Maria†Holic is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Minari Endō, the author of Dazzle. The manga was first serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on June 27, 2006, and is published by Media Factory. The manga was licensed by Tokyopop with the first volume in English being released in September 2009. The first anime adaptation animated by Shaft aired in Japan between January and March 2009. A second anime season, Maria†Holic: Alive, premiered on April 8, 2011. Both seasons of the anime series have been licensed by Sentai Filmworks, and the first season is being distributed by Section23 Films.
A special screening of "Maria Holic" on Christmas Day 2008 at Ivy Hall Aogaku Kaikan Glory Chapel, the voice actresses talking to their fans, a contest giveaway and the voice actress performing a short live concert performance.
The Maria Holic's official website put this video on its homepage on Children's Day.


Kanako Miyamae enrolls into the the all-girls school, Ame no Kisaki. On the way to the Girls Dorm she meets a girl named Shidō Mariya with her maid, Shinōji Matsurika. However, Kanako later discovers that Mariya turns out to be a boy.…

It's the first day of school for Kanako. After a troublesome morning with her roommate Mariya, she goes to the class without having any breakfast. Afterwards a welcome speech is held by Mariya and the school student council.

Mariya lends Kanako his rosary which is of great value. Unfortunately, she leaves the rosary in the classroom. As she went back to get it, three girls, who are fans of Ryuuken and are jealous of Kanako because she is on good terms with…

Ryuuken held her promise and "protects" Kanako. She always stays beside her and attends classes together with her, although she is a class above Kanako. She even stays overnight at Kanako's room. But Ryuuken's protection causes Kanako…

Kanako tries desperately to become friends with Kiri. Therefore she asks her Sachi for help. The dorm mistress checks the rooms of the girls for forbidden items. Afterwards, she piles them up on a table and judges how good an item was…

The physical examination will be held this afternoon. However, in spite of Mariya being a boy, he attends the examination and Kanako finds out what's behind Mariya's attendance at Ame no Kisaki. Shizu, Mariya's twin sister, makes her…

Yuzuru notices that Kiri and Sachi are getting along very well. Because of that, she gets jealous and thinks that Sachi could become better friends with Kiri than she is with her. She starts to act strange towards Sachi and Kiri. It turns…

The Virgin Mary Festival is going to be held. After Kanako was voted to be a member in the planning committee, she asks the student council president for advice because she doesn't know much about the festival.

The Festival's preparations are almost reading and the festival is about to begin. It is also revealed how Ayari's (the student council president) and Mariya's relationship soured years ago. Kanako is told of the current seven mysteries…

Kanako has failed in several subjects in the mid-year examinations, so she has to take the supplementary exams. She decides then to study very hard. It turns out that before the exams Kanako was constantly distracted by Mariya, who…

A new character is introduced—Father Kanae. He seems to have a crush on Mariya (not knowing that Mariya's a boy) and Matsurika, although he is twenty-seven and a teacher there. Mariya later lies that Kanako's "elder brother" died of the…

It's finally summer and so the swimming sessions begins. Kanako is very excited because at the swimming lessons she can see all the girls in their swimsuits. But during the fact that she daydreams and father Kanae interrupting (even once…


Kanako hears the rumours about the first girl's dorm, who was abandoned due to the traps placed by Mihoshi no Mori students. Despite being dangerous, Kanao enters the dorm and starts facing the traps inside it.

It is raining and everyone is having some tea at Mariya and Kanako's room. To pass the time, everyone takes out their card games.

Kanako starts a diet and ends up not eating anything. At night, she bites Yonakuni as she was starving and God decides to judge her.

It is Kanako's trial, and she is defended by Matsurika while Mariya is the prosecutor and God is the judge. Most of the characters come to testify.

Kanako fails all subjects, and she gets imprisoned in a time cage for a week, but for her is a year. When she returns, she discovers all the fads that have started during the time she was imprisoned.

Set in the week when Kanako was imprisoned, this episode tells how all the fads started.

Set on the same day as the 12th episode of the first season, Kanako gets caught in one of Rindo's traps after the flying tops incident and has to apologize.

It's Sachi's birthday and the school pulls out a big party at the church for her. Kanako is very excited and starts looking at an album with many pictures of Sachi, which is soon confiscated by Mariya. At the party, Kanako has the…

We meet Tota, a 10-year-old boy who is in love with Ryuken and acts as her fiancé. Kanako doesn't want to lose Ryuken, so she starts a beetle competition with him.

Matsurika gives Kanako a rosary with a curse: it makes the holder see a young girl who doesn't let him sleep at nights. Trying to help her, father Kanae uses various methods to make her sleep, and at the end Kanako loses her…

Miki, Kanako's little sister, visits Ame no Kisaki. She met Mariya when she was in elementary school, and has been in love with her since then. She wants to date Mariya when she enters high school, but Kanako tells her she's a boy.…

It's August 31st, Kanako's birthday. Her classmates, Ryuken and the seniors, Shizu and father Kanae plan to make different parties for her, but at her birthday, she doesn't find anyone. Trying to run away from the expanding seaweed, she…
















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