Skip Beat, by far, is the best manga I've read. The story is filled with romance, drama, and huge amounts of suspense. Even if you don't normally like shoujo, I'd recommend at least checking out the first few chapters. Most of my favored anime/manga is shonen, but Skip Beat is the exception to this. If you want to enjoy a new, original storyline, Skip Beat is the manga for you! Maybe it seems like some frilly, girly story from the cover, but seriously, give it a chance!

Story-10~
The story gets a 10 because it's filled with nonstop action, romance, drama, suspense, and plot twists! *taken from Wikipedia* ( Skip-Beat! is about Kyoko Mogami, a wistful yet cheery sixteen year-old girl who loves her childhood friend, Shotaro, but is cruelly betrayed and thus seeks revenge against him.) Instead of crying over her heart being broken though, she takes a step up and decides to fight back. He can't just treat her like this! She was practically his maid for years, only wanting love, and then Sho ditches her like she's nothing and goes to his fangirls like nothing happened. He is popular in show business/singing and therefore, doesn't need her anymore. Sho pretty much dragged her all the way to Tokyo from Kyoto, just to use her and ruin her life! Kyoko goes into acting to try and outshine him so that he will see that she isn't going to be his weak, love-seeking maid anymore.

Art-8~
The art is pretty good, but definitely isn't the best. Even so, it's bearable and shouldn't interfere with the story too much. Despite having bad points, there's good points with the art too like the eyes and the facial expressions. It definitely gets anyways.

Character-10~
As for characters, they deserve a 10. Skip Beat's characters all have unique personalities which draw you in even more than the story does. Without the characters, Skip Beat would honestly just be another boring shoujo (well ok no but still not as good).

Enjoyment-9~
Enjoyment gets a 9 just because I don't like waiting 2 weeks to a month between chapters, it is cruel. I really do enjoy reading this manga.

Overall-10~
Overall, Skip Beat gets a 10. I love love love this manga and I'm so happy that I decided to check it out. For a long time, it seemed like total crap that wasn't worth even looking at...DON'T JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS COVER! D: