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[skylar_inari]

I have a headache, blah. It's equal parts the gloomy weather (dear sky, it shouldn't look like evening at nine in the morning) the fact that it's Monday-at-work and I'm covering for someone who I have... no clue how they like things thanks to their last cover off not answering my e-mails on Friday (joy, rly), and the fact that my brother is a

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[hungrytiger11]

Gentleman's Alliance being described as having "issues" one of the nicest ways I've ever heard it said. Now, don't get me wrong, I loved that story (and the art too) but... it has "issues" that are complex and strange.

What is Kaleido Star about? That sounds interesting. Also, have you tried Skip Beat? Not quite as many pretty men as some of the ones you mentioned, but a few and it has humor out the zingzang.

[skylar_inari]

And yet, it is amazing. I love it to bits. (But zomg don't spoil me, I'm being a Good Girl with this one and reading it as it comes out officially!) And, yup yup, anything with Issues I tend to love. Especially if you have to poke at them to make them make sense!

(HAHAHAHA, I don't read just for pretty men! They are a bonus, but Ren makes up for the lack of them in number!) I looove Skip Beat!, I'm a few chapters behind right now, but I'm all over her current role and stuff. She's so evil, sometimes, for a shoujo heroine. It's delightful! And really pushes the right combination of humour and issues.

Oh lordy, Kaleido Star is about a girl, named Sora, who flies from Japan to America to become a star on the Kaledio Stage--which is a cross between a traditional circus and Cirque du Soliel, if that helps--and, upon getting in, follows her as she starts from the very bottom of the totem pole and has to work her way up. It deals with issues of hard work, of team work, of competition, and of individuality. All of the characters are