Skip Beat! Vol 1 / Yoshiki Nakamura / 184 pages

Ever since she was little Kyoko was in love with her best friend.  When she was young her best friend Sho’s family took her in due to her family situation.  When Sho decides to run away from home to follow his dreams to become a famous musician, Kyoko goes with him, quits highschool, and takes multiple jobs to support him.  Now that he has made it big Kyoko finds out he has been dating other women and doesn't care about her. She vows that she will get vengeance and that she will become even more famous than him. Kyokok gets a makeover and decides to join the talent agency that competes against Sho’s agency when that doesn’t work, she pesters one of the agents until he lets her audition. Translated by: Tomo Kimura