The appeal and reviews of "Kaichou wa Maid-sama!": A thorough analysis of the masterpiece school romantic comedy

Kaichou wa Maid-sama! - Detailed Review and Recommendation

■ Public Media

TV anime series

■ Original Media

comics

■ Broadcast period

April 1, 2010 - September 24, 2010

TBS Television April 1, 2010 to September 23, 2010 (Episodes 1 to 26) Every Thursday 25:55 to 26:25

Mainichi Broadcasting System April 10, 2010 to September 25, 2010 (Episodes 1 to 26) Every Saturday 26:58 to 27:28 *Episodes 25 and 26 were broadcast simultaneously on September 25, 2010

Chubu Nippon Broadcasting April 21, 2010 to October 6, 2010 (Episodes 1 to 26) Every Wednesday 26:30 to 27:00 *Episodes 25 and 26 were broadcast simultaneously on October 6, 2010

BS-TBS April 24, 2010 to October 16, 2010 (Episodes 1 to 26) Every Saturday 25:00 to 25:30

Minami Nippon Broadcasting October 20, 2010 to April 20, 2011 (Episodes 1 to 26) Every Wednesday 25:10 to 25:40

TBS Channel October 22, 2010 to May 13, 2011 (Episodes 1 to 26) Every Friday 22:00 to 22:30

AT-X November 1, 2011 to April 24, 2012 (Episodes 1 to 26) Every Tuesday 11:00 to 11:30

■Broadcasting station

TBS Television Network, BS-TBS, AT-X

■Frequencies

half an hour

■ Number of Episodes

Episode 26

■Original Story

Fujiwara Hiro (serialized in Hakusensha's "Monthly LaLa")

■ Director

Hiroaki Sakurai

■ Production

・Animation production: JCSTAFF

Production cooperation: Geneon Universal Entertainment, Hakusensha, Movic, JCSTAFF

Produced by Maid-sama! Project, TBS

■Works

© Fujiwara Hiro / Hakusensha, Maid-sama! Project

■ Story

The perfect president, who excels in both academics and sports, is actually a maid!

Seika High School was formerly an all-boys school, but now 80% of the students are male. The few female students spend their days enduring the rude and insensitive boys. In order to change this situation, Ayuzawa Misaki becomes the school's first female student council president. Misaki struggles every day to bring discipline to school life. However, Misaki has a secret. That is... she works part-time at a maid cafe. One day, while continuing her part-time job, hoping that no one will find out, she is seen by the most popular guy in school, Usui Takumi, and finds herself in the biggest pinch ever! What will happen to Misaki's double life as both "student council president" and "maid"?

■Explanation

Misaki Ayuzawa was elected as the first female student council president of Seika High School, a former boys' school. She struggles day and night to change the school's rough culture into one with discipline, but she has a secret. She works part-time at a maid cafe to support her struggling family.

*Quoted from the JCSTAFF official website

■Cast

・Misaki Ayuzawa/Ayumi Fujimura

・Takumi Usui/Nobuhiko Okamoto

・Shoichiro Yukimura/Kazuyoshi Shiibashi

・Sakura Hanazono/Kana Hanazawa

・Shizuko Kaga/Yu Kobayashi

・Naoya Shirakawa/Mitsuhiro Ichiki

・Ikuto Sarashina/Takuma Terashima

・Ryunosuke Kurosaki/Yoshimasa Hosoya

・Tora Igarashi/Kenichi Suzumura

・Aoi Hyodo/Hiromi Igarashi

・Satsuki/Aki Toyosaki

・Subaru/Kanae Ueda

・Honoka/Kana Asumi

・Erika/Mari Ise

・Sotaro Kanae/Kosuke Toriumi

・Hiroshi Fukaya/Atsushi Abe

■ Main staff

・Original story by Hiro Fujiwara (serialized in Hakusensha's "Monthly LaLa")

Planning: Akihiro Kawamura, Hitoshi Murakami, Haruto Uchiyama, Naohiro Otobu, Michihisa Abe

・Series Composition/Mamiko Ikeda

・Character design: Yuki Imoto

・Prop design/Shuichi Hara

・Art director: Shichiro Kobayashi

・Color design: Ishida Miyuki

Director of photography: Yutaka Kurosawa

Edited by Masahiro Goto

・Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama

Music: Wataru Maeguchi

・Music producer/Noriko Doi

・Music Director: Katsuhiro Ko

・3DCG Director: Hidefumi Inohara

・Editing studio: REAL-T

・Editing assistants: Mizutsu Taisei, Sudo Hitomi

Post-production: Tokyo Development Laboratory, Ryoji Kishi, Masaki Fujimura

・Sound effects/Hiroki Nozaki (Chura Sound)

・Sound Mixer: Nobutaka Hirooka

・Sound Editor/Kenji Hoshino

・Sound production, recording studio/HALF H・P ​​STUDIO

・Sound Production Manager: Hiroki Uragari

・Music Production: Geneon Universal Entertainment, Smile Company

Planning cooperation: LaLa editorial department, Yanagisawa Jin, Ide Yumi

Assistant Producer/Keisei Oshibe

Advertising: Teruhiko Sato, Akira Ueda, Moriko Shibasaki, Mizuho Tanaka, Osamu Akita

・ Promotional cooperation: Isao Ishikawa (Quoras)

・Title logo design/Arihiro Tsujimoto (Bay Bridge Studio)

・Web design/Akiko Noguchi

・Production Manager: Akira Kato

・Setting Production: Rie Nishimura

Producers: Akio Matsuda, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Ikuhide Ichikawa, Tomohiro Fujita, Yuji Matsukura

・Animation production: JCSTAFF

・Director: Hiroaki Sakurai

Production cooperation: Geneon Universal Entertainment, Hakusensha, Movic, JCSTAFF

Produced by Maid-sama! Project, TBS

■ Main Characters

・Misaki Ayuzawa

The first female student council president of Seika High School. She is tomboyish and has a personality that doesn't give in no matter what. While she strictly controls the troubled school, she also has a contrasting personality, secretly working part-time at Maid Latte.

・Takumi Usui

The most popular guy at Seika High School! He takes an interest in Misaki and follows her around. He may seem like a pervert, but sometimes he shows a mysterious side.

・Shōichirō Yukimura

Vice-president of Seika High School. Serious and always working hard, but timid. Perhaps because of this, he admires Misaki.

・Hanazono Sakura

She is good friends with Misaki and Shizuko in her class. She is popular with boys because of her cute appearance, even though there are only a few girls in the class. She is a fangirl and loves karaoke and Misaki.

・Kaga Shizuko

A classmate who is good friends with Misaki and Sakura. Although he is always calm and collected, he also has a strong sense of duty and sometimes lectures them.

・Naoya Shirakawa

Nicknamed "Shiroyan." He is always with Ikkun and Kurotatsu.

・Ikuto Sarashina

Nicknamed "Ikkun." He is always with Shiroyan and Kurotatsu.

・Ryunosuke Kurosaki

Nicknamed "Kurotatsu." He is always with Ikkun and Shiroyan.

・Igarashi Tora

He is the son of the Igarashi family and the student council president of Miyabigaoka Academy, a prestigious school attended by celebrities. He has a high sense of pride and appears calm at first glance, but behind that lies...

・Aoi Hyodo

A beautiful middle school student who is popular as an internet idol. Satsuki's relative.

Satsuki

The manager of Maid Latte. Always considerate of those around her, she's forever 18!

Subaru

A traditional maid with glasses and a ponytail. She has a calm personality.

・Honoka

She is in charge of soothing the customers at the store. She sometimes shows her dark side.

Erica

In charge of sexy. She has a big sister personality and is full of energy.

・Soutaro Kanae

A first-year student at Seika High School, dressed suspiciously in a blazer and hoodie. He behaves suspiciously and torments Misaki and the others with a special skill...

・Hiroshi Fukaya

A transfer student suddenly appears in the same class as Misaki. He is a glutton, has an animal-like sense of smell, and is also an excellent athlete. He has a certain purpose in transferring to Seika alone...

■Subtitle

・Episode 1: Misaki is a maid! (2010/04/01)

・Episode 2: Maids at the School Festival (2010/04/08)

・Episode 3: What color is Misaki? Natural color? (2010/04/15)

・Episode 4: Internet Idol AOI-chan (2010/04/22)

・Episode 5: First time home alone (2010/04/29)

・Episode 6: Man, Ayuzawa School! (2010/05/06)

Episode 7: Student council president of Miyabigaoka Academy appears (2010/05/13)

Episode 8: Misaki goes to Miyabigaoka Academy (2010/05/20)

・Episode 9: Even Momotaro is a maid (2010/05/27)

・Episode 10/Sakura's Love is Indie (2010/06/03)

・Episode 11: Uncovering Takumi Usui's Secret! (2010/06/10)

・Episode 12: Maids at the Sports Festival (2010/06/17)

・Episode 13: Idiots, Delinquents, and Heroes (2010/06/24)

・Episode 14/1st year class 7 Sotaro Kano (2010/07/01)

Episode 15: Glasses-wearing rabbit at school tour (2010/07/08)

・Episode 16: Maid Latte at the Beach House (2010/07/15)

Episode 17: Usui turns against the enemy (2010/07/22)

・Episode 18: Maid but Footman (2010/07/29)

・Episode 19: Regrouping with Footman (2010/08/05)

・Episode 20: The Vice President is a Prince!?/AOI and her Fun Friends (2010/08/12)

・Episode 21: Usui's Rival? Fukaya Hinata (2010/08/19)

・Episode 22: School Trip to the Moon (2010/08/26)

・Episode 23: Sweets Maid Latte (2010/09/02)

・Episode 24: Fall in love with Latte Magic♥ (2010/09/09)

・Episode 25: Hinata, Misaki, and Usui (2010/09/16)

・Episode 26: Ayuzawa is so unfair, Usui is an idiot! (2010/09/23)

■ Related works

・The President is a Maid! Special Edition

■ Theme songs and music

・OP1

・Period: 1 to 26

・My Secret

Lyrics by Haru Kazufumi

・Composer: Yusuke Yamamoto

・Arrangement/Wataru Maeguchi

・Song: Saaya Mizuno

・ED1

・Period: 1 to 15

Premonition / Yoshihiko, Nao

Lyrics: Yoshihiko, Nao

・Composition: Nao

・Arrangement: Heidi.

・Vocals: Heidi.

・ED2

Period: 16-26

・Infinity Loop

・Lyrics by Nao

・Composition: Nao

・Arrangement: Heidi.

・Vocals: Heidi.

・IN1

・Period: October, 26

・Natsukoi☆Story

・Lyrics/Pub

・Composer: Lion

・Song: U×Mishi starring Kenji Nojima

・IN2

・Period/26

・Dream Flower

・Lyrics/Pub

・Composition: Catchy-san

・Arrangement/Mononoke

・Song: U×Mishi starring Kenji Nojima

・IN3

・Period/26

·madder

Lyrics by Lion

・Composer: Lion

・Arrangement/Mononoke

・Song: U×Mishi starring Kenji Nojima

Review and Recommendation

■The appeal of the work

"Kaichou wa Maid-sama!" is a TV anime series that aired in 2010 and is based on the manga of the same name by Fujiwara Hiro. The story is notable for its plot in which the student council president, who is perfect in both academics and sports, actually has a secret: she works part-time at a maid cafe. This contrast has drawn viewers in and earned the series many fans.

The protagonist, Misaki Ayuzawa, is the first female student council president at Seika High School and struggles to improve the school's turbulent atmosphere. However, she has a secret that she doesn't want anyone to know about: she works part-time at a maid cafe. This double life is the center of the story, and it depicts Misaki's growth and her relationships with the people around her.

Another highlight is her relationship with Takumi Usui, who knows Misaki's secret. Takumi is interested in Misaki and tries to exploit her secret, but he is gradually drawn to her true self. The relationship between these two people emphasizes the romantic element, but also depicts themes of friendship and trust.

■Charm of the characters

Misaki's character has a strong will and a sense of responsibility, but she also has the kindness and consideration of a maid. This contrast enhances her charm and evokes sympathy from the viewer. Similarly, Takumi's character is attractive because he has a frivolous image on the surface, but is also deeply considerate and kind inside.

In addition, many other unique characters appear, such as vice-chairman Shoichiro Yukimura, Misaki's friends Sakura Hanazono and Shizuko Kaga, etc. The relationships and episodes woven by these characters give the story depth and interest.

■Animation and Music

JCSTAFF, the animation production company, paid particular attention to character design and background art, such as Misaki's maid outfit and school uniform. In particular, in the maid cafe scene, the cute maid outfits and the atmosphere of the cafe are carefully drawn, enhancing the visual appeal.

In terms of music, songs were chosen to match the atmosphere of each episode, such as the opening theme "My Secret" and the ending themes "Premonition" and "Infinite Loop." These songs enhance the story development and the characters' emotions, enriching the viewing experience.

■ Recommendation points

"Kaichou wa Maid-sama!" is a work that combines romance and comedy elements in a well-balanced way. It is especially recommended for those who are interested in Misaki's double life and her relationship with Takumi. It also has episodes featuring unique characters, so it is also suitable for those who like teen dramas and school stories.

Furthermore, this work offers many scenes that take advantage of the unique setting of a maid cafe, providing visual enjoyment as well. Those who are particular about animation and character design will also be satisfied.

There is also a related work, "Kaichou wa Maid-sama! Special Edition." By watching this as well, you can enjoy the work even more.

Conclusion

"Kaichou wa Maid-sama!" is recommended for those who enjoy gap moe and romance elements, and for those who like teen dramas and school stories. Through episodes of Misaki's double life and the unique characters, viewers can experience laughter and emotion. The attention to detail in the animation and music provides visual and auditory enjoyment. Please give it a watch.