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Skip Beat!: Season 1

25 episodes Premiered Oct 5, 2008
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Season 1 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Mytharc (8): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (17): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

And the Box was Opened

Oct 5, 2008

Kyoko followed her true love and childhood friend Fuwa Sho to Tokyo. This is so she could help him reach his dream of becoming an idol. She cleans, cooks, works three jobs and does

S1·E2 Core

Banquet of Shivering

Oct 12, 2008

Kyoko, now living at the Darumaya (a restaurant she works in), starts looking for an entrance into show business. She chooses L.M.E., Sho's agency's main competitor. Sawara, who ma

S1·E3 Mytharc

An Emotion She Lacks

Oct 19, 2008

Kyoko's performance was to cut the daikon (radish) into a rose, using a knife lent by her boss at Darumya. Her performance amazes the judges including the president, Lory, since th

S1·E4 Core

The Labyrinth of Reunion

Oct 26, 2008

Kyoko is working at a gas station, thinking about what Ren and her boss said to her. During her break, an advertisement of Sho appears on the television screen, causing her to have

S1·E5 Core

Danger Zone

Nov 2, 2008

Kyoko speaks with the President who asks if she believes she can love others. She says no, but insists that even though she can't feel love now, she wants to be able to gain back t

S1·E6 Core

An Invitation to the Ball

Nov 9, 2008

After the shock of being picked up, Kyoko tries to struggle but then has no choice due to her injured ankle. Ren places her on the house because she kept on complaining, and his ma

S1·E7 Core

Princess Revolution

Nov 16, 2008

Kyoko films with Ren and becomes startled and angry with the way he easily manipulates their acting. Ruriko is unhappy with the praise Kyoko's acting generates. Despite the injury

S1·E8 Mytharc

Through Thick and Thin

Nov 23, 2008

Kotonami Kanae (Moko), from Kyoko's audition into L.M.E., is discovered by Kyoko at L.M.E. headquarters. Even as she denies being eliminated from the audition, one of the judges fr

S1·E9 Core

An Angel's Power

Nov 30, 2008

Kyoko takes on the challenge given by the hot-shots in the training class. She uses a similar dialogue as the script but in a malevolent emotion, and later switches lines with the

S1·E10 Core

Blue in Hand

Dec 7, 2008

Kyoko reminds Maria about her father's letter and Maria asks Kyoko for her opinion on what to talk about with her father. Maria realizes that Kyoko's father and mother had left her

S1·E11 Mytharc

Barefaced Storm

Dec 14, 2008

Kyoko exposes another rumor about Sho's past life. Then, as Bo, she challenges Sho to a badminton match and almost reveals her identity to him. When she gets lost in the building,

S1·E12 Core

Opened Wound

Dec 21, 2008

The episode started after her job has finished where she saw Ren and remembered what she did on the previous meeting with him (Kyoko gave him a bad gesture) but remembers the sides

S1·E13 Core

Battle Girl

Dec 28, 2008

Unable to buy her way in, Erika insists Kyoko and Moko not to have any discussions about the audition (being from the same company, they would have better rapport than others who j

S1·E14 Core

The Secret Stamp Album

Jan 11, 2009

Due to Kyoko's quick thinking for the impromptu but amazing act, Kyoko and Moko were chosen by the company. Erika was so angry at Moko-san for beaten her twice, plotting to using v

S1·E15 Mytharc

Together with the Minefield

Jan 18, 2009

Ren is talking on his phone with Matsushima, the head of L.M.E.'s acting division, who informs him that his regular manager is out with a cold and that Kyoko will be filling in. Du

S1·E16 Core

Hate X Hate

Jan 25, 2009

Kyoko continues to take care of Ren. In this episode, his positive thoughts and reactions are shown as she takes care of him. When she is at his apartment nursing him through his f

S1·E17 Core

Date with Fate

Feb 1, 2009

Kyoko begins her first day as a high school student. She's excited to be a "normal high school girl," but later finds out that her high school rather abnormal since she's in the en

S1·E18 Mytharc

Sin is Like an Angel

Feb 8, 2009

After Kyoko flicks a packet of salt to Sho who intended to throw away a sweet egg roll because he dislikes sweet stuff, she begins to stress out and regret her actions as she belie

S1·E19 Core

Rituals of Death

Feb 15, 2009

The episode begins with Kyoko moping over not being able to 'kill Sho like an angel'. She then calls Moko and gets an idea on how to act properly. She imagines that she will be kil

S1·E20 Core

Month of Invitations

Feb 23, 2009

Kyoko's been scouted for an upcoming drama. However upon learning she'd be working with Ren, she was quite nervous but excited as she would be able to see Ren up closed and persona

S1·E21 Core

A Person Possessing Abilities

Mar 2, 2009

Kyoko landed a role in Dark Moon, the re-make of Tsukigomori, a drama that was popular 20 years ago, and the actors and the director in the current drama wish to surpass Tsukigomor

S1·E22 Core

Day That Breaks the World

Mar 9, 2009

Kyoko was given some time to think about her character, Mio, thanks to Ren. Ren also gives Kyoko a hint of why Mio would hate Mizuki but she still has a hard time understanding the

S1·E23 Core

Pulled Trigger

Mar 16, 2009

Kyoko's Mio, now progressed, is widely accepted by the entire cast, including Ms. Iizuka. Problems develop, however, when Ren's acting is not up to its usual standard (as predicted

S1·E24 Mytharc

That Contact Is Allowed

Mar 23, 2009

Ren loses the ability to act as Katsuki. Because of this, he had an emotional meltdown. The director asked him to take some time off and find his "Katsuki" that can surpass the ori

S1·E25 Mytharc

And So the Door Was Opened

Mar 30, 2009

Ren is flashbacking to his conversation with Bo. He's confused about his feelings with Kyoko. His shoot for Dark Moon is coming up and, as always, he's not eating properly. Kyoko i

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