A shoujo that takes me back!
What a fun show! It made me all nostalgic for my teen years when I used to devour gender-bending and crossdressing manga because that was the extent of the queerness my library had to offer. In Cinderella Closet, all the characters are adorable in their earnestness and believable despite being firmly rooted in shoujo fantasy land. From the leads to the side characters, everyone has an appropriate amount of emotional depth, and pretty much all imaginable pairings work well together. Haruka's heart-shaped smile and Hikaru's pout are equally charming, though I definitely get more out of femme Hikaru than his more masc presentation. The leads are well-matched and well-supported by the rest of the cast. Unfortunately, the last two episodes lost me because they ramped up the conservatism which had intermittently been rearing its ugly head all throughout the show's runtime to 11.
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