Skip beat! is a truly wonderful manga, at first I was a bit skeptical in reading it but after the first few chapters I was instantly hooked. Skip Beat is a story about a girl who gave her everything to a guy but then finds out that he had been using her all along. Kyoko left everything behind to support her love Shotaro, who wants to become a star. She works herself to the bone to try and please him, until she stumbles across him having a conversation with his manager. She finds out that Shotaro has never had true feelings for her and had just been enjoying her stupidty. Kyoko filled in a fit of rage promises that she will enter the show business herself and get her revenge.

At first the plot seems faintly ridiculous, with naive characters. However as the story progresses the characters develop and revenge takes a back seat after Kyoko realises that acting is the only thing she has done for herself and actually enjoyed. The characters are brilliant, they instantly won my heart. Especially the main character, I found myself cheering at her every achievement and crying at every mistake. The manga has just the right balance of humour and emotion.

For me the only let down in this manga is the artwork, but that might just me being fussy! I have truly loved every single chapter so far and am waiting on tenterhooks for the next few chapters to be released.

I hope this helps!! :)