Glass Mask

The television series entitled Glass Mask is about the adventures of a lady known as Maya Kittajima, her passion for the performing arts and her rival Ayumi. Maya is a talented actress who loves the performing arts with so much passion. She lost her father at a young age and since then she lives with her mother Haru who hates her. Maya is always in close competition with her opponent Ayumi Himekawa. Both Ayumi and Maya are University students at the time. They are both studying a degree which will enable them to have the main role in the famous play called the Crimson Goddess. Maya is not an intelligent student when it concerns school nor is she is a very pretty girl to have major roles. But her passion for acting always makes her do anything just to earn roles of her choice. She tells her friends that her mother always told her she is not good at anything, so she tries to prove her wrong through acting. Meanwhile, Ayumi is from a very wealthy family. She is beautiful, intelligent and a very talented actress.

Despite the fact that these two girls are from different backgrounds and have different capabilities, they are always competing for similar roles. They usually meet at auditions and end up as the two main contestants in every major competition where they meet. Maya's role model and mentor discovered her when she auditioned for role in the famous play, The Crimson Goddess. He sees great potential in Maya and encourages her to keep working hard to build a career in acting.

Masumi Hayami is a very cunning and crafty young man. He is always very unkind towards Maya and does not treat her with respect. Sometimes he pretends to encourage her, whereas he just tries to please Maya's mentor. After some time, Masumi starts developing feelings for Maya and later falls in love with her. he starts encouraging her and the two start dating.