Fantastic Girls

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Director: Akiko Ohku

Cast: Rika Adachi, Mio Yuki, Yuri Shirahane, Aran Kei, Kenta Suga, Masato Yano, Misako Momose, Toshie Negishi

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