“Prodigy Maya and rival Ayumi compete to star in legendary play "The Crimson Goddess" in cutthroat theater world.”
Glass no Kamen
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Synopsis
Prodigy Maya and rival Ayumi compete to star in legendary play "The Crimson Goddess" in cutthroat theater world.
Maya Kitajima is a good-for-nothing girl with a passion and talent for acting. After watching a play only once, Maya can immediately perfectly imitate the performance word-by-word. This talent leads her to one day be discovered by Chigusa Tsukikage, a once-famous actress who performed and owned the rights to the play called "The Crimson Goddess." Considered to be a legendary play, The Crimson Goddess attracts the attention of many, including Masumi Hayami, a wealthy businessman who is also a secret admirer of Maya. Another one interested in the play is Maya's rival, Ayumi Himekawa, a gifted individual whose veteran parents trained her in acting since childhood. Glass no Kamen follows Maya and Ayumi as they climb their way through the relentless world of entertainment, overcoming intense training and challenges to become actresses worthy of playing the role of The Crimson Goddess.
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Running avg · May 2008 → Aug 2022
- 10 “It's taken a while for me to get around to reading this - after being recommended a LONG time ago. And now I'm hooked and cringing inwardly at the cliffhanger it's left me on after reading 32...”
- 10 “Glass mask is one of the best shoujo manga out there. Despite having a common enough shoujo setting, the plot hardly ever falls into any of the comon cliches that shoujo manga often times fall...”
- 10 “This manga had me absolutely hooked. I started reading it and simply couldn't stop. I sat in my chair for about 24 hours and ended up finishing the 169 chapters in one go. The story is an...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 49 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 1976 – May 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1327 catalog