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34. Maria Watches Over Us
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Been a long time since I watched Marimite. This ones kinda unique among list entries, since I actually went and read the entire LN series in Japanese too all 39 volumes. Its an easy read, but it was still something of an undertaking. Regardless, I wouldnt have done that if I didnt enjoy the series! The quality fluctuates a bit between seasons, but its mostly good stuff. Yumi is a great protagonist, and seeing her development is one of the highlights of the series. The rest of the main cast is all very good too, though I dont think the third year girls (other than Sei) were particularly compelling. Sei herself was great, at least. The new girls are really good too. I wasnt super fond of Touko at first, but her development is right up there with Yumis. And Kanako was just awesome (I watched a few of the comedy shorts, which were mostly mediocre, but the ones with giant Kanako were great). Its nice seeing all the developing drama across the series, running into and solving all these little problems. The character interactions are just plain good. I feel like Ive never really seen something else like Marimite, for whatever reason. Or maybe I have, and it just didnt seem similar since it wasnt as good? I dunno. Its a little sad we didnt get an adaptation of the final parts of the story, since there wasnt much left that takes place after S4 (a lot of the books are side stories and flashbacks), but S4s conclusion was excellent regardless. Its disappointing there isnt much for actual yuri in this (the one couple we did get was presented in sort of a negative way, too), but it worked for the series regardless.
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