Manga
The manga that were hits in Japan in the 2000s.
2000S HITS
About
Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence--she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!
Character analysis
Kyoko gave up everything to support her childhood friend Sho's idol career, only to overhear him admitting he only kept her around as a free maid, and that humiliation is what launches her into the entertainment industry herself, determined to outshine him.
Ren is established as one of the industry's most talented and professional actors, and his calm, polished exterior conceals a history he's reluctant to discuss with anyone, including Kyoko, even as he becomes her closest mentor and confidant.
Sho's offhand dismissal of Kyoko as nothing more than free domestic help is the wound the whole series is built around, and his continued, often oblivious presence in the entertainment industry keeps giving Kyoko fresh reasons to keep proving him wrong.
Kanae meets Kyoko as a fellow lower-ranked talent and keeps insisting their relationship is purely professional rivalry, even as her actions consistently prove she's grown to genuinely care about her.
Lory runs his talent agency with flamboyant, unconventional methods, and his willingness to take a chance on Kyoko's raw, revenge-fueled energy is what gives her an actual platform to build a career on.
Status evaluation
Clean, expressive art handles both the entertainment-industry glamour and Kyoko's more exaggerated comedic rage well.
The revenge-into-stardom premise gives the industry drama a distinctive, consistently engaging hook.
Kyoko's over-the-top grudge-fueled reactions are a reliable, well-loved comedic throughline.
Kyoko's past hurt and growing self-worth give the story real emotional stakes beneath the comedy.
This is a romantic comedy with nothing frightening in it.
There is no violence in this series.
The entertainment-industry setting adds some context to track, but the core cast and plot stay easy to follow.
This figure has not been verified against a current source and should be treated as approximate.
“Starting an entire showbiz career purely out of spite toward an ex-best-friend is one of the pettiest, most satisfying premises I've read.”