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Kageki Shojo!!

2021 · 1 season

A sincere, gently paced backstage drama where earnest young performers chase big dreams and quietly support each other through nerves and self-doubt.

Overview
The curtain rises on Sarasa Watanabe, a starry-eyed 5'10" student who hopes to perform as a male lead role in the all-female Kouka Acting Troupe. She forms a friendship with her new roommate, a former idol. Together, they’re in for the role of a lifetime.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • found family
Places
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
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Created by
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Cinematography
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Length
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Network
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Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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