Two women, one stage, zero chill — this opera feud hits every note of petty.
Shio Asami (Stephanie) was brought up in a wealthy family whose mother is a prominent opera singer. However, the bankruptcy of her father’s business forced her to give up becoming an opera singer. Moe Midorikawa (Hikari Mitsushima) entrapped Shio and claimed a victory in an opera contest. A competition of two heroines ensues, placing their pride on the line.
Acting
Hikari Mitsushima commits to villainy like her life depends on it.
Score
Actual opera performances that slap harder than the dialogue.
Director
Shusuke Kaneko
Hikari Mitsushima
Moe Midorikawa
Dai Watanabe
Ranmaru Ikenohata
Megumi Kagurazaka
Morita
Reiko Takashima
Natsuko Ikenohata
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Takashi Jinno
Godai Michiko
Haruko Matsushima
Yuki Saori
Professor Yamamoto
Midoriko Kimura
Tami Midorikawa
Hiroyuki Nagato
Konsaburo Hoshino
Tomoka Kurokawa
Sayaka Higashino
Jon Kabira
Shoichiro Asami
Minami Tsukui
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stephanie was an actual J-pop singer with no opera background — she trained for months. The vocal dissonance between her real voice and character's struggle is accidentally meta.
Director Shusuke Kaneko was fresh off Gamera and Death Note — this wildly uneven tone makes sense once you know that.
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