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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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* [[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]].
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: Natsuki visits one to get information.
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* [[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.
* [[Trailer Spoof]]
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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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