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Maid-Sama!
Kaichou wa Maid-Sama! (会長はメイド様!)
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Violence: 3 / 10
Nudity: 4.3 / 10
Theo Theme: 1.3 / 10
Neg Theme: 2.8 / 10

Brief Description:
Getting sent to Seika High School is scary enough if you're a guy, but now that the notorious former boys' school has gone coed, the unfortunate girls who've been enrolled there have only one goal: getting through each day as it comes. But into this untamed and testosterone-filled wilderness comes a girl on a mission, a girl who's not afraid of any male and is willing to take them on in that most deadly of all arenas: the Student Council!

As Seika's first-ever female president, Misaki Ayuzawa talks the talk and walks the walk, but after school hours she morphs into something rather different... a waitress at a maid cafe! So when cool, aloof and handsome Usui Takumi discovers Misaki's secret, things are going to get VERY interesting, very quickly!

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Rated 14+
Aired 2010.
Licensed by Sentai Filmworks.
Complete at 26 episodes.
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07/22/2014: faithb4sight [ Already Rated ]

Note: This is a review of the Animax English dub only.

Violence / Gore:
Maid-sama is full of comedic violence. Usually Misaki is the one to blame as she beats up on the guys at her school quite often.

Nudity / Sexual Content:
Two guys attempt to assault a girl.
1 guy kisses another guy (their lips are censored), though it is not meant to be a romantic kiss. Spoiler: He kissed the guy to force Misaki to stop acting weird.
There are some shower/bath scenes, but nothing is really shown.
One guy is forced to cross-dress a lot (he doesn't like it).
A different character constantly cross-dresses because he likes it (though he seems to be heterosexual).
Guy bites a girl on the back. Spoiler: This is to keep her from wearing a bikini in public.
The guys in the school are kind of lecherous.

Potentially problematic theological themes:
None come to mind.

Other potentially problematic themes:
A few uses of the "OMG" phrase.

* Maid-sama is a cute anime mostly revolving around the relationship between the two main characters (Takumi and Misaki). Takumi is an aloof oddball who tends to act possessive and jealous at times, but he is mellowed out by Misaki's harshly passionate attitude - who in turn is mellowed out of her sharpness by Takumi's understanding.
All of the characters are fun (even side characters) and have memorable personalities. A sweet and humorous shoujo pick for fans of the genre.

June, 2012: Rose Faerie [ Already Rated ]

Violence: Misaki tends to attack the boys of the school with a brigade of slapstick violence. (It's usually deserved.) There are a few times our characters are in peril, but they are able to fend them off. The violence is never worse than kicks and punches done in a slapstick manner.

Sex and Nudity: Well, the boys at the school are very dirty minded. They make suggestive comments semi-regularly, though they are portrayed as in the wrong. Usui does not seem to understand the meaning of the word consent and touches Misaki in ways that don't make her feel comfortable. In general his behavior is kinda sketchy and sometimes crosses the line into sexual harassment. At one point he bites her on the back. Also Misaki is almost sexually assaulted twice.

Theological Themes: The maid cafe has an event with a fortune telling theme, though I one hundred percent believe the maid telling the fortune was just saying random stuff that popped into her head. Not all the characters believe in the fortunes.

Problematic Themes: The swearing was pretty mild and kept to the d-word and the h-word. There's also some sexism, though it's usually portrayed as bad.

Overall: I have a complicated relationship with Maid-sama. On one hand it's really funny, but I also have so many issues with it that I can't say that I love it. I have a lot of mixed feelings.

I expected it to be a cute rom-com with some enemies to lovers vibes and an emphasis on the romance. What I got was really bizarre. I was not expecting the love rival to be some random country hick whose introduction was him eating grass and jumping off the roof. This show is hilarious and it has some quotes that are pure gold.

When I started the show I was under the impression that Usui was going to be blackmailing Misaki, but that was not the case. He just takes advantage of being the only one who knows that the angry, no-nonsense student council president has a side job as a perpetually cheerful maid-waitress. The majority of the show has a slice of life setup, which follows Misaki and Usui's day to day lives.

I have complicated feelings about the characters. I love all of the random side characters like Yukimura, Suzuna, Shizuko, Kano, and Aoi. The side characters are very dynamic and add a lot to the show. I'm fond of Misaki, too, though I felt like the show nerfed her a few times in order to give Usui the chance to save the day. She's powerful, passionate, and driven and I like that. On the other hand, I hate Usui. He is creepy and he makes me uncomfortable. I could write an entire essay about all the issues I have with this man, but I do not have the time or the energy. Misaki could do so much better. His love rival, Hinata, I cannot take seriously. He's a country hick who eats all the time and is as dumb as a rock. It's funny how threatened Usui feels by him, since he gives off strong comic relief character vibes. Also, some the antagonists are some of the most irredeemably horrible people ever. I'm mostly talking about the president of the rich people school.

I did like the music. The art was cute, but a bit generic. The voice acting was good. I recognized Monica Rial as Misaki, and I think this is one of her better roles. Whoever did Usui did a good job too. I may hate him, but he has a nice voice.

I'd recommend it to teenagers and up for the sometimes rampant sexual harassment.

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Added: June, 2012