At an all-girls school where young, gorgeous, ladylike girls from all over the country gather, Ririsa Suzunomiya, who became the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, gives up her guitar and love of rock music in order to act like a "proper" lady. But her passion is rekindled when she meets a highly skilled drummer who attends the same school.

On its most basic level, Rock is a Lady's Modesty is the story of a group of girls attending a high-class all-girls academy who secretly form a hard rock band. It's full of comedy as the outwardly proper young ladies release the vulgar rockers inside. It also has more than a little tension as they all attempt to keep this a secret from their friends, families and teachers. However, there's far more to this anime than that.

Thematically, Rock is a Lady's Modesty is about struggling to live up to other people's expectations. To match the school's atmosphere and philosophy, the group is hiding not only the existence of their band, but also the fact that they even know how to play their instruments at all. And for some characters, it goes even deeper than that. Lilisa, our main protagonist, tries to make her mother happy by discarding her past, pretending that her mother's first marriage to Lilisa's rockstar father never happened and that she's always been the daughter of a well-respected millionaire. This means she's not only trying to prove to the world that she's a perfect lady, but has had to give up on her major tie to her father as well.

At the same time, society pressures another band member, Tina, into playing the role of tomboy princess to the point where her true personality is completely hidden, and she has to physically alter herself daily to fit the part. Only through unrestrained, emotion-filled rock music can these girls gain even a bit of freedom in their otherwise suffocating lives.

As is necessary for any music-based anime that wants to be anything more than forgettable, this show also has an amazing soundtrack that display the importance of eah instrument in a way anyone can understand and appreciate. The visuals go hand in hand with this. When rocking out, 3D animation is used to its utmost to deliver awesome camera angles and show the complexity of the music by animating the girls' precise hand movements across the keyboard and strings. This is made all the more realistic because, in the performance scenes, the characters were motion-captured by the members of Band-Maid, the real-life all-female rock band who performs the show's opening theme song.

In the end, Rock is a Lady's Modesty is a silly-yet-emotionally powerful coming-of-age story about girls having to fight an inner battle between their wants and the expectations put upon them by the world around them. It's got great animation and music, and if you've ever wanted to see some “proper ladies” hilariously spouting out the most vulgar insults this side of Panty & Stocking, then this show will have you hooked by the time the first episode's credits roll.