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A four-episode [[OVA]] sequel to ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', taking place exactly one year after the original.

Until the fourth and final episode was released, most forum threads dedicated to this series had been filled [[Epileptic Trees]] of various degrees of plausibility. But it seems that the actual episode only muddled the waters in the shaky continuity-discontinuity relationship between ''[[My-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]'' even more. It did, however, get a number of fan-theories about the Otomeverse [[Jossed]].

It remains to be seen whether the follow-up, a prequel series named ''[[Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~]]'', will be of any help. And now they're throwing characters from the ''Mai-HiME Destiny'' spin-off novels into the equation...

Has an attendant manga that follows from the original anime but eventually diverges from the OVA and is '''not''' linked to the [[Mai-Otome (manga)|original manga]].

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* [[All Just a Dream]]: Subverted. Arika assumes that she was dreaming about destroying the meteor, but Maria points out that it did actually happen.
* [[The Atoner]]: Nina.
* [[Back-to-Back Badasses]] - Arika and Mai in episode 1. Arika and {{spoiler|Nina}} in episode 4.
* [[Big-Budget Beef-Up]]
* [[Big Freaking Gun]]:which is as useless as ever
* [[Bruce Wayne Held Hostage]] - Subverted: Arika is sleepy, doesn't realize what's going on, and thus screws up what could be a more peaceful resolution; on top of that she couldn't use her Otome powers anyway. It doesn't help that {{spoiler|Tomoe}} identified her to the busjackers purely out of spite.
* [[Can't Hold Her Liquor]] - Ahn Lu, Annam's Otome in episode 3, gets drunk in a relatively short period of time, [[Marshmallow Hell|forces Arika's face]] into her breasts and strips off the fellow Otomes' tops
* [[Chewing the Scenery]] - Several scenes have this feel to them.
* [[Combination Attack]] - Arika does a Bolt From the Blue through one of Mai's [[Ring of Fire|rings of fire]] to kill the first Child, and Arika and {{spoiler|Nina}} combine their ultimate attacks to finish off the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Continuity Nod]] - Nao, reads an entry from Sergay's diary about the magazine with pictures of Nina and a few other students that Nao took in one of the specials.
* [[Conspicuous CG]]
* [[Death From Above]]
* [[Dork Horse Candidate]] - Wattarl Ishigermin and his running mate {{spoiler|Tomoe}}. The citizens consider the former an annoyance and show outright hatred and disgust toward the latter.
* [[Ecchi]] - The bath scene goes beyond "[[Fan Service]]."
* [[Empathic Weapon]] - Arika's Zwei Robe.
* [[Failsafe Failure]] - the Surrogate System.
* [[Fan Service]]
* [[Fan Service Pack]] - During the year after ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', Arika's robe wasn't the only thing that received an upgrade.
* [[Faux Action Girl]] - As in the original series, Natsuki's attempts to actually fight are routinely fruitless and cut short.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]
* [[Good Costume Switch]] - {{spoiler|Nina's new Meister Robe}}.
* [[Great Big Book of Everything]] - Subverted: {{spoiler|it's not actually a book at all}}
* [[Guilty Pleasures]] - No plot? No problem!
* [[Hit Me Dammit]] - Arika and Mashiro. Doubles as [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]].
* [[Hot Springs Episode]] - Most of episode 3 is the Otomes spending their time while everyone else is at the SO.L.T. conference, which for obvious reasons, they weren't invited to.
** Except for Kazuya, who is for some reason at the hot springs with the Otome instead of at the conference, despite being one of the three emperors of Cardair.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]] - Nao and Nina comment out every single [[Temple of Doom]] trope they encounter.
* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]] - A half-second of pink nipples in the third episode, right in front of the camera.
* [[The Nose Bleed]] - Kazuya, after the Otomes' swimsuit tops are pulled off, causing Akane to slap him.
* [[Phlebotinum Breakdown]] - The Surrogate System, constantly and by design.
* [[He's Back|She's Back]] - {{spoiler|Nina, after a [[Ten-Minute Retirement]] in the end of the main series}}
* [[Shout-Out]] - To ''[[My-HiME]]'', even more of them than in the original series.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]] - Yuna is arguably an even greater threat than Nagi, with the potential to destroy the entire world.
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]] - Yukino is able to give the entire speech for activating Haruka's GEM while falling with her, and Haruka Materializes just as she hits the ground.
* [[Tempting Fate]] - After Nina describes the first trap as a pit trap upon entry, Nao wonders who would fall into it, just as Nina triggers it.
* [[The Worf Barrage]]: - Arika Bolt from the Blue, even in Materialize Zwei, generally fails to kill the monsters unless someone else [[Combination Attack|launches an attack with her]].
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]] - Some of the Otome's powers.

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