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 students. Now Sachiko has offered to be Yumi's soeur, her "sister" and guide for all her years at the academy. The whole idea has Yumi completely flustered—after all, they hardly know each other!
The entire campus is abuzz with rumors about the two of them, but Yumi is conflicted over accepting Sachiko's offer. While she admires Sachiko, being her soeur would also mean constantly being at the center of the entire school's attention!
Maria Watches Over Us has finished airing and it has 13 Episodes. It is also Known as: マリア様がみてる, MariMite, La Vierge Marie Vous Regarde, The Virgin Mary is Watching You
Genres: Earth , Coming Of Age , High School , All Girls School , School Life , Japan , Slice of Life , Asia , Present , Shoujo Ai , Romance
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Top 5 Anime Like Maria Watches Over Us (Maria-sama ga Miteru) [2026 List]
- 5. Maria†Holic Alive
- 4. Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san
- 3. Aoi Hana
- 2. Yuyushiki
- 1. Maria†Holic
5. Maria†Holic Alive
Miyamae Kanako, a high school girl, who is allergic to boys, enrolls in an all-girls school, hoping to find a female romantic partner. However, her ideal candidate, Shidou Mariya, turns out to be a mischievous cross-dressing boy, who together with his sarcastic maid Shinouji Matsurika, give Kanako really difficult times.
Time passes and Kanako still fantasizes about her ideal female romantic partner(s), to no avail, alas. Living in the same room at the dormitory Mariya and his outspoken maid keep on challenging Kanako's sense of reality on a daily basis.
Maria†Holic Alive has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: まりあ†ほりっく あらいぶ, Maria+Holic 2, Maria Holic 2, MariaHolic 2
4. Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san
The story revolves around Nekoyama Suzu, a timid, shy tsundere girl who loves dogs, and Inugami Yachiyo, a super masochistic, air-headed, friendly girl who loves cats. One day, after a fateful meeting, the two find themselves attracted to each other. In response to Inugami's instinctive approaches, Nekoyama is always bashful. Their friend Aki has to work hard to make jabs at some of the situations of the two, and also to stop Inugami from going berserk.
Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: 犬神さんと猫山さん, Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san
3. Aoi Hana
Fumi and Akira were close childhood friends until Fumi had to move away. Ten years after losing touch with each other, the two girls meet again as high school freshmen. The two struggle to reconnect after so much has changed, and both deal with the trials and tribulations of high school — sometimes independently and sometimes with each other’s help.
Sweet Blue Flowers has finished airing and it has 11 Episodes. It is also Known as: 青い花, Aoihana , , Blue Flower
2. Yuyushiki
The story follows the school life of the three girls, Yuzuko, Yukari, and Yui, who join their high school's Data Processing Club. The odd friendship between the three make for wacky humor in even the most mundane of events.
Yuyushiki has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: ゆゆ式, Yuyu-shiki
1. Maria†Holic
In search of true love, Kanako Miyamae transfers to Ame no Kisaki Catholic school, inspired by how her parents fell in love with each other there. There is just one difference, though: because men make Kanako break into hives, she has actually come to the all-girls school to find a partner of the same sex.
When she meets the beautiful Mariya Shidou, Kanako believes she has found that special someone; however, there's more to Mariya than meets the eye—it turns out that Kanako's first love is actually a cross-dressing boy. Mariya threatens to expose Kanako's impure intentions unless she keeps his real gender a secret, and to make things worse, he also replaces her original roommate so that he can now keep a close eye on her.Maria†Holic follows Kanako as she looks for love in all the wrong places and searches for the girl of her dreams—that is, if she can survive being Mariya's roommate!
Maria†Holic has finished airing and it has 12 Episodes. It is also Known as: まりあ†ほりっく, Maria+Holic, MariaHolic