This might be the first drama (or even first show, in general) where sexual discrimination is clearly the main theme. Although I would have liked it even more if they included more diverse body types in the main cast, considering how fat-shaming is in east asia, I think they did have a pretty good variety of backgrounds. It's also nice that they had an actually human crossdressing character, as most of the time when crossdressers and homosexuals appear in Japanese shows they are painted as caricatures. The males' storylines are not very well-developed, but I guess there's not much space for that and the lack was not too distracting.

The acting is impeccable. I think everyone in the main cast delivered their roles spectacularly. I was most impressed by the Heisei girls: Chika, Nitta, Kawana. Their acting had a lot of subtle but powerful moments, and that really brings out the gravity of their problems as they are in real life and helps you understand the complexity behind these characters' sometimes seemingly annoying behaviour.

Recommended to a fellow actively feminist friend, she loved it. Not sure what the response might be if it wasn't a particularly strong feminist watching this, they might get bored by the slow real-time plot progression (due to flashbacks to explain characters' backgrounds). I guess for feminists the digression parts are actually interesting. But I think anyone watching with an open mind would enjoy this. People only looking for something fluffy should wait for another time to watch this.