'' is the one who actually has a lover. And then things go FromBadtoWorse.]]

* ParentWithNewParamour: Shiho is once hired to pretend being a PhonyPsychic to undo one of these situations -- the client wants to convince his very young, naive and spoiled daughter Konomi Yushiro that, if her beloved MissingMom's spirit "approves" of him marrying Konomi's manager, she will approve of their marriage.\\

Subverted later, however: [[spoiler: Shiho believes that Chiomi is her mother's boyfriend. It turns out Sayuri is dating ''someone else'' and she hired Chiomi to keep her actual lover's identity hidden.]]

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: [[spoiler:Shiho's mother Sayuri becomes thi]]. She actually relies more on her acting talent than her looks, but [[spoiler:once she was scarred, it's very hard for her to keep up]]. At the same time, her old rival, Ruriko Daichi, is absolutely ''terrified'' by the prospect of becoming one of these, which is what makes her become a LadyDrunk.

* MamaBear: Shiho bonds with a girl named Konomi and becomes this to her. [[spoiler: Since her manager/her dad's girlfried is more interested in [[StageMom dominating the girl's career rather than her well-being]], Shiho decides to protect Konomi -- which includes dealing a passionate performance to calm down a Konomi who's in an HeroicBSOD state, and then pulling a DivingSave to save her from being run over by a train.]]

* ParentWithNewParamour: Shiho is once hired to pretend being a PhonyPsychic to undo one of these situations -- the client wants to convince his very young, naive and spoiled daughter Konomi Yushiro that, if her beloved MissingMom's spirit "approves" of him marrying Konomi's manager, she will approve of their marriage.
* RescueRomance: [[spoiler: Shiho and Chiomi clash at first, but start to sorta warm-up to each other after she rescues him from the punks that beated him up, takes him to her apartment and then tends to his bruises. And then OneThingLedToAnother... ]]

* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Shiho was born from an affair between Sayuri and an already married veteran actor, Masakazu Ogata. Shiho is very aware of it, and this is one of the reasons why she didn't go into stardom from the very start.]] This makes things '''super''' awkward when, in the second story, [[spoiler: she is hired by none other than ''her half-brother Kyousuke'', who is LockedOutOfTheLoop [[note]](he knows his dad is a womanizer but NOT that he had an illegitimate child[[/note]], to pass as his girlfriend.]]

* WhiteDwarfStarlet: [[spoiler:Shiho's mother Sayuri]]. She actually relied more on her acting talent than her looks, but [[spoiler:once she was scarred, it still was very hard for her to keep up]]. At the same time, her old rival, Ruriko Daichi, is absolutely ''terrified'' by the prospect of becoming one of these, which is what makes her become a LadyDrunk.

And in chapter four, [[spoiler: a youg man named Matsumura hires Shiho to hold a fake wedding and make his aging and not too far from death mother happy. The catch is, Mrs. Matsumura is an actress too and a ''very'' famous one...]]

Additionally, there is [[spoiler: Masakazu Ogata's ''actual'' wife, who is shown as a quiet and sad lady who is often alone at her BigFancyHouse. Kyousuke tells Shiho that she is "a little mentally unstable", implied to be a consequence of Ogata's constant womanizing. This is confirmed when, after seeing Shiho, she tries to kill herself; for worse, when Shiho and Kyosuke try to aid her, Mrs. Ogata mistakes her for Sayuri again and begins to insult and threaten her. (Though she later comes to her senses, realises the mistake and asks Shiho who she ''actually'' is.)]]
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Shiho.

* ParentWithNewParamour: Shiho is once hired to pretend being a PhonyPsychic to undo one of these situations -- the client wants to convince his very young and spoiled daughter Konomi that, if her dead mother's spirit approves of him marrying Konomi's manager, she will approve of their marriage.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: The first chapter of the manga relies on this trope. [[spoiler: Ichima Sendou is a very rich businessman whose ex-wife and daughter were murdered in very strange circumstances years ago, and now he is fatally ill and still clings to the small hope that his daughter Miyu (whose body never was found) may be alive. His secretary Egawa hires Shiho to pretend that she is the returned Miyu, who looked almost exactly like a younger Shiho, so he will be happier in his last days...]]\\

Also happens in the third chapter, where [[spoiler: IllBoy Kouichi Kuwabara would rather have everyone believe he's a cheating asshole than let them know he's dying of illness. [[SubvertedTrope Or that's what it seems]].]]

''Private Actress'' is a manga by Creator/MichiyoAkaishi, author of ''Manga/TowaKamoShirenai'', among other titles.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: The ''other'' SchoolIdol, Chie Hirokawa. She's tall, tomboyish, and plays boys's roles in school productions.

* IllGirl: Subverted: Shiho is not sickly, but pretends to be so people won't suspect her when she takes time off school to work. [[spoiler: Genderflipped but otherwise played straight by [[IncurableCoughOfDeath Kouichi]] [[BloodFromTheMouth Kuwabara]], however.]]

* MistakenForCheating: Happens in the third chapter. [[spoiler: A guy named Kouichi Kuwabara hires Shiho to pose as his lover to speed-up his divorce, therefore invoking the trope. Then Kouichi's sister-in-law, Chie turns out to be one of Shiho's school mates and follows them... unaware that her ''sister'' is the one who actually has a lover.]]

Also happens in the third chapter, where [[spoiler: IllBoy Kouichi Kuwabara would rather have everyone believe he's a cheating asshole than let them know he's dying of illness.]]

* IllGirl: Subverted: Shiho is not sickly, but pretends to be so people won't suspect her when she takes time off school to work.

* MistakenForCheating: Happens in the third chapter. [[spoiler: A guy named Kouichi Kuwabara hires Shiho to pose as his lover to speed-up his divorce, therefore invoking the trope. Then Kouichi's sister-in-law, Chie turns out to be one of Shiho's school mates...]]

* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: At some point, Shiho-as-Miyu-Sendou is attacked and beaten up by a thief who tries to steal Sendou's luggage. In comes a '''very'' angry Sendou, [[CurbStompBattle who knocks out the guy with a single punch]] ''despite being seriously ill and not expected to live for too long''.]] It's later discussed by Shiho and her agent, eith the latter telling Shiho "For his daughter, any father would do the same".

* SailorFuku: Shiho's all-girls school has the ''fuku'' as its uniform, and in the second chapter Shiho goes out with her client while wearing it.
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: An assymetric one -- Sendou ''did'' realise that Shiho wasn't the real Miyu (Miyu had a birthmark on her hand and Shiho lacked it), but didn't say anything since he appreciated how she kept him company in his last days. Shiho doesn't realise this until Egawa tells him his FamousLastWords: "Miyu is with me... ''now''."]]

* YourDaysAreNumbered: The first chapter of the manga relies on this trope. [[spoiler: Ichima Sendou is a very rich businessman whose ex-wife and daughter were murdered in very strange circumstances years ago, and now he is fatally ill and still clings to the small hope that his daughter Mijyu (whose body never was found) may be alive. His secretary Egawa hires Shiho to pretend that she is the returned Mijyu, who looked almost exactly like Shiho, so he will be happier in his last days...]]

* MistakenByCheating: Happens in the third chapter [[spoiler: when SchoolIdol Chie sees Shiho with her (Chie's) brother-in-law Kouichi, who had hired her, and believes that Shiho is his lover. Naturally, Chie is ''pissed'' on behalf of her older sister...]]

* BecomingTheMask: Several of Shiho's works involve her all but believing she's truly the person she pretends to be. In example, she develops something similar to real affection towards [[spoiler: Sendou, the guy whose long-lost daughter she impersonates]], to the point that her manager mistakenly believes [[MayDecemberRomance she's falling in love with him]] and calls her out.

* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Shiho was born from an affair between Sayuri and an already married veteran actor, Masakazu Ogata. Shiho is very aware of it, and this is one of the reasons why she didn't go into stardom from the very start.]] This makes things '''super''' awkward when, in the second story, [[spoiler: she is hired by none other than ''her half-brother Kyousuke'' to pass as his girlfriend.]]

* TheOphelia: [[spoiler: Satoka becomes this towards the end, after Shiho succesfully scares her into TraumaInducedAmnesia as punishment for having caused the deaths of Misaki and later Yuuichi.]]

* TheRival: Satoka Ryouda
* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: An assymetric one -- Sendou ''did'' realise that Shiho wasn't the real Miyu (miyu had a birthmark on her hand and Shiho lacked it), but didn't say anything since he appreciated how she kept him company in his last days. Shiho doesn't realise this until Egawa tells him his FamousLastWords: "Miyu is with me... ''now''."]]

Shiho Kobayakawa is the most popular girl at her school. She's pretty, polite, softspoken, booksmart... almost the spitting image of the YamatoNadeshiko aka ideal Japanese woman. What her classmates don't know, however, is that Shiho has two part time job to pay for her own expenses and specially her expensive high school. The first is as a simple movie extra... but the second is a job as a ''private actress'', meaning an actor and stand-in who is hired for personal purposes rather than fame. For example, if a young man needs someone to pretend to be his girlfriend so their family will stop nagging him about lack of commitment to relationships, he can go to Shiho's agency and hire her to pose as his girlfriend for some time, which she will do for as long as it's needed and the requester can pay up.

* BecomingTheMask: Several of Shiho's works involve her all but believing she's truly the person she pretends to be.

* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Many of Shiho's classmates are seriously wet for her.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:The reason why Shiho's mother isn't an actress anymore.]] Additionally, `[[spoiler: Yuuichi had one on his wrist, coming from him trying to commit suicide to join Misaki in death.]]
* GuileHero: Shiho often acts like one. It's specially seen in the first episode, where [[spoiler: she immediately comes up with a more or less believable scenario to convince Sendou that she is his long-lost daughter.]]
* HeroicBastard: [[spoiler: Shiho was born from an affair between Sayuri and an already married veteran actor, Masakazu Ogata. This is one of the reasons why Shiho didn't go into stardom from the very start.]] [[spoiler: Later, however, Ogata and Sayuri get together for real.]]

* LadyDrunk: Ruriko Daichi

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Shiho and her mom, Sayuri, [[spoiler:before Sayuri's scarring]]. Lampshaded when Ruriko sees Shiho's face clearly while drunk:

* [[spoiler:GoodScarsEvilScars: The reason why Shiho's mother isn't an actress anymore.]]

Shiho Kobayakawa is the most popular girl at her school. She's pretty, polite, softspoken, booksmart... almost the spitting image of the YamatoNadeshiko aka ideal Japanese woman. What they don't know, however, is that Shiho has a very uncommon part-time job: a ''private actress'', meaning an actor and stand-in who is hired for personal purposes rather than fame. For example, if a young man needs someone to pretend to be his girlfriend so their family will stop nagging him about lack of commitment to relationships, he can go to Shiho's agency and hire her to pose as his girl for some time, which she will do for as long as it's needed and the requester can pay up.

The manga itself dwells on Shiho's life and work, showing us the reasons why people would hire an actor for such purposes. It also slowly shows us Shiho's real life, and the reasons why a girl like her would rather pose as a PA than going into stardom despite having both looks ''and'' talent to do so. . .

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:A poetry book that Sendou left for Shiho, with a small note in which he reveals that he knew who she was... but thanks her for helping him in his last days.]]

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