Maria Watches Over Us: Season 1
Maria Watches Over Us is a television series that premiered in 2004. The series is set at the Lillian Girls' Academy, a prestigious all-girls Catholic school in Tokyo. Yumi Fukuzawa, a new student, enters the school and is offered the opportunity to be paired with a soeur, or "sister" and guide, by the popular student Sachiko Ogasawara. The school campus is abuzz with rumors about the two of them. Yumi is conflicted
Season overview
Maria Watches Over Us is a television series that premiered in 2004. The series is set at the Lillian Girls' Academy, a prestigious all-girls Catholic school in Tokyo. Yumi Fukuzawa, a new student, enters the school and is offered the opportunity to be paired with a soeur, or "sister" and guide, by the popular student Sachiko Ogasawara. The school campus is abuzz with rumors about the two of them. Yumi is conflicted over accepting Sachiko's offer, weighing the benefits of being her soeur against the potential drawbacks of constant attention. The series explores the relationships and experiences of the students at the Lillian Girls' Academy.
Episodes
The Troubling Declaration of Sisterhood
Jan 7, 2004 · 24 min
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 p
An Unnerving Duet
Jan 14, 2004 · 24 min
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 vario
The Moon and the Rosary
Jan 21, 2004 · 24 min
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 refus
The Yellow Rose Revolution
Jan 28, 2004 · 24 min
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 re
The Fighting Maidens
Feb 4, 2004 · 24 min
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 o
Rosa Canina
Feb 11, 2004 · 24 min
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
Surprising Chocolate - Part I
Feb 18, 2004 · 24 min
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
Surprising Chocolate - Part II
Feb 25, 2004 · 24 min
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
The Red Card
Mar 3, 2004 · 24 min
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
The Forest of Briars
Mar 10, 2004 · 24 min
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
The White Petals
Mar 17, 2004 · 24 min
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,
The First Date Triangle
Mar 24, 2004 · 24 min
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 posse
Good Day, Dear Sister
Mar 31, 2004 · 24 min
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 r