Kaichou wa Maid-sama or Maid-sama! (The student president is a maid!) is based on a manga by Hiro Fujiwara, serialized in Hana to Yume Comics since 2005. The 26 episode anime is produced by J.C Staff and broadcasted in TBS and Animax Asia.
How would it be when a fearsome and strict high school student council president is actually working as a maid in maid cafe? Shocking? Ridiculous?
That is what Seika High School student council president (kaichou) Ayuzawa Misaki is thinking. Due to his father leaving her family with debt and ran away, the independent and disciplined Misaki no longer believes in men and works hard to support her poor family as a part-time mad.
She's afraid if her friends in school finds out, they will no longer respect her. However, the most popular male student in her school Usui Takumi accidentally finds out her secret!
How will Misaki keep her secret from the rest of the school? And how about Usui?
This romantic comedy anime will make you laugh and swoon. The story is simple with lovable and relatable characters. I like the strong characters combination here - tsundere Misaki and cool guy yet playful Usui, how they are actually quite stereotype but managed to make us like them and even swoon as Usui tries to get closer to win Misaki's cold heart. I also like the triangle love between Misaki, Usui, and Shintani Hinata, Misaki's childhood friend who was once overweight.
Sometimes I do feel Usui is too perfect. But thinking back, he is compatible to match the hardworking Misaki and to motivate her. The character development is there and if you like romance and moe moe you will surely love this anime!
(+) Strong and lovable characters
(+) Satisfying character development & relationship progress
(+) Funny and romantic
(+) Good character design
(-) Not continued ;;___;; I wish there will be season 2 to fully close the anime
(-) Is Usui a superhuman? There are a lot of coincidences happen & cliches (but I don't really mind actually hahaha)
Story = 4/5
Artwork = 3.5/5
Animation & color = 3.5/5
Character development = 4/5
Soundtrack = 3/5
Overall = 3.5/5
Genre = romance, comedy, school life
Demographic = shojo
Original creator = Hiro Fujiwara
Director = Hiroaki Sakurai
Seiyuu = Ayumi Fujimura (Misaki), Nobuhiko Okamoto (Usui), Atsushi Abe (Hinata), and more
