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Kageki Shojo!!

Kageki Shoujo!! · かげきしょうじょ!!

TV · Finished · Summer 2021 · 13 episodes · 24 min

The curtain rises on the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. Spotlight on Sarasa Watanabe, a starry-eyed 5'10" student who dreams of performing as Oscar, a male lead role. She forms an unlikely friendship with her new roommate, a former idol who now also hopes to join the all-female Kouka Acting Troupe. Together, they’re in for the role of a lifetime.

(Source: Funimation)

Genres: Drama, Slice of Life

Tags: Acting, Primarily Female Cast, Female Protagonist, School, Ensemble Cast, Coming of Age, Shoujo, Aromantic, Primarily Teen Cast, Musical Theater, Heterosexual, Kuudere

Studio: PINE JAM

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Beneath the Cherry Tree, in a Rain of Petals
  2. Episode 2: Those Who Long to Cross the Silver Bridge
  3. Episode 3: The Teddy Bear
  4. Episode 4: Tears Overwritten
  5. Episode 5: The Chosen Maidens
  6. Episode 6: A Glimpse of Stardom
  7. Episode 7: The Hanamichi and the Silver Bridge
  8. Episode 8: Kaoru`s Summer
  9. Episode 9: The Two Juliets
  10. Episode 10: A Once-in-a-Century Autumn
  11. Episode 11: 4/40
  12. Episode 12: Surely Someone
  13. Episode 13: Kageki Shojo!!

Reviews

A work that deserves more recognition, a journey of maturation.

Kageki Shoujo is just an absolute treat, full of heart wrenching moments, great characters, and overwhelming optimism.

An underrated gem that hearkens back to old school shoujo classics in all the best ways.