Skip Beat!, Vol. 17 [Paperback]

Yoshiki Nakamura (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 3, 2009 | Series: Skip Beat (Book 17)

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Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!

Dark Moon is getting excellent ratings, and Kyoko is getting tons of offers for more acting jobs! But all the offers are for twisted, damaged characters like Mio. Kyoko doesn't want to get stuck as a character actor, and she certainly doesn't want to play freaks for the rest of her career. But if she refuses all these jobs, will she even have a career left?!

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About the Author

Yoshiko Nakamura is originally from Tokushima prefecture. Her birthday is June 17 and she has type B blood. She started drawing manga in elementary school, which eventually led to her 1993 debut of Yume de Au yori Seteki - Better than Seeing in a Dream - in Hana to Yume magazine. Her other works include the basketball series Saint Love, MVP wa Yuzurenai - Can't Give Up MVP and Blue Wars, Tokyo Crazy Paradise, a series about a female bodyguard in 2020 Tokyo.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: VIZ Media LLC; Original edition (March 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421523523
• ISBN-13: 978-1421523521
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Skip beat 17, April 5, 2009

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Angel Ann Raatz "Angel Ann-marie Raatz" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skip Beat!, Vol. 17 (Paperback)

Love this series. I havent written a review in a while and I wanted to make sure to give this book a good one because the only review on it so far was based on the shipping and not the book itself. it deserves the full five stars, this review space is for the book, not the sellers. Anyway, love the fact that it is getting more and more into Ren's story, and I am always left wanting more after I finish a book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An end and a new beginning, both wonderful, April 17, 2009

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Krista Hubert (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skip Beat!, Vol. 17 (Paperback)

Volume 17 contains chapters 97 to 102, which ends the filming at Karuizawa and sets the stage for the arrival of the famous American movie star Ku Hizuri, who originally lived in Japan and was the actor who played the original Katsuki that Ren has worked so hard to overcome, and to whom Kyoko must be a sort of personal assistance while he is visiting Tokyo.

This is a great volume. The wrap up of the Karuizawa portion from the previous two volumes is satisfying (Ren and Sho are both moving things forward, personally and professionally.) and this also begins what is almost definitely the biggest 'warm and fuzzy' arc of the series thus far...the 'Ku' arc.

The only bad thing about this volume is that they spell 'Ku' as 'Koo'...and that's just embarrassing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic volume, fantastic series, October 30, 2010

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Lindsay N. Mcgowan "self proclaimed genius" (Anchorage, Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Skip Beat!, Vol. 17 (Paperback)

Skip Beat is hands down my favorite manga of all time. All of the characters have their own distinct personalities and develop as the story moves along, making them all the more interesting. I've never read something with characters better done, at least as far as manga goes. Highly recommended!