LOVE ME!

To be honest, lately I haven’t been feeling motivated enough to blog episodically, or blog at all, even though I have a lot of spare time due to summer holidays. Then again, I have a tendency to lose enthusiasm easily and therefore interest myself in other areas such as TV dramas and piano. However, the only shows I can be bothered keeping up with is ToraDora! and Skip Beat! Clearly, I too, like otou-san, have a “thing” for titles ending with an exclamation mark.

Anyway, Kyoko continues to surprise me: it’s difficult to guess when she’ll rage and when she’ll be able to endure the insults. Since I can barely remember what happened in episode six, I remember feeling happy towards the end of the short arc when Ruriko complimented Kyo and awarded her 100 points. During the Maria arc, I especially liked it how Kyo was so upfront about Maria’s father and his feelings towards her. What Maria said about adults often lying and saying the opposite behind your back definitely has some truth in it, but sometimes “it’s for the best”.

I’m starting to see this “new” side to Ren, and suddenly he doesn’t seem so bad anymore. It wasn’t surprising knowing that he was Kyo’s Corn from her childhood, but what I’m most looking forward to is what Kyo will do to Sho now that she has him trapped in the palm of her hands. I loved how he pulled off the name incident by the “it’s all in the past” cliche. I wish the previous three episodes were focused on Sho instead but I wouldn’t change anything in Skip Beat! if I could.

Since Kyo seems to hold such powerful grudges against Sho and Ren, I’m beginning to wonder how she’ll ever end up with either of them if that’s even the case. I’m somewhat certain that the tension between Sho and Kyo won’t be left unresolved and that he’ll become a changed man. As for Ren, well, I suppose the ending song hints that he’ll end up with Kyo — that, and the fact that he’s her Corn. I’m hoping I won’t see another Nobuta wo Produce ending where intimate feelings are left un-flourished.

On a side note, I’ve just started Peach Girl yesterday. That show’s living proof of extreme dramatization, but the characters are “okay”, though Okayasu is just beyond awesome. I feel like I’ve recently drifted apart from my old self who desired violence to this girl who likes to watch fluffy bunnies hopping around in a field of pink daisies.