When we're young, what we want to be changes from day to day. This takes that idea and takes it a step further - by imagining that inside every child, there's an 'egg' that holds the desires and hopes of what we want to be one day. Amu, a girl that hides who she truly is from the world, has no idea who she really wants to be... and wakes up one morning with three eggs in her bed, each one a personification of who she might be one day! When awakened, they can give her the ability to do wonderful things, like jump higher than a kite, bake fantastic treats, draw like Leonardo da Vinci... and save the eggs of children who've lost hope in the future.

The plot is simple and straightforward, which means that in 11 volumes the characters are developed in-depth, giving this story a sparkle that it needed. It manages to balance both the light-hearted and dramatic - after all, keeping hope for the future is one of the most cliche and childish tropes of shoujo! Yet the characters fighting over the X-eggs are torn in who they want to be, from Nadeshiko, who's been raised to hide who she(?!) really is, to a teacher who broke his egg and attacks out of anger and jealousy, to Amu herself who not only has three different love interests, but doesn't always have the stregnth to be true to herself. Even the bad guys have depth to them, and aren't quite who the seem to be. They all manage to be a decently quirky and fun bunch.

Even the ending, which falls short for some people, seemed just fine to me. The whole story is about possibilities, and that's where this ends - with the future of these young characters still ahead of them as they forge their own paths. Nothing is certain except somehow, they'll all be happy, and that works for the story.

Violence/Gore- There's an occasional scrape, but never any serious threats to any of the people in the manga. They do fight each other over the eggs that children have.

Nudity/Sexual Content- Amu is once seen in a towel after a bath. She also needs to hide in the bathroom while Ikuto takes a bath (she doesn't see anything and you only see the outline of his upper torso, blacked out against the shower door). There is a romance budding between her and Ikuto (she's 12, he's 17), and he does kiss her. Utau has romantic feelings towards Ikuto for a while- even if she's his sister- but she finds herself falling in love with another character near the end of the manga.

Theological Themes- It's a mahou shoujo, so there are magical powers, but they come from the heart and soul of the person who wields them. Only certain people can transform. It's the typical 'power of the heart' stuff.