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Benio Hanamura is a 17-year-old schoolgirl in Tokyo during the Taisho era. Benio lost her mother when she was very young and has been raised by her father, a high-ranking official in the Japanese army. As a result, she has grown into a tomboy—contrary to traditional Japanese notions of femininity, she studies kendo, drinks sake, dresses in often outlandish-looking Western fashions, and isn't as interested in housewife duties as she is in literature. She also rejects the idea of arranged marriages and believes in a woman's right to a career and to marry for love. Benio's best friends are the beautiful Tamaki, who is much more feminine than Benio but equally interested in women's rights, and Ranmaru, a young man who was raised to play female roles in the kabuki theater and as a result has acquired very effeminate mannerisms.
Created by Waki Yamato
Networks: ANIMAX, tv asahi
Where to Watch
Streaming
Cast
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Reiko Suzuki ばあや -
Atsuko Mine 伊集院夫人 -
Katsuji Mori 伊集院忍 -
Ichiro Nagai 花村少佐 -
Kohei Miyauchi 伯爵 - Reiko Yamada 侍女如月
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Rihoko Yoshida 北小路環 -
Kazuko Sugiyama 森蘭丸 -
Hiroshi Masuoka 牛五郎 -
Keiko Yokozawa 花村紅緒 -
Kaneta Kimotsuki 酒乱童子 -
Makio Inoue 青江冬星
