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Kageki Shoujo!

Also known as Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Like the Takarazuka Revue, the young women who go to the arts academy Kouka Kageki High School play all the parts of musical theater, be they female or male. Narada Ai is a jaded former idol performing female roles—her roommate, playing male roles, is bright-eyed country girl Watanabe Sarasa. From the school to the stage to the rest of their lives, there is no challenge these young women can’t face with their passion for performance.



The series was renamed to Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero (かげきしょうじょ!! シーズンゼロ) in 2019.

Tags: Female Protagonist , School , Seinen , Primarily Female Cast , Acting , Kuudere , Idol , Primarily Teen Cast , Coming of Age , Tragedy , Cute Girls Doing Cute Things , Musical Theater , LGBTQ+ Themes , Twins , Rehabilitation , Yuri , Boarding School

Tenshi to Miru Yume

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Honoka loves to immerse herself in the glittering world of the Takarazuka Revue to get away from her troubled home life, but being onstage is her best friend Karin's dream, not hers. Then Karin convinces Honoka to come with her to audition for the Takarazuka's highly competitive training school - and Honoka is the one who gets in. Now she's on her own, and she's starting to realize this world isn't as idyllic as she thought...

Tags: Coming of Age , Musical Theater , Shoujo , Tomboy , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Crossdressing , Heterosexual , Acting

Futari Pocchi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Kaoru has to stay with Reiko's family, a girl with a heart condition. They don't get along at first, but Reiko ends up falling for Kaoru. But then, a shocking family secret is discovered...

Tags: Yuri , Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Suicide , Tragedy , Inseki , Tomboy , Tennis