Nobody's heard of this one. That needs to stop. Seven shooting stars crash to Earth and turn people into monsters, but two scientists figure out how to weaponize them instead, building a helmet that lets ordinary people fight back. It's a show that knows exactly what it is: goofy, lightweight fun where the premise does all the heavy lifting and the characters just ride along. The Musumet itself is absurd, oversized, impractical, and completely charming. This is the kind of show you stumble on at 2 AM and can't believe existed for twenty years without anyone talking about it.
Seven meteorites crash to Earth, each radiating a different color and carrying catastrophic power. Anyone who takes one is turned into a monster that embodies their desires. Two scientists, Dr. Mishina and Dr. Kishiwada, secretly secure the red, green and blue stars and study them. Their breakthrough is Musumet, a helmet about the size of a car helmet that lets its wearer control the stars' power, giving them unmatched strength and boosting their abilities without limit. The scientists found a secret group called MET to keep the peace and guard against the remaining stars, but the father dies before the work is done. His daughters Aoi, Midori and Kurenai decide to carry on as Musumet. Since only the helmet, gloves and boots change, they rush to each incident in whatever they happen to be wearing, from school uniforms to swimsuits to nothing at all. Off duty, they are ordinary teenage girls hoping for romance, and they have to juggle world peace with their love lives.
