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Skip Beat! (3-In-1 Edition), Vol. 3: Includes vols. 7-8-9 by Yoshiki Nakamura

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dankolar's review

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funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

louandlife's review

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4.0

This series is so good. I don't know if I have ever come across a series where every book matches the last one in terms of quality and reading experience. I think this must be in part due to the three volumes in one because it feels like a lot more is happening the series if you were to read them as one volume as opposed to three separate volumes. Nevertheless, I loved this volume. It matched up to all of my expectations from the other two 3 in 1 volumes and nothing problematic has occurred. There is more interaction between Ren and Kyoto which I live for, and Kyoto's career is growing stronger. I can't wait to read the next volume but I am also sad that I have managed to get through the mangas so quickly. By the time it's payday for me I would have read all the mangas that I have urgently wanted to read which means I will be really tempted to go on another manga buying spree...

shadow_summit's review

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

mindsorceress's review

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Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

toriwatson's review

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

cyanide_latte's review

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I realize I never got around to writing my review for volume 6 and at this point I think I'd need to re-read it in order to do so, but I still couldn't keep away from reading this next omnibus 3-in-1. I'd say this was more lighthearted even during its "drama" moments than some of the past volumes, and I really adore the continuing focus on Kyoko developing her friendship with Kanae, as well as further insight into how Ren's feelings for Kyoko are evolving. It's also just nice to see that the friendship with Kanae isn't one-sided, and Kanae cares just as much about Kyoko's friendship as Kyoko does. (It's also nice to have seen Sho get dunked on a little; he deserves it at this point.) All in all I realized I need to not put off returning to this series for as long as I did this past year or so. It's still such a refreshing break from many of the other things I read.