Nakamura Yoshiki - Skip Beat, ch. 189-198

[oyceter]

I know I said I wasn't going to read chapters, but I couldn't resist... /o\

Spoilers have already reread certain chapters three times

awsfkla;owifja;owigj *flails*

Wow. Just... wow. *fans self*

I gotta say, this is definitely one of the series I really didn't think was going to go there, but holy crap Nakamura does gothic punk bad wrong sexytimes well. Who knew!! Also, Kyoko totally pwned your ass, Ren. Also also, WHO KNEW?!

(And has Nakamura's art and/or toning gotten a lot better? Or is it just because I haven't read it for a while? But seriously, I just keep stopping to stare at her close ups on Ren and Kyoko.)

Also, now I totally want dirty wrong bad Cain/Setsuka with deeply buried Ren/Kyoko ~feelings~ fic. O_O was not expecting this!

Mostly: aioedfja;oijnm;oaisdjf;oaiw and I think the heat level there topped a lot of actual sex scenes I've read.

Comments

[oyceter]

I also kinda liked the explanation of how to make a hickey. I dunno, trying to think of how the scene is similar or different to other shoujo manga high sexual tension scenes. I kind of lean toward Kyoko flipping the scenario over and taking charge as being something I don't see often (or at all?). Also really love Ren being all "holy crap she totally out-acted me! I must power up on acting!" Yes Ren. You keep telling yourself it's about the acting.

[jinian]

I admire your valiant efforts to analyze this thing! I feel that I am doing well just not falling out of my chair dead over the "practice-level men" bit even now.

My favorite shoujo manga rarely has any sexual tension. Love Com has some sexual panic, but nothing like power games; Kimi ni Todoke is absurdly innocent; no major characters are getting laid in 7 Seeds; and in Nana they'd just do it. Thus, I am having trouble thinking of comparable scenes. Definitely a fan of the literal flipping, though!

Uh, Ren, she pwned you, but that's not why. Yet another amazing moment: the director trying to figure out who had made the hickey, failing to ask Kyoko, and considering... Yashiro. OMG.

[oyceter]

... the valiant efforts at analyzing are mostly because I can't reread it right now ;).

The stuff I can think of re: shoujo UST on comparable levels are series like Vampire Knight (Yuki sadly doesn't get to top, at least as far as I read) or Angel Sanctuary (Alexiel tops everyone ever!)! Gothic crack for the win!

SO want to see how Ren and Kyoko deal with this once they stop being in character.

(Also, srsly, why is there not a bajillion fics out there?)