Finished Skip Beat.

double you tee eff is it with anime adaptations shoujo manga?

Nana, Nodame Cantabile and Skip Beat have inconclusive endings and that's one thing they all have in common.

Yes, the manga carries on in all cases (except for Nodame Cantabile, which has finished I believe but I don't know how far it goes after the Finale storyline) but the lack of continuation is somewhat hurtful.

Rather than whine over that, Skip Beat was actually pretty good. It's comedy was great, I found myself laughing very often throughout it's 25-episode run but there is one part it falters with. Romance.

Sadly, while they try to make it, the curse of stereotypical idiocy for romance anime protagonists is especially evident here and basically leads to what feels like nothing by the time it's over. Worse still, sometimes the dialogue is over-extended and tiresome and I did find myself falling asleep in one or two episodes. Not good.

Thankfully there's enough of an interesting plot (becoming a star) that it makes watching Skip Beat worthwhile - saving it from being another shallow entry in the RomCom arena.

TL;DR - Great comedy, lukewarm romance, nice feel-good story and good plot.