A tiny girl with the charisma of a dictator and the strategic vision of someone who watched too much anime recruits a ragtag cell of misfits to actually conquer the world, and the show treats this completely straight while never letting you forget how absurd it is. Every episode commits harder to the bit, cycling through elaborate schemes that fail in ways that somehow advance her plan anyway. The real joke is that Zvezda actually works because Kate genuinely believes in her vision more than anyone has believed in anything, and somehow that's more convincing than any real supervillain origin story.

Asuta Jimon has run away from home and is roaming the city after dark when he comes across a little girl lying beside her tricycle. After he gives her something to eat, she is moved and recruits him into her organization, presenting him with a mask and a sweet bun. With nowhere else to sleep, Asuta plays along and accepts the code name Dva. The girl is Kate Hoshimiya, head of Zvezda, a secretive group determined to take over the world. Strange incidents draw him further into her circle, which includes Itsuka Shikabane, a samurai-style vanguard; Natasha Vasylchenko, a technical genius; the troublemaker Yasu Morozumi; Gorou Shikabane, a former gangster; and Roboko Tsujii, a robot built for many jobs. Opposing Zvezda are the justice organization White Light and the whole Japanese government. The result is a comedic action fantasy about a tiny leader with enormous ambitions.