If you’ve ever lived in a small town or had fantasies of stardom, chances are you’ve considered it at least once: just dropping everything and heading in Las Vegas to see your name in lights. That’s exactly what punky misfit Azusa does in Changing and Growing in Las Vegas, leaving her conservative family behind to stay with her high-school bestie and pursue her dream of being a showgirl.

Of course, Changing and Growing is a little different from the traditional Vegas showbiz tale. Most would-be stars don’t have a best friend as curvy as Azusa’s host Meg, and most strippers don’t wind up in a heated rivalry with a buxom porn queen on their first night on the job. With attention-hungry bombshell Bonnie in the way, how will Azusa ever achieve stardom and kickstart her romance with aspiring magician Eiji?