maria+holic

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Um, wow. There’s a foul mouthed meido to boot.

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So Maria+Holic manga seems very intriguing. By this blog’s standards, there really isn’t a lot of brokenness as there is suffering, comedy, and typical harem moments turned completely upside down. It does feel like a twisted version of a genderswapped Haruhi Suzumiya if Man-Haruhi crossdressed and was 100% more evil (and without the gods, espers, time travelers, and aliens, of course).

Kanako: Overwhelmed female lead. She’s like in a typical Ben Stiller role and fulfills the typical male harem role (even is allergic to men like how the male leads of Girls Bravo and Ninomiya-kun are allergic to women). She has a Keima-like catchphrase: “Dear mother in heaven!”

Maria: The cross-dressing guy who is pure evil. I actually think Aya Hirano would be perfect for this role, but alas.

Matsurika: Maria’s meido. Foul-mouthed but obedient. This is what I kinda imagine Izumi to be like if Yoshitaka managed to break her.

(Thanks to sage for finding the translated scans of the first three chapters. Grab ’em here or the mirror.)

42 Responses to “maria+holic”

  1. w00t! Scanlations!

    …Now I just have to wait five hours +- 30 minutes to get home and download the chapters. x_x

  2. (I’m at work at the moment.)

  3. Downloading with greeaat justice!!

  4. Trying again. Knew your interest would piqué with meido and crossdressers.

  5. Thanks for the scans I was looking around for this yesterday and couldnt find it.

  6. THAT’S A GUY?!

  7. first time poster, long-time “broken” lurker. orz. ^^;;

    it seems that this will have an anime adaptation to… done by SHAFT. is dat good or bad? info lifted from

  8. oh, and there seems to be a website already: http://www.mariaholic.com/ but of course it’s in moonspeak… anyone care to translate?

  9. meh, didn’t see the previous post… you can ignore my comments. >_<

  10. Aya Hirano did the voice work for Kanako on the drama CD so she’s at least familiar with the project.

  11. -glomps the scans- BANZAI!

  12. There’s gonna be an anime of this? This might be good…

  13. why do you keep torturing me!!!!!!

  14. “Is this what they call the harem route?”
    Nice to see a lead with their priorities straight.

  15. “Nice to see a lead with their priorities straight”

    I guess you can use the word “straight” within the context of this manga. Wait, maybe our brokenness make us think this as “straight”; otherwise we wouldn’t said that picking a cross-dressing man as her perfect yuri partner as straight.

    Oh lord, Mako-cakes was my doom… but I don’t regret it at all.

  16. So it’s a lesbian and a transvestite trying to outsex each other basically? Sounds like my cup of tea!

  17. err … Ninomiya-kun male lead was not allergic to women, one of the girls had a male phobia .

    I liked this but … I fear this is ends up being 3 translated chapters and then …nothing, I hope that I am wrong but …

  18. Sound like Mako-cakes got a spin off :D and this remind me of W-julient and otome wa boku ni koishiteru but much enjoyable.

  19. “Dear mother in heaven”? Isn’t that also Fujioka Haruhi’s line?

  20. “Dear mother in heaven”? Isn’t that also Fujioka Haruhi’s line?

    And also basically the line of any main character in anime who has a deceased mother.

  21. EDIT: Well, sometimes the person uses a living family member, such as in Nagasarete Airantou, where the main character would refer to his grandfather, who I believe was still alive. (He might not have been, though…still not sure on that.)

  22. this is not spam:

    WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

    gj, now kindly tell us exactly where not to find the scans, preferably raw.

  23. THAT’S A GUY?!

    Miao, stop trolling your readers. Mariya is 100% female.

    01
    02
    03

  24. sage: Yiour ‘evidence’ fails to be convincing. Plus, we have Mariya’s voluntary admission, as well as page 21 of the first chapter as proof.

    Now, report to the doctor to hand in your junk – you obviously don’t need it. ;)

  25. And the hives … Mariya is a BOY, the pages you are linking Sage seem to be from a physical examination so that “Mariya” is a girl.

  26. Now, report to the doctor to hand in your junk

    Whut? Real boobs are junk?

    Good sir, you are beyond broken :-P

  27. I do remember reading something about Mariya having a twin sister, so…..

  28. Dear sirs, all of you in this threat are either broken or well on the way to being broken.

    Also, after a brief perusal of the source material, I was scratching my head a little as well. Maria does say she’s a HE, but some scenes have Maria with boobies too… Then again, if Otome no Boku Koishiteru has taught us ANYTHING is that, uh, photorealistic ‘fake’ honkers are within the realms of manga/anime reality.

  29. Men dressing up as realistic-looking women no longer impress me. Let me know when there’s an anime about a water buffalo that dresses up as a realistic-looking woman. Now that will be an interesting series.

  30. Page 21 shows a flat male-like chest and fake breasts. Therefore, it’s time to have your testicles removed.

    Besides, we need to check out if he has a twin sister or not. Myssa Rei also correctly indicated that fake boobs in manga are able to took rather real.

    Off with your penis, boy. Chop chop!

  31. Ps: if you do have real boobs and are female, Sage, you have my apologies. If you’re male, then your lack of observational skills as well as your inability to read justify your being turned into an eunuch.

  32. “if you do have real boobs and are female, Sage, you have my apologies. If you’re male, then your lack of observational skills as well as your inability to read justify your being turned into an eunuch.”
    what if Sage is a trap then?…

  33. EvilDevil: what if Sage is a trap then?…

    Ok, everyone, all at once, then: Ahem…. “Oh Geass, no!”

  34. EvilDevil: what if Sage is a trap then?

    This is when Jason barges in and goes into his patented ‘there’s no way there’s a penis there. None. I just won’t accept it.” And after that comes the surgery.

  35. Besides, we need to check out if he has a twin sister or not. Myssa Rei also correctly indicated that fake boobs in manga are able to took rather real.

    Off with your penis, boy. Chop chop!

    “There’s no way there’s a penis here. None. I won’t accept it.” … ?

  36. This looks like its definetly going to turn out to be a good laugh. Please keep us somehow updated when more appears!

    You know. I think its a worry when my brain can switch to watch this, then just switch back to something else, without so much as a thought….

  37. You think this manga is broken? Go read No Bra. It’s the natural evolution from Mako-cakes. And I suspect, no, I know each and every one of you will love it. And curse me AND your brokeness afterwards. Just like I cursed Jason after reading it, because, you know, had I read it before knowing of this blog, I would never had gone past the first pages. Oh well…

  38. Ps: if you do have real boobs and are female, Sage, you have my apologies. If you’re male, then your lack of observational skills as well as your inability to read justify your being turned into an eunuch.

    Uh. I was just trolling you. I have been reading it raw for quite a while, actually.

    what if Sage is a trap then?…

    No commento.

  39. *ahem*
    *points to Haess, Myssa, and Maio-sensei*

    THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!

  40. Hedric: You need to point at Jason(-ko) for that. Myssa Rei and I are innocent – he’s the one who broke.

    Okay, okay.. Myssa Rei and RmX are to blame for Kyonko, which broke Jason even further.

  41. “Okay, okay.. Myssa Rei and RmX are to blame for Kyonko, which broke Jason even further.”
    the rooth of all brokeness

  42. I thought Mako-cakes was the root of all recent brokeness.

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