Alyssa is eager to round up the HiME’s at the Academy before a mysterious initiation begins, and so the SEARRS Foundation calls in its personal army to round up all the females. All of them eventually escape, but apparently this was Alyssa’s intent; now she knows about Yukino, Midori, Nao, and possibly Akira. [...]
At long last, Midori wakes shows up to reveal her brilliant deductions to the rest of the HiMEs. Most of the HiMEs brood for a few seconds, and then turn concerns to the upcoming tamayura matsuri (why don’t any anime series ever feature the kanamara matsuri festival?) festival where everyone can get dressed up [...]
In episode 11, Sister Yukariko was revealed as a rookie HiME, and now it’s clear she’s pretty freaked out by her powers. I guess she isn’t a Legolas fangirl. Meanwhile, Mai gets upset that no one will help her catch the vampire, so Director Mashiro calls Yukino on the HiME hotline, and it [...]
As if the school didn’t have enough problems, now there is supposedly a vampire running around the campus attacking girls and taking their clothes (and biting them, of course). Unsurprisingly, it isn’t really a vampire; it is actually an ORPHAN (note that there are no cat ears on the ORPHAN). While Akira roams [...]
The episode begins oddly enough with a retest for several of the female students in Midori’s class. It’s very “Iron Chef,” but none of the students are particularly good bakers. Meanwhile, it turns out (not surprisingly) that the little “Golden Angel” Alyssa is involved with the SEARRS Foundation’s fight against the HiMEs. [...]
So all that sad stuff with Akane gets brushed off with a rumor at school that she eloped with Kazu (OMFG actually he’s DEAD), and it’s on to the beach episode. Mai’s stuck working again, this time as a lifeguard. In spite of it being a beach episode, there are some plot tidbits [...]
Episode 8 starts innocently enough with some sis-con and fiery hot soup, but quickly turns serious. Mai falls down a hole in the library, dragging Tate, Reito, and Takumi with her. Nagi proclaims that it’s time for Mai to decide what is most important to her, and an ORPHAN attacks Tate and [...]
After a quick shot of a strangely dressed janitor with a pink axe watching some girl seduce a guy in front of a building, episode 6 opens up with Shiho trying to get Tate to rub her chibi-bosom and help out with a wedding at her gramp’s temple. At the restaurant, Sugiura Midori tells [...]
In an oddly slow-paced episode, Mai has an extremely lonely week as she is forced to accept how different she is from everyone. And not just in the HiME sense, either. Taking care of Takumi is a full-time job, and so she has to take a… um… part-time… job. Her lack of [...]
Natsuki has a terrible day once she finally shows up for classes. Apparently a lingerie burglar has been on the loose, and when Natsuki tries to make it through the day going commando, a convenient breeze exposes her in front of pseudo-crush Takeda (note the Kenshin scar). Although Takeda is later framed for [...]
The monstrous bug apparently has a taste for annoying wussy little brothers that only know how to say “Onee-chan,” and Mai’s powers conveniently activate to allow her to wisk Takumi out of the monster’s way. While Nagi spouts some rubbish, Natsuki and Mikoto come to Mai’s aid. Natsuki has Duran distract the bug [...]
Episode 2 opens up with Mai getting grilled by Suzushiro Haruka, executive director, about how she ended up at the school on a burning land glacier. While the girl that Mai saved is still unconscious, Mai goes about her first day at school and befriends Senou Aoi (who likes Takumi) and Harada Chie (gossip [...]
A nice peaceful boat ride to Fuuka Academy goes haywire when frail Tokiha Takumi spots a body floating in the water. They drag the mysterious schoolgirl onto the deck and find she is holding a large sword. The thing seems to have a life of its own though, and plunges back into the [...]
