Maria Holic: Difference between revisions

* [[Bishie Sparkle]] -- Ayari Shiki and Maki Natsuru, the [[Student Council President]] and the Vice-President, respectively. So much so you could see the sparkles even if they aren't directly on screen.

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] -- Mariya (and ''how''). Only Kanako and Matsurika are aware of it.

** Matsurika is frequently seen playing her [[Play Station Portable|BSB]], showing how little she cares about whatever is driving Kanako nuts this time.

** Father Touichirou Kanae uses a dokoda phone, rather than a docomo.

* [[Butt Monkey]] -- Kanako gets mistreated by most peers (except Kiri, Sachi, Yuzuru and Ryuuken), mocked constantly by Mariya, insulted by Matsurika, developed an allergy to boys as a result to being teased by them... as some would say, she is [[Girls Bravo (Manga)|Yukinari's]] soulmate.

* [[Cameo]] -- (deep breath) [[Fresh Pretty Cure|Cures Peach, Berry & Pine]], [[Vocaloid|Miku & Rin]], [[Pani Poni Dash|Number 6]], [[Mariasama ga Miteru (Light Novel)|Yumi & Sachiko]], [[Hidamari Sketch|Sae, Hiro, & Yuno]], and [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei|Kaede, Meru and Kafuka]]. All in one episode.

** Cure Peach and Berry return in the 7th episode of ''Alive'' during Kanako's swimsuits dream, but this time their hair colours are switched: Berry's is blond and Peach's is blue.

* [[Catgirl]] -- [[A God Am I|God]], the dorm leader.

* [[Cry Cute]] -- Ryuuken, ''[[Cool Big Sis|of all people]]'', breaks down sobbing after realizing that her [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Three Kingdoms]]-based card games aren't exactly enjoyed by everyone else (i.e., Kanako).

* [[Deadpan Snarker]] -- Matsurika and Kiri.

* [[The Ditz]] -- Kanako knows she's an idiot and is proud of it. When she opened Sachi's notes for her supplementary exams that "even an idiot could understand", she failed to even understand ''those''.

* [[Does Not Like Men]] -- Due to a grade-school experience (losing her recorder and PE uniform), Kanako is allergic to men. So does Shizu, courtesy of ''her own twin brother''.

*Kanako removes her hand from beneath Mariya's skirt and groans as she waves her hand* }}

* [[Hair Antennae]] -- Mariya has [[School Rumble|Tenma]]-style ones. They tend to twitch when he's angry.

* [[Hammerspace]] -- Kanako tries to work out just how Mariya could hide an entire second room behind the dressers in their room, said dressers being set against the wall that connects to the outer hallway.

{{quote| '''Mariya''': "Do you know how much I had to spend on this?"}}

** [[Ryoko Shintani]]: [[The Cutie|Sachi]] [[Genki Girl|Momoi]]

** [[Saori Goto]]: [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Yuzuru]] [[Nice Girl|Inamori]]

** [[Miyuki Sawashiro]]: [[A God Am I|God]]/[[Catgirl|Dorm Leader]]

** [[Aya Hirano]]: [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Shizu]] [[Nice Girl|Shidou]]

** [[Tomokazu Sugita]]: [[Sexy Priest|Father]] [[Chick Magnet|Touichirou Kanae]]

** [[Emiri Katou]]: [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Miki Miyamae]]

* [[No Fourth Wall]]

* [[Nosebleed]] -- Kanako. Frequently and with such force that she rivals ''[[Nagasarete Airantou|Ikuto]]''. Also the name of the first season's opening theme, for that very reason.

** When she volunteers to help with the girls' physical examinations she actually ends up in the infirmary after blacking out from blood loss.

** Stains the left cheek of a statue of the Virgin Mary with her blood after seeing Ayari's [[Wardrobe Malfunction]] (and consequently becoming one of their school's [[The Seven Mysteries|Seven Mysteries]]).

** And she turns the whole world red from a nosebleed in season 1's final episode.

* [[Nuns Are Mikos]] -- Averted, for a change. See the [[Shown Their Work]] entry below.

* [[Of Corset Hurts]] -- Mariya complains of a few broken ribs while Matsurika outfits him with his corset as Kanako walks in on him and discovers his true gender.

{{quote| '''Matsurika:''' "[[Deadpan Snarker|Stop complaining. A broken rib or two could not possibly kill you.]]"}}

* [[Older Than They Look]] -- God and Yonakuni. The paper from a love letter God/Dorm Leader got long ago has already rotted, and the only difference from then is the fact that she wore clothes from what looks to be pre-War Japan.

* [[Overshadowed By Awesome]] -- Father Kanae has recently started to notice Matsurika, after noticing Mariya.

* [[Princess Curls]] -- Ayari's curls remind Kanako of chocolate coronets.

* [[Real Song Theme Tune]] -- The first season's ending (rendered in video game sprites) is a cover/remix of 80s pop tune [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HTyPPELmY0 "Kimi ni, Mune Kyun" by all-male pop group YMO], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dPb7yRtBM as sung by Kanako (Asami Sanada), Mariya (Yuu Kobayashi) and Matsurika (Marina Inoue).]

* [[Shown Their Work]] -- The writers ''are'' aware of what Christianity is, and a rare serious moment has Ayari explaining to Kanako just who "Maria-sama" is; the origins of Christmas, and how non-Christian (like most Japanese) students get along with the Catholic school's nuns-and-rosaries environment. (Even if one isn't praying to a specific God, you can be thinking about friends or loved ones, or reflect on your behavior with others.) Also, it's explicitly stated that the nuns do not force their beliefs on anyone.

** ''Alive'' also mentions how crash dieting isn't helpful and often just leads to problems and one can possibly rebound, and gives a basic outline of how dieting should actually go (namely [paraphrasing Mariya]: following a sensible plan, cutting back caloric intake and exercising properly). The entirety of the next episode is dedicated to the consequences of Kanako's forced diet.

* [[Sleep Learning]] -- Matsurika uses this to [[Personality Swap|change Kanako's personality]] from the hapless idiot she normally is into a [[Class Representative]] type. Her perversions aren't altered at all.

* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]] -- Several times, by various characters, complete with incredibly overwrought music.

* [[Special Edition Title]] -- As Shaft is wont to do, ''Alive'''s first two episodes open with an old school [[Expository Theme Tune]], "Delusional Warrior Kanako Miyamae" by [[Tomokazu Sugita]].

* [[Stealth Pun]] -- In a gag next episode preview parodying Shaft's recently ended ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', Matsurika takes the place of [[Big Bad|Walpurgis Night]]. In real life, Walpurgis Night is a spring festival, and "matsuri" is "festival" in Japanese.

* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]] -- Kanako and Father Kanae are extremely similar, except she's [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|lesbian]] and he's [[Hot for Student]], and they both even engage in [[Inner Monologue|Inner Monologues]] which are preceded by [[Surrogate Soliloquy|"Dear mother/mama up in heaven."]]

* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]] -- Shizu, who's doing the exact opposite of her twin brother by being a girl in an all-boys' school, once also ran by their late grandmother.

* [[Take That]] -- Once at ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru (Light Novel)|Mariasama ga Miteru]]'''s use of rosaries. The manga also takes potshots at things like ''[[Ghost in The Shell]]'' and ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''.

* [[The Tease]] -- Mariya takes perverse pleasure in acting out his innocent girly routine and watching Kanako's torment.

** And the audience's.

** Kanako also refers to Honoka as one.

* [[Twelfth Night Adventure]] -- A more cynical take on this usually positive and idealistic genre.

** [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-21/maria-holic-tv-anime-gets-2nd-season-green-lit It's getting another season].

* [[Unflappable Guardian]] -- [[A God Am I|God]]. There is nothing she doesn't know and nothing she will let her students get away with. Unless they get away with it ''cleverly''.

** [[Wholesome Crossdresser|His sister, on the other hand...]] let's just say it's no wonder she, like Kanako, [[Does Not Like Men]]. And yet, she has to tolerate them because she has to impersonate the saintly exterior of her evil brother (which she manages to pull off because she really ''is'' saintly).

* [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: Poor Ayari suffered this... ''twice''. Both incidents even happened at the same feast. The first was as a child, when Shizu (then posing as Mariya) stumbled on her and accidentally revealed her [[Goofy Print Underwear|panda-print panties]]. The second was as a teenager, after Mariya saved her from falling off her float. Cue [[Male Gaze|pan-down shot of Ayari's breasts]] and Kanako staining the statue of the Virgin Mary with her epic [[Nosebleed]].

** Turns out most of the "changes" were set up in some way by Mariya just to mess with Kanako's head, or by sheer misunderstanding.

* [[Yuri Fangirl]] -- Kanako, obviously.