Review of Stars Align

TW: This series tackles multiple forms of abuse. This series was initially intended with 24 episodes in mind, but at some point during production, it was cut to 12. At the time of this review, the series does end on a cliffhanger and there are prospects of a film, or something else, to continue and clean up all the loose threads. For some, this series would leave them unsatisfied. The story itself deals with a soft tennis club. It's on the verge of being disbanded and while trying to save its future a new team of troubled kids join to persevere. The club allows each student tohave a break from reality and their troubles at home. It allows them to express themselves and to gain more confidence in who they are.

There is one episode that deals with gender identity and has a lengthy conversation about a side character that is trans and their experience with transitioning and one of the main characters coming out as questioning non-binary.

Even though the series does end on a cliffhanger, what these characters were put through is very emotional and you can see that their arcs are still ready to be explored. It can be very hard to watch at times, and for tackling such heavy topics more deftly than I would have thought I'd recommend others to give this a chance.