Miss Mashiro!
Run away, everyone!
Wow...
No way.
Amazing.
Run everyone! Hurry!
Hey, you Coral!
You did well to last so long!
She's from Aries!
The Continental Orb Topaz!
You got a light future ahead of you.
You mean a "bright" future, Haruka!
Listen up, Coral!
An Otome needs strength, skill...
...and guts!
Mitsuketano DREAM
I found a dream
doki doki ga tomaranai
I can't stop this thrilling feeling
MY STAR DREAM
My star dream
Umaretano takaramono
A new treasure is born
mune ippai ni
It's filling my heart
kirameki hajimeru
And it's beginning to shine brightly
doushite konnani fuan ni naruno kana
What is it that's making me so anxious?
Kakae kirenai omoi
Unable to control these feelings
namida koboreru kedo
My tears flow out
kitto itsuka tadori tsukeruyo
I'm sure that I'll get there one day
tsumazuitatte akiramenai
Even if I stumble I won't give up
yuuki dashite mae ni susumou
With courage, let's keep moving forward
chiisana ippo fumidaseba horane
Take one small step and you will see
atarashii watashi
A brand new me
The Blazing Transfer Student!!
They're not done yet?
Why so slow?!
Calm down, Arika.
But I have no idea how things will turn out.
How do you expect me to be calm?
The decision has been made. Come in.
We will now inform you of the decision made by the council.
Before that, I have a request.
Go ahead. What is it?
I would like to have another dance battle with this girl.
I want a decisive result.
I cannot allow that.
Besides, you will have several opportunities for that in the future.
In the... future?
Nina Wang. You are deemed the winner of the dance battle...
...and all charges against you for breach of contract will be dropped.
And Arika Yumemiya.
The council has considered your actions in preventing a tragedy...
...as well as the skills and promise you showed.
And we've decided to accept your special request.
Then... does that mean...
We accept your enrollment.
Thank you very much!
Really, truly, thank you very much.
You should be thanking those two over there.
The stubborn dignitaries and Princess, or I guess now, Queen Mashiro...
They were persuaded by the President of the Republic of Aries...
...Her Excellency, Yukino Chrysant.
All I did was tell everyone what Meister Haruka told me.
She said you'd make a good Otome.
What the... What are you...
Looks like she'll need a lot more training.
She's President Yukino's Otome...
...Meister Haruka Armitage, also known as the Continental Orb Topaz.
You make sure you learn everything you can from this academy.
You have potential.
There's no mistake about that because I'm saying so myself!
Yes!
Good luck. Well, we'll be going now.
Thank you very much, Your Excellency.
Your help was appreciated, Haruka.
I didn't do it for you or the headmistress.
To become an Otome, you need energy!
And I felt a lot of it from her.
You haven't changed.
We haven't had our decisive battle against each other yet!
I warn you! You'd better step up your game to fight against me!
Well, I'm pleased with the decision.
Yes. I'm sorry to have caused you to worry.
No, it was a lot of fun. Do your best to become a great Otome, okay?
It seems that things ended up exactly how the headmistress had hoped.
I don't see anything wrong with that. For the time being anyway.
We didn't lose anything.
Or, do you have any doubts about that girl, Arika?
No. I have no doubts.
Well, never mind. But she seemed like one interesting girl.
Every time I leave our country, I run into many interesting things.
Like the worshippers of the Black Valley.
Therefore, I'm going to delay my return to our nation.
Damn that President. She seems so quiet...
...but she manipulates everyone with her words.
I can't stand that type!
I am now the Queen of this nation!
But look at my castle!
Nothing is going the way I like!
Miss Mashiro.
What is it?!
I hate to rush you, but you really must read through...
...these documents submitted for your approval.
Well... otherwise the ministries can't continue with their work.
That uniform is proof that you're a student at Garderobe.
Wear it with great care.
Yes, ma'am!
You are about to officially become a student at this school...
...but before that, there is something you must be told.
Otomes are subject to certain restrictions, and must abide by regulations.
First, an Otome must not come into contact with any member of the opposite sex.
The source of an Otome's power, the nanomachines...
...is vulnerable to the Y-chromosome and a type of serine protease...
...called prostate-specific antigen, both found in males.
If any of these get into your system...
...your nanomachines will dissolve...
...and your body will build an immunity against them.
Then you could never possess the power of the Otome again.
In other words, if you engage in...
...uh, what couples in love or married couples do...
...you would lose your powers of the Otome. Just remember that.
And one more thing. If you do become a Meister Otome...
...which is a fully developed Otome who serves a master...
...you and your master will then share your life through your Gem.
If you get hurt, your master will get hurt. If your master falls ill, you will fall ill.
Give up on love, relinquish a woman's happiness...
...and devote your life to your master.
That is what it means to become an Otome.
Are you prepared for that?
Yes.
Then Arika Yumemiya.
In the name of the beginning of all Otomes, our great ancestor...
...I grant you this Coral Gem, proof of your candidacy to become an Otome.
I'm Arika Yumemiya! Um...
My dream is to become a cute and cool Otome! I hope to get along with you!
Arika, your seat number will be number 51.
You will attend classes starting tomorrow.
Good luck, and do your best to move up the class rankings.
Yes, ma'am.
Oh, and Nina and Erstin.
Yes, ma'am.
Yes.
I have a favor to ask of you two.
Wow, what a beautiful room!
And the view's great! This is wonderful!
I guess I'll be seeing a lot of you! Um...
Oh, I'm Coral Number 17, Erstin Ho.
Nice to meet you, Ersty! And you too, Nina!
I will share a room with you...
...because the headmistress orders it...
...but I have no intention of being cozy with you.
How cold. After we've become friends in the same class and all.
Friends? Here, everyone's competing against each other to become an Otome.
Classmates are not friends, they're rivals.
Rivals? Hey, Ersty. Is that how everyone feels?
Yes. I suppose so.
Only one out of every two girls is promoted to second grade, the Pearl Class.
And only a handful of the Pearls become a genuine Otome, or Meister Otome.
But it's the first time I've seen Nina like that...
...acting tough and using the word "rival."
Nina is usually serious but very kind.
Oh well. I'm going to do my best anyway!
One day, I'll beat Nina in a head to head battle!
Once again, you've gone further than I would've thought.
Sorry, Miss Maria. However...
I understand.
I was just as surprised to see that stone once again.
But these are two separate issues.
Garderobe must be fair and treat all nations and students equally.
Without any sponsor or relatives, that girl is going to have difficulties.
You understand that, don't you?
Yeah.
To put those two in the same room is just cruel of you, Natsuki.
You're not one to talk, Shizuru.
As rivals, those two should be able to bring out each other's potential.
Like you and Haruka did in the past. And me and that girl as well.
First the Slave Lords of Schwarz that attacked Wind...
...and this time cyborgs from the Black Valley show up.
Aswad.
The mysterious military unit active behind the scenes...
...since the War of the Twelve Lords.
Otomes can't always be referred to as society's flowers.
We'll need those two to become much stronger.
But before that, there's one problem we must take care of.
Right. If we knew ahead of time that something like this would happen...
...I would've introduced scholarship money.
Oh, boy...
Wow! What a feast! Looks delicious!
Did Nina and the others really make this?
But I can't really be happy.
What's wrong?
Well...
Irina. Irina Woods. I'm in your class.
Nice to meet you. You see, I was given this.
Let's see. Hmm. Tuition, materials, and lots of other fees...
Wow. It's pretty expensive!
I'd better find a way to earn some money quickly.
This is delicious!
So you mean you have to pay by yourself?
Of course I am. What about you two?
I'm here on a scholarship.
Aries, the nation I'm from, pays my fees.
Me? Ah, my parents...
So nice. I don't have family or anyone else I can rely on.
You're kidding!
Oh, right. That's Lilie, Yayoi, and Miya.
They're also all in the Star Class.
What do you mean by "You're kidding"?
We were just talking about Arika.
You know, we've never heard of anyone being accepted here mid-term.
And you seem to know Miss Mashiro personally...
...and Big Sister Shizuru watches out for you...
So we assumed that either you had some powerful sponsor supporting you...
...or you're a princess from some rich nobility.
No way. Not even close. I don't even have family since my grandma passed away.
Oh, but my mother's alive... or I think so.
Then why'd they accept someone like you?!
Stop it, everyone. You're being rude asking all these questions.
You're making Arika uneasy.
I'm Coral number two, Tomoe Marguerite.
I'm the Star Class representative.
If there's anything you want to know, don't hesitate to ask me.
Thank you! Nice to meet you!
Hey! You! Hey!
And this was brand new.
Are you all right? That's Miss Mashiro's cat.
It's been wandering around the dormitories a lot lately.
Oh, don't worry about it! Lt'll come out in the wash, and I have another uniform.
It's all right.
Darn it.
The owner has problems, and so does the cat!
Big Sisters up to number twelve have made their way to the baths!
Girls on room duty, hurry!
I didn't realize the time!
Big Sister's gonna be upset with me!
I'm sorry. I'd better be on my way, too.
Really, thanks.
We should get going too.
Ersty, you have that so-called room duty too?
What is it anyway?
We're required to take care of our Big Sisters in the class above us, the Pearls.
Really. So it's not as if that girl is here representing some nation.
I hear she's from the border region of Freedom Nation.
And she says she has no relatives.
People are going to doubt the dignity of our academy.
Dignity? You always tend to worry about the most trivial things, Shiho.
Big Sister, may I wash your back for you?
Okay. I'd appreciate that.
Anyway! I do not agree with letting that girl enroll.
Why not?
Because no matter how you look at her, she is not suited to become an Otome!
But I think she has potential.
How come?
Even though she wore a Robe for the first time, she fought a dance battle...
...and kept that plane from falling. Not something everybody can do.
We'd better keep at it ourselves.
Otherwise we'll be outdone by girls from the lower class.
They already seem to have surpassed you in some areas!
Here it is.
They're all being used.
Oh well. I'll wash it tomorrow.
At the window of my heart
Stands the profile of destiny
Light that guards my most secret dreams
Hey. What are you looklng at?
Sorry, Father! I wanted to borrow a red pen, and then...
There's a star and it talks to me
Are you curlous?
There's a star and it talks to me
Tells me I must choose just one
That person... Tells me I must choose just one
When my loved one calls to me
Yes. She was my dream.
When my loved one calls to me
Back when I was about your age, Nina.
I will transform
With their voice as the key
Dream...
You snuck out again?
Well, what about you?
Sure, you're assigned to do room duty for me...
...but that doesn't mean you should copy everything else about me.
You're trying to be a good Otome, right?
I want you to continue to earn points, and serve our nation on my behalf.
You don't need to worry about me.
If your mind's on that Arika girl, I say don't worry about her.
I'm not really...
She was allowed to enter the academy with a lot of fanfare, after all.
Well, not that it concerns me.
But she could be crushed right away.
Feel free to use my bed.
You'll probably develop fevers for a while after putting on your Gem.
It's hot.
It feels like I'm being reborn.
This is so cool! I'm golng to become an Otome!
You can count on it!
The job of the Otome is one of honor...
...that requlres sharing her life wlth nobility like me!
It's not something that someone as little as you can handle!
Allow me to fight against her!
If you win, you wlll be crushing the dreams of Nina.
And she endured strenuous training to get Into this academy.
Is your dream really worth that much?
Dream...
Give up on love, relunquish a woman's happiness...
...and devote your life to your master.
That Is what It means to become an Otome.
Are you prepared for that?
It'll be fine. Because it's my dream. I finally found it.
Mother...
Yuuki ga negai kanaeru noyo
Courage makes your wishes come true
DO YOUR BEST
Do your best
Makenai youni susumi mashou
Keep moving forward, so you don't lose
Hajimattayo watashi dake wo matsu
It has started and it's waiting right now
Monogatari ga ima
A story just for me
Nigedasu yori
Instead of running from it
tachimukaeba iine
I'm going to face it
sorega Otome no yuuki
Because that's the courage of Otome
Ganbatteruyo munega
I am doing great
kyun to samishikunaru
Even when I feel lonely
tokimo egaode
I smile
NO, NO, NO wa nai
No, there is no "no"
kanarazu anatano sekaino nakani
In the world you're living in
Tanoshii mirai ga aru mamotte agetaino
The future will be fun and I'll protect you
daijyoubuyo
Everything's going to be fine
Kireina omoi houseki yorimo hikaru
Pure thoughts are brighter than jewels
Hokori wo motte susumi mashou
Just keep moving forward with pride
Makenai youni susumi mashou
Just keep moving forward so you don't lose
The Academy, the Uniform and Me
My time has finally arrived.
Next time, I'll use my Otome powers and go wild!
But you're not in the next episode.
Why not?! I was going to give that new girl...
..a lesson or two with my exciting moves!
That's probably why.