Kageki Shojo! (manga)

Kageki Shojo! (かげきしょうじょ！, Kageki Shōjo!) is a Japanese manga series written and Illustrated by Kumiko Saiki. The series ended with its 14th chapter when the magazine Jump Kai ceased publication in 2014. In 2015, the manga was picked by Shueisha's subsidiary Hakusensha and continued in Melody under the title of Kageki Shojo!!. In 2019, the original volumes were re-released under a new title '''Kageki Shojo!! Season Zero' (かげきしょうじょ!! シーズンゼロ, Kageki Shōjo!! Shīzun zero'') as a single omnibus physically and as two volumes digitally. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series in English under '''Kageki Shojo!! The Curtain Rises''' and released it as single omnibus in November 2020.

Plot
Watanabe Sarasa has always dreamed of being an otokoyaku, an actress who plays male roles in an all-female theater troupe. Narata Ai also has a dream: the disgraced former idol wants to live in a world full of women and not have to deal with men at all. When they both get into a competitive all-girls theater school, the stage is set for Ai and Sarasa to enter the limelight and take their first step toward stardom.