26:55 ( )

Kyoko fills in as Chiori Amamiya's manager. She and Chiori share the belief that everything in their lives could potentially be useful to their acting, but it still comes as a shock to Kyoko later on when Moko says Kyoko's Natsu character is very similar to Kyoko's mom, who Moko has just met. Kyoko briefly runs into her mother, who ignores her. She manages to keep it together, until she sees a TV broadcast in which her mother says she has no children. Sho tries to comfort her, but Kyoko pushes him away. The one she runs to in the end is Corn...or rather Ren, who she mistakes for Corn.

Poor Kyoko. She could tolerate being hated by her mother, but not being erased by her. Did Kyoko's mom (Saena) really not want her? And why isn't her dad in the picture? Did Saena prefer her career over having kids, or was this all due to something else?

Watching Ren fret over Kyoko was nice. A perfect opportunity for him to have kept his natural hair color, but oops, he got it dyed because he had no idea what was going to happen.

(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.) ( )