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On [Right Stuff](http://www.rightstufanime.com/Maria-Holic-Manga-Volume-1) and
[Anime News
Network](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?ann-
edition=au&id=10200) it indicates that Maria†Holic is shoujo-ai/yuri but
[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Holic) doesn't say this. (For
reference, Citrus on [the](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus_\(manga\))
[same](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?ann-
edition=au&id=15835) [sites](http://www.rightstufanime.com/Citrus-Manga-
Volume-1) is listed as shoujo-ai/yuri.)

Also, Wikipedia, Right Stuff and Anime News Network have almost the same
description which is

> Maria Holic revolves around a high school girl named Kanako Miyamae, who is
> scared of boys and breaks out in hives if a boy touches her. During her
> second year of high school, she enrolls in an all-girls school hoping to
> find a female romantic partner. **However, her ideal candidate, Mariya
> Shidō, turns out to be a sadistic cross-dressing boy**.

Now sure, the premise might be interesting, a story about a girl getting over
her fear of men through dating a cross-dressing guy (going by only what's been
quoted) but if there is one thing I really, really, really really really hate
it's being lied to about shoujo-ai/yuri, so how is Maria†Holic shoujo-ai/yuri?
Are there actually lesbian relationships in it?

NOTE: I ask fully expecting spoilers.


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How is Maria†Holic shoujo-ai/yuri?


I've read the manga up through Volume 5, and I would describe it as a yuri
comedy. None of the girl-girl relationships are developed in real depth, but
Kanako is definitely a lesbian and is only attracted to Mariya insofar as he
appears to be a girl. The two of them are not dating and Kanako has no
interest in getting over her fear of men; in fact, Mariya's torture probably
deepens her fear of men.

Kanako actually spends most of her time in the series chasing/lusting after
various cute girls who are bona-fide females, such as her tomboy sempai
Ryuken, the rotini-haired student council president, and Mariya's identical
twin sister Shizu, who is a girl in disguise as a boy at an all-boys school
(and hates men due to her experiences there). The comedy gets steadily weirder
and takes over more and more as the series goes on, but Kanako being a lesbian
is pretty much her defining trait and she never shows any sign of being
attracted to men or of wanting to be.

If you're looking for a deep, romantic story, it's definitely not this, but
there is real girl-girl attraction in Mariya-holic, so in that sense it can be
called yuri.


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