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When Mai Tokiha and her little brother Takumi take up residence at Fuuka Gakuen, their new boarding school, Mai discovers that the prestigious academy is the center of some very disturbing paranormal events. Mai also discovers that she is a HiME -- supernaturally gifted with the ability to summon her "Element" (a set of strange artifacts that grant her great powers) and also bonded to a strange mecha-like creature called a CHILD. Mai realizes instinctively that the price of her new power is [[Comes Great Responsibility|responsibility]] -- but there's an additional, far more terrible price as well.
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At least she's not alone -- a [[The Men in Black|secret organization]] called the First District has been gathering HiMEs to Fuuka Gakuen, at least nine of them; it seems the HiMEs are part of an ancient myth with a special destiny the First District wants to make sure comes to pass. But a powerful conspiracy based in America thinks it deserves to control their powers, and takes steps to make the HiMEs its own. And just when the HiMEs seem poised to become a unified force for good, an even deeper, darker secret about their purpose is revealed, completely and irrevocably altering the burgeoning connections between the girls.
One of the better anime to appear on Japanese television in the 2004-2005 season, '''''Mai-HiME''''' is well-written and is lushly and beautifully animated. Like ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'', it seems intent on bringing a [[Post Modernism|Post Modern]] sensibility to the aging [[Magical Girl]] trope. This it does with a sly misdirection, by first presenting what appears to be an "ordinary" [[Magical Girl]] show stripped of some of the trope's more "fairy tale" characteristics. (There are no fancy costumes or over-the-top speeches, no real transformation sequences, surprisingly few pieces of [[Stock Footage]], and from the beginning, matters are significantly darker than the genre normally allows them to get.)
But once you've settled in to what appears to be just an unusual Magical Girl show, the tables are abruptly turned and everything you expected is changed. The true purpose of the HiMEs, the role of the Orphans, the very reason for their powers and what they have to do with them -- is nothing like what you expected. And unlike so many other Magical Girls, the HiME and what they do are not [[Invisible to Normals]]; some are in fact being influenced or manipulated by agents of the "mundane" organizations around them.
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Originally available in the US via bittorrented [[Fan Sub|fansubs]], but in late spring 2005 it was licensed for release in North America. As of summer 2006, it can be found in retail outlets in the US under the title ''My-HiME''.
For more information on the characters within the series, check out the [[
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* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: what Midori ''wants'' to be, and {{spoiler|who her "most important person" ''is''.}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: A considerable amount of information about characters' backstories can be found in their specials, the audio dramas and "Natsuki no Prelude," a story that discusses Natsuki's past, including when she became a HiME.
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', ''Mai-HiME Destiny''▼
* [[Almost Kiss]]: Mai and Reito at the festival in Episode 13.
▲* [[Alternate Continuity]]: ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', ''Mai-HiME Destiny''
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Even the Himes that don't necessarily turn antagonistic tend to put more focus on protecting those close to them than saving the world.
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: At least two of them!
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* [[The Archer]]: Yukariko's Element is a bow and arrows.
* [[Asskicking Pose]]
* [[Audio Adaptation]]: [http://translationcd.wikispaces.com/My+Hime+Drama+CD+Vol.+1 Sound]{{Dead link}} [http://translationcd.wikispaces.com/My+Hime+Drama+CD+Vol.+2 dramas]{{Dead link}} tell some often light-hearted stories that take place between episodes.
* [[Back
** {{spoiler|Alyssa}} too. Whether or not {{spoiler|the victims of the Carnival}} count depends on where you draw the line between [[Only Mostly Dead]] and [[Final Death]].
* [[Badass Normal]]: Haruka. Oh, Haruka. Has no abilities, doesn't even know kung fu, but picks a fight with a battle tank. For a moment, appears to about to succeed in trash-talking a HiME into submission while held at swordpoint by said HiME. Finally ''literally bitch-slaps'' Fate itself when faced with death.▼
* [[Badass Crew]]: The HiME's when working together.▼
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: Natsuki visits one to get information.
▲* [[Badass Crew]]: The HiME's when working together.
▲* [[Badass Normal]]: Haruka. Oh, Haruka. Has no abilities, doesn't even know kung fu, but picks a fight with a battle tank. For a moment, appears to about to succeed in trash-talking a HiME into submission while held at swordpoint by said HiME. Finally ''literally bitch-slaps'' Fate itself when faced with death.
* [[Bandage Babe]]: {{spoiler|Miyu, upon her resurrection.}}
* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: {{spoiler|Miyu again}}.
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** When {{spoiler|Mikoto (in reality, Shiho, but Mai doesn't realize this at the time)}} inadvertently kills {{spoiler|Takumi}}, in episode 20 Mai's gets smashed. She gets [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|really, really pissed off by it.]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: The nicer the girl, the more horror she unleashes when she snaps.
* [[Big Sister Attraction]]: Takumi is accused of this▼
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The main [[Power Trio]] does this mutually on different occasions.
* [[Big Eater]]: Mikoto.
* [[Big No]]: Several in dramatic and comedic situations.
▲* [[Big Sister Attraction]]: Takumi is accused of this
* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: Natsuki on a few Searrs troops.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: ...except for the [[Eye Scream]] incident below.
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Shiho.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Midori, but {{spoiler|in a [[Obfuscating Stupidity|less genuine sense]].}}
* [[Cooldown Hug]]: {{spoiler|Mai on Mikoto in the final battle}}.▼
** {{spoiler|Natsuki kissing Shizuru immediately after she draws her into a hug during their last battle}}.▼
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Midori follows Mai to the temple (despite promising to work), leaving Akane to toil solo in the restaurant.
** In the Blu-Ray special, Mai lies to Reito about having lost interest in Yuuichi and goes to the beach with him in order to bury him in the sand and force-feed him extremely spicy food along with the other HiMEs {{spoiler|in revenge for what the Obsidian Lord did}}.
* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]
* [[Conspicuously Light Patch]]▼
* [[Conspicuous CG]]: The large bell that's pulverized {{spoiler|by Shizuru to capture Natsuki who was trapped in it}} in one of the last episodes breaks into a few dozen particles, which are all perfectly triangular polygons.
▲* [[Conspicuously Light Patch]]
* [[Continuity Cameo]]: Nina Wang is a member of Mai's class but is named "Chun Mei" in this series. Arika Yumemiya's brief appearance in the last moments of the last episode.
* [[Conveniently Timed Guard]]: Subverted: Mai surrenders immediately.
* [[Cooking Duel]]: An entire ''[[Iron Chef]]''-style episode.
▲* [[Cooldown Hug]]: {{spoiler|Mai on Mikoto in the final battle}}.
▲** {{spoiler|Natsuki kissing Shizuru immediately after she draws her into a hug during their last battle}}.
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: Mai, in the first episode.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]
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* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: The Obsidian Shrine that the HiMEs hide from Searrs in.
* [[Elaborate University High]]
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]▼
* [[Energy Weapons]]: Natsuki appears to wield [[Guns Akimbo|a pair of energy-shooting pistols]].
** Actually, Natsuki's guns shoot ice. Refer to Episode 4, when she shoots at Nagi, and you can see the ice residue on the book.
▲* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]
* [[Engrish]]: The supposedly American Alyssa singing "It's only a fairytale". While it sounds beautifull, it's pretty obvious that the lyrics were written in Japanese and [[The Spoony Experiment|blunt force trauma]] translated, assuming you realize it's supposed to be English at all.
* [[Enjo Kosai]]: This is Nao's favored night activity, with a twist. {{spoiler|She actually makes the guys think she's gonna service them, but then she uses her CHILD to rob them}}
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** Eros: Mai and Shiho->Yuuichi, Yukariko->Ishigami, Shizuru->Natsuki (and possibly visa versa), Akane->Kazuya
* [[Freak-Out]]: This happens a lot.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: "HiME" stands for '''Hi'''ghly-advanced '''M'''aterializing '''E'''quipment.
** Let us not forget {{spoiler|Miyu Greer: '''M'''ultiple '''I'''ntelligencial '''[[Norse Mythology|Y]]'''[[Norse Mythology|ggdrasil]] '''U'''nit}}.
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* [[Immortality]]: The [[Big Bad]] is of course unaging, but he's also {{spoiler|an [[Eldritch Abomination]]}}. {{spoiler|Tokiha Mai gets blown up at least once, possibly twice; this counts as type VII or IV depending on who you ask. She doesn't seem to realize, and is almost certainly depowered at the end.}}
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Natsuki shoots several [[Flechette Storm|magical darts]] out of the air with her pistols.
* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: Midori.▼
* [[Instant Bandages]]
* [[Instant Seiza]]
▲* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: Midori.
* [[Invisible to Normals]], subverted: {{spoiler|Yukino's}} CHILD can do this, but people still see the collateral damage.
** And between {{spoiler|the Searrs-attack and Mai's [[Berserk Button]] being pressed}}, along with several other incidents, it gets bad enough that all the normals flee the school near the end of the anime.
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* [[Kendo Team Captain]]: Takeda.
* [[Kikuko Inoue]]: As Sister Yukariko.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Joseph Greer and the Obsidian Lord}} won't be coming back.▼
* [[Kill Sat]]: Artemis, a gigantic orbiting ''mon''.
▲* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Joseph Greer and the Obsidian Lord}} won't be coming back.
* [[Laser Hallway]]: Subverted -- Mikoto jumps into the laser grid at the abandoned First District Lab before Natsuki can formulate a plan to infiltrate it. The guards don't immediately come after them, anyway.
* [[Last Kiss]]: Yukariko and Ishigami, then Mai and Yuuichi, in the ''same episode''. The first one is played straight, but the second one is a near-miss, as {{spoiler|Mai's lips just barely touch as Yuuichi is dissolving. The series ends without them having kissed at all.}}
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* [[Looming Silhouette of Rage]]: Shizuru.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: Mai gets one of these. We already know she's in one from the start, though.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Shiho and Shizuru. In a non-romantic sense, Nao is motivated by a desire to avenge what happened to her parents..▼
** Don't forget {{spoiler|Sister Yukariko.}} Mai even calls her out on the fact that everything bad that happens in the last ten or so episodes is pretty much directly her fault, and she did it because her boyfriend told her to.▼
* [[Lovable Traitor]]: Nagi
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: ''Everyone'' wants Mai, and many of her pursuers are the vertexes of their own [[Love Triangle|love triangles]] or worse, all with absolutely no regard for gender.
▲* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Shiho and Shizuru. In a non-romantic sense, Nao is motivated by a desire to avenge what happened to her parents..
▲** Don't forget {{spoiler|Sister Yukariko.}} Mai even calls her out on the fact that everything bad that happens in the last ten or so episodes is pretty much directly her fault, and she did it because her boyfriend told her to.
* [[Love Triangle]]
* [[Love You and Everybody]]: Mikoto at the [[Festival Episode]].
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** Later somewhat subverted and then reinforced when {{spoiler|it turns out it was in fact Yatagarasu that struck the fatal blow against Gennai. Before realizing this however, Mikoto defeats both Fumi and Midori and still invokes the trope.}}
* [[Mysterious Informant]]: Natsuki keeps meeting him for exposition purposes.
* [[NGO Superpower]]: Searrs.▼
* [[Name's the Same]]: The show has nothing to do with the [[wikipedia:The Dancing Girl|1890 story]] by Mori Ogai, which is notable for being a role-reversal of ''Madame Butterfly'', published eight years ''before'' the latter was written.
* [[Names to Know in Anime]]: Kikuko Inoue (''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'') provides the voice of Sister Yukariko.
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]: Played light, not serious, in episode 4.
* [[Neutral Female]]: [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] with Yuuichi.
▲* [[NGO Superpower]]: Searrs.
* [[Ninja]]: Akira's from a whole clan of them, apparently.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Bonus points for actually including a [[Ninja]] and a [[Robot Girl|Robot]].
* [[No Body Left Behind]]
* [[No Social Skills]]: Mikoto.▼
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Yuuichi, a former kendo expert who had to give up his sport due to an injury.
* [[The Nose Bleed]]: Natsuki gives Takeda these, to both their horrors.
▲* [[No Social Skills]]: Mikoto.
* [[Not So Different]]: Natsuki realizes that she, like Nao, was once bitter and refused to trust anyone after her mother died, and so {{spoiler|saves Nao from Shizuru}}.
* [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That]] / [[Sorry to Interrupt]]: Mai, to Natsuki, in episode 9.
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* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The [[Big Bad]]'s primary plan is helped along at multiple instances by his [[The Dragon|Dragon's]] selective omission of information and other characters' outright deceptions, and one of the most bloody rampages of the show is caused by {{spoiler|Shizuru not telling Haruka her reasons for leaving the school and the latter's suspicion-fueled digging up of all Shizuru's dirty secrets.}}
** Natsuki cares for Shizuru significantly more than she lets on, and admitting the extent of her feelings might have averted some of the problems.
* [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]: The show's [[Mons]] are powered by {{spoiler|1=the life force of whichever poor sap is currently most important to the [[Kid with the Leash|HiME with the leash]].}}▼
** Actually {{spoiler|1=CHILDs are powered by the love that the HiME has for there Most Important Person. Not by that person's life force.}}▼
* [[The Power of Love]] / [[The Power of Friendship]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Used quite literally]] throughout most of the series, but played straight in the finale, as {{spoiler|Mai's mutual admirations for Yuuichi and Mikoto helps her overcome her problems and defeat the [[Big Bad]]}}.
** In a more conventional sense, Natsuki says in the 25th special, that Shizuru, Mai, and Mikoto helped her to open up, and that Shizuru's feelings for her and Mai and Yuuichi's feelings for each other helped her realize that people cannot live alone.
▲* [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]: The show's [[Mons]] are powered by {{spoiler|1=the life force of whichever poor sap is currently most important to the [[Kid with the Leash|HiME with the leash]].}}
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Mai, Natsuki, and Mikoto as Ego, Superego, and Id respectively.
▲** Actually {{spoiler|1=CHILDs are powered by the love that the HiME has for there Most Important Person. Not by that person's life force.}}
* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: {{spoiler|Shizuru}}, later in the series.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Mikoto
* [[Railing Kill]]: Subverted in Natsuki's use against Nagi.
* [[Razor Floss]]: Nao has some, which can cut through trees and steel beams.
* [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie]]: There is a trailer for a [[
* [[Redemption Earns Life]]: {{spoiler|1=Inverted. Even the utterly selfish Nao and the [[Psycho Lesbian]] Shizuru [[Big Damn Gunship|come charging in from the sky]] after all the Childs and MIPs are resurrected.}}
* [[Repeat Cut]]
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* [[Sick Episode]]: The two-part audio drama, "Demonic Uproar" and "Natsuki's Desperations", in which Natsuki becomes sick after the events of Episode 9.
* [[Slow-Motion Pass-By]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: [
* [[Snow Means Love]]
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Mai, in the opening.
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: {{spoiler|Father Joseph. He sneaks up on a now-powerless toddler and her incredibly powerful and loyal robotic bodyguard (that he built but knew he could no longer control). He kills the former first, and then starts bragging about it to the latter's face. That ends pretty much as you'd expect.}}
** Arguably {{spoiler|Haruka refusing to run away and continuing to taunt Shizuru despite Yukino's insisting while Shizuru points her Element at her}}.
* [[Took a Level
** Also note that it was still played believably: the immortal swordsman disarmed him pretty quick.
* [[Transfer Student Uniforms]]: Reito's clothing is all-black, as opposed to the outfits of everyone else, which are most often brown vests or blazers and skirts or pants with white dress shirts.▼
* [[Trailer Spoof]]
▲* [[Transfer Student Uniforms]]: Reito's clothing is all-black, as opposed to the outfits of everyone else, which are most often brown vests or blazers and skirts or pants with white dress shirts.
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Mostly subverted -- the girls do all of their fighting in their regular clothes -- but the activation of Elements and the summoning of Childs often get the full treatment.
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: All the poor girls of the cast, but Mai, Mikoto, and Natsuki in particular.
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* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: Subverted. Midori pukes offscreen after a night of partying, but you can still see the aftermath and hear Nao ''scream'' because of that.
* [[Waif Prophet]]: The {{spoiler|apparently}} 11-year-old Director, Mashiro.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Nagi.▼
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: The last episode. In an inverted parallel of ''[[Star Wars]]'', {{spoiler|1=the [[Big Bad]] offers Mai the place of [[The Dragon]], Mikoto, who undergoes a [[Heel Face Turn]] because Mai is her parent/big sister figure, instead of the other way around. Mai says "no", twice, and then destroys the HiME Star with a little help from her friends}}.
* [[Weird Moon]]: Besides appearing enormous, notice that the moon is somehow always full throughout the series.
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* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: Poor Yukino is pretty much relegated to a supporting role.
** Although it is arguable whether Yukino qualifies for this trope, as her role is effectively to provide intelligence and communication for the other, combat-oriented HiMEs. A very valuable role in real life.
▲* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Nagi.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Akira.
* [[Wolverine Claws]]: Nao's Element is turning her hands into metal claws.
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** Shizuru has that [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness|look]] on her face when she's "protecting" Natsuki.
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Do not intern with Searrs, kids.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: A large part of Natsuki's beef with the First District. {{spoiler|But with her mother instead of her father.}}
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Nao, and (perhaps unexpectedly,) Haruka.
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