
Her father passed away very early and her mother lives and works in a crowded Chinese restaurant. Kitajima Maya, a 13-year old girl, has to carry the burden of making ends meet as she fights against her ill fate. However, she is able to overcome the trials and tribulations in her life with her passion and enthusiasm. She happens to encounter the reclusive actress Tsukikage who decides to train and mould her into the foremost actress of her generation.
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Air Date: 2005-04-05
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 sud...
Air Date: 2005-04-12
Tsukikage makes arrangements for Maya to transfer to another school; she also starts training her to become an actress.
Air Date: 2005-04-19
Kazehaya asks Sawako to meet him after school to discuss her study habits and for help with his homework. The other ...
Air Date: 2005-04-26
Maya asks Tsukikage if she can work her way through acting school. Tsukikage agrees to give her a scholarship to the ...
Air Date: 2005-05-03
Maya takes a job working in the park so that she doesn't have to borrow too much money from Tsukikage. Tsukikage give...
Air Date: 2005-05-17
Tsukikage told the class their new play will be "Little Women" and Maya has been cast as the third sister, Beth. Maya...
Air Date: 2005-05-24
All the critics show up to review the Tsukikage's Acting Troupe's first play. Maya receives a bouquet of purple roses...
Air Date: 2005-05-31
The investors visit Tsukikage after her release from the hospital and tell her she has to enter the upcoming acting c...
Air Date: 2005-06-07
Tsukikage Acting Troupe finds out the Ondine Troupe is also performing Takekurabe and that Ayumi will be Midori. The ...
Air Date: 2005-06-14
The Tsukikage Acting Troupe and Ondine Troupe will go head to head in today's competition.
Air Date: 2005-06-21
Tsukikage Acting Troupe is again favored to win in the National Acting Competition. The night before their competitio...
Air Date: 2005-06-21
Since the cast does not return in time for the competition, Maya volunteers to perform solo.
Air Date: 2005-06-28
The girls ask Tsukikage if she will still teach them acting now that the troupe has been disbanded. Sakurakouji tries...
Air Date: 2005-07-05
Ayumi vows to take any role possible. The schools' acting troupe is putting on a new production. When the lead actres...
Air Date: 2005-07-12
Maya gets a role with another troupe after impressing them with her audition. The girl whose spot Maya took has somet...
Air Date: 2005-07-19
Miss Harada informs Tsukikage that they will never hire Maya again even though they know she will take the stage by s...
Air Date: 2005-07-26
As more people see the play during it's run, the audience is becoming more confused because the younger actors play w...
Air Date: 2005-08-02
Tsukikage pulls the troupe together to perform the play "The Stone's Smile" with Maya in the role of the doll. On the...
Air Date: 2005-08-09
Maya loses her concentration during the play thus causing her to lose her mask as she is thinking about her Mom she j...
Air Date: 2005-08-16
Maya goes on stage when called even though she does not know her lines as someone switched her script.
Air Date: 2005-08-23
All the girls auditioning for the role spend the summer rehearsing for their chance to play Helen Keller.
Air Date: 2005-08-30
The judges pick both Maya and Ayumi to be Helen and they will alternate who plays Helen during the run.
Air Date: 2005-09-06
Ayumi and Maya both perform their versions of Helen for the Theater Festival; Ayumi is first to perform.
Air Date: 2005-09-13
After Maya accepts the award for Best Supporting Actress, Tsukikage comes onstage and offers both Maya and Ayumi the ...
Air Date: 2005-09-20
Masumi's people have found Maya's Mother but Masumi decides to keep that information to himself. Maya starts to reali...
Air Date: 2005-09-27
Someone is out to sabotage Maya as so far they have spiked her food, removed bolts from set props and made a bucket o...
Air Date: 2005-10-04
Maya's personal assistant, Norie Otobe, is bullied by Miss Mizuki.
Air Date: 2005-10-11
Maya believes that Hayami Masumi killed her mother, meanwhile Miss Mizuki is worried about Maya's sudden disappearance.
Air Date: 2005-10-18
Masumi Hayami continues to criticize Maya on her acting abilities.
Air Date: 2005-10-25
Ayumi finds Maya choking on the fake balls of mud from the play.
Air Date: 2005-11-01
Maya performs a solo show to her audience.
Air Date: 2005-11-08
Ayumi Himekawa wins an award for her acting ability. Tsukikage declares there that Maya has two years to win the Best...
Air Date: 2005-11-15
Masumi Hayami lectures a small outdoor theater troupe about their play and gives them crucial advice. The night of th...
Air Date: 2005-11-22
A fundraiser performance by the Tsukikage Acting Troupe and the Ikkakujuu Troupe of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was a...
Air Date: 2005-11-29
Maya reads a story about two princesses, Aldis and Orgeld.
Air Date: 2005-12-06
Maya meets an actress who once played Aldis in a play.
Air Date: 2005-12-13
Maya takes the role as Princess Aldis in the play "The Two Princesses".
Air Date: 2005-12-20
The play continues as Maya's role of Aldis is challenged.
Air Date: 2005-12-27
"The Two Princesses" approaches its final show.
Air Date: 2006-01-10
Maya's newest play is "The Forgotten Wilderness," in which she plays a girl raised by wolves.
Air Date: 2006-01-17
An open casting call for "The Forgotten Wilderness" brings in some very inexperienced yet eager actors and actresses.
Air Date: 2006-01-24
Getting into her role, Maya travels in to the mountainous wilderness to further understand her character.
Air Date: 2006-01-31
"The Forgotten Wilderness" begins rehearsal.
Air Date: 2006-02-07
It's opening night for "The Forgotten Wilderness" and already a huge line has formed!
Air Date: 2006-02-14
Thirty years have passed since Chigusa Tsukikage, Maya's mentor, was in the public eye.
Air Date: 2006-02-21
Masumi Hayami runs into Maya on the bullet train station and encourages her to continue pursuing her dream.
Air Date: 2006-02-28
In the countryside, Maya contemplates her life while watching the fire.
Air Date: 2006-03-07
Masumi reads the story of The Scarlet Angel to Maya.
Air Date: 2006-03-14
On her death bed, Ichiren Ozaki recalls her life.
Air Date: 2006-03-21
While crossing an eerie bridge deep in the forest, the bridge suddenly breaks and Maya falls through.
Air Date: 2006-03-28
The Scarlet Angel finally reveals herself!