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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 120. Chapters: Maria-sama ga Miteru, Kiddy Girl-and, Strawberry Panic!, Simoun, Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru, Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl, Kannazuki no Miko, List of Maria-sama ga Miteru light novels, Shattered Angels, Devil Lady, Sasameki Koto, Venus Versus Virus, Hayate X Blade, Yami to Boshi to Hon no Tabibito, Aoi Hana, Kanamemo, Mnemosyne, Maria Holic, Blue Drop, Air Master, Burst Angel, Fight! Iczer One, Stray Little Devil, Miyuki-chan in Wonderland, Puni Puni Poemy, Oniisama e..., Candy Boy, Angel Blade, Shojo Sect, List of Strawberry Panic! short stories, Seraphim Call, Sukeban Deka, Re: Cutie Honey, Steel Angel Kurumi 2, El Cazador de la Bruja, Aoi Shiro, Read or Dream, 12 Days, Dream Hunter Rem, Penguin Musume, Plastic Little, Avenger, Hen, Battle Athletes Victory, Class S, Girl Friends, Claudine...!, Rakka Ryusui, ICE, Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, The Sword of Paros, Chirality, Sono Hanabira ni Kuchizuke wo, Akai Ito, Sakura no Sono, Tetragrammaton Labyrinth, Rica 'tte Kanji!?, Maka-Maka, Strawberry Shake Sweet, The Last Uniform, Lemon People, Pietà, Yuri Shimai, Yuricon, Shiroi Heya no Futari, Hana no Asuka-gumi!, First Love Sisters, Voiceful, Steady Beat, Weather Report Girl, Love My Life, Kotonoha no Miko to Kotodama no Majo to, Ragnarock City, Comic Yuri Hime, Manga Burikko, Haiyoru! Nyaruani, Broken Angels, Iono-sama Fanatics, Love Vibes, Kuttsukiboshi, Anata to Scandal, Akatsuki-iro no Senpuku Majo, Choir!, Comic Yuri Hime S, Girls' Revolution, Blue Friend, Girls' Life, Yuri Seijin Naoko-san. Excerpt: Maria-sama ga Miteru , lit. The Virgin Mary is Watching or Maria Watches Over Us), often shortened to Marimite ), is a series of Japanese light novels written by Oyuki Konno and illustrated by Reine Hibiki. The series focuses on a group of teenage girls attending Lillian Catholic school for girls in Tokyo, Japan. Its storyline largely revolves around the lives and close relationships of the school's student council known as the Yamayuri Council. Maria-sama ga Miteru is considered representative of yuri novels. The series began as a short story in the February 1997 issue of Cobalt, a shojo fiction magazine published by Shueisha. The first light novel was published by Shueisha on April 24, 1998, and as of December 2010 the series has grown to 38 volumes. Shueisha has also produced manga and drama CD adaptations; as of 2009 the latter is still ongoing. Between January 2004 and March 2009 the series was adapted into a four-season anime produced by Studio Deen. The Right Stuf International has licensed all four seasons through its production arm Nozomi Entertainment, and is releasing them in North America under the title Maria Watches Over Us. It has also been adapted into a live-action film that was released in Japan on November 6, 2010. Maria-sama ga Miteru's story revolves around the students of the Lillian Girls' Academy (a Catholic school), and can be considered character-driven, focusing on interactions between the characters rather than any sort of ongoing plot or goal to attain. At Lillian Girls' School, there is a tradition known as the soeur system (soeur being French for "sister"), in which a second, or third-year student, the grande soeur ("big sister"), will give her rosary to a first-year student, the petite soeur ("little sister"), and promise to look after them and guide them. When the story begins, Yumi Fukuzawa, a first-year student at Lillian, is praying in front of the Virgin Mary statue...