I've followed this manga for so long I don't even remember how many years has passed. I find this manga to be a great read. Though it is a shoujo manga, and does contain shoujo clichés, Yoshiki Nakamura doesn't specifically deal with the romance of the story, but she includes a variety of themes and concepts into the manga. It leaves a more profound impact on the reader, I believe, because it also deals with a person's aspirations, the finding of their identity, and the making of friends - as opposed to the typical shoujo manga.
Kyoko's character annoys many people, my sister included, and at first I was slightly irked by how naïve and gullible she was, but after thinking a little, I realised that her innocent personality more or less served as a foundation in allowing readers to see how diverse her acting ability is. That's how I see it, at any rate.
Skip Beat is slow - very slow, actually. We're currently 200+ chapters in and Kyoko has only just discovered her feelings for Ren; however, I think the slow pacing is best. Sure, it's emptying my wallet one volume at a time, but it's absolutely fine with me as long as there's character development, good pacing, and a good plot. Thankfully, Skip Beat is one such manga. My opinion on the greatness of the plot may change in the future, however - who knows?
The art is great; Yoshiki Nakamura's style is good in the sense that she can manage to convey a lot of emotions through her character's expressions alone. The art is clean. There is one little bit that used to annoy me though - the disproportion between the male character's head and body. But I got over it.
Overall, I give this a 10/10. It would have been a 9.5 but it turned into a 10 because I still get overly happy when a new chapter is released.
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