Overview
FormatTV
StudioStudio DEEN
AniList Score69%
StatusFINISHED
Characters
Yumi Fukuzawamain
Rei Hasekuramain
Youko Mizunomain
Sachiko Ogasawaramain
Sei Satoumain
Yoshino Shimazumain
Eriko Toriimain
Shimako Toudoumain
Yuuki Fukuzawasupporting
Shizuka Kaninasupporting
Suguru Kashiwagisupporting
Shiori Kubosupporting
Tsutako Takeshimasupporting
Mami Yamaguchisupporting
Former Rosa Giganteasupporting
Academy Principalsupporting
Seiko Kasugasupporting
Sasakisupporting
Miyuki Oyamadasupporting
Yamamura-senseisupporting
Staff
Oyuki KonnoOriginal Creator
Hibiki ReineOriginal Character Design
Yukihiro MatsushitaDirector
Reiko YoshidaSeries Composition
Akira MatsushimaCharacter Design
Yukiko AkiyamaProp Design
Yuuko KonAssistance
Jun NishimuraAssistance
Kazuya FuruseAssistance
Chihomi OosawaDesign Works
Nobuto SakamotoArt Director
Shinji MatsumotoColor Design
Masayuki KawaguchiDirector of Photography
Masahiro MatsumuraEditing
Yoshikazu IwanamiSound Director
Minoru YamadaSound Effects
Mikiya KatakuraMusic
Yoshiyuki ItouMusic Producer
Kouji IijimaAnimation Producer
Tomonori AsanoProduction Desk
Other Details
Native Titleマリア様がみてる
Aired Year2004 (WINTER)
Source MaterialLIGHT NOVEL
Genres
DramaRomanceSlice of Life
Maria Watches Over Us
2004TVFINISHED69% Score
Synopsis
EP 1
The Troubling Soeur Declaration
Fukazawa Yumi's tie is fixed by Ogasawara Sachiko, her idol and the school's star, setting off a chain of events which would throw the shy and ordinary girl into the world of the prestigious student council. After Yumi walks in on Sachiko arguing with the Yamayuri Council over the school play they will be performing, Sachiko suddenly asks Yumi to be her petite soeur in an attempt to force her way out of the lead role.
EP 2
The Awkward Piano Duet
Yumi is hounded by the school newspaper for a report on why she turned down Sachiko and endures dance lessons with the Yamayuri Council and a piano duet with Sachiko. Through various people, Yumi learns more about Sachiko and Suguru Kashiwagi, the one who will be playing the Prince in the Cinderella play.
EP 3
The Moon and the Rosary
Yumi finally meets Kashiwagi when he comes to Lillian for the dress rehearsal, and learns a shocking secret about his relationship with Sachiko. Sachiko's true reason for her refusal to play the lead role is understood, making the bond between her and Yumi truly genuine.
EP 4
Yellow Rose Revolution
The rest of the Yamayuri Council find out that Yumi finally accepted Sachiko's rosary. Meanwhile, Shimazu Yoshino and Hasekura Rei are voted the school's best sœurs due to their respective girly and bishonen appearances, but Yumi talks to Yoshino and finds out that there's more to the pair than meets the eye and that the relationship between the two is far from perfect.
EP 5
Fighting Maidens
While Rei is reeling over Yoshino's shocking announcement, the bulk of the school copies them by breaking their soeur relationships too. Tori Eriko, Rei's soeur, isn't even aware of the problem due to her odd behavior and suspiscious absence from school. Yumi goes to the hospital to talk with Yoshino, and learns the true nature of the Yellow Rose soeurs. Yoshino tells her all about her plan to make Rei a stronger person.
EP 6
Rosa Canina
A second-year student calling herself Rosa Canina runs against the en boutons in the Yamayuri Council elections with murky intentions. Todo Shimako hesistates to run at all due to her first-year staus and her reluctance over taking a leading council position until a talk with Rosa Canina forces her to make a decision. Yumi confronts Sato Sei, Shimako's soeur, over her refusal to encourage Shimako to run, and learns more about the relationships between older and younger soeurs and how to best support Sachiko.
EP 7
The Surprising Chocolates Part I
For Valentine's Day, the Lillian Newspaper Club organizes a treasure hunt in which the winners would get half-day dates with the en boutons. Yumi agonizes over what to get Sachiko for Valentine's Day, resulting in a spectacular misunderstanding between the two of them.
EP 8
The Surprising Chocolates Part II
After a crying Yumi runs away from Sachiko's confrontation, Sei reveals the secret reason behind Sachiko's distress. The treasure hunt takes place with surprising results. and Yumi makes up with Sachiko in her own unique way.
EP 9
Red Card
Uzawa Mifuyu narrates her past as Sachiko's desperate admirer and her reasoning behind her decision to not claim the treasure hunt's prize. She finally acknowledges that Yumi is a better match for Sachiko than her, and quietly slips out of their lives and the series.
EP 10
Forest of Thorns
A tragic lesbian romance novel causes a scandal at Lillian because the author is rumored to be none other than Sei. This prompts Sei to tell Yumi and Yoshino about her past with a girl named Kubo Shiori.
EP 11
White Petals
A flashback from a year ago tells the story of an angry, silently-suffering Sei, who is saved from her alienation by a girl called Kubo Shiori. The two of them begin a passionate, all-consuming romance, but Shiori's secret plans for the future shatter Sei's heart.
EP 12
First Date Triangle
The day of the Boutons' dates arrive, and each pair has their problems. Yumi worries over where to take someone of Sachiko's stature, Yoshino follows Rei's date around in her possessive jealousy, and Shimako braces herself for spending a day with her rival, Rosa Canina. Meanwhile, Tsukiyama Minako, the head of the Newspaper Club, and Takeshima Tsutako, the school's ace photographer, try their best to get the scoop on the dates, but they comically fail to track any of them.
EP 13
Good Day, My Sœur
Tsutako and Minako's papparazzi-like plans wear them out while Shimako comes to an understanding with both Sei and Rosa Canina. The dates ultimately strengthen Yumi and Yoshino's relationship with their soeurs and reaffirm the place they stand in their older sister's lives.