History Manga / SkipBeat

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Kyoko seems to want to have this kind of relationship with Moko. It's actually the result of her never having had a female friend before and having mistaken notions about how such friendships are supposed to work.

* DiegeticVisualEffects: At first, the Kyoko Apparitions (or Kyoko's demons/Grudge Kyokos, depending on the translations) seems to just be an exaggerated expression of Kyoko's thirst for vengeance, but is revealed to be actual spirit manifestation that can affect other characters and their surroundings. In several instances, Kyoko uses the apparitions to steal a random stranger's bike, and to haunt/curse Sawara so that he'd let her into the LME talent division. Later on, Reino -- who claims to be have psychic powers -- actually takes one of the apparitions hostage to threaten Kyoko.

* ShoutOut: When Kyoko helps Maria arrange a party to express her gratitude to the people around her, they're approached by a mysterious benefactor only known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy-Long-Legs_(novel) Uncle Long Legs...]]

* WillTheyOrWontThey: Between Ren and Kyoko to the point that a significant number of the fan base have to take breaks from the series due to sheer frustration.

** It's not just once anymore. Apparently as [[spoiler: Kuon]] he had a bit of a rage issue, and giving into it was what [[spoiler:got Rick killed]]. The StepfordSmiler that was Tsuruga Ren is cracking to bits, and he's become prone to fits of violence. Thus far, a fight scene rehearsal segued into an actual murder attempt against an aggravating co-star, and he [[DomesticAbuser shoved Kyoko around for contacting Shou]].

* LoveTriangle: Ren is in love with Kyouko, who can't love anyone 'cause her heart is full of hatred towards Shou, who eventually develops feelings for her too. In conclusion, a pretty hard rebus to solve!

* AnywhereButTheirLips: Related to the aforementioned AlmostKiss, this seems to be a pattern for [[ShipTease Ren and Kyoko]]. Ren at one point kisses the Corn stone[[note]]which is roughly the equivalent of Kyoko's emotional center[[/note]], kisses Kyoko on the cheek after she gives him a Valentine's gift (causing her to space out so completely that he has to pretend it was nothing but a casual American gesture), and an in-character Kyoko gives Ren a hickey on his neck. [[spoiler: Finally (sort of) subverted when Ren-as-Corn kisses Kyoko on the mouth, though she doesn't realize that he's really Ren]].

* CannotSpitItOut: Ren for Kyoko (partially because she won’t let him). Eventually [[spoiler: Kyoko develops feelings of her own and her own difficulties in admitting them, even to ‘’Moko’’]].

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

* [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours My Acting Is Stronger Than Yours]]: This is Kyoko's motivation when it comes to even entering show-biz. Shou [[InspirationalInsult sas she's too plain to ever beat him if she were to enter the business]], so she's intent on learning how to act and beat him. It's also one of her main motivations, initially, when it comes to Ren. She wants to be such an amazing actress that she'll out-act him and have him acknowledge this.

* [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours My Acting Is Stronger Than Yours]]
* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: Kanae just doesn't like to work with children. Not because she's a ChildHater (she isn't), but because [[spoiler:she has a lot of younger siblings and nieces and nephews who can only be controlled by playful brute force, and she knows that she tends to act the same way with child actors, which is inappropriate behavior when the kid isn't related to you]]. She has changed her mind a bit ever since she befriended Hiou though.

** In chapter 256 (published in early 2018), one of Erika's henchmen is shown using a modern touchscreen smartphone on the same page as Kyoko using her old fashioned flip phone.

** In early chapters, everyone uses flip phones. In act 32 Kyoko is given a flip phone by LME so she can carry out her duties as Ren's temporary manager, and chapter 48 shows Yashiro threatening to brick Ren's flip phone with his WalkingTechBane abilities. As of chapter 246, Ren has a modern smartphone capable of sending text messages (and presumably of sending videos, which he offered to do when Kyoko had to leave Guam before him).
** In chapter 168 Kyoko still has a flip phone, but she's shown to be able to search the web on it (while attempting to look up a recipe for a rice dish Ren said he wanted to cook).

** Chapter 220 shows [[spoiler: Kyoko's mother]] reading Kyoko's biography on the LME website. No previous mention had been made about Kyoko having a page on the LME website, or about the LME website at all.
** In chapter 242, Kimiko Morizumi is shown using a tablet computer with a keyboard dock.

** Chiori initially held a massive grudge against Kyoko for the Kyoko's seemingly effortless rise to fame. She offered Kyoko bad advice (which ended up working out in Kyoko's favor) and sabotaged Kyoko's wardrobe and dressing room (which Kyoko ignored). When Kyoko didn't respond to either of Chiori's tactics, [[spoiler: Chiori snapped and pushed Kyoko down a flight of stairs. Things have gotten better between the two since that point, with Chiori mellowing out and even looking up to Kyoko as a mentor figure.]]

* HostilityOnTheSet: An in-universe example; actors Ren (disguised as the actor Cain Heel) and Taira have been at each other's throats since the script reading for their film ''Tragic Marker''. Ren's "Cain Heel" persona is aloof and disinterested (the director has asked him to keep his distance from the cast and crew, in order to make his performance as an undead serial killer terrifying and unexpected), while Taira is a hot blooded ex-gang leader who thinks Cain isn't taking his work seriously.
** They get into numerous verbal sparring matches that culminate in an incident where Ren nearly kills Taira: what starts out as stage combat practice turns into an all-out brawl, during which Ren puts Taira in a choke-hold while suspended over an unsecured ledge on the film set. Taira is convinced he's about to die and [[TakingYouWithMe pulls Ren off the ledge with him]], but a last-second intervention from [[MoralityChain Kyoko]] convinces Ren to throw Taira into a safety net and use the momentum from the throw to land safely.

** ''Box "R"'', a high school drama series about a good-natured girl who runs afoul of her school's biggest bully, a sadistic girl whose methods are a step up from the usual StockShoujoBullyingTactics. Stars Kyoko as Natsu Kitazawa, the main antagonist; and Chiori Amamiya as Yumika, a member of Natsu's clique.

* UltimateJobSecurity: The director for BoxR should have been sued or something by now; a lot of the stuff he's been allowing or demanding from Natsu's group is actual, literal, unstaged torture of the actress playing the victim. Quite apart from the potential to set her on fire in the first scene, [[FridgeHorror she had tea poured down her throat so she could either swallow or drown, while her head was wrenched back by her hair...]] They play it as just one of those things that happen on the job!

* ShowWithinAShow: To be expected: Kyoko and her best friend Moko end up doing a lot of acting once their careers get off the ground, and Ren was already an established actor by the time the series starts. Most of the in-series shows are type 1, where "characters are involved in the production of the show." Some examples include: