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The Best Episodes of Maria Watches Over Us

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When Yumi Fukuzawa entered the Lillian Girls' Academy, a prestigious all-girls Catholic school in Tokyo, she never imagined she would catch the eye of beautiful and demure Sachiko Ogasawara, one of the school's most popular

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Maria Watches Over Us Season 3 Episode 3 - A Cool, Refreshing Breeze
    9.0/10(24 votes)

    #1 - A Cool, Refreshing Breeze

    S3:E3

    Hosokawa Kanako, a first year, sees Yumi as the ultimate embodiment of perfection. When preparations for the Hanadera Festival begins, Kanako tries to keep Yumi away from it due to her hatred of men and her fear of having Yumi be corrupted.

    Director:Daisuke Tsukushi
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Maria Watches Over Us Season 3 Episode 4 - Ready, GO
    8.9/10(22 votes)

    #2 - Ready, GO

    S3:E4

    Lillian's School Athletic Festival begins, and Kanako and Yumi make a bet to settle the problems which began between them last episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Maria Watches Over Us Season 3 Episode 2 - Operation OK for Short (Temp)
    8.8/10(23 votes)

    #3 - Operation OK for Short (Temp)

    S3:E2

    Lillian and Hanandera collaborate on a school festival, and Yumi tries to fix Sachiko's hatred for men.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Maria Watches Over Us Season 3 Episode 5 - Ciao Sorella!
    8.6/10(22 votes)

    #4 - Ciao Sorella!

    S3:E5

    The second year students go for a week's study-vacation in Italy. Yumi meets up with Shizuka Kanina while there.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Maria Watches Over Us Season 3 Episode 1 - Vacation of the Lambs
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Vacation of the Lambs

    S3:E1

    Sachiko takes Yumi for a holiday in her summer home. While there, Sachiko's acquaintances make trouble for them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 1 - The Troubling Declaration of Sisterhood
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #6 - The Troubling Declaration of Sisterhood

    S1:E1

    Fukazawa Yumi's tie is fixed by Ogasawara Sachiko, her idol and the school's star, setting off a chain of events which would throw the shy and ordinary girl into the world of the prestigious student council. After Yumi walks in on Sachiko arguing with the Yamayuri Council over the school play they will be performing, Sachiko suddenly asks Yumi to be her petite soeur in an attempt to force her way out of the lead role.

    Director:Yukihiro Matsushita
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 2 - An Unnerving Duet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #7 - An Unnerving Duet

    S1:E2

    Yumi is hounded by the school newspaper for a report on why she turned down Sachiko and endures dance lessons with the Yamayuri Council and a piano duet with Sachiko. Through various people, Yumi learns more about Sachiko and Suguru Kashiwagi, the one who will be playing the Prince in the Cinderella play.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 3 - The Moon and the Rosary
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #8 - The Moon and the Rosary

    S1:E3

    Yumi finally meets Kashiwagi when he comes to Lillian for the dress rehearsal, and learns a shocking secret about his relationship with Sachiko. Sachiko's true reason for her refusal to play the lead role is understood, making the bond between her and Yumi truly genuine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 4 - The Yellow Rose Revolution
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #9 - The Yellow Rose Revolution

    S1:E4

    The rest of the Yamayuri Council find out that Yumi finally accepted Sachiko's rosary. Meanwhile, Shimazu Yoshino and Hasekura Rei are voted the school's best sœurs due to their respective girly and bishonen appearances, but Yumi talks to Yoshino and finds out that there's more to the pair than meets the eye and that the relationship between the two is far from perfect.

    Director:Tomoko Hiramuki
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 5 - The Fighting Maidens
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Fighting Maidens

    S1:E5

    While Rei is reeling over Yoshino's shocking announcement, the bulk of the school copies them by breaking their soeur relationships too. Tori Eriko, Rei's soeur, isn't even aware of the problem due to her odd behavior and suspiscious absence from school. Yumi goes to the hospital to talk with Yoshino, and learns the true nature of the Yellow Rose soeurs. Yoshino tells her all about her plan to make Rei a stronger person.

    Director:Makoto Sokuza
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 6 - Rosa Canina
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Rosa Canina

    S1:E6

    A second-year student calling herself Rosa Canina runs against the en boutons in the Yamayuri Council elections with murky intentions. Todo Shimako hesistates to run at all due to her first-year staus and her reluctance over taking a leading council position until a talk with Rosa Canina forces her to make a decision. Yumi confronts Sato Sei, Shimako's soeur, over her refusal to encourage Shimako to run, and learns more about the relationships between older and younger soeurs and how to best support Sachiko.

    Director:Daisuke Tsukushi
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 7 - Surprising Chocolate - Part I
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Surprising Chocolate - Part I

    S1:E7

    For Valentine's Day, the Lillian Newspaper Club organizes a treasure hunt in which the winners would get half-day dates with the en boutons. Yumi agonizes over what to get Sachiko for Valentine's Day, resulting in a spectacular misunderstanding between the two of them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 8 - Surprising Chocolate - Part II
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Surprising Chocolate - Part II

    S1:E8

    After a crying Yumi runs away from Sachiko's confrontation, Sei reveals the secret reason behind Sachiko's distress. The treasure hunt takes place with surprising results. and Yumi makes up with Sachiko in her own unique way.

    Director:Tomoko Hiramuki
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 9 - The Red Card
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - The Red Card

    S1:E9

    Uzawa Mifuyu narrates her past as Sachiko's desperate admirer and her reasoning behind her decision to not claim the treasure hunt's prize. She finally acknowledges that Yumi is a better match for Sachiko than her, and quietly slips out of their lives and the series.

    Director:Makoto Sokuza
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 10 - The Forest of Briars
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Forest of Briars

    S1:E10

    A tragic lesbian romance novel causes a scandal at Lillian because the author is rumored to be none other than Sei. This prompts Sei to tell Yumi and Yoshino about her past with a girl named Kubo Shiori.

    Director:Daisuke Tsukushi
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 11 - The White Petals
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The White Petals

    S1:E11

    A flashback from a year ago tells the story of an angry, silently-suffering Sei, who is saved from her alienation by a girl called Kubo Shiori. The two of them begin a passionate, all-consuming romance, but Shiori's secret plans for the future shatter Sei's heart.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 12 - The First Date Triangle
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The First Date Triangle

    S1:E12

    The day of the Boutons' dates arrive, and each pair has their problems. Yumi worries over where to take someone of Sachiko's stature, Yoshino follows Rei's date around in her possessive jealousy, and Shimako braces herself for spending a day with her rival, Rosa Canina. Meanwhile, Tsukiyama Minako, the head of the Newspaper Club, and Takeshima Tsutako, the school's ace photographer, try their best to get the scoop on the dates, but they comically fail to track any of them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Maria Watches Over Us Season 1 Episode 13 - Good Day, Dear Sister
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Good Day, Dear Sister

    S1:E13

    Tsutako and Minako's papparazzi-like plans wear them out while Shimako comes to an understanding with both Sei and Rosa Canina. The dates ultimately strengthen Yumi and Yoshino's relationship with their soeurs and reaffirm the place they stand in their older sister's lives.

    Director:Makoto Sokuza
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Maria Watches Over Us Season 2 Episode 1 - Upon the Long Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Upon the Long Night

    S2:E1

    Sei takes Yumi to visit Sachiko's house on New Year's Day where the Yamayuri Council have a party. All the major characters are reintroduced, and with the start of the New Year, Yumi looks happily forward to spring.

    Director:Tomoko Hiramuki
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Maria Watches Over Us Season 2 Episode 2 - The Yellow Rose at Full Tilt
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Yellow Rose at Full Tilt

    S2:E2

    A series of photographs implicate Eriko in enjo kosai, or compensated dating, while Eriko's behavior becomes even more erratic and strange than usual. As it turns out, Eriko does have a secret, but its far from what she has been accused of.

    Director:Daisuke Tsukushi
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Maria Watches Over Us Season 2 Episode 3 - Most Dreadfully Busy Days
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Most Dreadfully Busy Days

    S2:E3

    In their midst of their graduation preparations for the third-years, the en boutons forget to organize a farewell party for the Rosas. To make it worst, Yumi finds out at the last moment that the en bouton petite soeurs must also put on a performance, and collapses from the pressure of all her various duties.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Maria Watches Over Us Season 2 Episode 4 - Will
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Will

    S2:E4

    In the days before graduation, Rosa Chinesis and Rosa Foetida leave their parting words to their petite soeurs and grande-soeurs. Yumi begins to worry why Rosa Gigantea hasn't done the same. She swears to Sei she'd look after Shimako and promises to do anything as her final request, and Sei's answer leads to a surprisingly sweet moment and a revelation about her future.

    Director:Makoto Sokuza
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Maria Watches Over Us Season 2 Episode 5 - The Years That Flew By
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Years That Flew By

    S2:E5

    Graduation day arrives. As the rest of the Yamayuri Council struggle with conflicting emotions, the Rosas reflect on their lives and the memories which shaped them.

    Director:Tomoko Hiramuki
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Maria Watches Over Us Season 2 Episode 6 - Brought Together by Just One Hand
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Brought Together by Just One Hand

    S2:E6

    With graduation's onset, Sei and Shimako remember the events which led them to become soeurs in spite of their many complex obstacles and reservations. The two of them ultimately form a deep and healthy relationship without becoming codependent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Maria Watches Over Us Season 2 Episode 7 - Cherry Blossoms
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Cherry Blossoms

    S2:E7

    Shimako falls into a depression after Sei graduates and cannot bear the weight of her secret alone. But a chance meeting with the down-to-earth Nijo Noriko gives her a new friend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Cool, Refreshing Breeze" is the best rated episode of "Maria Watches Over Us". It scored 9/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Daisuke Tsukushi and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/28/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ready, GO".