NOTE: This is the original introduction. The last Marimite was 7 years ago, but the series started 22 years ago. If you want to know what this story is about and why it was wrtten, please jump ahead to Chapter 6 "A REAL Introduction." It's a full chapter summary or Maria-sama ga Miteru, the era of the main story, and the ties between the various characters.

This story clears up all the old-time mysteries of Lilian Girls' Academy, and Yumi's mysteries in particular. How did the seur system come about, and how did it work. What really happened between future "Forest of Briars" novelist Suga Sei and the Lilian headmistress? Why did Sachiko's grandmother and her dearest friend Ikegami Yumiko, Katou Kei's emibttered landlady, and Yumi;s elderly friend, stop speaking to each other for five decades? What is the origin of Satou Sei's European looks, and what is her connection to Yumiko? How did the Rose Mansion and the biscuit door come to be? All that and more are inside.