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Beauty Pop (ビューティーポップ, Byūtī Poppu?) is a Shōjo manga series by mangaka Kiyoko Arai. It recently completed its run in Ciao magazine. Beauty Pop is published in English by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat label and in French by Soleil Manga. The manga is about the life of a naturally talented hairstylist named Kiri Koshiba, and her problems with the "Scissors Project," a group of boys determined to become the best makeover team in Japan. Beauty Pop went on a short hiatus from Ciao, but came back under the title Beauty Pop Stage 2. The series has also been adapted to a Drama CD which was released on 25 November 2004.[1]Kiri is always calm and doesnt show many facial expressions but she has quickly been amused with her so called enemy Narumi he's the son of a big shot hairstylist but Narumi-kun has different stuff in his future.

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Plot

While the three members of the popular "Scissors Project" (often shortened to "S.P" throughout the manga) are known for giving elaborate makeovers to already-beautiful, hand-picked girls at school, they soon find a rival, Kiri Koshiba, who is willing to give makeovers to anyone, in order to brighten their lives and make them happier with their appearance.

Kiri Koshiba had no intention of revealing her talents as a hairstylist, but the Scissors Project is determined to expose her and bring her into the world of hairstyling because of her incredible talent.

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Characters




Kiri Koshiba (小柴 綺里, Koshiba Kiri)
Voiced by: Junko Minagawa[1] (Drama CD)
A naturally gifted hair stylist with a strong sense of justice, leading her to give makeovers to girls with certain problems and giving them, as she puts it, "a little magic." Her family owns a beauty salon. She cut her own hair in a layered bob as a result of accidentally cutting her mother's ear while styling her hair when she was younger, causing it to bleed. The accident left Kiri with a mental scar which continues to haunt her, at the time going as far as to quit hairdressing, although she appears to have mostly recovered. She is nicknamed "Mussy Head" by Narumi due to her hairstyle. Kiri tends to be extremely laid back and absent minded, a trait which is a constant irritation to Narumi whose personality is a complete opposite. Their relationship is rocky at first but Kiri seems to have warmed to him after he saved Shampoo from getting run over by a bicycle in volume 3, consequently damaging his wrist. Kiri is a young girl that Narumi lost to in 4th grade, which was revealed in volume 5. The reason she didn't compete again the next year was because of a rule that required participants to draw a sketch of their hairstyle, and Kiri is terrible at drawing. Though she was initially confused about what she wanted to do with her future, she seems to have decided to become a beautician, but has no interest in pursuing fame with her talent like the three original members of the Scissor Project are. In Beauty Pop Stage 2, she joins the Scissor Project as Narumi's assistant hairdresser. In volume 9, it reveals that Kiri has a fear of cockroaches and thunder.

Kenichiro Seki (関 謙一郎, Seki Ken'ichirō?)
Kiri's childhood friend. He is highly regarded as part of the "Seki Clinic" which specialises in invigorating massage. He helps Kiri regain her composure in a tight spot (vol.4) and is like an older brother to her. He tends to apologize often. Kenichiro ends up with Kiri's good friend Kanako.

Characters






Kei Minami (南 啓, Minami Kei?)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono[1] (Drama CD)
The member of the Scissors Project that does nail art. Kei is playful and is often seen eating junk food and candy. Kei likes to come up with nicknames for his friends like 'Naru-Naru' and 'Narurin' for Narumi while he calls Ochiai 'Occhi'. He also serves as emcee for any Scissors Project event, announcing the model and occasionally commenting while Narumi cuts. He hardly ever wears his school uniform and often wears a visor sideways on his head. It is later shown that Kei is not good at spelling, he got a "5%" on his spelling test. This is why, one time, a Scissor Project's project on one girl failed, because he spelled Komasu incorrectly. Kei is actually very mysterious and he doesn't reveal much about himself. In a small omake, when Kiri and the gang are all eating over at Narumi's house, Ochiai thinks that this way, Kiri is technically attending an SP meeting, which was his secret goal. Kei suddenly comes up to Ochiai and says "Now that Kiri is here, our goals have been realized!" This causes Ochiai to wonder whether Kei is just acting stupid, or just really doesn't know what is going on. Somehow, Kei has the ability to know what and when things happen, even if he wasn't there (including Narumi's dreams about Kiri). His snooping sense is even better than Ochiai's.

Kanako Aoyama (青山 加奈子, Aoyama Kanako)
Voiced by: Masayo Kurata[1] (Drama CD)
A friend of Kiri's who admires her talents. Kanako tends to be quite shy and bookish. When she was rejected by Kazuhiko Ochiai, Kiri gave her a makeover to teach the Scissor Project a lesson. Kanako still likes Ochiai, but is uncertain with how to act when she discovers that Ochiai likes Kiri after seeing that he has a picture of Kiri on his cell phone. She ends up with Kenichiro.

"Shampoo" (シャンプー, Shanpū?)
Kiri's fat pet cat. Shampoo was first a stray who would not trust anyone, having a bad past. When she met Kiri, Shampoo scratched her hand. However, she realizes that Kiri was not like the other people that she had seen, who had been mean and heartless. Shampoo shed tears and was taken home by Kiri.

Chisami Narumi (鳴海 千佐美, Narumi Chisami?)
Shogo's cute little sister, who Kiri indifferently "saves" one day when her hair was tangled in a bush. Because of this, Chisami seems to think that Kiri is her "Prince Charming" (as she had thought Kiri was a boy). She later finds out that Kiri is a girl, but she still admires her and refers to her as "Prince-sama".

their characters really does resembles each other. 4laugh