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Authors and Websites
Mai-HiME: Future
by John Biles- Recommended by: Laevatein, Looney Toons, Nolrai Hikari, Vilui, B Meph, Dame-Amaryllis
- Status: Ongoing
- Synopsis: In the year 2028, the events of the Festival are 23 years behind the Hime. They have become adults and gone out into the world, taking on jobs and some of them have children. Most have tried to live a normal life; some have wounds that still haven't fully healed. But the next generation does not know the events of the Festival, only that their complex, extended family has a secret and that for some reason, their parents keep checking their bodies for...something. That some shadow lies over the past. And they want to know the truth, whatever that may take.
- Comments: All of Biles' work is great, and this looks like it might become something truly epic.
- Looney Toons: Enthusiastically seconded. Biles is at his best here, especially his mastery of voices — every installment is from the point of view of a different character (or characters), and each one has a clear and recognizable voice. The story written from Mikoto's point of view, for instance, shows just how much work he puts into getting inside his characters' heads.
- Vilui (Review updated after "A Bird Afraid To Fly"): If like me you enjoyed My-HiME and just wish it had been longer, this is an excellent continuation in the spirit of the original. Old characters are faithfully portrayed, and new characters are well-rounded and interesting in their own right. All characters. This is a very long story with a large cast, but they all get their share of development sooner or later. It combines an epic overarching plot with dramatic action, lovely touches of humour, and a realistic high-school web of relationships. I for one will be eagerly looking forward to more.
Add Review- Recommend by: Person With Many Aliases, phoku, Vilui, B Meph, Golden Mean
- Elementary, My Dear Natsuki
- Come, Natsuki, The Game is Afoot
- Deep Waters, Natsuki
- You Know My Methods, Natsuki note
- The Final Problem
- The Empty House
- Elementary, My Dear Natsuki
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A series of "braided novels", which recasts the characters of My-HiME and My-Otome into Victorian England. It follows the adventures of Shizuru, who lives at 221B Baker Street, and Natsuki who is... complicated.
- Comments: DezoPenguin took a great amount of effort to leave a lot of Sherlock Holmes in the stories, as well as My-HiME. What we get isn't just a paper-thin Alternate Universe, with parroted cliches, but a well-meshed combination of both settings. There is the inevitability of Yuri of course, but that's so subtle in development it never gets in the way of a good mystery. There are also three side stories to the series, Hidden Depths, A Glimpse Through the Masques, and Writer's Block. Though unessential, the author recommends reading them before The Final Problem.
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- Duran and Kiyohime's Omake Theater
- Comments: DezoPenguin has a series of fluffy vignettes featuring the Hime and chibi versions of their CHILDS, with a running continuity and several running gags(particularly the results of Shizuru and Natsuki reading fortunes from fortune cookies whenever they do Chinese takeout). There are also several separate side-stories. All of the Hime and friends get at least one Day in the Limelight chapter, but the series is largely ShizNat centric. Side stories are:
- Recommended by: Sikon
- Status: Dead.
- Synopsis: A prequel set during the previous Carnival 300 years ago, the one with Mashiro.
- Comments: Also available on her LiveJournal, where she first updates.
Whisper from the Forest by Icemera
- Recommended by: phoku, B Meph
- Status: Complete.
- Synopsis: An epic tale set in an alternate universe version of My-Otome.
- Comments: I can't do this masterpiece justice. Great story, great characters.
Mai-HiME: Fresco by Aku-Dono
- Recommended by: Person With Many Aliases
- Status: Complete.
- Synopsis: AU. In a world populated by thousands of Hime, Police Officer Yuuchi "Tanuki" Tanaki finds himself transferring desks, and saddled with a certain unruly 13 year old brat who can summon handguns and a giant metal dog strapped down with guns.
- Comments: Don't worry. As the Author continually stipulates, there's no attempt to pair up Natsuki with an OC. What we have rather, is a very well written Police Procedural/Detective story. The meat of course, is Yuuchi and Natsuki's chemistry, as they try to learn how to deal with each other without killing each other.
The Kyoto Hunt/Mai Kisaki by Ange Sinestre
- Recommended by: B Meph
- Status: Unknown.
- Synopsis: A masterful tie-in of Mai-HiME and Mai-Otome, purporting to explain how the first world could have led to the second. The first story is set after Mai-HiME and gives an "origin" story for the Mai-Otome Robe setup. The second story is between Otome and Zwei, and deals with what happened to Earth while all of the Otome stuff went on on Earl.
- Comments: Like I said, masterful — be warned; after reading these stories, you may have to keep reminding yourself that they are not canon. Unfortunately, the author has declared herself to be fanfic-retired, and has sadly deleted these stories, if anyone knows of an alternate location to find them please post it here.
Revolutions by Jen-chan-shaw
- Recommended by: spartenx, Dame-Amaryllis
- Crossover with: Destiny of the Shrine Maiden and Revolutionary Girl Utena.
- Status: Complete.
- Synopsis: "Did you hear? Did you hear? Have you heard the news?" The Hime and Miko are caught again in the eternal struggles between the Prince, the Demon, and the Obsidian Lord. Bonds of love and friendship are forged and tested between the casts of MaiHime, KannaMiko and Utena.
Unlimited Food Porn by John Biles
- Recommended by: Nick Peck
- Crossover with: Sailor Moon and Fate/stay night.
- Status: Complete.
- Synopsis: Fate/Stay Night, Sailor Moon, and Mai Hime collide. Usagi is a perfectly normal girl who doesn't remember rewriting history AT ALL until she becomes involved in the Fifth Grail War, when all the alterations made to history by too many heroines come home to roost...
Windows of the Soul by Lestaki
- Recommended by: Axel White, B Meph
- Status: Complete.
- Synopsis: An unforgivable crime leaves an immeasurable distance. And even if you offer forgiveness freely, it may not be accepted.
- Pairing: Shizuru/Natsuki
- Comments: An intriguingly psychological look into the relationship between Shizuru and Natsuki set post-My-HiME. Very good, long (400,000+ words) and complete.
Inter Nos by ethnewinter
- Recommended by: Wrinkly Ninja, chocolatewolf
- Status: Dormant. (Last updated: July 20th, 2018)
- Synopsis: The MaiHime/-Otome characters in a universe fashioned after the world of Ancient Rome.
- Pairing: Shizuru/Natsuki
- Comments: Quite simply a masterpiece. While predominately based around a few of the My-HiME characters, it also imports a few from other anime such as Maria Watches Over Us. The author doesn't just use the characters as they are represented, however, but strips them down to their essence and rebuilds them so that they are entirely recognisable but fit perfectly with the world in which they are placed. The language is complex, and can be difficult to read, but with an epic plot, sublime writing, vivid characterisation and heartbreaking emotional investment, it might just be one of the best things you ever read.
- chocolatewolf: Agreed, this work is simply amazing. Like Wrinkly Ninja said up there, the author masterfully takes the characters dear to us and places them into the world of Ancient Rome where they, surprisingly, fit well. The plot keeps you on the edge of your seat, begging for more. The rhetoric can be sometimes difficult and complicated, but the author provides notes so that readers can understand the text better.
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- Recommended by: fruitstripegum
- Status: Complete.
- Synopsis: Shizuru Fujino is feeling unloved/unappreciated. After a chance encounter with a wish granting Goddess, Shizuru wishes Natsuki was the PERFECT girlfriend! Will Shizuru fall for the dashing Natsuki Kruger? Or will her heart always belong to Natsuki Kuga?
- Pairing: Shizuru/Natsuki
