“Aoi!” he calls. Not Hikari-chan. Aoi .
She is as caged as any onnagata (female-role actor) of the Edo period.
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Hana spent six hours in a windowless studio, perfecting a three-minute dance routine. Every tilt of the head and every finger extension had to be identical to her four group-mates.
