Maiden’s Sword and Secret Concerto

Synopsis

After studying Western swordsmanship abroad, Hinata Utsugi returns to Japan and is greeted at the airport by a woman named Nina Crione. She brings him to Ginran Academy, where he witnesses an astonishing sight: beautiful maidens clad in armor, their blades clashing with sparks. These are “Butou: Cadenza”—duels between knights. Nina, the academy’s director, asks if he’d be willing to teach swordsmanship here.

Hinata agrees to experience Butou firsthand, but instead of gleaming armor, he’s dressed in a suggestive bodysuit and given a wig—forced into crossdressing. Using the academy’s magical 3D projection technology in the “Theatre Teatoru,” he wields a holographic sword and defeats the academy’s strongest knight.

Confused by the spectacle, the students believe him to be a transfer student named Youna Usui, a second-year knight training instructor’s assistant. Thus begins Hinata’s double life as both staff member and student at this academy for maidens—a turbulent crossdressing adventure awaits.