Mai-HiME

My-HiME
舞-HiME
Dancing Princess
My Princess
Princess Mai

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Synopsis

Yuuichi Tate is overjoyed: He gets to go to a brand new high school. Of course, then he just happens to find out the school he choose is under frequent attack by strange creatures called ''Orphans'', and the school set up a special task force of female members called ''HiME''s, using various elements as their powers, to battle these invaders. That's not all, though. Each member of the HiME task force has their own, unique ''Key'', another person whom, upon being discovered, can team up with the HiME to create a ''Child'', a combative unit specifically needed to effectively battle these Orphans. And with Yuuichi's luck, he just happens to find out he's not just the ''Key'' for one of the HiMEs, but for two... Two highly competitive, rival schoolgirls. And that's only the start of the trouble. (Source: Tokyopop)

Publication notes

Mai-HiME was published in English as My-Hime by Tokyopop from November 2006 to January 2008.

Published

Nov 11, 2004 to Jul 7, 2005

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Adaptation

Mai-HiME (anime)

Alternative Version

Alternative Setting

Mai-HiME Destiny

Main characters

Natsuki Kuga513 fan favorites
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Kuga Natsuki DOB: 8/15 Blood Type: A Height: 160cm Weight: 47kg B/W/H: 82/57/83 Child: Duran Star sign: Leo Natsuki is typically portrayed as a serious, rational blue-haired female, as a foil to the lighthearted Mai Tokiha. Natsuki's beauty is the target of several jokes, usually involving her becoming embarrassed in a situation. She usually has Shizuru Fujino as a close friend. Natsuki always uses some type of gun as her weapon and she is usually associated with wolves, silver and the element ice. She also has a habit of flicking her hair with her right hand. Running gags include her hobby of collecting lingerie, her fondness of mayonnaise, and her tendency to become irritated easily.
Mai Tokiha246 fan favorites
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Birthday: July 22 Height: 157 cm Weight: 46 kg Blood type: O Vital Stat: B/W/H - 87/56/83 Child: Kagutsuchi Star sign: Cancer Mai is a transfer student and new to the Fuuka Academy. Ever since mother died, the main heroine has been taking care of her younger brother Takumi who is suffering from a heart condition, as a promise to her mother. Her child is named Kagutsuchi, a flaming dragon with sword in the middle of its head. When involved into battles, both of them can control fire and use it for a number of attacks. Mai hates to burden others with her troubles and therefore always tries to smile, hiding her own anxiety from her friends as well as from her brother.
Mikoto Minagi122 fan favorites
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Birthday: November 4 Blood Type: B Height: 147cm Weight: 37kg Three sizes: 65/54/74 Child: Miroku Star sign: Scorpio A middle school student of questionable origin who was pulled from the sea by a passing ferry. She is quite attached to Mai, though her purpose for going to Fuuka Academy is to search for her brother. Her Element is a large jet-black claymore called Miroku, which responds to her calling whenever she is not near it. Miroku possesses several special powers including the ability to cut through almost any object, such as cruise ships without needing to be physically swung and the ability to summon energy blasts. When it uses these powers, glowing red eye-shaped markings appear on the blade. It is initially assumed that the sword itself is her Child, but her Child is later revealed to be a monstrous ogre-like creature which wields a gigantic spiked club, this also bears the name Miroku. This Child is called the protector of the Obsidian Lord and apparently seems to be under his control rather than Mikoto's (this is shown when Miroku made a vain attempt to stop Kagutsuchi's attack from destroying the Obsidian Lord). Mikoto during the first few episodes behaves as though she was raised by cats (In My-Otome she is referred as the "Cat Goddess").
Yuuichi Tate13 fan favorites
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Birthday: November 16 Yuuichi is a member of the Fuuka Academy Student Council. He first appears in Episode One on the same ferry that Mai Tokiha is taking and the two quickly form bad impressions of each other. Shiho Munakata calls him her older brother even though they are not related by blood. He works with the Student Council doing odd jobs for them (prompting Mai to label him a "lackey") and sits next to Mai in class. Yuuichi used to be a member of the Fuuka kendo club and regularly made it into the nationals until he was suffered a severe injury to his knee at some point in the past, though the exact circumstances and nature of the injury are never explained in the anime. Masashi Takeda of the kendo club is seen looking sadly at Yuuichi's name card on the wall of the kendo dojo at one point during the anime. Disenchanted, after his injury Yuuchi became a feared delinquent, but Shiho manages to convince him give up his antisocial ways. In the manga, Yuuichi is the protagonist and the one who is the transfer student rather than Mai. He finds out that he is the Key to both Mai and Natsuki, two well-known rivals at the school, exasperating and intensifying their mutual antipathy. Because of his dual Key status, he is often referred to as a 'Perverted Beast' by his classmates. His relationship with Mai is much like the one in the anime, although there are further complications. i.e., Natsuki. Yuuichi was forcefully dismissed from his former school's kendo club after he attempted to stop the sexual assault of Shiho, costing his team the championships because of their disqualification. During the assault, one of the roughnecks pulled a knife out, and gave him a long gash proceeding from his elbow down to his wrist on his left arm. He is extremely sensitive about it, and it is the reason he refuses to join Fuka's club despite team captain Takeda's insistence.