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[[caption-width:218:Mai, Mikoto and Natsuki]]

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 [[ComesGreatResponsibility responsibility]] -- but there's an additional, far more terrible price as well.

At least she's not alone -- a [[{{MIB}} 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 animes to appear on Japanese television in the 2004-2005 season, ''[=Mai-HiME=]'' is well-written and is lushly and beautifully animated. Like ''FutariWaPrettyCure'', it seems intent on bringing a [[PostModernism Post Modern]] sensibility to the aging MagicalGirl trope. This it does with a sly misdirection, by first presenting what appears to be an "ordinary" ''mahou shoujo'' 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 StockFootage, 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 InvisibleToNormals; some are in fact being influenced or manipulated by agents of the "mundane" organizations around them.

As one by one the [=HiME=] fall, the monstrous orchestrators of the carnival finally appear on the stage, leading to an apocalyptic final confrontation in which the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Highly recommended, even though [[BattleRoyaleWithCheese part of the climax]] and the peppy, comedic [[TheTag tag]] to the final episode undo many of the show's earlier subversions and weaken its overall impact.

''[=Mai-HiME=]'' was conceived as a multimedia project, spanning anime, manga and video game editions, all produced independently of each other with each one following a different continuity. The anime turned out to be by far the most popular imagining, but the [[Manga/{{Mai-HiME}} manga]] has its followers. The video game, a DatingSim created by the people behind ''DaCapo'', was never released outside of Japan.

Followed in the 2005-2006 season by ''{{Mai-Otome}}'', a completely separate series which still contains connections back to ''[=Mai-HiME=]''. Another disparate series is ''[=Mai-HiME Destiny=]'' light novel series, which not only shifts the action to Hokkaido, but replaces Mai with a shiny new protagonist named Mayo Kagura and the [=HiME=] with [=MiKOs=] -- so, strictly speaking, it's neither "Mai" nor "[=HiME=]"...

Originally available in the US via bittorrented {{fansub}}s, 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 [[Characters/{{Mai-HiME}} character sheet]].
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!!This program provides examples of:

* AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil
* AdultChild: Midori. [[spoiler:It turns out later on that she was [[ObfuscatingStupidity almost certainly faking it]].]]
* AdventurerArchaeologist - what Midori ''wants'' to be, and [[spoiler:who her "most important person" ''is''.]]
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Alyssa's death]].
* AlternateContinuity:''{{Mai-Otome}}'', ''[=Mai-HiME=] Destiny'')
* AlmostKiss (Mai and Reito at the festival in Episode 13)
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl
* AncientConspiracy: At least two of them! And both double as {{MIB}}.
* AndYourLittleDogToo
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove - Shiho does this to Yuichi...but he's sleeping at the time. Whoops.
* AnimalStereotypes (Mikoto is blatantly feline in her behavior)
* AnimeAccentAbsence
* AnyoneCanDie
* AssKickingPose
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Miyu]].
** [[spoiler:Alyssa]] too. Whether or not [[spoiler:the victims of the Carnival]] count depends on where you draw the line between OnlyMostlyDead and FinalDeath.
* Mighty Normal: Haruka
* BarehandedBladeBlock: [[spoiler:Miyu again]].
* [[BattleRoyaleWithCheese Battle Royale (cheese served separately)]]
* BecauseDestinySaysSo
* BerserkButton: Every single girl has a "Most Important Person" whom you should ''never'' mess with.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: The nicer the girl when she snaps, the more horror she unleashes.
* BigBrotherComplex: Takumi is accused of having a Big ''Sister'' Complex.
* BigDamnHeroes: The main PowerTrio does this mutually on different occasions.
* BigEater: Mikoto.
* BigNo
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands
* BloodlessCarnage...except for the EyeScream incident below.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Mikoto]], in the last few episodes.
* CallingYourAttacks: Natsuki and Midori.
* CanYouHearMeNow, lampshaded.
* CatScare
* CherryBlossoms
* ClarkKenting: Akira; spoofed mercilessly.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Shiho.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Midori, but [[spoiler: in a [[Main/{{ObfuscatingStupidity}} less genuine sense]].]]
* CooldownHug [[spoiler:Mai on Mikoto in the final battle]]
* ComesGreatResponsibility
* ConspicuouslyLightPatch
* ConvenientlyTimedGuard, subverted: Mai surrenders immediately.
* CookingDuel: An entire ''IronChef''-style episode.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Mai, in the first episode.
* CrashIntoHello
* CrossPoppingVeins: Several characters, but Haruka's are the most pronounced.
* CrucifiedHeroShot: Natsuki.
* CuteShotaroBoy: Takumi, to a certain extent, see page for details.
* DarkMagicalGirl: Nao, though she's largely an IneffectualLoner; and also, surprisingly, [[spoiler:Mikoto]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: The series could be considered a deconstruction of the MagicalGirl genre. However, a few of the common tropes (flashy transformations, powers that are InvisibleToNormals) are left out, so it may be too far of a shift to count.
* DemonicInvaders: The Orphans.
* DieForOurShip: Shizuru x Natsuki fans bash Nao. Nao x Natsuki fans bash Shizuru. Mai x anyone else fans bash Yuuichi.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Defeat of [[spoiler:the Obsidian Lord]].
* DisneyDeath: Even the ones that don't even have Phlebotinum to stand on.
* DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:[[PsychoLesbian Villain]]!Shizuru]]
* DoesNotLikeMen: Nao hates men ever since [[spoiler: a gang killed her father and left her mother and Key comatose]]
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Shizuru kisses Natsuki while she's sleeping, and some (Haruka and Yukino) believe that she's [[RapeIsLove doing something else entirely]].
**[[spoiler: Shizuru is actually innocent of rape. Note how Natsuki's "flashbacks" about it have the same POV as scenes of her sleeping, but scenery and Natsuki's lying figure are mirrored, indicating that sequence is imaginary.]]
***I dispute your conclusion, good sir! My understanding is that there were two different incidents, one of a kiss and an earlier one witnessed by Yukino that went further than that (to be fair, just how far it went is not shown explicitly)
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Obsidian Shrine that the [=HiMEs=] hide from Searrs in.
* ElaborateUniversityHigh
* EnergyWeapons - Natsuki appears to wield [[GunsAkimbo a pair of energy-shooting pistols]].
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt
* EnjoKosai: 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]]
* EpilogueLetter
* EveryEpisodeEnding: the closing theme song fading in.
* ExactTimeToFailure: Subverted when [[spoiler:Artemis lines up to fire more quickly than expected]].
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Nao gets stabbed in the eye by a stinger from her own CHILD. ''Ouch''.]]
* FanService: LOTS of it.
* FemmeFatalons: Nao's Element is turning her hands into metal claws.
* FestivalEpisode: Two of them.
* FingerLickinEvil: Nao's claws.
* FirebreathingDiner: Mikoto in episode 2.
* FirstKiss: Mai gives up hers to Mikoto via CPR, but she insists ThatDidntHappen.
* FollowYourNose: Mikoto in episode 2.
* FreakOut: This happens a lot.
* {{Gainaxing}}: On Mai, though interestingly ''Haruka'' actually has the largest bust of any female character (88cm) and mostly avoids this treatment.
** Maybe her bust is the biggest, but her cup size is obviously significantly smaller than Mai's. In fact, Yukariko the ''nun'' has the largest bust measurement (89 cm), but she's not as busty as Mai.
* GenreBlindness: many characters in the "vampire" episode.
* TheGlomp: Mikoto -> Mai, a lot; likewise Shiho -> Yuuichi.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Mikoto (gold) and Nao (red).
* GoldfishScoopingGame
* GrandFinale
* GrowingTheBeard: Arguably the eighth episode.
* GratuitousEnglish: Natsuki and Duran's [[CallingYourAttacks called shots]].
* {{Hachimaki}}
* HardLight: [[spoiler:the "ghost Mashiros" in the finale]]
* HeavySleeper
* HermeticMagic: The sigils on Mikoto's sword.
* HeroicBSOD: This happens a lot, too. Half the examples are due to an AppliedPhlebotinum effect, though, rendering the girls nearly catatonic.
* HeroicSacrifice: Done twice, and subverted both times: [[spoiler:Mai shielding her friends from Artemis' laser beam with Kagutsuchi and then flying out to space to destroy it]], and [[spoiler:Yuuichi ordering Mai to take out Shiho's Yatagarasu, ''knowing'' that it will kill him. Mikoto jumps in and does it for Mai]]. [[IGotBetter They get better]].
* HiddenEyes: [[spoiler:Shizuru, right before she challenges Haruka and Yukino]].
* {{Homage}}: Episode ten's CookingDuel; an extended parody of ''IronChef''.
* HonorBeforeReason: Subverted and reaffirmed: Shizuru and ''especially'' Shiho would gladly let the world burn for the people they love, and Mai ''heroically'' refuses the offer to become the goddess-wife of the BigBad, remake a world where her brother is happy and healthy, and chose to fight his tyranny with almost no ''apparent'' hope of victory.
* HoYay: Mikoto's behavior toward Mai, naturally giving way to plenty of ShipTease moments between the two. [[spoiler:In reality, Mai feels more comfortable being Mikoto's CoolBigSis.]]
* IHaveTheHighGround: Is there a time when Nagi's ''not'' hovering above everyone?
** Several times in relation to the headmaster, and a few more to the Obsidian Prince. Makes sense, since these are the only people he might consider his equals.
* IllGirl: The best categorization for Takumi is a GenderFlip of this character.
* {{Immortality}}: The BigBad is of course unaging, but he's also [[spoiler:a CosmicHorror]]. [[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.]]
* InstantBandages
* InstantSeiza
* InvisibleToNormals, subverted: [[spoiler:Yukino's]] CHILD can do this, but people still see the collateral damage.
* JapanesePronouns: Natsuki uses ''kisama'' to address ''a nun''.
* JigsawPuzzlePlot
* JourneyToFindOneself: [[spoiler:Natsuki]] after the finale, but she's rebuffed when [[spoiler:her MysteriousInformant tells her she needs to make up for all the time she's missed class]].
* KansaiRegionalAccent: Shizuru speaks ''Kyoto-ben''.
* {{Keigo}}
* KendoTeamCaptain: Takeda.
* KillSat: Artemis, a gigantic orbiting ''mon''.
* LaserHallway, 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.
* LastKiss: 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.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The core cast consists of twelve Magical Girls, as well as a bunch of other named characters associated with the school, including staff members. About 25 cast members are introduced within the first four episodes... and there are still 22 more to go after that.
* LoomingSilhouetteOfRage: Shizuru.
* LotusEaterMachine: Mai gets one of these. We already know she's in one from the start, though.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Shiho and Shizuru. In a non-romantic sense, Nao.
** 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.
* LovableTraitor: Nagi
* LoveDodecahedron: A small one; more like, four ([[spoiler:perhaps five]]) people in a jagged line
* LoveTriangle
* LoveYouAndEverybody - Mikoto at the FestivalEpisode.
* MagicalGirl: The premise, duh; plus, one character ([[spoiler: Midori]]) seems to think she's SailorMoon. Or maybe the [[SuperSentai Red Ranger]].
* MagicWarrior
* {{Malaproper}}: Haruka.
* ManipulativeBastard: Nagi, [[spoiler:Ishigami...hell, most of the male characters...except probably Takeda, Takumi and Kazuya]].
* MasterOfIllusion: St. Vlas' (Yukariko's CHILD) ability.
* {{Meganekko}} - Yukino.
* {{Meido}}: Fumi the pink-haired caretaker.
* {{MIB}}: the First District.
* MindControlEyes: Fumi the {{Meido}}, which makes her even ''creepier'' than she already unintentionally was.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Shiho's grandfather.
* {{Mons}}: The CHILD of each [=HiME=]
* MoodWhiplash
* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad: Just to make sure you know Natsuki's a rebel.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Orphan in the ''sixth'' episode, with... surprise, surprise... ''six'' arms.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Attempted by Shiho, but Yuuichi sees through it]].
* MusicalAssassin: Shiho's Element is a flute.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Mikoto breaks down when [[spoiler:she realizes she struck down Akira's CHILD and killed off Mai's brother Takumi. She was aiming for Yatagarasu, Shiho's CHILD that had attacked Mai earlier, but her [[BrainwashedAndCrazy conditioning took over]] and caused her to attack the first thing she saw, which unfortunately happened to be Gennai. A flashback immediately following that event shows that she was also responsible for killing her grandfather.]]
* MysteriousInformant: Natsuki keeps meeting him for exposition purposes.
* NamesToKnowInAnime: Kikuko Inoue (''AhMyGoddess'') provides the voice of Sister Yukariko.
* NaughtyTentacles: Played light, not serious.
* NeutralFemale: GenderFlip'd with Yuuichi.
* {{Ninja}}: Akira's from a whole clan of them, apparently.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Bonus points for actually including a {{Ninja}} and a [[RobotGirl Robot]].
* NoBodyLeftBehind
* NonActionGuy: Yuuichi, a former kendo expert who had to give up his sport due to an injury.
* TheNoseBleed: Natsuki gives Takeda these, to both their horror.
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat / SorryToInterrupt: Mai, to Natsuki, in episode 9.
* NunsAreMikos: Yukariko Sanada aka Sister Yukariko. Joseph works at the church along with her, but [[spoiler:he's also a Searrs agent]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: You may conclude early on that [[spoiler: Midori]] is really as dumb as she seems, but later episodes paint her very, very differently.
* {{Ojou}} - Shizuru
* OlderSidekick: Miyu, to Alyssa (though, [[spoiler:Miyu being a RobotGirl, she's actually ''younger'' than Alyssa]].
* {{Omake}} - Dozens of them on the Japanese and English DVD releases.
* OminousLatinChanting: Mezame's broken Italian, but eh, close enough.
* OminousMultipleScreens: The Obsidian Shrine EUB.
* OracularUrchin: Nagi.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Kazuya, Akane's boyfriend, has a perfectly average life at school and working with Mai and Akane at the dinner. [[spoiler:He's also the first person in the series to die.]]
* PantyThief: An Orphan in an early episode.
* ParentalAbandonment: Several characters are missing parents when the series begins, and it is not taken lightly, at ''all''.
* PartlyCloudyWithAChanceOfDeath - A lover's face AgainstTheSettingSun in place of the clouds.
* PerpetualMolt
* PersonalityPowers: Hot-blooded {{Red Headed Hero}}ine? Fire. No-nonsense DefrostingIceQueen {{sidekick}}? Ice. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Breezy and hyper-enthusiastic]] teacher/archaeologist? Wind...and so on.
* PhenotypeStereotype: While Japanese characters have all kinds of unreal eye and hair colours (see the illustration above), the {{Tykebomb}} made by an American secret society has blond hair and green eyes, which are most likely intended to be her "real" appearance. Other characters aligned with the same organisation have similar appearances.
* PillarOfLight: Artemis' laser.
* PlayingWithFire: Mai
* PoorCommunicationKills: The BigBad's primary plan is helped along at multiple instances by his [[TheDragon Dragon's]] selective omission of information and other character's 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.]]
* PoweredByAForsakenChild (The show's {{Mons}} are powered by [[spoiler:the life force of whichever poor sap is currently most important to the [[KidWithTheLeash HiME with the leash]].]])
* ThePowerOfLove / ThePowerOfFriendship - [[DeconstructedTrope 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 BigBad]].
* PowerTrio - Mai, Natsuki and Mikoto as Ego, Superego, and Id respectively.
* PsychoLesbian: [[spoiler: The character Shizuru]], later in the series.
* PuppyDogEyes: Mikoto
* RailingKill: Subverted in Natsuki's use against Nagi.
* RaisedByWolves: Mikoto.
* RepeatCut
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Miyu, after being rebooted by Midori]].
* RobotGirl: Miyu.
* {{Sarashi}}: Akira.
* SarcasticClapping: Nagi, after TheReveal in Episode 16.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Ishigami as the "scary" type, Yukino as the "hiding something" type.
* SchoolgirlLesbians: Some fans argue that Shizuru represents a {{Deconstruction}} of this character type; others a simple PsychoLesbian. Yukino might be a straight example; [[spoiler: Haruka is her Key and Most Special Person, so she may be in love with her.]]
* TheScrappy: Three of them, to varying degrees: Yuuichi (NonActionGuy and DieForOurShip effects), Shiho (ClingyJealousGirl who wants to take Yuuichi away from Mai) and Mikoto (RaisedByWolves and too naïve to lots of people's liking).
* ScrewDestiny: Midori's goal in the second-half episodes.
* {{Sentai}}: Parodied, as Midori attempts to form such a team.
* {{Shapeshifter}}
* ShoutOut: To ''[[Main/{{NeonGenesisEvangelion}} Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''; one character is a very transparent Rei Ayanami clone (cute, but [[CreepyChild creepy]])
* ShowSomeLeg: Natsuki trying to use her femininity to get a car home in episode 9. HilarityEnsues.
* SlowMotionPassBy
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20070311211648/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/anime/002818592.cfm Director-claimed]] deliberate inversion.
* SnowMeansLove
* SparklingStreamOfTears: Mai, in the opening.
* SpiritualSuccessor: ''{{Mai-Otome}}''.
* SpotOfTea - Shizuru and Reito are avid tea drinkers
* SqueakyEyes
* StandingInTheHall: During Mai's LotusEaterMachine dream.
* StockFootage: Various CHILD sequences early in the series.
* StraightArrow: Yukariko's Element is a bow and arrows.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Mild example: Midori usually wears a tight-fitting tube top that reveals cleavage and quite a bit of midriff. Even while ''teaching in class''.
* StudentCouncilPresident: Shizuru.
* SuicidalGotcha: Mai pulls one to punctuate a very emphatic, angry ItsNotYouItsMe. [[spoiler:She's got her own dragon, though, so she'll be okay]].
* SwirlingDust: Certain summoning sequences.
* SwordDrag / SwordSparks: Mikoto.
* {{Synchronization}}: See the PoweredByAForsakenChild entry.
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Natsuki does this to Shizuru]]
* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Natsuki.
* TeamShot: The opening.
* ThereCanBeOnlyOne: The [=HiME=] Carnival
* ThisAndThat: Haruka doesn't even know what it means.
* ThisIsMySide: Akira and Takumi's dorm room.
* ThoseTwoGuys - Chie and Aoi
* ThwartedEscape
* TookALevelInBadass: Yuichi's sword-using in episode 26 although there were at least allusions to him having championship kendo talent beforehand.
** Also note that it was still played believably: The immortal swordsman disarmed him pretty quick.
* TransferStudentUniforms: Reito's clothing is all-black, as opposed to the white outfits of everyone else.
* TrailerSpoof
* TransformationSequence: Mostly subverted. The girls do all of their fighting in their regular clothes.
* TraumaCongaLine: All the poor girls of the cast, but Mai, Mikoto and Natsuki in particular.
* TraumaSwing: Mai in episode 19. And this is ''before'' ItGotWorse.
* {{Tsundere}}: Mai, though her "tsun" side is a little less violent than others. Surprisingly, so are [[spoiler:Natsuki and Akira]].
* {{Tykebomb}}: At least two [[spoiler:(Alyssa and Mikoto)]], plus a failed attempt at a third [[spoiler:(Natsuki)]].
* UncannyValleyGirl: [[spoiler: Two of them: Miyu and Alyssa]]
* UnknownRival: Haruka, to Shizuru.
* UnluckyOsananajimi: Shiho. [[{{Yandere}} And she does NOT like it]]
* UnstoppableRage: Mai after... well, that would be telling.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* VillainPedigree: It starts with natural Orphans, progresses to Searrs-made ones, then Searrs forces themselves, followed by [[spoiler: each other]].
* VomitDiscretionShot, subverted: Midori pukes offscreen after a night of partying, but you can still see the aftermath and hear Nao ''scream'' because of that.
* WaifProphet: The [[spoiler:apparently]] 11-year-old Director, Mashiro.
* WallBanger: Some fans decry the ending for [[spoiler:undoing all of the deaths and suffering caused by the [=HiME=] Festival, thus [[KarmaHoudini absolving several characters of wrongdoing]], not to mention making Mai's reasons for turning down the WeCanRuleTogether [[BrokenAesop vanish in a puff of Aesop dust]]]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: The last episode. In an inverted parallel of ''StarWars'', [[spoiler: the BigBad offers Mai the place of TheDragon, Mikoto, who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn because Mai is her parent/big sister figure, instead of the other way around. Mai says "no", twice, and destroys the [=HiME=] Star with a little help from her friends]].
* WhamEpisode - Episodes 8 and 16.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove - Mikoto struggles with this a great deal.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway (Poor Yukino is pretty much relegated to a supporting role)
* WholesomeCrossdresser (Akira)
* XMeetsY: ''SailorMoon'' meets ''{{Highlander}}''.
* YaoiFangirl: Played a bit with in episode 5, when Mai's friends speculate with Takumi and Akira's relationship much to her embarrassment.
* YouCantFightFate
* YouHaveFailedMe: Do not intern with Searrs, kids.
* YouKilledMyFather: A large part of Natsuki's beef with the First District.

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