Recap / Skip Beat Volume 35

So beautiful...

Kyoko has met Corn in Guam and is overjoyed about it. As happy as she is about this, she cannot help but notice how much Corn has changed since the time they spent when they were both children.

Corn admits to her that he is 'cursed' and Kyoko quickly offers any help she can give. However, the well-known ways to break a curse are not ones she feels she can accomplish.

Can Kyoko save Corn?

This volume contains the following chapters

• Act 207: Technicolor Paradise ~Hot Limit~ ^note Ren manages to appease Kyoko's worries that Corn's physical data resembles that of Ren Tsuruga by claiming it's part of the magic that also allowed him to borrow the voice of Ren Tsuruga. But things don't go off as planned, as Kyoko realizes that Corn hasn't smiled once since they've met, which is the complete opposite of how he was in the past. She asks him if he could tell her his worries, to be the support he was to her in her childhood.
• Act 208: Technicolor Paradise ~Hot Spell~ ^note Corn tells Kyoko that his existence is cursed, and how he only brings misfortune to those that interact with him. Despite Kyoko trying to rid him of that mindset, stating that Corn helped her a lot when she was a child, and that his support continued on in the form of the stone he gave her before leaving, she can't help him much. Trying to lift her spirits, Corn thinks that there might be a spell that could help him. An ancient spell that has broken curses for aeons... a kiss.
• Act 209: Technicolor Paradise ~Hot Spell~ ^note Kyoko doesn't think she could break the curse on Corn by kissing him, recalling that she promised Ren to not let anything like a kiss happen again. Corn tries to persuade her, until she comes up with an idea. She acts out the role of a divine priestess, using the idea that 'kissing during an act does not count'.
• Act 210: Technicolor Paradise ~Hot Spell~ ^note Kyoko goes through with her act of being a priestess with the divine power to break the curse upon 'Prince Corn'. She only manages a very light touch between their lips, and gets worried that it didn't work. Corn smiles up at her.
• Act 211: Technicolor Paradise ~Melt Heart~ ^note With the curse lifted, Kyoko and Corn spend more time together. Corn swears to himself that, the next time he'll meet Kyoko as himself, he will tell her everything. He kisses her, promises they'll meet again, and then leaps off the balcony in a dramatic exit.
• Act 212: Technicolor Paradise ~Time Shift~ ^note After leaving Kyoko, Ren hurries off to meet up with Jerry and turn into his Cain Heel appearance. She notes that his wristwatch is on his other side this time, and he gives a silent ask of favor to the deceased Rick. Kyoko and Ren meet up again.
• Extra: How They Acted Then ^note Kyoko's grudge demons are holding a meeting, talking about the similar aura that was exuded by Corn and, later, Ren. The grudge demons wonder if it's possible that Ren is Corn, but Kyoko thinks she realizes why it was so similar. She's convinced that Ren might have Fairy DNA in his bloodline from a fairy ancestor!

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Chapters in this volume contain examples of:

• Armor-Piercing Question: Kyoko tells Corn that she can't kiss him because she promised Ren Tsuruga to keep her chastity safe. Corn asks her why she promised that, considering he isn't even her lover.
• Big Damn Kiss: Corn gives a full-lip-contact one to a very surprised Kyoko in Chapter 211.
• Call-Back: During her little act, Kyoko mentions that every one of her experiences has shaped her into the person she is today, calling back to this being what Lory told her in Chapter 203.
• Character Development: Chapter 212 has Ren put Rick's watch on his left wrist, instead of his right. Previously, he had it on his right wrist to serve as a metaphorical 'shackle'.
• Curse: Corn states that there's a curse on him since birth, and Kyoko takes this in the sense of being a magical curse.
• Do Not Try This at Home: After Corn jumps off the balcony, he grabbed a flagpole sticking out of the wall, twirled around it a few times and jumped to the ground. A disclaimer is on the bottom of the page.
  Good kids, please don't copy this.
• First-Name Basis: Played straight and then for laughs. Kyoko tells Corn he can drop the '-chan' from her name, but stops him when he tries it out because he's still borrowing Ren Tsuruga's voice.
• Hazmat Suit: The extra story shows the grudge demons wearing some protective suits, which allowed them to be protected from the power of Ren's smile.
• Life Energy: Thinking of things Corn might need to break the curse upon him, Kyoko quickly offers to take her blood, which she says is the indispensible 'life force' people have, and gets often used for spells.
• Magic Kiss: What Corn states to likely break the curse upon him, as a kiss is very often the only thing strong enough to break any type of curse.
• Mayfly–December Romance: Defied by Kyoko, who says that, happy as she is about Corn loving her, the two could not enter a romance because she's a human and he's a fairy. She even recalls that he once told her that a fairy staying in the human world would only live for about 10 years.
• Mutual Envy: Despite Kuon/Corn and Ren Tsuruga being the same person, each considers the other persona to be separate. Ren is envious of how much more casual Kyoko is around Corn and how the atmosphere feels more intimate. In turn, Corn is annoyed that Kyoko seemingly places large value on a promise made to Ren, and how highly she regards him. He gets over it when he realizes that Kyoko holds both of them dearly, but in different ways.
• Shout-Out: Chapter 209 opens up with shouts to various fairytales, where a kiss has broken several curses.
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • Beauty and the Beast
  • The Frog King
• The Stoic: Kyoko is sad when she notices that Corn has turned into this.
• When He Smiles: After managing to 'break his curse', Corn does smile at Kyoko again. And continues to be much happier in the following chapter.

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