(L) Maria†holic

[NeoSam]

The seinen manga MARIA†HOLIC by Endou Minari will be getting animated.

まりあ†ほりっく
MARIA†HOLIC

Official anime site:
http://www.mariaholic.com/

The manga is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Comic Alive.
Currently there are 4 volumes released of this manga.
Covers:

Spoiler:

Mangaka: Endou Minari

Genre: Seinen, Comedy, Romance

[Chaos2Frozen]

I've seen this manga around, but never bought it... Anybody knows what it's about?

[Westlo]

Neosam said this about it in the new anime thread when it was just a rumor.

Originally Posted by Neosam

A love comedy manga between two females, Yay, though one of them is a boy thats disguising himself as a female (LOL). Not only that, he's also sadistic >.<

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...postcount=2150

Anyway looking forward to this... guess this means Shina Dark is pushed back even more... sigh.

[NeoSam]

I didn't read the manga too, but I know that its a love comedy manga between two females, when one of them is not really a female (a boy disguising himself as a female).

Edit:
ooh Westlo quoted me before I posted LOL

[Chaos2Frozen]

Well now, that's VERY interesting...

Maybe I should buy the manga just to see... I'm pretty sure despite that one little fact, it's probably not the same as Otome wa boku ni koishiteru

[Shiroth]

A sadistic crossdresser? I'm so there. I'm quite curious about the art, 'cause it looks like has progressed quite a bit since Hatenko Yuugi. wouldn't mind seeing more of this, so it's time to see what i can find.

Edit: Ah, so it's going to be directed by Shinbo and of course a SHAFT Production. I'm looking even more forward to this, though i must check out the manga first.

[Midonin]

The premise is interesting enough, so I'm in for this one.

[Kuroi Cosmo]

Afaik it's more like a comedy than a romantic comedy, since there is not a romantic interest between the main girl and the crossdressing boy.
The most recurring gag is the main girl (who's lesbian) having nosebleeds caused by her female classmates (it's a girls' school) and sometimes also by the guy only because he looks like a beautiful girl.
On the other side, the boy is a sadic, so he likes to torment her.

[Meirin]

Ooh.. I just discovered Chinese scanlations of the manga earlier today. Good timing.

Production by SHAFT makes this series exciting and who can say no to sadistic traps?

[darkchibi07]

I wonder how many yuri tropes and references Shinbo is going to pack in this series.

[Utau]

Ah, another promising title to look forward to (i wonder when i'll stop saying that ). I remember my cousin mentioning that he bought vol.1 some time ago but never had the chance to ask about it until they left D: i'll prolly just check some scanlations while waiting for this and Kannagi and SHINA DARK.

looking forward to their respective seiyuus.


P.S. I dunno who the guy in disguise is but the one wearing the maid-fuku is win

[Shiroth]

I just read the first three chapters of the manga, and i really enjoyed it. As expected, it's pretty funny, though i do wonder if romance would play a part in the story at some point. At the beginning it just used in the humor, though i've seen in the past how that can change pretty quickly.

Kanako is adorable. That's all you really need to say about her at the beginning. I don't think i've ever come across such an adorable lesbian. If they choose the drama CD cast, then i can already imagine the voice Hirano will use for her. Nothing against Hirano, though i'd rather see someone else play her.

Now onto the main event, oh god Mariya. I didn't think she was going to be that evil, though in a way (because i like sadistic), it comes across as being rather cute. It's not the same kind of sadistic jokes over and over, so it's nothing that gets old.

Going to be very interesting to see how Shinbo will handle this show.

[Cat Megex]

*goes to check out the manga*

EDIT: *eye twitches* ...can't find any translations for it. Guess I'll just have to wait for the anime to come out next year, then.

[Shana]

Now this is interesting I must read the manga (or just see it xD) NOW! yuri + trap + girls' school + SHAFT = Epic combo!

Now I can't wait until they reveal the seiyuus or the release date >_<

[Verist]

I read about this on another site, seems promising

[herbert]

Originally Posted by Kuroi Cosmo

Afaik it's more like a comedy than a romantic comedy, since there is not a romantic interest between the main girl and the crossdressing boy.
The most recurring gag is the main girl (who's lesbian) having nosebleeds caused by her female classmates (it's a girls' school) and sometimes also by the guy only because he looks like a beautiful girl.
On the other side, the boy is a sadic, so he likes to torment her.

It can be. I remember once or twice Kanako reacts as if she really cares about that trap and she wonders why. But the biggest obstacle for that relation, as you know, is not sadism or lesbianism but

Spoiler:

Kanako's allergic reaction towards guys since it happens not to be a mental disorder.

Somehow, I want Kanako gets the

Spoiler:

reverse-trap. I think it's a perfect match. She is beautiful enough and has male phobia, it's would be easy to drag her into yuri-world. I really want to see what is on Mariya's face when Kanako gets his twin sister.

Originally Posted by Anzu

P.S. I dunno who the guy in disguise is but the one wearing the maid-fuku is win

Spoiler:

The girl as cover character of vol.1 is the trap; the maid on vol.2 is the trap's maid (who declaims to be 100% tsuntsun and 0% deredere); the girl on vol.3 is an insensitive classmate of Kanako.

It seems after all complants at end of vol.2, Kanako still yet to get on a cover. Poor girl

[Kuroi Cosmo]

Originally Posted by herbert

Somehow, I want Kanako gets the

Spoiler:

reverse-trap. I think it's a perfect match. She is beautiful enough and has male phobia, it's would be easy to drag her into yuri-world. I really want to see what is on Mariya's face when Kanako gets his twin sister.

Spoiler:

Yeah, that would be a great ending

What I fear, however, it's the predictable ending where Kanako overcomes her ostility towards the males, becomes normal, and ends up with the guy... because we all know that lesbianism is a disease and must be cured, right?

[Utau]

Originally Posted by herbert

Spoiler:

The girl as cover character of vol.1 is the trap; the maid on vol.2 is the trap's maid (who declaims to be 100% tsuntsun and 0% deredere); the girl on vol.3 is an insensitive classmate of Kanako.

It seems after all complants at end of vol.2, Kanako still yet to get on a cover. Poor girl

Ah- I manage to somehow avoid picking the trap unlike in Otoboku Thanks.

Anyhow, seems this Kanako is the main heroine? Gwah... the trap fooled me in the after all


got to read, got to read

[Shiroth]

Originally Posted by herbert

It seems after all complants at end of vol.2, Kanako still yet to get on a cover. Poor girl

At this rate, i just think she'll appear on the last volume. Strange that she didn't at least appear on the second, so that's why i say that.

Originally Posted by Kuroi Cosmo

Spoiler:

What I fear, however, it's the predictable ending where Kanako overcomes her ostility towards the males, becomes normal, and ends up with the guy... because we all know that lesbianism is a disease and must be cured, right?

Spoiler for Speculation:

If we do see that type of ending, it won't have anything to do with curing something like that, it's just the kind of ending you'd expect from this type of ending. It would be sweet to see, you know both character's feeling turning to each other as the story progresses, though it's not something i think i'd want to see from this series.

I don't think that's the type of ending we'll see though, even if it looks obvious it will be that way. I'd like to think the mangaka would be smarter then that, and do something different for a change.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Shiroth

Spoiler for Speculation:

If we do see that type of ending, it won't have anything to do with curing something like that, it's just the kind of ending you'd expect from this type of ending. It would be sweet to see, you know both character's feeling turning to each other as the story progresses, though it's not something i think i'd want to see from this series.

I don't think that's the type of ending we'll see though, even if it looks obvious it will be that way. I'd like to think the mangaka would be smarter then that, and do something different for a change.

Actually, I feel the opposite. I don't mind that sort of happy ending as long as the journey that got there is a wonderful tale.

Still, it really all depends on what kind of story the creator is going for