Maria†Holic Alive

When Kanako Miyamae transferred to a new all-girls school, she hoped to find true love. What she found instead was the beautiful Mariya Shidou, a charming classmate Kanako met on her first day. But Mariya has one flaw: she is actually a cross-dressing boy! After discovering Mariya's secret and becoming stuck with him as her roommate, Kanako's life has become a series of misfortunes. All she wants is to find the girl of her dreams, which is hard to do with the meddling of the sadistic Mariya and his sharp-tongued maid Matsurika Shinouji.

Maria†Holic Alive continues the story of Kanako as she deals with being Mariya's roommate and aims to find true love, while enduring high school itself.

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Shidou, Mariya Main

Kobayashi, Yuu Japanese

Shinouji, Matsurika Main

Inoue, Marina Japanese

Miyamae, Kanako Main

Sanada, Asami Japanese

Dorm Mistress ing

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Kanae, Touichirou ing

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Shidou, Shizu ing

Hirano, Aya Japanese

Inamori, Yuzuru ing

Gotou, Saori Japanese

Yonakuni-san ing

Matsuki, Miyu Japanese

Ishima, Ryuuken ing

Kaida, Yuuko Japanese

Kiri, Nanami ing

Kanda, Akemi Japanese

Kubota, Mitsutoshi Producer

Kawamoto, Sachi Producer

Minami, Hiromasa Producer

Kawakami, Ryuutarou Producer

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Dec 22, 2011

TrappiTurtle

Recommended

Compared to the first, i think this is the worse one.

I don't know why but i found it harder and harder to care or even pay attention to the story or the characters.

But i guess i was just expecting something different. I wanted more drama i guess... considering the premise and it being a sequel. More of a conflict that would affect the characters, mainly the cross-dressing one. It seems like it this anime had a hard time focusing on the characters. It tried to have a main focus of the lesbian bleeder, and the cross-dressing well cross dresser. I would have liked ... to have the focus shared on the two as a pair and not individually,but also adding conflict because the cross-dresser has more to lose in this. I also didn't really feel like the two characters really connected. The guy does unexpected things for the bleeder, but all she does in return is try to f him over, on more than one occasion.

You're better off watching Ouran instead of this bloody mess (not kidding i got so tired of the blood)

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Aug 1, 2011

helur

Recommended

This review is short because it is assumed you have watched the first season. This is about the differences of the second season.

Maria holic continues it's madness where it left off. Well, not exactly. It starts off right before the pool opens, and the cliffhanger from last season's finale becomes moot. That is okay though as there is no plot anyways, and it gives the same wacky comedy it did two years ago.

There is not much that changes about the humor in the show so if you thoroughly enjoyed the first reason you can rest assured that the amount of laughs won't change drastically. However, ... there is a surprising lack of change in some areas. There are only two new characters that make a visit to the campus. While it is good not to have to enlarge the cast, interacting with new types of people allow for more variety in the show, even if it is only for a single episode. This along with a insignificant amount of change in character make the show literally the same old same old.

Overall I really enjoyed the second season. While I complain about the lack of differences if the content is great why change it? I didn't really enjoy the first season, but I am glad I gave the sequel a chance as I liked it even more with the setting and characters always established. There is no reason not to continue watching this series if you liked the first at all therefore I highly recommend it.


I hope my review was helpful, questions and are welcome!

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 27, 2013

Radeon

Mixed Feelings

Maria Holic Alive is the sequel to the above-average anime, Maria Holic. To be honest, I was very surprised that the anime even had a sequel. I decided to watch this because I was hoping that it would be better than the original. In the end, it was better. But only by a tiny amount. The sense of humor in this sequel was slightly better. I laughed to several of the funny, illogical moments that the series provided.

Story? Maria Holic Alive, takes place few months after the protagonist, Miyamae Kanako's transfer to the Catholic all-girls high school Ame-no-Kisaki. From there onwards, the "story" continues. Again ... and again, in nearly all of the episodes, the narrator keeps on stating that Kanako is allergic to men, which I found rather irritating. Kanako's crazy, super nosebleeds also continues. There were also some parodies from anime Infinite Stratos, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica and probably some anime which I do not know. Well, just as expected, there's still no hint of "real" romance throughout the show. This season also had more ecchi scenes than before. Still, it's nothing too serious.

The series also introduced a few new characters. But, they did not play a major role in the show. Pretty much just more ing characters which I particularly did not find interesting.

The visuals? They are still impressive as ever. It still looks beautiful as it was in the original. So, thats a good thing.

Sound? The opening and Ending theme were terrible, for me. I dont know, maybe they were not the types of songs I would listen to. The OP and ED in the first Maria Holic were far more superior. Though, the background music in some of the scenes are still pleasantly good to listen to.

Conclusion? Though, I did find this sequel to be a bit more better than the original, in of humor, but there were also drawbacks such as the awful OP and ED, sadly, which were more superb in the first Maria Holic. In the end, I only recommend this sequel to people who loved the original Maria Holic. If you're looking for comedy anime, go watch something else instead.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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