Details
- Episodes:12
- Format:TV
- Average Score:77
- Popularity:2353
- Status:Finished Airing
- Season:Summer 2018
- Duration:24 min. per ep. minutes
- Genre:Music, School
- Country:JP
As preparations begin for Seisho Music Academy's yearly Seisho Festival, the girls of the 99th class are gearing up to perform their very own rendition of "Starlight," the tragic tale of two goddesses drawn together by the glow of the heavens but destined to be pulled apart, never to meet again. Created to foster the next generation of theatrical talent, this girls’ only school works to improve the singing, acting, and dancing skills of its students. One student is 16-year-old Karen Aijou, an easygoing girl who has dreamed of performing on stage since she was a child. Her love for theater is further invigorated when her childhood friend Hikari Kagura transfers to Seisho Academy. Through her old friend, Karen stumbles upon a secret elevator leading to a massive theater underneath the school. Hosted by a talking giraffe, this arena serves as a battleground where her classmates participate in duels to determine who among them deserves the title of "Top Star," earning them the right to play one of the lead roles in "Starlight." Emboldened by the promise she made with Hikari to someday be stars together, Karen enters these mysterious battles in the hopes of making their dream a reality. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Episodes
1. Stage Girls
The curtain rises on the performance of a lifetime as Karen and her classmates attend a prestigious music academy to become the next theatrical stars.
2. The Stage of Fate
On the second day of the search for the next star, the girls accuse Karen of interfering with their auditions and not taking it as seriously as them.
3. Top Star
Nana takes a role behind the scenes while Futaba notices that Claudine is bothered by something. Hikari is acting cold towards Karen, but is there a reason for it?
4. Promise Tower
Hikari left campus, and Karen doesn’t understand why. Determined to find her friend, Karen searches for her throughout the city.
5. Is "Shine" Even Possible?
Mahiru becomes increasingly dejected and jealous as Karen’s bond with Hikari strenghtens. Karen is spurred on with new determination, but where will this leave Mahiru?
6. Stage Left for Two
Kaoruko fails to make the cut during class auditions and lashes out in indignation. Having earned a spot on stage, Futaba’s patience with Kaoruko reaches a boiling point.
7. Nana Daiba
Nana Daiba’s memories of the acadamy’s 99th performance was a shining beacon crystalized in time. Can she ever move forward or will she be forever blinded by the past?
8. Toward the Light
What’s past is prologue. The promise Hikari made with Karen is what fuels her determination, but life rarely occurs according to plan.
9. On the Night of the Star Festival
Preparations for the next performance of Starlight continue, and everyone is filled with hope as they move forward. Everyone that is, except for Nana, who sinks into despair.
10. Nevertheless, The Show Must Go On
The final day has arrived and Karen and Hikari renew their vow to perform Starlight. Can they overcome the unforgiving audition and become Top Stars together?
11. We Are...
Fate is cruel and harshly deals with any deviation from the pre-established script. What happens to those who dare defy the system the day after the performance?
12. Revue Starlight
Starlight is a story that always results in tragedy, but Karen rejects that doomed inevitability. Will she find a way to rewrite the ending before the curtain falls?
