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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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(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 fleshed out, and all of them have their own reasons for doing things that make them make sense even while, especially for the antagonists, you still condemn them for their actions. But you can see where they're coming from, and it makes your heart hurt for them even while you're angry that they'd do what they're doing.
On a visual side, the animation is gorgeous, the colours are bright, the music is amazing, and all of the characters are very individualistic.
It's got two seasons, the first is mostly Sora's struggle to be the best on the stage while learning what the best is, and the second (is a lot darker) and deals more with what being the best means both for herself and for those under and around her. I highly recommend it.
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