Skip Beat! Chapter 147

But how could he really think of that accident as his ‘first kiss’? Ren tells Kyoko that if she believes it to be a real kiss, then it is so. But, as an actor, she should be able to treat is as if it meant nothing. Sharing a kiss with a person with whom you feel nothing for is something all actors should be able to deal with, without taking it personally; the actors ‘Rule of the Heart’. What you believe is what is.

Kyoko realises that the kiss meant nothing to her (like kissing an animal, she says), though Ren warns her that while the actors ‘Rule of the Heart’ can be used as many times a necessary with other performers, but it can only be used once for a private matter. She cannot let it happen again or else the next kiss would surely mean something, wouldn’t it? Kyoko believes so.

Of course, Ren has alterior motives in telling her this. With his own feelings for Kyoko growing stronger and Fuwa attempting to claim her once again, he has every reason to protect her from Sho for as long as possible.
Overall, this was a sweet and quite amusing chapter, but I do think this chapter was a bit lacking this time around. For what, I’m not entirely sure… a bit less dialogue and a bit more to show that the story is actually moving forward perhaps?. Hopefully the next one will make up for it, but this one rounded-off the Sho part of Valentine arc nicely. Kyoko was not traumatized (at least) and Ren showing a bit of his affection for her (in his own possessive way) was a nice addition to the chapter.

I’m going to make a prediction here that the ‘Actor’s Rule of the Heart” will come up again in a later chapter. We’ll see if I’m right, hm?. ^^