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Maria-sama ga Miteru
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Maria-sama ga Miteru (Maria Watches Over Us, マリア様がみてる) by Konno Oyuki
Volumes: 37 (complete)
Genre: Drama, School Life, Slice of Life, Yuri, Class S
“Maria-sama ga Miteru’s story revolves around the students of the Lillian Catholic school for girls, and can be considered character-driven, focusing on interactions between the characters . At Lillian Girls’ School, there is a tradition known as the sœur system (sœur being French for “sister” ) , in which a second, or third-year student, the grande sœur (“big sister” ) , will give her rosary to a junior student, the petite sœur (“little sister” ) , and promise to look after them and guide them.
When the story begins, Yumi Fukuzawa, a new first-year student admitted to Lillian, is praying in front of the Virgin Mary statue near the school entrance when she is suddenly approached by a cold second-year student named Sachiko Ogasawara who straightens Yumi’s uniform ribbon. This seemingly simple act of kindness stays with Yumi”.
It has been adapted into a anime with 4 seasons, a manga and even a live action film.
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Publisher is Shueisha (Margaret Comics). Not saying it's unlikely, but JNC doesn't license many Shueisha titles, let alone old shoujo. But what the hell, boosting your idea anyway.
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@Torka Shueisha Cobalt Bunko. Margaret Comics published manga adaptation that is only 9 volumes long (LN is 37 + 10 side story volumes). Not that it makes much of a difference since JNC has no novels licensed from them so far.
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I remember when the anime came out, and enjoyed it.
Had no idea they had 37 volumes worth of content though.
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Ah been meaning to do one these for a long time. Glad to see someone finally did.
The series has such a strong hold in the culture that even years later it still still shows up referenced in recent media. From something as simple as the novels showing up on a bookshelf in a anime to parodies of it used in other series like
and
Just to name a couple. Others have copied the frame work and so many others yuri series have parroted certain iconic scenes from it.
The series has had a lasting impact that won't soon be forgotten and a well established fanbase. It is really surprising it has never been licensed considering all this. Not to mention a somewhat similar series Strawberry Panic novels were licensed more than a decade ago.
J-Novel had even licensed Girls Kingdom that falls in the similar vein though no where near the popularity.
The anime was even recently remastered and released on blurays what can also be viewed on Hidive.
Just to add it also had drama cds made.
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Just putting this up there for view.
