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Maria-sama ga Miteru (マリア様がみてる, lit. "Maria Watches Over Us"), often shortened to Marimite (マリみて) is a light novel series by Oyuki Konno.

The story is about a group of teenage girls attending the Catholic Lillian Girls' Academy in Tokyo, Japan, and focuses on the lives and close relationships of the school's student council, known as the Yamayuri Council. It is broken up into 3 families, Chinensis (Red Rose), Gigantea (Yellow Rose) and Foetida (White Rose), each headed by a senior Lady Rose (or Rosa). A Rosa has a junior student as their younger sister or petite sœur called an en bouton who in turn may have a younger sister of their own known as an en bouton petite sœur.

Often the story is focused on the developing relationship of the Chinensis Family couple Sachiko Ogasawara and her en bouton (en bouton petite sœur in Season 1) Yumi Fukuzawa.

The light novels have been adapted into a manga and a 4-season anime (season 3 being a 5-episode OVA). A spinoff special called Maria-sama ni wa Naisho (マリア様にはないしょ。, lit. "Don't Tell Mother Maria") is a series of small humourous "outtakes" in a "chibi" style that often inflates key character traits such as Kanako's size or Sei's teasing of Yumi.

See also:

• Maria-sama ga Miteru on Wikipedia
• Maria-sama ga Miteru (light novel) on Anime News Network