Scenes from Awajima

Awajima Revue School: where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day performing on the grand stage. While working toward achieving their dreams of stardom, the students find their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls—classmates and rivals at the same time—are tenderly captured in the portraits of this ensemble cast!

Enter the Awajima Revue School, where young women from across the country gather to chase their dreams of standing on the big stage. Here, the past and present intertwine to form a web of memories and lives. One such life is that of Katsurako Ibuki, who envied the talented Emi Okabe. Years earlier, Katsurako’s kindhearted mother, her beautiful yet cruel grandmother, and so many others walked these same halls. Three generations of painful, poignant aspirations unfold as the cycle of hope and frustration continues…

Of the many girls who attend Awajima Revue School, only a select few earn the right to bathe in the spotlight at center stage. Saori and Mikako are both cast in leading roles for their graduation performance, but while Mikako is forced to leave Awajima due to illness, Saori pursues her dream of becoming a top star. And after graduation, these former rivals cross paths once more…