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Set in the distant future on the [[Lost Colony]] planet Earl, [[After the End]] (although the society has more or less recovered). Arika Yumemiya, a naive [[Country Mouse]], travels to the prestigious Garderobe Academy, aspiring to become an Otome -- a superpowered bodyguard for one of the world leaders -- only to discover not long afterwards what being an Otome really entails: a [[Person of Mass Destruction]] used as a political safeguard against wars, much like nuclear weapons of today, but sometimes, when wars do break out, having to fight her former friends in deadly duels. And then we meet the powers who try to use the Otome system for their own means, [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore|everything goes downhill from there]], and each one of the three main characters discovers unsettling truth about her own origins...
 
This is the premise of the ''[[Mai-Otome (Anime)|Mai-Otome]]'' TV series, which itself has its fair share of spin-offs:
* its own [[Mai-Otome (Mangamanga)|manga]] (loooosely intersecting with the series and heading past the franchise's typical strangeness into [[True Art Is Incomprehensible|uncharted waters]]);
* the sequel OVA ''[[Mai-Otome Zwei]]'' (with ''its'' manga, independent of the ''Mai-Otome'' manga);
* the prequel OVA ''[[Mai-Otome 0 Sifr|Mai-Otome 0~S.ifr~]]'';
* and various spin-off novels, video games, and whatnot. Of particular note among these are the ''Mai-Otome Saga'' manga and light novel, whose protagonist Ayane Hazakura and her Robe are given at least two [[Continuity Nod|Continuity Nods]] in the ''S.ifr'' anime.
 
'''3. The MiKO universe'''
 
With no anime set in this continuity, this is the territory of the ''[[Mai-HiME Destiny (Light Novel)|Mai-HiME Destiny]]'' light novel series. It keeps the setting (Fuka Academy) and characters of ''Mai-HiME'', but shuffles them around in different roles and introduces two brand new main characters, Mayo Kagura and Shion Tennoji, while Mai is nowhere to be found. These two eventually underwent "otomefication" in much the same way as the ''Mai-HiME'' cast itself and, in ''S.ifr'', joined the ''Mai-Otome'' anime continuity under different names.
 
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* [[Fan Service]]
* [[Gainaxing]]
* [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]
* [[Everything Fades]]
* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]
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