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                                                    November 13, 2012

Does there exist a fan so fanatic
that they can resist the urge
to take over for the author and write
their own version of the material?

It's particularly tempting with series
fiction where there will never be a
conclusion to the story: while it's
popular, no one wants to kill the             An interesting touch for
property, but once it becomes                 the "Sket Dance" anime, I
unpopular, no one wants to continue           thought, was that the
with it at all -- so it all has a way         introduction contained
of fizzling out and fading away.              pieces of what looked like
                                              the actual conclusion to
                                              story-- a concluding story
                                              which they would never be
                                              allowed to tell.

                                              The student body lines up
                                              in the school's courtyard
                                              to do a surprise "thank you"
                                              to the main character.
                                              They display a banner for
                                              the club he founded, and
                                              salute him wearing armbands
                                              sporting his "Sket Mark".

                                              The outsider freaks of
                                              the "Sket Dan" have thus
                                              become insiders earning a
                                              place in the hearts of
                                              the masses by their own
                                              unusual, self-created path...

                                                             SKET_DANCE


    In the case of "Skip Beat", I find myself
    imagining how Ren and Kyoko will get past
    their impass, I sketch out dialog that       SKIP_BEAT
    closes with Kyoko making the sexual
    advance, and closing the deal.

    As for Kyoko's desire for
    "revenge": she needs to
    dabble in the "idol" business
    to do a direct confrontation
    with her ex, so she'll need
    to become a singer, and
    release a popular single.

    But then, that's built-in to
    the original opening of the
    "Skip Beat" anime:

    Kyoko has released a song
    called "Dream Star"-- which      "I thought that dreams were
    is actually the show's            just that, dreams..."
    opening theme-- her image is
    on multiple screens high up          If I'd been writing it, the song
    on the towers of Tokyo, and          would have the chorus "I will have
    Ren looks up at her image,           my revenge", but the closing line
    and smiles to himself.               would be the quote "the best
                                         revenge is living well".
        So once again,
        the beginning
        shows you the ending.




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