High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Maria-sama ga Miteru , often shortened to Marimite is a series of Japanese light novels written by Oyuki Konno, and illustrated by Reine Hibiki. The series focuses on a group of teenage girls attending Lillian Catholic school for girls in Tokyo, Japan. A common theme throughout the series revolves around the lives and close relationships of the school's student council known as the Yamayuri Council. Maria-sama ga Miteru is considered representative of yuri novels. The series began as a short story in the February 1997 issue of Cobalt, a sh jo fiction magazine published by Shueisha. The first light novel was published by Shueisha on April 24, 1998, and as of December 2008 the series has grown to thirty-five volumes. Shueisha has also produced manga and drama CD adaptations; as of 2009 the latter is still ongoing.