Mahoromatic

Mahoromatic (まほろまてぃっく, Mahoromatikku) is a sci-fi romantic comedy manga and anime series which contains the elements of the literary genre of tragic dramas. It is about a former female android soldier, Mahoro. Driven by guilt from her actions during her combat days, she decides to dedicate the rest of her life to serving the son of her late commander as a maid. The manga proved popular, and was adapted into two anime series by Gainax: "Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden" and "Mahoromatic: Something More Beautiful" (まほろまてぃっく~もっと美しいもの~, Mahoromatikku: Motto Utsukushii Mono?) The first series consisted of twelve episodes and ran from September 10, 2001 to January 28, 2002 on BS-i in Japan, and more or less followed the manga to the third volume. The second series also followed the manga, culminating in the story's end. This series ran from September 26, 2002 till January 16, 2003. A television special, "Mahoromatic: Summer TV Special" (まほろまてぃっく夏のTVスペシャル, Mahoromatikku Natsu no Terebi Supesharu), set in the days when Minawa had become a regular part of the household, was produced and aired around Summer 2003.


Main Character

• Mahoro Andou (安藤 まほろ, Andō Mahoro) (CODE: V1046-R MAHORO) - Mahoro is an android created by VESPER to fight an alien invasion in the 1980s. She is immensely powerful and fast, and is considered to be a formidable opponent by her enemies.Being an android, she has a limited life span. At the beginning of the story, she has just 398 days to live, and is given the choice to do anything she wants by VESPER. She chooses to become a maid for Suguru Misato : his father was her superior commander, and she was forced to kill both him and an alien when the alien took him hostage.She is, however, extremely hostile towards anything ecchi, or perverted. A good portion of the story's humour comes from Mahoro chasing after Suguru's secret stash of pornographic magazines which, given her training, she is easily able to find. She is well known for this attitude from her catch phrase: "Ecchi na no wa ikenai to omoimasu" ("I think that dirty thoughts are bad"). Mahoro and Shikijo-sensei's dislike of one another stems from this — Shikijo is constantly trying to have an illicit relationship with Suguru.

• Suguru Misato (美里 優, Misato Suguru) - Suguru Misato is a junior high school student living in Tokyo. He lost both his parents earlier — his mother, and years later, his father. While he believed his father was killed in an accident during a business trip, he was actually a commander (and Mahoro's commanding officer) in VESPER and was killed-in-action during the alien war. Although relatives offered to take him in, he refused and lived alone prior to Mahoro's arrival. He is smart and has an IQ of 130. He makes a favorable impression on members of the opposite sex. Suguru had a whole stash of dirty magazines which were all thrown away when Mahoro first arrived. Although he continues to try to smuggle them in and hide them, Mahoro will often find them — leading to comical confrontations between the two. Suguru uses a whole range of creative tactics to conceal his magazines, and is capable of running away very fast when being chased.

• Minawa Ando (安藤 みなわ, Andō Minawa) （CODE: 370) - Minawa is first introduced in Mahoromatic ~Something More Beautiful~. Clumsy and anemic, she ends up living with Mahoro and Suguru and going to school under the pretext of being Mahoro's younger sister. She claims to be a runaway member of The Management, but is later revealed to have been sent to gather information on VESPER's battle android Mahoro after being promised a heart in return. Mahoro, however, convinces her that the fact that she can cry means she already has a heart. Suguru's friend Hamaguchi develops a crush on her, and, despite her shortcomings, it is later insinuated that they form a relationship.

• Slash (スラッシュ, Surasshu) （CODE: V1046 R9-SLASH ZERO) - Slash is known as a "support mech" and assists Mahoro during combat. He has the form of a panther and can be summoned at any time by Mahoro. Although he can speak, his mouth never moves except during times when he expresses emotions. Although used for combat in the past, he often now acts as a guard dog around the Misato residence and a friend to the Misato's dog — a role he was not thrilled to take in the beginning. He is friendly but tough and will lend a helping hand when asked. Although Mahoro is Slash's master, he will now take commands from Suguru: since Suguru is Mahoro's employer, he is also her master and thus Slash's master as well.
  

• Saori Shikijo (式条 沙織, Shikijō Saori) - Saori Shikijo is Suguru's teacher in junior high school and is extremely attracted to him. She has a shota complex, or an attraction to young boys. Many of the jokes stem from her attempts to openly seduce Suguru and the ways in which her attempts are foiled by Mahoro.

• Rin Todoriki (等々力 凛, Todoriki Rin) - Rin is the brown-haired and tallest member of the "Triomatic". She has designs on Suguru but does not let it affect her strong friendships with Miyuki (who has an equal "crush" on Suguru) and Chizuko (who at times has expressed interest in Suguru).

• Chizuko Oe (大江 千鶴子, Ōe Chizuko) - Chizuko is a cheerful and bright, short blond-haired girl, and is the most innocent of the "Triomatic". Chizuko enjoys devouring food and has an extremely adept sense of taste, being able to identify the exact restaurant that a dish has come from and the exact origins of ingredients.

• Toshiya Hamaguchi (浜口 俊也, Hamaguchi Toshiya) - One of Suguru's male friends who also enjoys looking at porn. He has a crush on Minawa but has much trouble expressing it because Minawa doesn't realize it.
  

• Kiyomi Kawahara (川原 清巳, Kawahara Kiyomi) - One of Suguru's male friends who also enjoys looking at porn. He is a kendo student (hinted very obviously in one episode) and is usually with Suguru's other friend Toshiya.