The BEST episodes of Mai-Otome

#1 - Masquerade Ball?

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/23/2005

Arika impersonates the missing Mashiro and meets the foreign prince Takumi, while Nina pretends to be Arika. Meanwhile, Mashiro takes the name of Nina and ends up in the slums of Windbloom, where she meets a foreign boy.

#2 - Azure dance / Thoughts, When They Scatter

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/2/2006

With hostile forces invading the capital of Windbloom, all Otomes are summoned into battle. But an enemy plan causes the source of the Otome technology to shut down, and Arika finds herself fighting against her dearest friends.

#3 - Whiteout

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/9/2006

Three days after the disastrous raid against Windbloom, Mashiro is forced to join refugees fleeing from their homeland. Nina now serves as the Meister Otome of Nagi. Getting to know her exiled people better, Mashiro learns the painful truth about her leadership qualities.

#4 - For Your Sake...

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/2006

While plans to liberate Windbloom are underway, Sergay puts his life on the line in order to protect Nina and destroy the source of the power of the Slaves and Valkyries.

#5 - Maiden of the Azure Sky

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/30/2006

Nina operates the Harmonium in order to save the fatally wounded Sergay. Meanwhile, Operation Liberate Windbloom is put into full action, with rival armies squaring off against each other and the Otome attempting to gain their powers back.

#6 - Dream☆Wing ~ Dream's Whereabouts

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/30/2006

The Otomes face off against Nagi and the power of the Harmonium, and Arika comes into conflict with Nina in a final battle.

#7 - Connecting Dreams

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/24/2007

Leaving her past behind, Nina regains the powers of an Otome to help Arika in the final face off against the mysterious entity. The other Otomes aid by trying to stop Childs that have spawned across the world.

#8 - The Blue Dance / Oath of the Maiden

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/2005

While helping with the reconstruction of the royal palace, Arika hears a rumor about Mashiro. Arika and Mashiro find a mysterious machine beneath the castle.

#9 - A Hurricane Blowing Through the Garden of Maidens!?

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2005

Deeply impressed after witnessing the power of Meister Otome Shizuru Viola, Arika is more determined than ever to become a real Otome and attend the school of Garderobe. However, before her wish can become reality, certain conditions must be met.

#10 - It's a Promise

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/26/2006

Arika, Nina and Erstin all promise to become Meister Otomes together. However, Nagi de Artai and Schwarz begin a coup against Windbloom and Garderobe.

#11 - That's the Great Crisis of a Maiden

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2005

Garderobe, Aries, Windbloom, and Artai move to rescue the two lost Coral students, as a mysterious group, Aswad, moves through the area.

#12 - 17 Year-Old of Fate

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/2006

Mashiro wakes up in the village of Aswad and is reunited with Arika. Elsewhere, Natsuki and Nao make their way toward the Republic of Aries in order to request help.

#13 - Don't Call Me Nina

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/2006

Being distanced from her old friends, Nina is drawn ever more closer to her foster-father Sergay. Natsuki's request for aid is turned down in Aries, so she's forced to seek help from Cardair, where the king has just sent his Otome to claim valuable data from the village of Aswad.

#14 - When The White Princess Awakens

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/2/2006

Nagi discovers that the true heir to the throne might be Nina. Mashiro feels compassion for her exiled people and asks Aswad to take them in. Sergay forms a plan to capture Mashiro with the assistance of the Valkyrie unit.

#15 - The Song of Destruction

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/9/2006

Aswad attacks Cardair in retribution for their betrayal. Back at the village, Sergay and the Valkyries arrive to take Mashiro and Arika by force. Meanwhile, Nagi has Nina activate the true power of the Harmonium.

#16 - Arika of the Mysterious Valley

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/16/2006

Arika, Mashiro and Miyu end up in the Black Valley, where they encounter Mai and Mikoto the Cat Goddess. Natsuki and Nao later join them.

#17 - If You Look Away You'll Die

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/22/2008

Sifr is rescued from kidnappers by Rena and some Meister Otome. Sifr starts to suspect that Rena may be an Otome too due to her skillful actions although Rena denies it, until another kidnapping attempt on Sifr forces Rena to reveal her powers.

#18 - A HiME and an Otome

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/25/2008

Rena was defeated by M-9 and loses her GEM. But as she falls, golden wings appeared around her and gave her a soft landing. A young man under the name of Shiro witnesses these events and decided to take her in.

#19 - I Want to Live

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/21/2008

#20 - The Continuation Of The Dream

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/24/2006

After one year since the coup against Nagi, a powerful new enemy threatens to disturb the peace of the world. While Meister Arika is ready to protect the people, an argument between her and Queen Mashiro could prove to be her undoing.

#21 - The Striped Dance / Labyrinth of the Maiden

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/25/2007

Nao and Nina are investigating some hidden ruins that may hold the key to ending the current crisis. There they discover a book of importance. However the shadow entity is intent on stopping them at all costs and preventing the book from leaving the place.

#22 - Arika, Crying

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/2006

Sergay rescues Arika from a dangerous situation, allowing her a chance to act on her feelings. Arika later talks to a similarly distressed Mashiro.

#23 - An Otome's S.O.S

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/13/2006

Arika's friends become concerned over her strange behavior. Meanwhile, Shizuru investigates the boiling Otome conflict between the two countries of Romulus and Remus.

#24 - Towards the Red Sky

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/2006

Arika realizes she has developed feelings for Sergay, and is having hard time trying to choose between the fate of an Otome and finding a love of her life. Elsewhere, two Meister Otomes from different countries battle against each other.

#25 - Happy Birthday

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2005

Nina and Arika are sent to escort Mashiro to a meeting with royal guests from a neighbouring country. To avoid an international conflict when Mashiro runs away, Windbloom comes up with a hasty substitute.