Skip Beat chapter 203 First Step to Redemtion

  Finally Kyoko admits that she is in love with Ren but doesn't want him to know since she thinks that he doesn't love her(which is not true).  Even Lory knows that Ren has feelings for Kyoko and that Kyoko has feelings for Ren, but Kyoko is afraid that Ren will be disappointed at her for having feelings for him.

  Lory figured out that Kyoko has feelings for Ren when he went to the B.J set where he sees the Heel siblings, Cain and Setsuka(a.k.a. Ren and Kyoko) hugging and see Kyoko blushing. She noticed that Lory saw her blushing and was surprise; she was thinking that Lory will tell Ren about her feelings the following day that he asked her and Ren to come to his office.(This happen in the previous two chapters)

  Kyoko ends up telling Lory that she never wanted to fall in love again because it makes her weak, she thinks about her mother and Sho. She was trying so hard to not have the feeling of love and once again get hurt. (she crying as she explains)Lory tells her that love isn't a bad since she wants to be a top actress than she needs to experiences that feeling or she wouldn't get far. He asked if she wants to be a top actress or not.  After she left Lory was upset at himself for not realizing the Kyoko had feelings for Ren and concluded that Kyoko was becoming a great actress.

Books that I'm reading

  I've been trying to finish reading Eclipse  for the Twilight saga for over a six or seven months and I can't seem to get into the book like I did in Twilight(minus the sparkling part, vampires don't sparkle). It also took me a long time to finished the second book, New Moon, especially since Bella started to annoy me with all her dumb action and putting her life in danger just to hear Edward's voice and poor Jacob seemed to be her replacement for Edward.  Then she wants to become a vampire without thinking how it will affect her parents. My online friend has being telling me that the last book is really good and that it will change my view on Bella which I doubt it will.  Bella might be the only main character that I dislike from all the books that I have read.

  I recently started reading the  book again but only once a month as of now I only manage to read about three pages before calling quits again until I bring myself to read again. Instead I bought another novel last month, A Once Upon a Time Tale base on the ABC  TV series. I'm almost finished with the novel. This month I bought two more novels, The Mortal Instrument: City of Bones and Beautiful Creatures.

  I started reading The Mortal instrument: City of Bones written by Cassandra Clare. It starts off with two teenagers, Clary Fray and her best friend Simon waiting in line to get into an all age club, Pandemonium where a blue hair guy was detain by the bouncer since he thought the guy had a weapon. In the end the guy showed that it was fake and that it bends easily and was allowed inside the club. Once inside Clary was keeping on eye on the guy when he saw two guys behind following him as he followed a girl to a closet. The girl and the two guys are shadow hunters and the blue hair guy is a demon that they were going to kill until Clary try to stop them. the following day her mother was capture and told Clary to stay with Simon where she'll be safe.(I know I skip a few things but it's just a summary.)

Ao no Exorcist Chapter 48: Night of The True Cross Academy Festival

  The first thing I have to say, that was so unexpected but it was a really good chapter.

What happen so far in the chapter 

  Takara Nemu told Izumo if she wanted to know the reason he had the doll to follow him before they get caught. Izumo did follow and he told her that Tsukumo gave him the doll. Izumo didn't believe him and asked who he was which he answer, that he was coordinator. And his job was to see that Izumo was taken safely by the Illuminati, for some reason Izumo is going to play an important part in the event. That is the what the spy(The one for the chapter 47) that Lighting was interrogating said that his job was to delay them with the help of another spy to lock them in so that the third spy can take Izumo safely. Somehow Lighting knew about what was happening . When reinforcement came and took down the spy that lock the door, Arthur asked why he didn't know about it and Lighting answered that Arthur was a bad lair to which he agreed.  Shura was told that Izumo was going to be taken by an Illuminati spy. She told the exwire and Yukio to go search for Izumo and to contact her when they found her. Renzo run off saying that he has to safe Izumo while the rest started saying which direction they were going to search. They also were going to call Noriko to help them look for her since she is Izumo's roommate. Renzo is the first to find Izumo and started fighting Takara before he was able to contact Shuro with a strong familiar. The other exwires and Yukio heard a commotion and all of them started heading towards the area where Izumo, Renzo, and Takara are. Shuro told them not to do anything until she got there(I doubt that they will not do anything, especially Rin).

My thoughts if Renzo is the spy or not

  Renzo Shima was the first one to arrive and summon a familiar that Izumo didn't even know he had. The answer that he gave her was that it drain a lot of enenrgy from him and didn't use it much, but for her he will. The spy would've know where to go to take Izumo since Takara Nemu is watching Izumo until the spy got there.  But in the other hand, one thing still got me confused when Takara was attacking Renzo and Izumo as he was about to call Shura that he found Izumo. So in the end he wasn't able to call Shura to give her the location where they were. Also where Renzo said that his superiors won't be pleased if something happens to Izumo (right after he knocks her out), it could either mean the Illuminati(if he is part of the group) or of the True Cross Order he is talking about. Then Takara said that he realize that the Renzo is the spy but in the end we still didn't get Renzo answer since the chapter ends there. I can't wait to read the next chapter to find out the answer. And I hope the others are able to get there on time to save Izumo.

Chibi to Pocchari de Renai Shimasu kedo, Nani ka?

I read this one shot, Chibi to Pocchan de Renai Shimasu kedo, Nani ka? a.k.a. Shorty and Chubby in Love, so what?

Summary

The main characters are the basketball club manager, Hagashihara Nana a.k.a. Puniko and a basketball player that is short, Shou-kun. Puniko is a chubby girl that thinks she can't never find love.  One of the Basketball players mention that she should lose weight and he will date her. That's when Shou-kun said he wants to date her which surprise her while the rest of the Basketball players. After shock is over the Basketball players started cheering saying a shorty-chubby couple is born as they take pictures with their phones. Puniko gets embarrassed and tells Shou-kun that she doesn't see him the same way, he answers that in one week he's going to make her fall in love with him.

He starts following and helping her to her embarrassment because the other students were making fun of the shorty-chubby couple. I'm not sure if the teacher or Basketball member told her that if she had time to do refreshment that she should go on a diet. Shou-kun defends her and saying that it didn't matter.  In turn Puniko was happy that he protected her and thank him, he then tells her to give him a gift of going out with him.(I found that cute. ) Another girl confesses to Shou-kun causing Puniko to feel insecure about herself and rejects Shou-kun. Actually, Shou-kin overhead her saying to her classmates that she didn't take his confession seriously. It had a happy ending with Puniko saying she loves him during a practice match and ends with her kissing Shou-kun as he carries her.

Baby Steps update

  Yesterday I read a few more chapters(as of now I'm on chapter 68) and liked how they explain how the scoring was kept.  I finally understand that a set contains 6 games. I also understand what love to love means now, when I was reading Prince of Tennis it didn't explain that it only jump right into the story. Don't get me wrong I still like Prince of Tennis, only the powerful moves/attacks make it seems like it belongs to Dragonball/Z/Gt. And then some of the moves are impossible in real life tennis. I took a few tennis lessons when I was younger and I know some of the basic rules so I know it's impossible to do when I was reading Prince of Tennis.

  

  What I read so far from Baby Steps,  Eiichiro is doing an intense training since he wants to become a Pro Tennis Player. He first had to asked his parents if they will allow him to quite cram school so he will have all his free time in Tennis since he wants to be a pro. He made a deal that if he didn't win the Nationals(I think that's the one he training for) that he will quit and continue in his studies, and that if he wins that he will continue playing tennis. His father agreed, but his mother wasn't for it and in the end agreed.

The first tournament that he enter was the STC Cup Kanagawa Tournament that he wins. After that Tournament was over, he was back to his intense training, the intense training was that he will crack his bones for a few days and then rest to heal the bones. Because of that he was able to improve when he started playing a match.

  The second tournament that he enter was the All-Japan Junior Indoor Selectionals , Kantou Preliminaries. His first match was with Yu Nabae, he did improve during his match but in the end he lost. After his match he went to watch other matches to get information on the players. He watches Natsu's match which was supposing giving her a hard time but in the end she won. That is how far I have gotten.

W-Juliet

I started reading W-Juliet a while back online , at that time I only could find a few chapter online. Since I like reading the chapters online I decided to buy the manga. This was one of the first series that I completed, I will complete another series, Hana-Kimi when I get the six manga that I need.

Summary
  The two main characters are Ito Miura and Makato Amano, they are in the Drama Club in their high school. Makato transfer to Ito's school during their second year. Ito is a tomboy and is popular with the girls; she likes dressing like a boy and looks like one. In her club she's always play male parts even when she wants a female part. Makato is a boy that dress like a girl because he made a deal with his father that he will dress as a girl for two years of high school and won't be found out, but if he is found out he will take over the family dojo. Unfortunately for Makato, Ito found out that he was a guy but decided to keep his secret so that he'll remain in school.

  Ito Miura lives with her father, her two older brothers that are twins, and her younger brother. Her mother died when she was young in a car accident when Ito decided to cut her hair. Her family owns a dojo that her older brother, Ryuya will inherit. Her family is overprotective of her even though she can fight well since Ryuya trained her.

  Makato Amano/Makoto Narita used to live with his parents and two older sisters until he made the deal with his father. Now he lives on his own. His older sister, Sakura ran away and elope with her boyfriend who is an artist and her father didn't approve.  His grandmother is English and is the reason he has blond hair.


  Since I finished the whole series I will just leave it at that. There is also a second series, W-Juliet II which I'm reading.

Gatchaman Crowds

  The first thought that I had was that there were going to remake Gatchaman; and I started searching for the first episode of Gatchaman Crowds. Once I found episode 1 in English sub, I was disappointed that it had new characters and is taking place in a school environment. One of the main character is a ditzy girl that is obsessed with planners and was chosen to be a Gatchaman. 

  

  At school when two students are saying that Gatchaman doesn't exist, she tells them that she is a Gatchaman along with Sugane. Sugane panics and takes Hajime to an empty hallway and tells her that nobody can know about them being Gatchaman since it is a secret that they have to keep. He then takes her to their head quarters and introduce some of the members to her. Once they are done explain the NOTE to her, J.J.(The one that made her a member of Gatchaman) summons them and through the NOTE talks to them about their mission. It's more of a poem like direction. Hajime gets a happy look as she looks at the scissor that J.J is using to cut a paper bird(That is shown after the Gatchaman crew leaves)and blows it so it will fly away. Hajime goes to her first mission with Sugane and it was the first time she transform.

I'm just wondering why the characters have two tone hair.

Character

Hajime Ichinose: It seems she is going to be the typical ditzy girl that has a strange obsession with day planners and gets exited on how she is going to decorate. She goes outside to eat lunch with her new planner and says that she hungry but only eats one bite of food as she stares at the sky. JJ was the one who made her into a Gatchaman when he took the NOTE out of her chest.(Later is mention that it is their soul) 

Sugane Tachibana: The one in charge of training Hajime. He is also the first one that Hajime sees transform.

Joe Hibiki: Introduced to Hajime but doesn't seem interested.

O.D.: The one that explains the NOTE to Hajime and he also can't transform. He also has a cat.

Utsu-tsu: A girl that seems gloomy and doesn't react when Hajime is hugging her.

Paiman: The leader of the group and the one that gives the orders. An alien that looks like a panda and hates being called a panda.

Mess: Aliens that Gatchaman have to "clean up" and save the Earth from

In the end I didn't really like it, but I do like the outfit design for the Gatchaman crew. It kinda reminds me of Sailor Moon and Digimon season three when Sugane and Hajime transform. I might see the rest of the episode.

Ao no Exorcist Chapter 47: True Cross Academy Festival - The Previous Night

  It starts with Shura Kirigakure making an announcement before the festival about having extra exorcists patrolling the ground. Mephisto appointed Shura to be the captain of the special patrol squad and couldn't be hidden while investigation Mephisto. That was what she answered to Arthur Auguste Angel when he called her about her investigation. Mephisto also told her that if she gets in his way that he was going to crush her, but in this chapter in Shura's flashback about the incident it says that he was going to kill her. Arthur informs Shura that they found a spy and that he'll instructed  her what to do once he gather more information. And to keep being the captain of the patrol squad. Arthur and Lighting are with the spy about to interrogate him.

 Scene changes to the school festival where Izumo goes to Noriko Paku who class is doing a haunt house. When she asked Izumo what her class is doing, she said that they were doing a planetarium, but her class isn't into it and it didn't bother her at all since she is busy. Shiemi startled Izumo who thought that she was an evil spirit. Once Izumo left, Noriko stared at Shiemi when Shiemi said that Yukio rejected her invitation to the dance party. Noriko asked if Rin asked her to the dance party to which Shiemi  said no.  The reason that Shiemi asked Yukio was because he looked so tired and needed to relax. She was also clueless that Rin wanted to asked her out to the dance party until Noriko told her. Noriko asked Shiemi who she likes Rin or Yukio, to which Shiemi became flustered and said that Rin and Yukio are her friends. She clarifies herself on who Shiemi likes romantically which gets Shiemi more flustered.

  During the festival Rin is working in his class rice ball stand since he is not going to the dance party. Mephisto came to the stand and loved the food that Rin prepared. And told Rin to make it for the following days meeting, but to have some female staff. Rin finds Izumo and asked her(*note: when I saw the raw, I thought he was going to ask Izumo out to the dance party.) if she can help during the second day and be the cashier for the rice ball stand as he offer her the uniform. In the end she agreed to help Rin out, but then said she wouldn't help. She also got bother when he said that he trust her when she doesn't trust anyone.

   The second day of the festival, the dance party, the scene is with Noriko leaving to the dance party and asked Izumo if she wasn't inivited to the dance party. Izumo said that she was invited to be a cashier. Back at the festival, Rin is wondering why Izumo isn't showing up when one of his classmate, Godaiin, told Rin to go have fun because they will be able to manage without him. Rin told him to let him know when Izumo arrives. As he is walking around he wishes that he came with Shiemi, when he does he sees Shiemi and calls out to her. He asked what she is doing to which she answers, secretly giving flowers and then asked what Rin was doing. To which he answered making rice ball and Shiemi laugh in relieve that she was able to talk to Rin again. Then Rin asked her to dance with him that causes Shiemi to get flustered and blush. Rin noticed and grabs her hand running to find Yukio, Rin doesn't noticed that Shiemi is blushing. Once they found Yukio, both Rin and Shiemi asked Yukio to dance with them to the shock of Yukio. Yukio then says how can three people dance to which Shiemi answered we'll form a circle and spin around. Shiemi realizes that she likes Rin(At first I didn't know which twin she was referring to so I had to reread it again)

 Izumo in the end decided to go help Rin with a blush but doesn't get far when Takara Nemu calls her over rudely. Izumo told he no because she is busy, then he reveals Kamiki Tsukumo's precious mascot to which Izumo demands where he got it. That is where the chapter ends.

  I'm more of a Rin and Izumo fan than a Rin and Shiemi fan. I still have hope for Rin to end up with Izumo but if he doesn't oh well, I don't really mind if he ends up with Shiemi.