Summaries

Kamiya Manaha firmly believes that she's a plain Jane who wouldn't fit in a beauty contest that she's always dreamed of joining. However, she gets invited and eventually agrees to enter. But an accident causes Manaha to fall back into self-loathing.—cile

Kamiya Manaha is a girl with little self-confidence. Her childhood dream was to enter the Miss Seiran Contest, a beauty pageant for high-school students. Despite seeing herself as an ordinary girl, she enters the pageant. She then meets Tachibana Keigo, a handsome, self-absorbed boy and Shimamura Sora, a mysterious transfer student. At contest time, Manaha cannot keep her excitement in, as she is just steps away from the very stage she's dreamed about for so long.—MyDramaList

Kamiya Manaha is a 17-year-old high school girl who is not confident in herself. However, she has a dream since young and that is to participate in the Miss Seiran Contest, which determines the most good looking students in the school. Although Manaha finds herself average, she decides to seize the chance and join the contest. During the preparation for the contest, Manaha meets Tachibana Keigo, a handsome narcissist, and Shimamura Sora, a mysterious transfer student. What will happen among the three students and will Manaha understand the meaning of real beauty?—DramaWiki

When Kamiya Manaha (Riko) was very young, she attended a beauty contest with her family, and got separated from her mother. The stunning beauty queen winner of the contest took pity on the young child, and brought her on stage to help her find her family. This incident bewitched her, and ever since she has harbored secret dreams of becoming a beauty queen herself, much to her family's displeasure. Now aged 17 and in high school, she has grown up shy and lacking in self-confidence, convinced that she is a plain Jane who wouldn't stand a chance in a beauty competition. When a local cultural fair organizer announces that it will hold a beauty pageant for high schoolers, she dreams of entering, but dare not - convinced that the school's most stunning students will be crowned king and queen. But when a chance occurrence takes place at a bus stop, she gets to talking to Tachibana Keigo (Kamio Fuju), an incredibly handsome, but preening and vain classmate. Over time, she starts to form an unlikely friendship with him. She also meets a newcomer to the scene, Shimamura Sora (Mizuki Itagaki), an equally dashing recent transfer student that few in the class know very much about. Against all odds, the two boys start to develop feelings for her, and she starts to consider entering the pageant - but will her beauty dreams ever come true? "Black Cinderella" is a 2021 Japanese drama series that was directed by Kawamura Taisuke.—Rakuten Viki

Kamiya Manaha is a high-school girl with low confidence, whose dream when she was a child was to enter the Miss Seiran Contest, a school beauty pageant. Manaha falls into some luck when she is given a chance to enter the pageant, and as a result meets Tachibana Keigo, who happens to be well known for his perfect looks and popularity, as well as Shimamura Sora, a mysterious transfer student. Manaha is excited to finally experience a life-long dream when she is faced with a sudden misfortune.—Drama-Otaku

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Keywords
  • beauty pageant
  • japanese drama
  • beauty contest
  • reference to cinderella
  • self loathing
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Apr 21, 2021
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese

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Runtime 40m
Color Color
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