Review of Maria Watches Over Us

One of my favorite series so far! I started with the anime, I also enjoy the manga version which is funnier and more detailed since it kept a lot more things from the original novels. DramaCDs have been made and I love them. My review might resembles the one Impertubable wrote, because I had a similar experience with the show. I admit that upon watching the first episode, what made me watch on was the animation quality, the beauty of the art/backgrounds, the charisma of the Yamayurikai members, and....... the omnipresent keigo (japanese very formal and difficult to master polite speech). Other than that, everything was too fastto understand the explanations, but it's a common thing in recent animes these years. You just sit down and remember the important scenes, understanding the world comes after, and with the following episodes. You don't try to get everything in the first episode,though everything necessary has been said.

But it became quite interesting and by the second season, I got addicted to it!

The psychology who's not always easily comprehensible on the first watch is indeed very well built, and as you proceed to the second season and watch it a bit, you feel like rewatching the first, and then! This is where all the beauty of it comes striking you! You've grown to know the characters, how they think, how they feel, their past, and all that seemed random and rushed in decisions becomes very clear.

This is a truly impressive show.