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A review by clowdywings
Skip Beat!, Vol. 1 by Yoshiki Nakamura
1.0
(°_°) um... what is this???
I’m not exactly sure the whole reasons why people push this on the internet so much. Everywhere I go in search of shojo, I see “Skip Beat” in ‘One of the Top 5 Best Shojo!’ articles. It’s not quite that good.
The first thing you do when you want to enter a talent company is to find a trait that you know they hire (singing, dancing, etc) and refine that skill. You don’t stalk the hiring manager. You don’t threaten them. You don’t randomly show off your cooking skills in auditions. Just... no.
I respected that Kyoko wanted to be better than Sho just for revenge. Cool. But the way she does it is just so aggravating.
The art style is not my favorite. The male faces are drawn so poorly I thought they were photoshopped like that as a joke. Some scenes (without faces/heads most of the time) were drawn very well. Those most often were the backgrounds. It’s a problem when the assistant’s work is better than the lead mangaka.
Otherwise those issues, it’s pretty much a stereotypical late ‘90s to early ‘00s manga art style.
It’s over 45 volumes and STILL being produced, which is quite a feat for shojo manga. I’m definitely not going to continue this series since I have little to no motivation to push myself through that.
I’m not exactly sure the whole reasons why people push this on the internet so much. Everywhere I go in search of shojo, I see “Skip Beat” in ‘One of the Top 5 Best Shojo!’ articles. It’s not quite that good.
The first thing you do when you want to enter a talent company is to find a trait that you know they hire (singing, dancing, etc) and refine that skill. You don’t stalk the hiring manager. You don’t threaten them. You don’t randomly show off your cooking skills in auditions. Just... no.
I respected that Kyoko wanted to be better than Sho just for revenge. Cool. But the way she does it is just so aggravating.
The art style is not my favorite. The male faces are drawn so poorly I thought they were photoshopped like that as a joke. Some scenes (without faces/heads most of the time) were drawn very well. Those most often were the backgrounds. It’s a problem when the assistant’s work is better than the lead mangaka.
Otherwise those issues, it’s pretty much a stereotypical late ‘90s to early ‘00s manga art style.
It’s over 45 volumes and STILL being produced, which is quite a feat for shojo manga. I’m definitely not going to continue this series since I have little to no motivation to push myself through that.