Seasons & episodes
1 season · 51 episodes
Episode 01
The Girl Who Has a Thousand Masks
Life so far for Kitajima Maya has been rough. One day she gets a small part in a school play and now her life has suddenly turned around.
Episode 02
Vivi's Mask
Tsukikage makes arrangements for Maya to transfer to another school; she also starts training her to become an actress.
Episode 03
The Escaped Bird
Kazehaya asks Sawako to meet him after school to discuss her study habits and for help with his homework. The other students learn she is a great teacher, and she starts helping out her other classmates.
Episode 04
The Stairway of Flame
Maya asks Tsukikage if she can work her way through acting school. Tsukikage agrees to give her a scholarship to the Tsukikage Acting Troupe.
Episode 05
Restricted Lines
Maya takes a job working in the park so that she doesn't have to borrow too much money from Tsukikage. Tsukikage gives the girls a new acting assigment which is to do a play only using four words.
Episode 06
My Own Beth
Tsukikage told the class their new play will be "Little Women" and Maya has been cast as the third sister, Beth. Maya now has to live as Beth for a week in order to better understand her role.
Episode 07
The Violet Rose
All the critics show up to review the Tsukikage's Acting Troupe's first play. Maya receives a bouquet of purple roses from her first fan.
Episode 08
Walking in the Wind
The investors visit Tsukikage after her release from the hospital and tell her she has to enter the upcoming acting competition in Nagoya.
Episode 09
The New Midori
Tsukikage Acting Troupe finds out the Ondine Troupe is also performing Takekurabe and that Ayumi will be Midori. The troupe starts rehearsals and Tsukikage really pushes Maya. This causes Maya to create her role and to make her own Midori.
Episode 10
Two Midoris of Takekurabe
The Tsukikage Acting Troupe and Ondine Troupe will go head to head in today's competition.
Episode 11
Spring Storm
Tsukikage Acting Troupe is again favored to win in the National Acting Competition. The night before their competition someone destroys all of their props and costumes.
Episode 12
Alone on the Stage
Since the cast does not return in time for the competition, Maya volunteers to perform solo.
Episode 13
Tomorrow's Grass
The girls ask Tsukikage if she will still teach them acting now that the troupe has been disbanded. Sakurakouji tries to persuade Maya to join is acting troupe.
Episode 14
The Fated Rivals
Ayumi vows to take any role possible. The schools' acting troupe is putting on a new production. When the lead actress has to be rushed to the emergency room, Maya volunteers to tackle the role.
Episode 15
Trap
Maya gets a role with another troupe after impressing them with her audition. The girl whose spot Maya took has something up for sleeve for Maya.
Episode 16
Theater Crasher
Miss Harada informs Tsukikage that they will never hire Maya again even though they know she will take the stage by storm one day. Maya auditions for "Wuthering Heights."
Episode 17
Wuthering Heights
As more people see the play during it's run, the audience is becoming more confused because the younger actors play with much more intensity than their adult actors. Due to this the play receives bad reviews.
Episode 18
Role of a Doll
Tsukikage pulls the troupe together to perform the play "The Stone's Smile" with Maya in the role of the doll. On the 10th days of performances they are a sell out.
Episode 19
The Fallen Mask
Maya loses her concentration during the play thus causing her to lose her mask as she is thinking about her Mom she just saw on the street.
Episode 20
The Switched Script
Maya goes on stage when called even though she does not know her lines as someone switched her script.
Episode 21
Etude of Flames
All the girls auditioning for the role spend the summer rehearsing for their chance to play Helen Keller.
Episode 22
The Miracle Worker, the Final Audition
The judges pick both Maya and Ayumi to be Helen and they will alternate who plays Helen during the run.
Episode 23
Show Down! The Two Helens
Ayumi and Maya both perform their versions of Helen for the Theater Festival; Ayumi is first to perform.
Episode 24
The Beautiful Maze
After Maya accepts the award for Best Supporting Actress, Tsukikage comes onstage and offers both Maya and Ayumi the chance to play the lead role in "The Scarlet Angel".
Episode 25
Heavenly Brilliance
Masumi's people have found Maya's Mother but Masumi decides to keep that information to himself. Maya starts to realize how jealous people are of her success.
Episode 26
The Shadow Who Hunts Maya
Someone is out to sabotage Maya as so far they have spiked her food, removed bolts from set props and made a bucket of water fall on her.
Episode 27
The Invisible Pitfall
Maya's personal assistant, Norie Otobe, is bullied by Miss Mizuki.
Episode 28
Failure as an Actress
Maya believes that Hayami Masumi killed her mother, meanwhile Miss Mizuki is worried about Maya's sudden disappearance.
Episode 29
Carmilla
Masumi Hayami continues to criticize Maya on her acting abilities.
Episode 30
One Million Rainbows
Ayumi finds Maya choking on the fake balls of mud from the play.
Episode 31
One Person Play
Maya performs a solo show to her audience.
Episode 32
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ayumi Himekawa wins an award for her acting ability. Tsukikage declares there that Maya has two years to win the Best Actress Award or the role of the Scarlet Angel goes to Ayumi. The Tsukikage and Ikkakujuu acting troupes decide to put on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in an outdoor theater with Maya playing the role of the fairy Puck. Can Maya learn to move like Puck in time for the performance?
Episode 33
The Miracle at the Outdoor Ampitheatre
Masumi Hayami lectures a small outdoor theater troupe about their play and gives them crucial advice. The night of the first show has arrived and Maya is ready to ignite the crowd with her version of Puck. Will the play be a success?
Episode 34
Maya's Challenge
A fundraiser performance by the Tsukikage Acting Troupe and the Ikkakujuu Troupe of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was an instant hit! But Maya was cut from the show... what does Masumi Hayami have in store for her?
Episode 35
Aldis & Origeld
Maya reads a story about two princesses, Aldis and Orgeld.
Episode 36
Winter Constellations
Maya meets an actress who once played Aldis in a play.
Episode 37
The Two Princesses: Act One
Maya takes the role as Princess Aldis in the play "The Two Princesses".
Episode 38
The Two Princesses: Act Two
The play continues as Maya's role of Aldis is challenged.
Episode 39
A Purple Shadow
"The Two Princesses" approaches its final show.
Episode 40
Wolf Girl Jane
Maya's newest play is "The Forgotten Wilderness," in which she plays a girl raised by wolves.
Episode 41
Wild Heart
An open casting call for "The Forgotten Wilderness" brings in some very inexperienced yet eager actors and actresses.
Episode 42
The Bet to the Drama Arts Festival
Getting into her role, Maya travels in to the mountainous wilderness to further understand her character.
Episode 43
The Forgotten Wilderness
"The Forgotten Wilderness" begins rehearsal.
Episode 44
Boundless Stage
It's opening night for "The Forgotten Wilderness" and already a huge line has formed!
Episode 45
Stars of the City
Thirty years have passed since Chigusa Tsukikage, Maya's mentor, was in the public eye.
Episode 46
To the Valley of Plums
Masumi Hayami runs into Maya on the bullet train station and encourages her to continue pursuing her dream.
Episode 47
The Blaze of Love
In the countryside, Maya contemplates her life while watching the fire.
Episode 48
A Dreamy One Night
Masumi reads the story of The Scarlet Angel to Maya.
Episode 49
One Half of a Soul
On her death bed, Ichiren Ozaki recalls her life.
Episode 50
The Mask of the Goddess
While crossing an eerie bridge deep in the forest, the bridge suddenly breaks and Maya falls through.
Episode 51
The Crimson Goddess
The Scarlet Angel finally reveals herself!
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