Skip·Beat!, Vol. 40

When Kyoko’s heart is broken, she decides that revenge is a dish best served in the spotlight!

Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!

Kyoko desperately wants to be cast in a new samurai drama so that she can work opposite her best friend in the entire world, Kanae “Moko” Kotonami. But there are plenty of hurdles between her and her dream role, including another actress who might be willing to do anything to take out the competition!

Yoshiki Nakamura is originally from Tokushima Prefecture. She started drawing manga in elementary school, which eventually led to her 1993 debut of Yume de Au yori Suteki (Better than Seeing in a Dream) in Hana to Yume magazine. Her other works include the basketball series Saint Love, MVP wa Yuzurenai (Can't Give Up MVP), Blue Wars and Tokyo Crazy Paradise, a series about a female bodyguard in 2020 Tokyo.