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7.2 / 10
2008
1 season
25 episodes
AnimationDramaComedy

Kyoko followed her true love and childhood friend Sho to Tokyo so she could help him reach his dream of becoming an idol. She cleans, cooks, works three jobs and does nothing for herself because she loves him so much, but gets nothing in return. Still, she remains by his side. But then one day she goes unannounced to his agency with a delivery, and overhears him talking about her; he reveals to his manager that he only took her with him as a maid, and that he doesn't care for her at all. Upon hearing this, Kyoko doesn't just sit around and cry. She cuts and dyes her hair, changes her clothes and attitude and thus begins her journey to join showbiz and have her revenge against Sho

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Seasons

  • And the Box was Opened

    1.And the Box was Opened

    05-10-200825m

    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...

  • Banquet of Shivering

    2.Banquet of Shivering

    12-10-200825m

    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...

  • An Emotion She Lacks

    3.An Emotion She Lacks

    19-10-200825m

    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...

  • The Labyrinth of Reunion

    4.The Labyrinth of Reunion

    26-10-200825m

    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...

  • Danger Zone

    5.Danger Zone

    02-11-200825m

    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...

  • An Invitation to the Ball

    6.An Invitation to the Ball

    09-11-200825m

    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...

  • Princess Revolution

    7.Princess Revolution

    16-11-200825m

    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...

  • Through Thick and Thin

    8.Through Thick and Thin

    23-11-200825m

    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...

  • An Angel's Power

    9.An Angel's Power

    30-11-200825m

    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...

  • Blue in Hand

    10.Blue in Hand

    07-12-200825m

    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...

  • Barefaced Storm

    11.Barefaced Storm

    14-12-200825m

    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,...

  • Opened Wound

    12.Opened Wound

    21-12-200825m

    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...

  • Battle Girl

    13.Battle Girl

    28-12-200825m

    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...

  • The Secret Stamp Album

    14.The Secret Stamp Album

    11-01-200925m

    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...

  • Together with the Minefield

    15.Together with the Minefield

    18-01-200925m

    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...

  • Hate X Hate

    16.Hate X Hate

    25-01-200925m

    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...

  • Date with Fate

    17.Date with Fate

    01-02-200925m

    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...

  • Sin is Like an Angel

    18.Sin is Like an Angel

    08-02-200925m

    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...

  • Rituals of Death

    19.Rituals of Death

    15-02-200925m

    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...

  • Month of Invitations

    20.Month of Invitations

    23-02-200925m

    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...

  • A Person Possessing Abilities

    21.A Person Possessing Abilities

    02-03-200925m

    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...

  • Day That Breaks the World

    22.Day That Breaks the World

    09-03-200925m

    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...

  • Pulled Trigger

    23.Pulled Trigger

    16-03-200925m

    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...

  • That Contact Is Allowed

    24.That Contact Is Allowed

    23-03-200925m

    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...

  • And So the Door Was Opened

    25.And So the Door Was Opened

    30-03-200925m

    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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